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Dreams of Fire (2021) review [Fantasia Film festival]

“McKie’s film is not only the best dance-film of recent years but might very well be one of the best Japanese films to be released this year.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Mole Song: Final (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Miike’s narrative delivers everything a fan of the previous narratives desires and even succeeds in inviting newcomers to delve into Reiji’s past exploits.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Love, Live, and Goldfish (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

“While Makabe’s narrative does not offer anything truly new or groundbreaking, what it does brings to the table is served with excellence.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Tokyo Revengers (東京リベンジャーズ, Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A dejected 27-year-old gets a second chance to face his high school trauma in Hanabusa’s high school delinquent x time travel manga adaptation

Windows on Worlds

Aug 14, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Tokyo Revengers

Jigoku-no-hanazono ～Office Royale～ (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

“An absurd and crazy cocktail full of violence and funny twists and unexpected turns.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021) [Fantasia Film festival]

“A great animation film that offers an emotional and moving celebration of the strength of the bond between a daughter and a mother.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2021 Programme

In cinemas and streaming across Canada Aug. 5 – 25

Windows on Worlds

Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Shin-Ultraman (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Higuchi and Anno deliver an impressive love letter to their childhood, yet their devoted love, which is sensible in every aspect of the narrative, might not be able…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Follow The Light (2021) review [Fantasia Festival 2021]

The narrative might not offer anything new at a thematical level, but stands out due to his refusal to spell things out and, instead, imply certain subjective truths…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

House of Sayuri (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

The thoughtful manipulation of this atmospheric field is integral to create an effective and engaging genre-blend.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Fish Tale (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very heart-warming and touching narrative that shows that a subject does not necessarily need to make use of the neurotic solution to inscribe himself within the societal…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Miki delivers a great psychological mystery narrative, yet it might not be for everyone.

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Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Hold Me Back (2020) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

“Ohku delivers, once again, a refreshing and highly touching romance-comedy.”

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Aug 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Kizumonogatari – Koyomi Vamp – (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]

An evocative experience that succeeds in giving the vampire and the well-explored themes a fresh coat of drama and sexiness.  

psycho-cinematography

Jul 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Baby Assassins: Good Days (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Yugo Sakamoto successfully mixes up the formula that structured his previous two action narratives. Highly Recommended.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Georama Boy Panorama Girl (2020) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

‘Seta’s poetically composed narrative blows a fresh breeze into the ‘traditional’ Japanese romance genre.’

psycho-cinematography

Sep 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

My Broken Mariko (2022) [Fantasia Film Festival]

Tanada offers a compelling exploration of the emotional turmoil a female subject caused by the sudden death of someone important.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette (2021) review [Fantasia Festival 2021]

“Hanabusa’s second outing proves to be as enjoyable and thrilling as the first.”

psycho-cinematography

Nov 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Kakegurui

Tokyo International Film Festival 2022

Anna Yamada in The Mountain Woman. Scheduling conflicts and sold-out screenings meant that I was only able to see three films at TIFF this year, but it was…

eiga files

Nov 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2024 Programme

In Montreal July 18 to Aug, 4.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia Film Festival: 7 Films not to miss.

This year, we, once again, explored the wide selection of films screening at the festival to select some films that we, psychocinematography, duly recommend to the audiences.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2023 Programme

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2022 Programme

Runs in Montreal July 14 to Aug. 3

Windows on Worlds

Jul 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Spring 2021 First Impressions – Tokyo Revengers

Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: TBA Source: Manga Story Summary: Takemichi feels as though his life peaked in middle school. In those days he was a member of a gang,…

Season 1 Episode 1

Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Five Films Not To Miss [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Let us present 5 Japanese films that should already be high on your to-watch list.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

What To Do With Dead Kaiju (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

“An extremely well-structured genre-blend that does not only provides the laughs and giggles with its pleasant political satire, but also allows the spectator to immerge himself into the…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, The Samurai

The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, The Samurai

Tokyo Revengers

A much-needed change of pace. Read more

Lost in Anime

Sep 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

A different kind of Tokyo film festival

A 2-day international film festival is taking place this weekend in Tokyo, featuring short films from Japan, Norway, Kyrgyzstan, and more. Damah International Film Festival moved to Tokyo…

Japan Subculture Research Center

May 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers- Chapter 220. Review

Title: Tokyo RevengersOriginal Title: Tōkyō RibenjāzuAuthor: Wakui KenArtist: Wakui Ken DISCLAIMER! This review contains spoilers. I highly advise you to read the chapter first and then come back…

Disguised Philosopher

Aug 31, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers- Chapter 222. Review

Title: Tokyo RevengersOriginal Title: Tōkyō RibenjāzuAuthor: Wakui KenArtist: Wakui Ken DISCLAIMER! This review contains spoilers. I highly advise you to read the chapter first and then come back…

Disguised Philosopher

Sep 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

A Glimpse at the Films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2021

A Glimpse at the 25 films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2021, which runs from October 19th to October 23rd in Shibuya Eurospace

Genkinahito

Oct 19, 2021 • Subscribe

It’s a summer film (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A highly entertaining film that offers a nostalgic and touching dive into youthful passion and romantic feelings and lighthearted celebration of indie-filmmaking and often-forgotten beauty o…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Kirara

Tokyo Revengers – 11

On balance, I'd say that was the most cohesive episode of Tokyo Revengers for a good while. Read more

Lost in Anime

Jun 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 05

Making a living is going to be pretty problematical when you disappear for days or weeks at a time. Read more

Lost in Anime

May 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 04

Tokyo Revengers may have a pretty big flaw, but it's not pecked to death by a thousand smaller ones. Read more

Lost in Anime

May 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 03

The ledger with Tokyo Revengers is definitely balanced to the positive on the whole, but I still worry about a few things. Read more

Lost in Anime

Apr 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers DROPPED

Killing off Hina again and undoing all of Takemichi’s hard work proved to be a dealbreaker, as I simply have not been able to muster any motivation to…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

Jul 31, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 22

It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye. Read more

Lost in Anime

Sep 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 12

So what's the deal here? Read more

Lost in Anime

Jun 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 16

This episode actually raises as many questions as it answers. Read more

Lost in Anime

Jul 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 10

Well - never mind, I guess. Read more

Lost in Anime

Jun 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 06

While it feels like things are coming to a head, we're still basically in the prologue stage.  Read more

Lost in Anime

May 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 09

Whenever the first word on my notepad is "recap", an episode is off to a bad start. Read more

Lost in Anime

Jun 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 17

Damn, this series has a lot of characters. Read more

Lost in Anime

Aug 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 14

What's the deal with these gang meetings and gang brawls all happening at shrines? Read more

Lost in Anime

Jul 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 19

The joke here is, it's actually Kazutora who's respecting the situation. Read more

Lost in Anime

Aug 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 07

Tokyo Revengers has its share of annoying quirks to be sure, but this series has a spark of inspiration to it that most manga don't. Read more

Lost in Anime

May 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers – 08

I feel like this is a series that works best if you don't think too hard about it. Read more

Lost in Anime

May 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers