Between the White Key and the Black Key

Interviews

Japan Cuts : Between the White Key and the Black Key / Exclusive Interview with Director Masanori Tominaga

©Courtesy of Japan Cuts Between the White Key and the Black Key :Music sweeps through 1980s Ginza, a glamorous and dangerous neighborhood where well heeled Tokyoites, artists and thugs all sway together under the power of jazz. Sosuke Ikematsu stars in this spiraling, splintering, intersecting Mobius strip of a film based on the memoirs of…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

July 23, 2024

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Japan Cuts: Between the White Key and the Black Key/ A Yin-Yang Experience Through Jazz

©Courtesy of Tokyo Theater Company Japan Cuts opens its 2024 edition at Japan Society with the North American Premiere and Opening Night Film Between the White Key and the Black Key, at the presence of director Masanori Tominaga. Between the White Key and the Black Key is an autobiographical essay by Hiroshi Minami, a leading Japanese jazz…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

July 10, 2024

Festivals

JAPAN CUTS 2024 Program Announced!

©Courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAPAN SOCIETY PRESENTS THE 17TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM July 10–21, 2024 · Japan Society · New York, NY North America’s largest Japanese film festival presents two weeks of contemporary premieres, including new films from Kei Chika-ura, Takeshi Kitano, Gakuryu Ishii, Shunji…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

June 4, 2024

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‘Our Oceans,’ Is A Bewitching Natatory Experience

The five-part Netflix series Our Oceans is executive produced by James Honeyborne, Michelle Obama and Barack Obama, and narrated by the latter. The voice of the 44th President of the United States narrates what life is like in our oceans: Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic and Southern. Five filmmakers have curated each episode: Rachel Scott, Joe…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

November 21, 2024

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‘Flow’ is the Most Immersive and Transfixing Animated Film of the Year

©Courtesy of Janus Films For some, it will be hard to ignore the Biblical implications of this new animated tale. After all, it follows a rag-tag group of animals, who survive a sudden apocalyptic flood aboard a floating sanctuary. Yet, other viewers will see it as a cautionary environmentally-themed beast fable, somewhat in the tradition…

Joe Bendel

November 20, 2024

News

Warner Bros. and Korean Studio CJ ENM Sign Remake Production Deal

© Courtesy of CJ Entertainment Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group and CJ ENM have signed a deal to develop, finance and distribute English language and Korean language features, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The projects will be remakes of each studio’s films. As part of the new agreement, Warner Bros. will serve as the lead…

Karen Benardello

November 20, 2024

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How To Train Your Dragon Featurette : A First Look

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures From three-time Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise. Writer-director Dean DeBlois’ film will hit theaters on June 13, 2025, and is a shot-for-shot remake of DreamWorks Animation’s hit animated film…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

November 20, 2024

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Japan Cuts : Between the White Key and the Black Key / Exclusive Interview with Director Masanori Tominaga

Japan Cuts: Between the White Key and the Black Key/ A Yin-Yang Experience Through Jazz

JAPAN CUTS 2024 Program Announced!