Popped in another Christmas present (though I purchased this one myself, using an Amazon gift card—thanks, Tom the DP): Arrow Video’s...

Out of all the movies I received as Christmas gifts, I was most excited to watch True Stories. I’ve been dying to experience this...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Seoul Station, the animated sequel/spinoff to Train to Busan. Despite sharing some narrative DNA with its...

Finally got around to watching Flavors of Youth, an animated anthology film from CoMix Wave, the studio behind much of Makoto Shinkai’s...

Caught a screening of Trees Lounge at IFC Center. While a lesser actor-turned-director might have found the challenge of juggling on- and...

Zatoichi tales written and/or directed by series star Shinatro Katsu himself (particularly the borderline nihilistic Zatoichi in...

You know, in retrospect, I don’t think my initial review adequately conveys the oppressively bleak atmosphere that pervades City of the...

Caught a screening of The Unholy Three at Metrograph. It’s been a while since I sat down and watched a silent movie, and while this is...

Just got back in from the Fathom Events screening of Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1. Studio-produced animated shorts...

What do a self-destructive male prostitute (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and a UFO-obsessed community college student (Brady Corbet) have in...

Nicolas Winding Refn is one of the most diverse cinematic artists working today. You’d be hard pressed to find two movies as different as...

On a bit of a whim, I headed out to Cinema Village to see Five Fingers for Marseilles. IndieWire advertised it as a South African...

Following a loose, minimalistic plot structured around some of The Who’s greatest hits (as well as other rock ‘n’ roll classics),...

Happy Mother’s Day! Why not celebrate with a film? There are plenty of memorable movies about moms, but in my opinion, none of them...

Thanks to Kanopy’s extensive selection of educational programming, I’ve recently become very interested in Butoh, a Japanese style of...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Effacement, a semi-experimental documentary that explores the process of creating a Japanese Noh mask. While...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath, an anthology film that offers up three very different (but equally delectable)...

The original Harakiri (1962) is an uncompromisingly uncomfortable film, a scathing criticism of the fetishization of bushido in general...

Dust and debris settle after a violent explosion. Nikkatsu regular Joe Shishido, dazed but more-or-less unharmed (perhaps his...

A trio of bank robbers seeks refuge at a ski lodge, but as the staff grows increasingly suspicious and the police close in, they flee...