Synopsis : From writer/director Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” “Godzilla“) comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington, “Tenet“), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan, “Eternals“), is recruited to hunt down and…
ACA CINEMA PROJECT PRESENTS “EMERGING JAPANESE FILMS” @2022 “Yoko” Film Partners.jpeg @2022 “Ripples” Film Partners @2022 “Tea Friends” Film Partners US PREMIERES SET – YOKO (DIRECTOR KAZUYOSHI KUMAKIRI); RIPPLES (DIRECTOR NAOKO OGIGAMI); TEA FRIENDS (DIRECTOR BUNJI SOTOYAMA) SERIES TO RUN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, AT LINWOOD DUNN THEATER, HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles,…
Shooting for the second season of Tokyo Vice was completed just before the actor’s strike threw a wrench into production schedules the woMrld over. Directed by Michael Mann, the hit series premiered on Max, (formerly known as HBO Max) in 2022. It was the first high-ticket American-produced show to be shot on location in the…
Possessing the talent and drive to succeed, but not having the opportunity they need to be seen, is an unfortunate reality for many artists, especially those who are women. Filmmaker Beth Aala is one such artist who dedicatedly takes on many roles in order to get her projects noticed. She passionately chronicles the challenges that…
Angry Son — the closing film of the 2023 edition of the Chicago Japan Film Collective — focuses on the struggles of adolescence and of fitting in when you feel “different.” Although homosexuality and being biracial should be features intrinsic to our modern society, they are still objects of discrimination and bullying worldwide. Director Kasho…
Sometimes a song works perfectly to encapsulate a moment or an entire movie. Among this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Original Song is the fourteenth mention for Diane Warren, who has yet to win a competitive Oscar, for “Applause,” from a small movie called Tell It Like a Woman that made its premiere at the…
South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus takes a spin on the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa. The original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro — inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 Russian novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich — finds a modern adaptation with the British drama Living. The film is set in London in the…
Synopsis : LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Some Suggestive Material) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: Oliver Hermanus Producer: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen Writer: Kazuo…
And Then Yoshimitsu Morita 1985 Japan 130 minutes Japanese with English subtitles Morita’s award-winning first foray into period films is an adaptation of master of literary modernism Sōseki Natsume’s celebrated novel of the same title. Morita’s second and final collaboration with the iconic Yūsaku Matsuda (The Family Game), who stars alongside legendary actors like Chishū…
The diverse selection of motion pictures of the 2022 New York Asian Film Festival allows audiences to look back on the years we’ve recently traversed. The Japanese film Ribbon is an excellent example, bringing to the screen a whimsically inspiring coming-of-age story about a young art student in the midst of the Covid crisis. What…
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