Despite his recent efforts to distance himself from the label, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is still best known as a “J-horror” director. Unlike his...

Japan Society is currently hosting an online retrospective celebrating the past twenty years of Japanese cinema, spotlighting a wide...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] As complex and compelling as Robyn Goodefellowe, her father, and...

Apparently, American International Pictures’ The Masque of the Red Death has been available on the Criterion Channel for quite some time,...

In some movies, the setting can be as much of a protagonist as any human character. The Ladykillers, produced by Ealing Studios in 1955,...

The films of director Sam Raimi epitomize cinematic mythology. From The Evil Dead (horror) to Spider-Man (superhero), he distills genres...

Title: The Christmas Conman Synopsis: Holly Day never really cared about Christmas; her career simply didn’t leave much time for joy and...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Even if you’re a complete newcomer to the wild world of Greek...

[The following essay contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Early in the first act of David Fincher’s Mank, protagonist Herman J....

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Like nearly all of Pixar’s work, Soul gets pretty goddamn...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] I’ll see you at the beginning, friend. As the dust settles following...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Several critics have argued that Season 2 of The Mandalorian...

One of the first images in Tsai Ming-Liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn is an establishing shot of the Fu-Ho, an old-school cinema in Taiwan....

I tend to focus on Japan Society’s film program, but it’s far more than just a cinema; it’s a full-on cultural enrichment center,...

I wouldn’t call Raining in the Mountain King Hu’s most spiritual work, but it is the film in which his Buddhist philosophy is most...

Watched Zappa via Angelika Film Center’s online streaming platform. I’d characterize most of Alex Winter’s previous directorial efforts...

How can I possibly describe Paranoia Agent? Like much of creator Satoshi Kon’s critically-acclaimed work (Perfect Blue, Paprika,...

You can accuse the writers behind Mystery Science Theater 3000 of aiming at low-hanging fruit. You can argue that their sense of humor...

Watched Edo Avant Garde, a fascinating documentary about the innovative byobu (folding screen) art produced during Japan's period of...

What is In & of Itself? Well, in the literal sense, it’s the latest film from director and occasional Muppeteer Frank Oz. Before that, it...