This weekend, I decided to get into the spirit of the Halloween season by buying a five-movie access pass for Nightstream, a (supposedly)...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] From its mournful reprise of Louis Armstrong’s “We Have All the...

Efficient. If I had to choose a single word to describe Paul Schrader’s directorial style, that would be it: Efficient. In his movies...

Concluded Japan Cuts 2021 with a self-curated double feature: It’s a Summer Film! : This lighthearted ode to the spirit of creativity is...

If you still require evidence that Takashi Miike is a certified cinematic genius, look no further than his latest effort, The Great Yokai...

Here in the United States, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has acquired a reputation for primarily producing “J-horror,” thanks in large part to the...

The jidaigeki genre has become increasingly rare in recent years, even in its native country. Revisionist, postmodern, cynical twists on...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] The pre-credit sequence of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is more...

Following an appropriately surreal and dreamlike prologue, David Lowery’s The Green Knight opens on a surprisingly mundane note: an image...

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Netflix’s recent three-part adaptation of R. L. Stine's Fear Street novel...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] After a yearlong absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MCU has...

The marketing for Richard Donner’s 1978 adaptation of Superman proudly proclaimed that the film would convince audiences that “a man...

In Willy’s Wonderland, Nicolas Cage plays a badass, taciturn janitor forced to spend the night cleaning a Chuck E. Cheese style family...

Of all the documentaries comprising Japan Society’s “Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara & Sachiko Kobayashi” retrospective, few...

Earlier this week, I watched Hong Sangsoo’s The Power of Kangwon Province via Lincoln Center’s virtual cinema, and while I enjoyed it, I...

The Many Faces of Chika—the only scripted drama ever produced by documentarians Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi—features a fascinating...

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 is as difficult to analyze as it is challenging to watch; this deeply personal documentary resides...

Watched Goodbye CP, which is currently screening as part of Japan Society’s latest online retrospective—a showcase of the...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS! And also a couple of CUSS WORDS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Zeus is a zombie king. He is...

In recent years, Western theatrical animation has shifted almost entirely to computer-generated imagery, essentially abandoning...