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Japan Cuts : Under the Turquoise Sky / Exclusive Interview with Actor Yuya Yagira and Director KENTARO

@Japan Society Synopsis : An international co-production bringing together a Japanese, Mongolian, French, Australian and Chilean team, Under the Turquoise Sky from director KENTARO follows the spoiled Takeshi (played by Japanese star Yuya Yagira) who is sent out to the Mongolian countryside by his wealthy grandfather (legendary actor and Butoh master Akaji Maro). Together with…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces NYFF61 Spotlight Selections : Hayao Miyazaki, Neo Sora and Trân Anh Hùng’s Films and More

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCESSPOTLIGHT FOR THE 61st NEW YORK FILM FESTIVALWorld premieres areNathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s The CurseGarth Davis’s Foe starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal Spotlight Gala presentation of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro in its North American premiere, featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos sound at David Geffen HallU.S. premiere of The Boy and the…

Japan Cuts : The Legend & Butterfly / Exclusive Interview with “Rurouni Kenshin” Director Keishi Otomo on Working with Takuya Kimura

Synopsis : A sweeping historical romance created to celebrate Toei’s 70th anniversary, The Legend & Butterfly casts megastars Takuya Kimura as Oda Nobunaga and Haruka Ayase as his wife, Nohime. While Oda Nobunaga is one of Japan’s most well-documented historical figures, virtually no information about Nohime remains, and The Legend & Butterfly fills this mystery…

“The Eternal Memory” : Exclusive Interview with Director Maite Alberdi on the Sundance Winning Film

Director Maite Alberdi emotionally captured the hearts of audiences at Sundance 2020 with “The Mole Agent.” The film went on to garner an Oscar nomination and was shown to audiences around the globe. Now, she made her surprisingly well-made documentary, “The Eternal Memory,” which won the top prize for the World Cinema Documentary at this…

NYAFF : In Her Room/ Exclusive Interview with Actor Satoru Iguchi and Director Chihiro Ito

@New York Asian Film Festival Synopsis : There are mysteries nested inside mysteries in this otherworldly erotic film, the directorial debut of veteran screenwriter Chihiro Ito (Crying Out Love in the Center of the World; Spring Snow), adapted from her own novel. Establishing herself instantly with a unique vision, Ito fully embraces the rewards of…

TV Review – Season 3 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Shows There’s More Mystery and Fun Left to Cover

Lightning doesn’t often strike twice, and that can definitely be true when it comes to TV series that begin new arcs each season. Covering a murder within the walls of their apartment building in season one of Only Murders in the Building brought a refreshing comedic adventure for its unlikely trio, and the series managed…

NYAFF : Vital Signs : Press Conference with Hong Kong Actor Louis Koo

Synopsis : Ma (Louis Koo) is the “Dirty Harry” of Hong Kong paramedics. He brazenly breaks the rules in order to save lives, no matter the cost to his own career. online pharmacy strattera over the counter with best prices today in the USA His new overachieving subordinate, who is being groomed for greatness, naively…

Japan Cuts: Wandering, A Devastatingly Beautiful Film About Society’s Obsession With Labels

The line-up for the 2023 edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film includes the film Wandering, also released with the title The Wandering Moon. The movie directed by Lee Sang-il is based on the novel Rurou no Tsuki by Yuu Nagira, winner of 17th Japan Booksellers’ Award in 2020. Fate brings together two…

Japan Cuts / “The First Slam Dunk”: Review / You Won’t See a Better Animation Film This Year

When manga artist Takehiko Inoue drew “Slam Dunk,” an ambitious and emotionally layered sports manga which ran in “Weekly Shōnen Jump” from 1990 – 96, it left audiences with a vivid recollection soaked in high school nostalgia. After the series ended in 1996, there were some brief offshoots of the main series in collaboration with…

The Miracle Club : Review / A Heartwarming Tale of Renewal and Redemption

Ireland, as I am fond of saying, is an isle with forty shades of green and eighty shades of grudge. No other people but my own seem to have so perfected the art of carrying resentment through the generations, which is one of the premises of The Miracle Club, Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s terribly beautiful film, to…