Watched JSA: Joint Security Area on Kanopy, a streaming service that comes free with every New York Public Library card. What begins as a...

Braved the rain and snow to catch a screening of Oh Lucy!, a movie about a middle-aged Japanese office worker that embarks on a journey...

Just got back in from a late night screening of Masaaki Yuasa’s gleefully bizarre Mind Game at Metrograph, and for once, I’m at a...

Went and saw Wicked, Wicked, which was playing a very limited engagement at Metrograph. I don’t usually dismiss gimmicks out of hand;...

Before We Vanish left me hungry to discover more of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s work. Fortunately, my MoviePass card came with a Fandor...

Man, there’s nothing quite like a late night screening of Modern Romance to remind  you that there are worse things in life than being...

Caught a midnight screening of Before We Vanish at IFC Center. I don’t think Quentin Tarantino himself could have made an alien invasion...

Just got back in from a late screening of King Hu’s Legend of the Mountain (newly restored by Kino Lorber) at Metrograph. Hu is best...

I was so impressed by The Seven-Per-Cent Solution that I decided to pop in another Nicholas Meyer film that’s been collecting dust on my...

Well, my internet is currently out, and since it’s far too late and cold to go prancing about the city, I decided to work through my...

Well, I’ve finally encountered a DVD more cursed than my grainy, badly-cropped transfer of Zatoichi vs. Flying Guillotine: 21st Century...

Caught a screening of Elegant Beast at Japan Society. They’re showing it as part of a retrospective celebrating the collaborations...

Popped in another DVD from my six-disc Sonny Chiba set: Bullet Train, a superbly-crafted Japanese take on the classic disaster movie...

Finally got around to watching yet another hard-to-find DVD I bought a while back: Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon, part of a six-disc Sonny...

Signed up for a free trial of Shudder specifically to watch Noroi: The Curse, a twisted horror mockumentary from Koji Shiraishi, the...

I’m a huge fan of martial arts movies that feature both Chinese and Japanese combatants: Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, Master...

The recent Ghost in the Shell remake reignited my desire to seek out more of famed anime director Mamoru Oshii’s work, particularly...

I don’t remember where I first read about Sauna, but I immediately knew I had to see it. After all, it combines two of my favorite...

Watched another DVD I salvaged from the bottom of a bargain bin years ago and promptly forgot about: G.I. Samurai, a zany late ‘70s...

I finally got around to watching Satoshi Kon’s Millennium Actress, an out-of-print animated masterpiece that’s been collecting dust on my...