Popran – Fantasia Film Festival 2022
Writer/Director Shinichiro Ueda – of One Cut of the Dead and Special Actors fame– is back with the bold raunchyContinue Reading
Tag: Japan
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s 5 Centimeters Per Second (GKIDS)
Your Name writer/director Makoto Shinkai’s earlier work comes to Blu-ray thanks to Shout Factory/GKIDS. 5 Centimeters Per Second is filled with thoughtful specialContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s Children Who Chase Lost Voices (GKIDS)
Your Name writer/director Makoto Shinkai’s earlier work comes to Blu-Ray thanks to Shout Factory/GKIDS. Children Who Chase Lost Voices is filled with thoughtfulContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days (GKIDS)
Your Name writer/director Makoto Shinkai’s earlier work comes to Blu-Ray thanks to Shout Factory/GKIDS. The Place Promised in Our Early Days is filledContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Wife of a Spy
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy is one of the best films of 2021. Kino Lorber has brought this visually stunning Wartime ThrillerContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Neon Genesis Evangelion – The Complete Series
The highly influential Anime Series + Movies Neon Genesis Evangelion makes their Blu-Ray debut in this impressive box set. The Series TheContinue Reading
Drive My Car – London Film Festival 2021
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Haruku Murakami, and Anton Chekhov walk into a theatre … and the result is three hours of quietlyContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s Kubo and the Two Strings (LAIKA Studio Edition)
Kubo and the Two Strings continues LAIKA Studio’s streak of beautifully created stop motion animated features. This Japanese-themed fairy tale is nothingContinue Reading
Film Review: Wife of a Spy (2021)
Containing the suspense and plot-twists of a Hollywood movie of the 1950s, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Venice Silver Lion-winning filmContinue Reading
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes – Fantasia Film Festival 2021
This single take marvel is a hilariously smart high concept low-budget time travel movie you need to see. Beyond theContinue Reading