One song can save the world. At least, that’s the thesis statement of Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Fish Story, a film in which an obscure punk...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Uzumasa Limelight, a beautiful movie about how the fickle entertainment industry occasionally leaves its...

Taking advantage of an unexpected day off, I ventured out to Metrograph to catch a screening of Filmworker, a documentary about Leon...

Ventured out to The Landmark at 57 West to catch a screening of Lu Over the Wall. This modern-day reinterpretation of The Little Mermaid...

Watched Woyzek on Fandor, continuing my long-overdue binge of Werner Herzog’s body of work. The director’s five collaborations with actor...

Watched Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht on Fandor. I’d actually already seen this remake of F.W. Murnau’s classic silent...

Logged on to Fandor to watch The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, a haunting character study about a mentally underdeveloped man in 19th Century...

I’ve been meaning to more thoroughly explore Werner Herzog’s eclectic filmography ever since I discovered Aguirre, the Wrath of God back...

After months of putting it off, I finally got around to watching Boiling Point, the second film by “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. While the...

I’ve decided to take a break from theatrical releases this weekend in order to catch up on my home video consumption. On today’s menu:...

Went back to IFC Center this morning to see Memories of Murder, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s 2003 police procedural—though that...

Went to IFC Center for a screening of The Villainess, an absolutely bonkers South Korean action flick about a young woman who has the...

Last summer, my brother and I visited Japan, and as we explored the streets, skyscrapers, parks, and temples around Tokyo, we saw this...

We all know the popular archetypes. The jock. The stoner. The virgin. Maybe a wheelchair-bound youth for some extra variety/pathos. Like...

I’ve only been back in New York for a few hours, and I’m already hitting my usual haunts. How could I possibly turn in early when...

Dragged myself out of bed this morning and made my way over to the Film Forum (the same venue where I saw Chimes At Midnight earlier this...

Last night, I found out that an animated film I’ve been looking forward to for months was quietly released on Friday, to a criminally...

Today, I once again headed over to Japan Society for the final double feature in its science fiction retrospective: Blue Christmas and...

Today, I returned to Japan Society (where I saw Blind Woman’s Curse) to enjoy another retrospective. This time, rather than featuring the...

Today marks the end of Japan Society’s Kazuo Miyagawa retrospective, and I simply couldn’t resist squeezing in one last double feature...