O'GRADY FILM

Watched Edo Avant Garde, a fascinating documentary about the innovative byobu (folding screen) art produced during Japan's period of extr...

What is In & of Itself? Well, in the literal sense, it’s the latest film from director and occasional Muppeteer Frank Oz. Before that, it...

Took advantage of my day off from work to check out this year’s online edition of DOC NYC. As expected, the festival is offering a wide v...

This year, I decided to celebrate Halloween with a Hammer Horror double feature. I would have preferred to watch The Curse of Frankenstei...

[WARNING: The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS!] I spent hours searching for the right adjective to describe the unique flavor of ...

While large movie theater chains struggle to stay afloat in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, Japan Society has adapted to the age of so...

Reading the first few chapters of Junji Ito’s Tomie put me in the mood for some good, old-fashioned body horror. Fortunately, the Criteri...

Welcome to [small town name]! It’s almost [holiday], and the whole community is excited for [large event]! Unfortunately, the festivities...

Hulu’s Books of Blood is profoundly disappointing. While it borrows its title from the series of anthology novels penned by Clive Barker,...

David Byrne’s American Utopia perfectly encapsulates its creator’s quirky personality and artistic philosophy. Through his word salad lyr...

I’ve been a huge fan of director Steve McQueen’s (no relation to the star of Bullitt and The Great Escape) minimalistic approach to stagi...

Be a foreigner with very few friends in town. Stumble across a violent crime in progress. Immediately touch everything as you fruitlessly...

Hopper/Welles is a fascinating time capsule. In footage originally shot circa 1970 for The Other Side of the Wind, an unseen Orson Welles...

Tsai Ming-liang’s Days begins with a title card that reads, “The film is intentionally unsubtitled.” That’s somewhat intimidating, to say...

[WARNING: The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS!] Underwater begins with a long, lingering shot that slowly tracks across the enti...

Last night, I watched The Calming, my first digital screening of this year’s hybrid (part drive-in, part online) edition of the New York ...

[WARNING: The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for 13 Assassins, Skyfall, Django Unchained, and Avengers: Endgame.] What defines a...

Watched Rancho Notorious on the Criterion Channel. This Technicolor-drenched Old Hollywood cowboy picture should represent something of a...

Watched A Colt Is My Passport on the Criterion Channel. Directed by Takashi Nomura, this deliciously pulpy, noir-flavored yakuza thriller...

[Back in the summer of 2015, my brother and I visited Japan. While there, I sent our parents (almost) daily emails to keep them up-to-dat...