Review: Samurai Wolf
In Samurai Wolf, director Hideo Gosha shaves his already minimalistic chanbara formula all the way down to the bone. Although...
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In Samurai Wolf, director Hideo Gosha shaves his already minimalistic chanbara formula all the way down to the bone. Although...
When I was but a lad, I owned a huge collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures. I’d blow my allowance on every plastic...
[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Back in 2020, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes—Junta Yamaguchi’s...
[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] The opening scene of Kaz I Kiriya’s From the End of the World—an...
In her brief introductory speech preceding Japan Society’s screening of When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty, director Yuho Ishibashi claimed...
[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Near the end of The Legend & Butterfly—a lavish period epic...
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This one was kind of a cheat. The Japan Cuts screening of The First Slam Dunk sold out almost immediately after tickets became available...
I Am What I Am is the exact sort of pleasant surprise that defines Japan Cuts for me. The synopsis on the festival website led me to...
After taking last year off due to COVID-related concerns, Japan Cuts has finally returned to NYC! Since I’m feeling a bit out of...
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[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] How should a director approach depicting the concept of “genius?”...
[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] When childhood sweethearts Na Young and Hae Sung first part ways at...
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[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Does a film truly need to slavishly adhere to a traditional...
[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Asteroid City isn’t just the quintessential Wes Anderson film; it’s...
[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] What is “bravery?” Is it dying for one’s cause without hesitation, even...
[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] In Withnail and I, the characters are defined by their environment; the...
[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Five year ago, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse argued that...