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Review: Oh Lucy!

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...

Review: Mind Game

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...

Review: Wicked, Wicked

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

Review: Modern Romance

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...

Review: Before We Vanish

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

Review: Time After Time

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...

Review: Elegant Beast

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

Review: Bullet Train

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

Review - Noroi: The Curse

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

Review: Duel to the Death

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

Review: Avalon

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

Review: Sauna

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...

Review: G.I. Samurai

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...

Review: Millennium Actress

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

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