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Journey (2022) review [Skip-City International D-Cinema Festival]

Shogo offers an evocative and bleak experience that forces us to question the current state of our societal field.

psycho-cinematography

May 24, 2023 • Subscribe

We’re Dead (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A great narrative that explores the irreducible Otherness that marks our relationships in an effective way.

psycho-cinematography

Feb 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Distant Thunder (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A strangely mesmerizing sci-fi slice-of-life narrative

psycho-cinematography

May 3, 2023 • Subscribe

All Summer Long (2022) review [Skip-City International D-Cinema festival]

While Horiuchi’s narrative is all about the difficulty of ending things, the melancholic dimension of what has to end only comes to full emotional blossom as the finale…

psycho-cinematography

Feb 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Similarity (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A highly enjoyable short by Kiichiro Kimura.

psycho-cinematography

Feb 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Kitten (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Yamaguchi elegantly underlines the importance of showing one’s Otherness to the other and the problematic nature of succumbing to the seduction of deceiving oneself by reflecting sameness to…

psycho-cinematography

Feb 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Storage Man (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Tetsuro Manno proves that he has mastered the drama-genre and shows off his ability to create a quite thematically dense experience.

psycho-cinematography

Jan 24, 2023 • Subscribe

The Waxing and Waning of Life (2022) [SKIP-CITY International D-Cinema Festival 2022]

A powerful emotional experience that shows that only a social bond where there is place for subjective speech can help the formerly addicted subject to avoid getting caught…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 18, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: But It Did Happen (2022) [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Ruichi Suita offers a masterclass in using images as signifiers and concatenating them elegantly to sketch out the unaccepted truth that determines a subject’s signifiers and acts.

psycho-cinematography

Jan 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Short-movie Time: 3 Intestine Road, Fish Island (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A splendid animation short about the importance of accepting some of the other’s Otherness.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Make The Devil Laugh (2021) review [Skip City International D-Festival 2021] (27:00)

An amazing socially-engaged piece of cinema that beautifully sketches out how problematic the enjoyment of the societal Other can be.

psycho-cinematography

Feb 22, 2022 • Subscribe

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

Bad City (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Sonamura delivers everything one expects from an action-thriller.

psycho-cinematography

Oct 2, 2022 • Subscribe

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

Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2022

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

Sep 21, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022

A preview of the Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022

Genkinahito

Jan 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2022

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2020

Genkinahito

Feb 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Bubble

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 – In Cinemas, Online, and International

Details on Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 – It Plays In Cinemas and Online and the online part with be available to International Viewers!

Genkinahito

Jan 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Chicago International Film Festival – Cloud

When I was getting in line for this film, I was genuinely surprised at how long the line was. This particular film probably had the biggest turn out…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

16 days ago • Subscribe

Liz and the Blue Bird at The Leeds International Film Festival 2020

Update: Due to COVID restrictions The Leeds International Film Festival 2020 have had to move online for the whole event. The Leeds Inte...

Otaku News - World Edition

Apr 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Liz and the Blue Bird

Suzume (73rd Berlinale International Film Festival)

Or: The Indie director who found out that his niche was the mainstream.

The Taishō Café

Feb 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Suzume

Chicago International Film Festival – My Sunshine

Another beautiful day in Chicago, and it was another film in theaters due to the Chicago International Film Festival. I was really lucky that I snagged a ticket,…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

18 days ago • Subscribe

Howling 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) V Cinema Show Review [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Howling is a bleak comedy of the absurd and cruel kind with good acting and direction to sell the story. 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) [Osaka Asian Film…

Genkinahito

Apr 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Busan International Film Festival 2022 (05th-14th October)

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Busan International Film Festival 2020 (21st-30th October)

Genkinahito

Sep 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Kingdom Season 2

Japanese Films at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022 (September 08th-18th)

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022 (September 08th-18th)

Genkinahito

Sep 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Review: My Blue Summer (2022)

My Blue Summer 暗恋   橘生淮南 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 100 mins. Director: Huang Bin 黄斌. Associate director: Qiu Sheng 仇晟 (Xiamen unit). Rating: 6/10. Generic Gen-90 romance has…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Aug 2, 2022 • Subscribe

