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P.P. Rider, Shinji Sōmai’s Masterpiece Is Revived For Modern Audiences
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P.P. Rider, Shinji Sōmai’s Masterpiece Is Revived For Modern Audiences

Cinema Guild has been working on the revival of two films by Shinji Somai for U.S. distribution: Typhoon Club (in a new 4K restoration) and P.P. Rider. The independent company worked with Japan Society on their retrospective of the Japanese filmmaker’s work in April and May and will open both films at IFC Center on September 8th, followed by a…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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NYAFF: Offbeat Cops, Pulls The Strings Of Teamwork
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NYAFF: Offbeat Cops, Pulls The Strings Of Teamwork

The Japanese film Offbeat Cops, part of the 2022 New York Asian Film Festival line-up, presents a feel-good story about making amends, written and directed by Eiji Uchida. The film begins and ends with the mystery and solution of the “pre-called burglaries” case. It involves a small gang that phones elderly women and deceitfully gains…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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