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Review: Violence Voyager

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] After finally seeing Violence Voyager for myself (having learned of its...

Review: Angel’s Egg

In the 1980s and 1990s, a lot of anime was produced exclusively for the booming home video market. Freed from the more stringent...

Review: One Armed Boxer

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] When I first watched Master of the Flying Guillotine back in college, I...

Review: Samurai Wolf

In Samurai Wolf, director Hideo Gosha shaves his already minimalistic chanbara formula all the way down to the bone. Although...

Review: Single8

I went into Single8 hoping that it would recapture the magic of It’s a Summer Film!—which remains one of the best movies I’ve ever seen...

Review: I Am What I Am

I Am What I Am is the exact sort of pleasant surprise that defines Japan Cuts for me. The synopsis on the festival website led me to...

Review: The Last of Sheila

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] A great mystery requires a certain degree of misdirection. The Last...

Review: Election

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Loyalty. Tradition. Brotherhood. These are the values that govern...

Review: Knightriders

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Knightriders is a movie about legacy. I mean, if you want to get...

Review: Fall Guy

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Fall Guy is the perfect English title for Kinji Fukasaku’s scathing...

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