Here in the United States, Shaw Bros. is most famous for such martial arts epics as One-Armed Swordsman, Come Drink with Me, and Five...

My brother and I tend to have pretty similar tastes in horror, so when he recommended Andre Ovredal’s adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell...

Quentin Tarantino has always been fond of exploring tonal paradoxes. Usually, he focuses on the various ways in which audiences respond...

Caught a screening of Jokyo. Metrograph is showing this omnibus film as part of an ongoing Machiko Kyo retrospective, but all three of...

For my sixth and final screening of Japan Cuts 2019, I saw NIGHT CRUISING, a documentary that depicts a blind man’s attempt at directing...

For my fifth Japan Cuts screening of 2019, I decided to be adventurous and see Experimental Spotlight: Palm of the Hand Cinema, an...

Japan Cuts has reached its penultimate day, and although I’m terribly exhausted following a long week at work, I still intend to sample...

For my third Japan Cuts screening of 2019, I saw Samurai Shifters, a period comedy about a clan that is forced to repeatedly relocate...

Just got back in from my second Japan Cuts screening, Ten Years Japan—a significantly more somber and thematically dense affair than the...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Japan Cuts, my favorite annual film festival, has officially commenced! For my first screening,...

Shaw Brothers martial arts. Hammer horror. Two delicious cinematic flavors—but do they still taste great together? The Legend of the 7...

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...

Went to Metrograph to catch a screening of Arrow’s gorgeous restoration of Takashi Miike’s Audition. This J-horror masterpiece...

[The following review contains SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Endgame, and several other MCU films. YOU HAVE BEEN...

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

Let’s make one thing crystal clear right off the bat: Toy Story 3 provided the perfect conclusion to Pixar’s flagship franchise, neatly...

Half-watched Child’s Play 2 on the telly this morning. Never really got into the series, but this particular installment, at least, is...

At my brother’s insistence, I watched Top Secret! for the first time. It features exactly what you want from a Zucker, Abrahams and...

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,...