Lupin the Third is beloved both in its native Japan and abroad, but I consider myself to be a casual fan of the series at best. Between...

Caught an early morning screening of The Farewell at Angelika Film Center. While stories about death tend to be fairly somber affairs...

Well, as of today, the New York Public Library has officially severed ties with Kanopy, my favorite streaming service. Sadly, like...

Ever since I experienced the glorious avant-garde weirdness of El Topo a few years back, I’ve been trying to see The Holy Mountain,...

Now that I’ve had time to more fully digest the underlying subtleties of The Image You Missed, I’ve come to appreciate its perfectly...

Went to Metrograph to catch a screening of The Image You Missed, a personal cinematic essay in which director Donal Foreman combs through...

I was in the mood for something completely different today, so I ventured out to Japan Society—I know, I know, that’s not exactly unusual...

Caught a late-night screening of Shadow at IFC Center. This wuxia thriller is set during China’s Three Kingdoms period; thus, its plot...

Caught the final two screenings of Japan Society’s “Other New Wave” retrospective: The Tragedy of Bushido: Unlike last night’s The...

Caught a screening of The Samurai Vagabonds—which, contrary to its title, is not a period film, but a modern-day (well, circa 1960)...

Forgive this brief moment of self-indulgence, but if there’s one lesson I learned as a film student that bears repeating, it’s that...

How does one begin to describe a movie like Antiporno? Well, it certainly helps to have a basic understanding of Roman Porno, a more...

Ventured out to Metrograph to catch a screening of Long Day’s Journey into Night. The initial setup of this Chinese cinematic tone poem...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Vital, a Japanese love story with a dark twist (hardly shocking, considering it was directed by Shinya...

Went to Village East Cinema to catch a screening of Penguin Highway, one of the most unique animated coming-of-age stories I’ve ever...

Celebrated the completion of a pilot I’ve been working on with an Asian cinema double feature: The Fate of Lee Khan: The films of Chinese...

A married merchant falls in love with a courtesan. Meddling family members conspire to tear them apart. Unable to find happiness in...

Continuing my long-overdue binge of Harmony Korine’s body of work, I ventured out to Metrograph for a late-night screening of Julien...

Caught a screening of Ramen Shop at IFC Center. Calling a movie “Ozu-esque” has become a film criticism cliche at this point, but the...

Watched Robin and Marian. The works of Richard Lester tend to be pretty hit or miss: his collaborations with The Beatles are fantastic,...