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Our House Party (ボクらのホームパーティー, Shuichi Kawanobe, 2022)

Quietly simmering tensions build towards a small explosion among a group of friends at house party in Shuichi Kawanobe’s intense social drama

Windows on Worlds

Apr 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Angry Son (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“An incredibly rich and deep narrative that not only delivers a satisfying coming-of-age story but also an elegantly delivered social commentary on some of the frictions marking Japanese…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Melting Sounds (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“Kahori Higashi’s debut is impressive.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 14, 2022 • Subscribe

Random Call (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

Ohkanda’s narrative proves that one does not need a big budget to deliver a narrative that touches the spectator.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 20, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Far Away, Further Away (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful film that elegantly explores the role the imaginary plays in marital failure as well as in the beginning of a new romantic bond.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Outsourcing (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A very satisfying satirical short thta shows that, within the job-seeking process, only the image matters.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 17, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Shuichi Kawanobe, Director of Our House Party [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022/Rainbow Reel Tokyo 2022]

Another great Interview with Akinori Ikuse about his sci-fi short OUT OF TOKYO 202x, a story of time travel and the Tokyo Olympics. You can read it in…

Genkinahito

Jul 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Review: Natsuko (2020) [OAFF 2022]

“A splendid debut by Shuna Iijima.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

The Light Of The Spring (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“An experimental ‘dramamentary’ that succeeds to charm and touch the spectator with its rich mundane and genuine interactions.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Bagmati River (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful poetic short that elegantly plays with the contrast between life and death.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A visually enticing narrative that elegantly explores the unresolvable tension between the societal Other and the subject.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Ask For The Moon (2022) review [OAFF 2024]

A satisfying narrative that illustrates how the subject’s ego is but a response to his complexes and struggles.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“The effective interaction between his fluid composition, the great narrative structure, and the thematical exploration of trauma and perverse fantasies ensures that the film hits all the rig…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie time: North Shinjuku 2055 (2021) review [OAFF 2022]

“A pleasant experimental short.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 30, 2022 • Subscribe

The Wonder Of a Summer Day (2022) [OAFF 2022]

“A visually pleasing narrative that underlines, in a charming and touching way, the importance for the subject to find the kind of signifiers that can unlock his/her deadlock.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Cafune (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A very strong debut by Haruki Kinemura.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Snowdrop (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A complex character portrait that touchingly illustrates how easy it is to misrecognize the logic of the subject-supposed-to-be-in-need.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Amalock (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A narrative that fluidly combines comedy and tragedy to deliver an experience of smiles and tears.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Suton (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

Rikako Watanabe’s narrative succeeds to echo the unvocalized ‘pandemic’ truth of many.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!

We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 10, 11 and 12 (the school festival arc) of the classic series…

Beneath the Tangles

Oct 19, 2020 • Subscribe

Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!

We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 14-16 (Kitamura’s arc) of the classic series and chats with you as…

Beneath the Tangles

Nov 9, 2020 • Subscribe

Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!

We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 9 and 10 of the classic series and chats with you as…

Beneath the Tangles

Oct 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!

We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 9 and 10 of the classic series and chats with you as…

Beneath the Tangles

Oct 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!

We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 7 and 8 of the classic series and chats with you as…

Beneath the Tangles

Sep 21, 2020 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A subtle but playful narrative about a subject who slowly tries to crawl out the hole of emptiness and diminished self-worth.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Faraway Family (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

A very touching narrative that explores the frail position of the father and how his structural failure can cause subjective struggles and inhibitions.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Goto-san (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“Gokan expertly reveals the position of the freeter as an attempt to escape the capitalistic machinery but also as a position that most easily falls prey to the…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 24, 2021 • Subscribe

V. Maria (2025) review [OAFF 2025]

The neatly interwoven narrative fabric, which evokes the dimension of loss in various forms, beautifully sketches out the importance for the subject to construct a narrative to support…

psycho-cinematography

3 days ago • Subscribe

Wash Away (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A pleasant narrative that offers a fresh but familiar exploration of the subject’s fundamental desire for recognition/love and the problematic yet medicative function of consumption.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Imagine (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A powerful reminder of the sexual transgressions that structurally plague the Japanese film industry

psycho-cinematography

Apr 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Shadows House Review

“I am a Shadow, the true se-“. Wait, this isn’t Persona? But they look exactly like each other, just like a darker reflection of themselves. How is this…

PyraXadon's Anime Archive

Jul 3, 2021 • Subscribe

SHADOWS HOUSE

Sweet Bitter Candy (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“An amazing exploration of the clash between a sweet youthful romantic desire and the bitter urge of a wounded subject to defend his subjective wounds.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Side by Side (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A peaceful dream-like visual experience that celebrates both the impact subjects have on each other as well as the manner in which the subject remains opaque to himself…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Performing Kaoru’s Funeral (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

Yuasa’s narrative shows that the unavoidable presence of death during a funeral can allow a subject to re-route his own trajectory.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Shall We Love You? (2022) [OAFF 2023]

A nice little heart-warming short that questions the connection between love and happiness.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Our Favorite Anime Expo 2022 Cosplay!

Anime Expo was one week ago, and while the main attraction may have been all the incredible announcements, there was also a ton of awesome cosplay to see…

Beneath the Tangles

Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Tokyo Ghoul

Shadows House (Anime Review)

Shadows House is a gothic, fantasy anime about a mansion filled with "living dolls" serving masters made of shadow and soot.

Jotaku Network

Sep 19, 2022 • Subscribe

SHADOWS HOUSE

A New Wind Blows (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

A great film that shows that the madness of the male subject is often function of a woman, of a woman that unknowingly puts the by a man…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Memories of this Scent (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

An endearing and fragrance rich tale of subjective change.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Delicious Party Precure Episode 19 Review – Cake Party

I want cake now…

Arum Journal

Sep 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Delicious Party Precure

A-Kon 2022 Lolita Fashion Tea Party

A-Kon 2022 tea party gallery ft. lolita brands Angelic Pretty USA, Baroque from Korea, and lolita model Rin Rin Doll.

STEPHANO

May 31, 2023 • Subscribe

Our 1st Birthday! | Sweet & Spicy Quarterly Review #4 | Jan – March 2022

Happy 1st Birthday to Sweet & Spicy Otome Game Reviews! In our fourth Quarterly Review, we look back on the past 12 months to remember where we started,…

Sweet & Spicy | Otome Game Reviews

Mar 26, 2022 • Subscribe

High School DxD Volume 2: Our Boy crashes an Engagement Party!

Our look at light novel version of High School DxD continues! It’s been a bit since we got back into this beloved series, but I’ve finally wrapped up…

Shallow Dives in Anime

Mar 10, 2022 • Subscribe

High School DxD

Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Summer 2022

Shadows, spelunking, and vampires are just some of the highlights from our most anticipated picks. What series are you looking forward to?

Anime News Network - Views

Jun 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Winter 2022

2021 may have come to a close, but next season of anime is right around the corner. ANN's editorial team pick the most promising series from the January…

Anime News Network - Views

Jan 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Fall 2022

This season is serving up an appetizing buffet of great anime! What anime are you looking forward to the most? Check out our editorial team's picks right here!

Anime News Network - Views

Sep 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Spring 2022

The spring season kicks off on April 1, so before we dive into another stacked anime season let's take a look at some of the most promising shows!

Anime News Network - Views

Mar 31, 2022 • Subscribe