The City Hunter Cinema Survey – The Secret Service

By the mid 1990s those last vestiges of 80s decadence had well and truly been overshadowed by stark reality and economic hardship. Especially in Japan, whose world-beating but…

Juve-Niall Delinquency

Feb 3, 2019 • Subscribe

Chicago International Film Festival – Super Happy Forever

I headed out once again to Chicago, for the Chicago International Film Festival. With the Kore-eda retrospective finished, there were still three other Japanese films in the lineup…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

22 days ago • Subscribe

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

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

psycho-cinematography

Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Out of TOKYO202x Director: Akinori Ikuse [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] V-Cinema

A rewrite of my review of Out of TOKYO202x, a refreshing sci-fi short from Japan that takes the time-slip formula and uses it on the summer Olympics! Director: Akinori…

Genkinahito

May 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Alivehoon (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Shimoyama hits all the common beats of the sports-genre, but succeeds in elevating his exploration of the art of drifting by framing the battling cars in an exciting…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2022 (September 16th-24th)

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2022 (SEPTEMBER 16th-24th)

Genkinahito

Sep 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Hundred

A Glimpse at the Japanese Films at the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival 2023

Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival 2023 – November 23rd to November 29th – will screen films from nations around the Pacific region. This post…

Genkinahito

Nov 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Collar X Malice Review (Spoiler‑Free)

Kaley's review of Collar X Malice. A domestic terrorist group, a young rookie cop, and five veterans of the force who all have a bone to pick: Shinjuku…

Yatta-Tachi

May 11, 2021 • Subscribe

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

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 International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2023 Programme

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Animex 2020 - International Festival of Animation, VFX & Games

With COVID-19 still limiting peoples movements online virtual events have been proving popular. Animex The International Festival of Animati...

Otaku News - World Edition

Sep 17, 2020 • Subscribe

The City Hunter Cinema Survey – Goodbye My Sweetheart (aka City Hunter: The Motion Picture)

While working my way through these various films, specials and OVAs there’s been an ongoing struggle to find much new to say with each iteration. There’s only so…

Juve-Niall Delinquency

Feb 8, 2019 • Subscribe

The City Hunter Cinema Survey – Double Feature! Bay City Wars and Million Dollar Conspiracy

The year 1990 saw a relatively significant slowdown in City Hunter’s anime output from its late 80s peak. The third TV series finished up in the Autumn 1989…

Juve-Niall Delinquency

Jan 14, 2019 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Venice International Film Festival 2022 (August 31st to September 10th)

Koji Fukada’s latest, Seijun Suzuki and Yasujiro Ozu classics – A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Venice International Film Festival 2022 (August 31st to September 10th)

Genkinahito

Aug 22, 2022 • Subscribe

3 Reasons To Skip: Sweet Blue Flowers

Sweet Blue Flowers is a 2009 romance anime created by J.C. Staff under director Kenichi Kasai (Bakuman, Amanchu)

Reasons to Anime

Feb 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Sweet Blue Flowers

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

Riverside Mukolitta (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

A highly touching narrative about re-finding social life.

psycho-cinematography

Sep 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Prior Convictions (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A very relevant exploration of the fact that the criminal act is, in many cases, born from an antagonistic relation between the subject and the Other.”

psycho-cinematography

Sep 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Nagi’s Island (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

The power of Nagasawa’s narrative does not simply lie in the engaging emotional rhythm, as dictated by the musical decorations, but in the genuineness that oozes from every…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Collar X Malice – Unlimited- Review (Spoiler‑Free)

Find out if this long awaited Fandisc is worth it in Kaley's review of COLLAR X MALICE -UNLIMITED-.

Yatta-Tachi

Nov 12, 2020 • Subscribe

It’s All My Fault (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival 2022]

A touching narrative that explores how difficult it is for subject to assume a place for himself, a place from where he/she can desire, without the structuring influence…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Cinema at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

The good folks from the BFI have just sent us details of the upcoming Japanese films that'll be show cased at the BFI London Film Festival 2...

Otaku News - World Edition

Oct 9, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2021

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2020

Genkinahito

Sep 30, 2021 • Subscribe

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