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Fantasia: The Code: Interview with Director Eugene Kotlyarenko and Actresses Dasha Nekrasova and Ivy Wolk
Interviews

Fantasia: The Code: Interview with Director Eugene Kotlyarenko and Actresses Dasha Nekrasova and Ivy Wolk

©Courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival Making a compelling pandemic-set movie that pushes the cinematic language in new directions can be a challenge for filmmakers. Writer-director Eugene Kotlyarenko did just that with his new experimental comedy, The Code. The feature blurs different cinematic mediums and balances multiple points of view. The surveillance-driven narrative forgoes celebrating…

Karen Benardello
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New York Asian Film Festival
Festivals

New York Asian Film Festival Announces First Wave of 2024 Lineup

©Courtesy of Kino Films  THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FOUNDATION AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER  ANNOUNCE FIRST HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 23RD EDITION OF THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL This year’s festival features a record 90 world, international, and North American premieres, celebrated industry guests, and 20 feature debuts.        New York, NY (June 13, 2024) – The New…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Japan Society Presents a Special Screening of the Eagerly Anticipated “Godzilla Minus One”
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Japan Society Presents a Special Screening of the Eagerly Anticipated “Godzilla Minus One”

  presents a special screening of the eagerly anticipated Godzilla Minus One © 2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. November 28, 2023, 7:00 pm JAPAN SOCIETY (333 E. 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues) New York (November 9, 2023) – Japan Society is honored to announce a special public preview screening of Takashi…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Fantasia International Film Festival Review: Mio Imada and Ren Meguro Forge a Passionate Relationship in ‘As Long As We Both Shall Live’
Reviews

Fantasia International Film Festival Review: Mio Imada and Ren Meguro Forge a Passionate Relationship in ‘As Long As We Both Shall Live’

©2023 映画「わたしの幸せな結婚」製作委員会 Actress Mio Imada and actor Ren Meguro’s protagonists may be living in a fantasy world in their new action film, As Long As We Both Shall Live, but that doesn’t mean they have to give up on their real-world dreams. The characters are fighting both human and supernatural enemies in the romantic drama…

Karen Benardello
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Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for the 16th Annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Festivals

Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for the 16th Annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

JAPAN SOCIETY ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM North America’s largest Japanese film festival presents two weeks of contemporary movies from Japan, including opening film THE FIRST SLAM DUNK directed by Takehiko Inoue, centerpiece film UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY directed by KENTARO, closing film THE THREE SISTERS…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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New York Asian Film Festival Announces First Wave of 2023 lineup
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New York Asian Film Festival Announces First Wave of 2023 lineup

On July 14, 2023, the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center will kick off the 22nd edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), with 60+ new and classic titles, a greatly expanded selection of short films, and an exciting slate of celebrated guests from Asia and the diaspora. The…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Polite Society / Review : “This Film is Fire !”
Reviews

Polite Society / Review : “This Film is Fire !”

It’s still Spring but Focus Features comes out with full punches with this Summer like Action Flick “Polite Society.” Mind you, there is nothing polite about this film. It’s full of curse words, raw catfights with full on punches and rudeness that would make your Mother cringe, But mind you this film is FIRE !…

Luis Pedron
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Sundance Film Festival / Shortcomings : Review / Randall Park Makes a Playful Comedy About Romance and Asian Representation
Reviews

Sundance Film Festival / Shortcomings : Review / Randall Park Makes a Playful Comedy About Romance and Asian Representation

Ever since the film “Crazy Rich Asians” was a smash hit, the Asian film community has blossomed. New talents have established themselves in the Hollywood industry for the last few years, and now three Asian cast members of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” are nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards. So it’s appropriate to see…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Suzuki centennial series Feb. 3-11 at Japan Society
Events

Suzuki centennial series Feb. 3-11 at Japan Society

Japan Society and The Japan Foundation Present Seijun Suzuki Centennial Feb. 3-11, 2023 A Six-film Celluloid Series Celebrating 100 Years of Seijun Suzuki Kagero-za © 1981 presented by LittleMore Co., Ltd. New York, January 5, 2023—Celebrating 100 years of iconoclast director Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), a singular force in Japanese cinema whose radical stylistic vision and…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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The Female Gaze At Japan Society: Conflagration, A Superb Interrogation On Impermanence
Reviews

The Female Gaze At Japan Society: Conflagration, A Superb Interrogation On Impermanence

Japan Society’s autumn programme features an inspiring array of films in collaboration with the National Film Archive of Japan, with the series The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond. A great classic of Japanese cinema is being shown in this occasion, in a new 4K restoration version. The picture is Conflagration (Enjō)…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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