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Interviews

Shall We Dance? : Q&A with Writer/Director Masayuki Suo and Actress Tamiyo Kusakari

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Shall We Dance? : Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all — a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life. One day while commuting on the train he spots a…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

June 3, 2025

Reviews

Japan Society’s Flash Forward Series: Talking the Pictures, Is A Wistful Limerick To The Japanese Silent Film Era

If in 2011, the Western World tributed the realm of Silent Film with the comedy-drama The Artist (that scooped five Academy Awards), in 2019 the Land of the Rising Sun made its homage to that same cinematic era, with Talking the Pictures, directed by Masayuki Suo. The motion picture is currently part of Japan Society’s…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

December 5, 2021

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M3GAN 2.0 : Featurette

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures The murderous doll who captivated pop culture in 2023 is back. And this time she’s not alone. The original creative team behind that phenomenon—led by horror titans James Wan for Atomic Monster, Jason Blum for Blumhouse and director Gerard Johnstone—reboot an all-new wild chapter in A.I. Mayhem with “M3GAN 2.0.” Two…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

June 23, 2025

Interviews

Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything / Exclusive Interview with Director Jackie Jesko

Check out more of our YouTube Channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

June 23, 2025

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Tribeca Festival : People and Meat Review / Poor Old Trio Dine and Dash in Korean Gem

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival In youth-oriented, fast-moving, modern societies, many elderly are overlooked and brushed aside, marginalized and isolated, or just have a bad rap. In the autumn of age, it’s too common to become invisible. In cinema, the theme has been explored in various ways, from Poetry to Umberto D., from Nomadland to Tokyo…

Niclas Goldberg

June 22, 2025

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28 Years Later: Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

©Courtesy of Columbia Pictures When it was released in 2002, 28 Days later was revolutionary. Though it is a movie about infected individuals and not zombies, it was instrumental in reviving a horror sub-genre. And while it was scary and horrifying, it was a beast all of its own; not your typical scary movie. And,…

Matthew Schuchman

June 21, 2025

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Shall We Dance? : Q&A with Writer/Director Masayuki Suo and Actress Tamiyo Kusakari

Japan Society’s Flash Forward Series: Talking the Pictures, Is A Wistful Limerick To The Japanese Silent Film Era