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Labyrinth of Cinema, Majestically Portrays The Poison Of War Through The Antidote Of Motion Pictures

The final work by maverick filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi, that premiered at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival, will be released in New York at The Metrograph on October 20th and in Los Angeles at The Lumiere Cinema on October 29th. The master of Japanese experimental films, who eventually transitioned to mainstream media and left us on…

Wife of a Spy / Japan Cuts : An Exclusive Interview with Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa 

Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Tokyo Sonata) won the Silver Lion (Best Director) at the Venice Film Festival for this riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller shot in stunning 8K. Synopsis : The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku…

Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for Hybrid Presentation of the 15th Edition of JAPAN CUTS!

Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for Hybrid Presentation of the 15th Edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film   August 20–September 2 at Japan Society   North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema presents a dynamic slate of 38 films streaming online throughout the U.S. and screening in-theater at Japan Society in…

Chicago Japan Film Collective

Chicago Japan Film Collective Japanese Film Festival Comes to the Midwest Chicago Japan Film Collective | May 25th – 31st, 2021 Chicago, IL—Coyote Sun Productions and Mar Creation announced the inaugural Chicago Japanese Film Collective, the first ever Japanese film festival to be held in the Midwest. The virtual festival will feature nine films (seven…

Netflix’s Monster : An Investigation On The Nature Of The Truth — Film Review

Monster is an American legal drama film directed by Anthony Mandler, from a screenplay by Radha Blank, Cole Wiley and Janece Shaffer; based on the YA novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, and is now available on Netflix. Just like…