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Emily in Paris: Season 4 Part 1 | Official Trailer | Netflix-Tudum

©Courtesy of Netflix It’s time for Emily Cooper to update her language-learning app, because our favorite American in Paris is headed for a few new European destinations in Emily in Paris Season 4. She’ll do it in two parts, which will be released in August and September, and now you can see brand-new photos and the…

MY SPY THE ETERNAL CITY : Exclusive Interview with Actor Ken Jeong and Actress Kristen Schaal

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom Dr. Ken…

NYAFF : Art Imitates Life in Chong Keat Aun’s ‘Snow in Midsummer’

©Courtesy of New York Asian Film Festival  Snow in Midsummer, a film by Malaysian director Chong Keat Aun, is among the works being screened at the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival. It had earlier premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won the award for best Chinese-language film in the Young Cinema Competition…

Great Absence Review: Lost Memory and Japanese Excellence

I’ll remember it all. Though I won’t recall it. The words echo in the theater and a man’s androgynous face makes expressive grimaces on a large screen. In front of it, the same man, long haired with sideboards, moves down in fright, like he’s detaching himself. Just before, a police squad has arrived at a house…

Twisters Video Review by Edward Douglas

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Twisters: Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains…

Japan Cuts: ‘Shunga: The Lost Japanese Erotica,’ Explores The Steamy Nipponic Art

The 2024 Japan Cuts line-up features an impressive documentary on the past, present and future of sexually explicit art prints known as shunga. Director Junko Hirata has been exceptionally meticulous in bringing together the human stories that mark this Nipponic art form, along with a chronicle of the preservation of these works and public display in…

FX’s ‘Shogun’ and ‘The Bear’ Lead Emmy Nominations List

Shogun and The Bear have emerged at the top of the nomination list for this year’s 78th Emmy Awards, which were announced this morning. The final winners will be announced at the official awards ceremony scheduled to be broadcast live by ABC on Sunday September 15, though a host for the Los Angeles ceremony has…

Japan Cuts Animated Shorts: Bottle George & Nezumikozo Jirokichi

©Courtesy of Japan Cuts The compulsions of two hard-living characters reshape the worlds around them in their respective animated shorts. This produces artistic triumph in one case and family tragedy in the other. Yet, Anime fans will be duly impressed by both short films’ artistry and pedigrees. Despite their lengths, Bottle George, from Daisuke “Dice”…

Mafia Spies Video Review by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Film Critic Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi  Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has…

Tokyo Vice : Exclusive Interview with Author Jake Adelstein on True Story Behind the Tokyo Vice and Season 3 Ideas

Tokyo Vice : Jake Adelstein, an American journalist, plugs into the Tokyo Vice police squad and descends into the neon underbelly of Tokyo. Creator : J. T. Rogers  Executive Producer: J.T. Rogers, Ansel Elgort, John Lesher, Alan Poul, Emily Gerson Saines, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Michaell Mann, Jake Adesstein, Kayo Washio, Brad Caleb Kane….

Japan Cuts: ‘Blue Period,’ A Gossamery Teen Tale

The first thought that comes to mind with the term “Blue Period” is Picasso’s body of work that spans from 1901 to 1904, which had a prevalence use of blue-green shades. But the film that is part of Japan Cuts, called Blue Period, is not about the established Spanish painter of the 20th century. The movie…