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NYAFF / Ravens : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Mark Gill & Actor Tadanobu Asano

Ravens : The tragic love story of legendary Japanese Photographer Masahisa Fukase and his wife Yoko. Director : Mark Gill Producer : Mark Gill, Cyril Cadars, Megumi Fukasawa, Hiroyasu Nagata Screenwriter : Mark Gill Production Co : Vestapol, Ark Entertainment, Minded Factory, Katsize, The Y House Films Genre : Drama Original Language : Japanese Runtime : 1h 56m ©Photo by Ayami Kusumi …

Nobuhiro Hosoki

July 31, 2025

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Like a Dragon: Yakuza : One of the Best and Most Brutally Realistic Streaming Series Adapted from a Video Game

© Amazon MGM Studios Life is simple for Kazuma Kiryu when he fights in yakuza-sponsored underground fights: keep punching until he is the last man standing. Everything else is much more complicated, because of his complex and sometimes contradictory loyalties to his yakuza clan, their broader criminal alliance, and his adopted family of orphans. Of course,…

Joe Bendel

October 23, 2024

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“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” Review

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Las Vegas needs a real-life Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, but not the smaller franchise store from the first film. Fans deserve a full recreation of the bigger flagship restaurant, complete with the river ride, as revealed in the new sequel—like only Vegas could build. Mike Schmidt’s encounters in the smaller Freddy Fazbear’s…

Joe Bendel

December 4, 2025

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Audience-Controlled Interactive Slasher Movie ‘Slay Day’ to Premiere in Theaters in Fall 2026

Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie will release the interactive slasher film, Slay Day, in theaters in fall 2026, Variety is reporting. The drama will ask viewers in each theater to collectively vote on each critical decision using their smartphones. As a result, each audiences’ choices will alter the story as the movie plays on the big screen….

Karen Benardello

December 4, 2025

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The Duet of ‘CLOTHED BY THE SUN’ from ‘THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE’ Film Features Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Blumenberg

©Searchlight Pictures The song for the historical drama musical film “The Testament of Ann Lee” has been unveiled by Searchlight at its premiere. The film is set to debut in 70mm and will be available in select cinemas on Christmas Day. The film was directed by Norway’s Mona Fastvold, who also co-wrote it with her…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

December 4, 2025

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‘Slanted’ Uses Body Horror To Mock White Ethnocentrism

If The Substance explored ageism through the transformation of the body, a film featured in the line-up of the 43rd edition of the Torino Film Festival uses the same means to discuss white ethnocentrism. Slanted follows Joan Huang (Shirley Chen), a Chinese-American teen, who moved with her family from China to the star-spangled country when…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

December 3, 2025

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NYAFF / Ravens : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Mark Gill & Actor Tadanobu Asano

Like a Dragon: Yakuza : One of the Best and Most Brutally Realistic Streaming Series Adapted from a Video Game