In 1977 Roald Dahl released The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar in a collection of seven short stories. A few decades later, the tale written by the illustrious children’s novelist is adapted for the silver screen by the master of escapist pastel-hued motion pictures: Wes Anderson. The Texan filmmaker has strongly advocated for the English-author’s…
The ACA Cinema Project Japan features the film Ripples, written and directed by Naoko Ogigami. The film focuses on the delicate phase of a woman, as middle-age becomes the time to make a balance of her life. Yoriko Sudo (Mariko Tsutsui) finds comfort in the Green Life Water Society (Ryokumei-kai), based on the new religious…
In this year’s line-up for the ACA Cinema Project Japan there is a film with a curious story, inspired by a twenty-year-old who created a groundbreaking escort service for the elderly. The film, written and directed by Bunji Sotoyama, is subtle in reverting power roles. Older generations used to boss around young people, whereas in…
Milan’s Fondazione Prada has unveiled to the public Wes Anderson – Asteroid City: Exhibition — in collaboration with Universal Pictures International Italy — that opened on September 23rd and will run until January 7th, 2024. The show anticipates the Italian theatrical release on September 28th of Asteroid City, presented at the 76th Cannes Film Festival…
The English-born and Northern Irish director and writer, after his exceptional cinematic works — such as the 2011 film The Story of Film: An Odyssey that was broadcast as 15 one-hour television episodes — returns with a new motion picture. Mark Cousins embarks upon a journey (literally and metaphorically) with one of the most prominent…
The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA Cinema Project Japan) sets the scene for its Los Angeles ACA Cinema Project Series, which takes place from September 26th to September 28th. Amongst the featured films is Yoko, directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, winner of the Golden Goblet Best Picture Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The…
Mike Sargent is a cinematic polymath: he has worked behind the camera as a Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Composer, Sound Designer & Storyboard artist. His knowledge of motion pictures is further attested by his work as film critic, as the host of several television and radios show, spanning from Arise Networks to WBAI Radio. As an…
The Amazon Studios biographical drama directed by Roger Ross Williams brings to the screen the story of Saúl Armendáriz, the Mexican luchador who worked as an exótico all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. Roger Ross Williams’ narrative directorial debut is set in the Eighties, when Armendáriz lived in El Paso and would…
Cinema Guild has been working on the revival of two films by Shinji Somai for U.S. distribution: Typhoon Club (in a new 4K restoration) and P.P. Rider. The independent company worked with Japan Society on their retrospective of the Japanese filmmaker’s work in April and May and will open both films at IFC Center on September 8th, followed by a…
KimStim is distributing in North America Yui Kiyohara’s Remembering Every Night, presented at the 73rd Berlinale, that was designated one of five highlights from New Directors/New Films 2023. The film was produced and supported by Japan’s Pia Film Festival and its PFF Scholarship for young filmmakers, and will open on September 15th in New York Film…
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