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Philadelphia Film Festival: Train Dreams’ Joel Edgerton Anchors a Soulful Portrait of a Life Shaped by Fate

©Courtesy of Netflix The most masterful study of a man’s seemingly simplistic life tries to make sense of the underlying tragic and fateful circumstances he has long faced. Instead of placing blame for his difficult situations on others, he accepts his life’s mystery with a hard-earned grace. Joel Edgerton’s protagonist of Robert Grainier in the…

Exclusive Interview With Giulio Base On the 43 Torino Film Festival

©Courtesy of Torino Film Festival The 43rd Torino Film Festival took place from November 21st to November 29th 2025, under the aegis of the National Museum of Cinema, presided by Enzo Ghigo and directed by Carlo Chatrian, with the artistic direction of Giulio Base. This was the second year that Giulio Base was at the…

国宝:Q&A / 俳優吉沢亮、李相日監督

撮影:細木信宏 (国宝):任侠(にんきょう)の一門に生まれるも数奇な運命をたどり、歌舞伎役者の家に引き取られた喜久雄(吉沢亮)は、激動の日々を送る中で歌舞伎役者としての才能を開花させる。一方、彼が引き取られた家の息子・俊介(横浜流星)は名門の跡取りとして歌舞伎役者になることを運命づけられ、幼いころから芸の世界に生きていた。境遇も才能も対照的な二人は、ライバルとして互いに切磋琢磨(せっさたくま)し合いながら芸の道を究めていく。 監督 : 李相日 原作 : 吉田修一 脚本 : 奥寺佐渡子 製作 : 岩上敦宏, 伊藤伸彦, 荒木宏幸, 市川南, 渡辺章仁, 松橋真三 企画 : 村田千恵子 プロデュース : 村田千恵子 撮影 : ソフィアン・エル・ファニ 照明 : 中村裕樹 音響 : 白取貢 特機 上野隆治 美術監督 : 種田陽平 美術 : 下山奈緒 装飾 : 酒井拓磨 衣装デザイン : 小川久美子 衣装 : 松田和夫 ヘアメイク : 豊川京子 特殊メイク…

Kokuho : Q&A with Actor Ryo Yoshizawa and Director Lee Sang-il

©Courtesy of GKIDS Kokuho : Nagasaki, 1964 — After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men…

Quentin Tarentino Slams ‘The Hunger Games’ as a Rip-off of ‘Battle Royale’

©Courtesy of Weinstein Company  Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has vehemently expressed his displeasure with The Hunger Games franchise, calling the lucrative series a rip-off of the Japanese cult classic, Battle Royale. This is not the first time The Hunger Games has been accused of taking inappropriate liberties with Battle Royale. The novel on which The Hunger…

Torino Film Festival : Exclusive Interview With Dechen Roder On Her ‘I, The Song’

The 43rd Torino Film Festival has been the stage to the new work of one of the few female filmmakers from the Kingdom of Bhutan. Dechen Roder started off making small documentaries and videos, through her production company Dakinny Productions, incepted in 2009. In 2015 she wrote and directed Lo Sum Choe Sum, which competed…

“Sisu: Road to Revenge” : The Strong, Silent Sequel

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures  Finland’s resiliency is amazing. They flat-out defeated the vastly larger Soviet Red Army in the First Winter War and essentially battled them to a draw in the Second. Aatmi Korpi was their not-so-secret weapon. According to his mythical backstory, after the Communists massacred Korpi’s family, the enraged Finnish commando launched a…

“Last Samurai Standing” : Exclusive Interview with Director Michihito Fujii

Check out more of our Youtube Channel  ©Courtesy of Netflix Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on  TV Tokyo’s program called…

‘Wicked: For Good” Review: A Flawed But Brave Detour From the First Movie

@Courtesy of Universal Pictures After the stunning and entirely deserved success of Wicked in 2024 (474 million dollars earned ad the US boxoffice, 755 worldwide, 10 nominations at the Academy Awards included Best Movie, Best Actress and Best Actress in a Supporting Role) this year’s sequel Wicked: For Good was by any means one of…

Song Sung Blue Trailer : Starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson

Courtesy of Focus Features A new trailer has been released by Focus Features for “Song Sung Blue,” which features Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as members of the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder, which is based on the 2008 documentary of the same name. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star in “Song Sung Blue,”…

‘Die My Love’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Delivers, Lynne Ramsay Doesn’t…

@Courtesy of MUBI Among the several masterpieces that Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes realized together, A Woman Under the Influence (1974) set the bar about portraying the psychological and emotional difficulties of a woman confined in often suffocating social roles of wife, mother or housewife. The truth and intensity which that movie was able to…