Performing KAORU’s Funeral

Interviews

Japan Cuts : Performing Kaoru’s Funeral / Exclusive Interview with Director Noriko Yuasa

©PKFP PARTNERS Performing Kaoru’s Funeral : When a screenwriter named Kaoru dies suddenly, she leaves behind a tangle of relations who are all pulled together for the final act in her life: performing her funeral. The chief mourner is her ex-husband, Jun. A failed actor, he drifts around Tokyo as a driver for callgirls. He…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

August 5, 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

News

Robert Marshall Will Reportedly Direct ‘Guys and Dolls’ Remake for Sony TriStar

© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Filmmaker Rob Marshall has reportedly signed on with Sony’s TriStar Pictures as director of another film adaptation of the stage musical Guys and Dolls. The project has been in the works for more than twenty years, when producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron came on board. 20th Century Fox…

Edward Moran

September 7, 2024

Pick Up

Wolf Man | Official Teaser : Starring Christopher Abbott

What if someone you loved became something else? From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 7, 2024

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice : Video Review / Above the Line vs Below the line Episode 43

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has been working in…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 7, 2024

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Toronto International Film Festival : ‘Can I Get a Witness?’ Envisions a Bold and Fascinating Future

One of the reasons that people fear death is that they don’t know when it’s coming. Not knowing what happens afterward is also important, but the uncertainty of how a final day or moment might be spent without tying up loose ends or properly saying goodbye can be truly terrifying. Can I Get a Witness?…

Abe Friedtanzer

September 6, 2024

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Japan Cuts : Performing Kaoru’s Funeral / Exclusive Interview with Director Noriko Yuasa

JAPAN CUTS 2024 Program Announced!