Founded in 2021, the Chicago Japan Film Collective will celebrate its 5th anniversary with the Backstreet Cinema Series taking place from September 2025 until February 2026. This series highlights films that capture “the spirit and scenery of Japan.” One of the movies of the programme, that conveys the beauty and nostalgia towards Nipponic traditions, is…
©Fair Oaks Entertainment Navigating real-life loneliness and sense of identity in an increasingly virtual world can be a constant struggle for anyone. That can be especially true for those people who seem to have a perfect life online. Becca, the protagonist in the new drama, Bunnylovr, ponders her self-worth as she contends with personal boundaries….
©Courtesy of GKIDS “Linda Linda” is one of the biggest hits from Japan’s most popular punk bands, the Blue Hearts. Yet, this Japanese high school garage band totally makes it their own, despite their new Korean vocalist’s spotty command of the language. A lot of Americans discovered the real band indirectly through this film when…
The winning film of the Cinema & Arts Award at the 81st Venice Film Festival arrives in the star-spangled nation. Through this documentary, filmmaker Andres Veiel makes a compelling portrait of one of the most controversial women of the 20th century, a filmmaker entangled with the Nazi party: Leni Rifenstahl. Riefenstahl uses a variety of…
Check out more of our YouTube Channel Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…
To say that I’ve had a strange relationship with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan over the years would be an understatement, but that was especially the case earlier in his career in the years before I officially became a film critic. After making a few other movies, Shyamalan broke onto the scene with his blockbuster hit,…
The world of journalism changed from before the digital era. With the advent of television, information and entertainment have walked hand in hand, reshaping news anchors into the infotainers(reshaping the landscape of television with its cutting-edge approach to Infotainment). Several of these figures had a solid background in journalism and brought their ethics within the…
©Courtesy of A24 In Wan Laiming’s classic 1961 Chinese animated film, the Monkey King created real Havoc in Heaven. Similarly, in this film, Ne Zhe, the Buddhist guardian folk hero, eventually leads a genuine insurrection against the celestial rulers, worthy of John Milton. Both films illustrate the Mainland Chinese movie going public’s continuing preference for…
Check out more of Our YouTube Channel Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…
@Courtesy of MUBI After participating as a writer to successful TV series like The Bear, Beef and Dave, Alex Russell has written and directed his first feature film setting it in the Los Angeles music world. Lurker tells the story of Matthew (Théodore Pellerin), an ordinary young man who works in a boutique where one…
Check out more of our YouTube Channel Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would…
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