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Japan Cuts : Look Back is Brutally Poignant, But Emotionally Complex

Manga publishing is a ruthlessly numbers-driven business. Success is mostly dependent on sales and reader popularity polls. Nevertheless, it attracts artistic young people, who often keenly sensitive, somewhat neurotic, and even sometimes painfully shy. Those terms certainly describe either Ayumu Fujino or her middle school rival “Kyomoto the Truant.” Several apply to them both. Somehow,…

What is the True Horror of Longlegs?

©Courtesy of Neon Osgood Perkins has certainly made a name for himself in the world of ethereal horror. Son of the legendary Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates if you’re unfamiliar), Oz has released a set of high style horror pics since the mid 2010s. With his new film Longlegs, Perkins has entered a realm his films…

Japan Cuts: ‘Six Singing Women,’ An Ecological Cautionary Tale

Japan Cuts is now in its 17th edition and runs from July 10th until the 21st. The largest showcase of contemporary Japanese cinema in North America and annual highlight of New York’s cinema scene, keeps getting better. This year’s line-up includes Six Singing Women, which is the first feature film in over a decade from multi-hyphenate…

Fly Me to the Moon: Scarlett and Channing’s Chemistry Soars

©Courtesy of Focus Features Certain historical events leave such an significant impact on society’s trajectory that some people choose to believe they were faked to satisfy a political agenda. That immediately happened when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon as part of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission 55…

‘Faye’ The Documentary That Captures Dunaway’s Charisma

HBO Documentary Films presents an engaging documentary about Hollywood’s living legend: Faye Dunaway. The Academy Award-winning actress and multi-decade movie star, recalls her professional successes and personal challenges connected to mental health. Laurent Bouzereau is the director of Faye. The experience of the French-American filmmaker in recounting on the silver screen the icons of the…

Japan Cuts: Between the White Key and the Black Key/ A Yin-Yang Experience Through Jazz

©Courtesy of Tokyo Theater Company Japan Cuts opens its 2024 edition at Japan Society with the North American Premiere and Opening Night Film Between the White Key and the Black Key, at the presence of director Masanori Tominaga. Between the White Key and the Black Key is an autobiographical essay by Hiroshi Minami, a leading Japanese jazz…

Momo Akashi’s ‘VOICE’: A Thoughtful Parable in the ‘Theatre of Engagement’ Tradition

©Captured and Edited by Miku Hirayama with iPhoto Written by Momo Akashi and directed by Kevin Cheng, VOICE had its global premiere on July 6 as part of the Time Capsule project at the Chain Theatre in New York City. As the brainchild of producer and artistic director Ai Toyoshima, the Time Capsule project is…

MaXXXine / Video Review / Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 42

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Film Critic : Edward Douglas  Edward Douglas has been writing about movies for over 20 years. 13 of those years was at ComingSoon.net, followed by writing for outlets such as Film Journal, Den of Geek, The New York Daily News, Gold Derby, Below the…

A Man of Reason (Who is No Stranger to Action)

©Epic Pictures  Su-hyuk broods hard, very much like the other titular men in “man” films, like Man on Fire (either of them) and The Man from Nowhere. He too is a jaded man of action, who must rescue an innocent child from a powerful criminal organization. After ten years in prison, Su-hyuk has no intention…

‘The Bear’ Season 3 : A Show That Keeps Following Its Own Rules

Jeremy Allen White, @Courtesy of FX Networks After a remarkable Season 1 and an even better Season 2, The Bear is back with another ten episodes that reaffirm the complete freedom of Christopher Storer’s creation. The creator and co-showrunner with Joanna Calo uses in fact Season 3 as a chance to go deeper into the…

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel 4 : Eddie Murphy Conjures Up the Ridiculous in the Midst of Mayhem

©Courtesy of Netflix  After forty years, Eddie Murphy is still going strong as Axel Foley, the comic cop who traded the mean streets of Detroit for the meaner but greener streets of Beverly Hills. Murphy was an aspiring 22-year-old when he appeared in the original Beverly Hills Cop movie in 1984, which grossed more than…