Synopsis : A poignant story of love, loss, self-sacrifice and discovery, Daishi Matsunaga’s heralded new film is inspired by the seminal semi-autobiographical novel by Makoto Takayama. The first Japanese production with both an LGBTQ+ inclusive director and an intimacy choreographer, Egoist features two of Japan’s biggest movie stars in very compromising positions. Suffused with delicacy…
©2023 Gaga Corporation/J Storm Inc. People who effortlessly fall into a seemingly perfect life usually have the most challenging time saving themselves when they descend into a sinister situation that can potentially ruin their existences. That’s certainly the case for the sole character of the single-location survival suspense thriller, #Manhole. The movie offers an intimate…
Synopsis : Edo-era Japan is remembered for many things — brutal nation building, isolationist foreign policies, the last samurai. Leave it to veteran auteur Junji Sakamoto to remind us that it also marked the culmination of a truly sustainable ecosystem. In his audacious, aesthetically brilliant new jidaigeki, Okiku and the World, the director achieves a…
The Venice Film Festival had unveiled a star-studded line-up for its 80th edition of the festival. The festival will premiere some of the top U.S. directors including David Fincher, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Michael Mann, Bradley Cooper and Wes Anderson, alongside European, Latin American and Asian auteurs’ films. Though Venice was forced a few days…
Synopsis : Filmmaker and photographer Elizabeth Lennard secures unprecedented access to Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording of his 1984 album Ongaku Zukan in this brief-yet-insightful Franco-Japanese television co-production. A sampling of studio sessions and performances (including a piano duet with then-wife Akiko Yano), archival footage and talking head interviews, Tokyo Melody finds the eccentric artist at…
“Kennedy” starts showing the lead character cool, poised and collected. We see modern India but enveloped in a sea of red warm colors as if foreshadowing of a murder that will happen. Yes a well planned murder happens and Kennedy is the culprit. All of this happening in a high end condo complete with full…
Saki Kawamura is a NYC-based theatre/film director from Japan. Her wide-ranging works can be seen in theater, film, and visual art. Selected Directing credits include IKIGAI: a purpose of living (Encore Award at Hollywood Fringe 2021), The Giving Tree, Precognito, The Man Who Turned Into A Stick, Margaret’s Bed, Spite, and The Librarian and recent…
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Presents Full Lineup of Cinematic Works in New York Edition, May 31-June 11, 2023 Co-presented by Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center Seven Winters in Tehran, Photo: Courtesy of Made in Germany New York, April 27, 2023 — The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, now in its 34th…
PRESS RELEASE THE 2023 HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL announces line-up for 18th edition(May 18-28) Opening Night features the New York Premiere of Ryan Dickie and Abigail Horton’s Blow Up My Life, with Christina Kallas’ Paris Is In Harlem Friday Spotlight Presentations include World Premiere of first two episodes from STARZ’ Run the World second season, and Clayton P Allis and Doug E. Doug’s In…
The Asian Wave (my excitement of how Movies are finally featuring a lot of Asian Performers onscreen) is on and the Wave bring us to Vietnam, in this eye catching sumptuous l Netflix movie called “ A Tourist Guide To Love.” Mind you it’s not a travelogue but an off the beaten path of a…
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