I’ll remember it all. Though I won’t recall it. The words echo in the theater and a man’s androgynous face makes expressive grimaces on a large screen. In front of it, the same man, long haired with sideboards, moves down in fright, like he’s detaching himself. Just before, a police squad has arrived at a house…
The 2024 Japan Cuts line-up features an impressive documentary on the past, present and future of sexually explicit art prints known as shunga. Director Junko Hirata has been exceptionally meticulous in bringing together the human stories that mark this Nipponic art form, along with a chronicle of the preservation of these works and public display in…
Shogun and The Bear have emerged at the top of the nomination list for this year’s 78th Emmy Awards, which were announced this morning. The final winners will be announced at the official awards ceremony scheduled to be broadcast live by ABC on Sunday September 15, though a host for the Los Angeles ceremony has…
©Courtesy of Japan Cuts The compulsions of two hard-living characters reshape the worlds around them in their respective animated shorts. This produces artistic triumph in one case and family tragedy in the other. Yet, Anime fans will be duly impressed by both short films’ artistry and pedigrees. Despite their lengths, Bottle George, from Daisuke “Dice”…
Tokyo Vice : Jake Adelstein, an American journalist, plugs into the Tokyo Vice police squad and descends into the neon underbelly of Tokyo. Creator : J. T. Rogers Executive Producer: J.T. Rogers, Ansel Elgort, John Lesher, Alan Poul, Emily Gerson Saines, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Michaell Mann, Jake Adesstein, Kayo Washio, Brad Caleb Kane….
The first thought that comes to mind with the term “Blue Period” is Picasso’s body of work that spans from 1901 to 1904, which had a prevalence use of blue-green shades. But the film that is part of Japan Cuts, called Blue Period, is not about the established Spanish painter of the 20th century. The movie…
@Courtesy of IFC Films Q : Music is so important in this movie? Is there some kind of music or a song that inspired you in real life? Thomas Doherty: I grew up doing a lot of musical theatre. And so It was a sign. Every single day you hear a piece of music….
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,…
©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…
Roadside Attractions had dropped a new trailer for Babylon breakout star Diego Calva is returning to his roots for Mexican feature City of Dreams. The film which is inspired by true events, City of Dreams follows Jesús, a young Mexican boy whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s trafficked across the…
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