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NYC Weekend Watch: Speed Racer, Bound, Jim McBride & More

  • 17 December 2021
  • The Film Stage

NYC Weekend Watch: Speed Racer, Bound, Jim McBride & More After a hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. ...

"Democrats" of Wartime Kobe

  • 15 December 2021
  • MUBI

Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Wife of a Spy is exclusively showing on Mubi in many countries.Late in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, a gripping ...

NYC Weekend Watch: On the Silver Globe, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Sadao Yamanaka & More

  • 09 December 2021
  • The Film Stage

NYC Weekend Watch: On the Silver Globe, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Sadao Yamanaka & More After a hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. ...

'Flash Forward' With Japan Society: Debut Works and Recent Films

  • 02 December 2021
  • Screen Anarchy

'Flash Forward' With Japan Society: Debut Works and Recent Films An exciting new series of Japanese films kicks off tomorrow in New York City, which is great news for people who live there, but also great news for people who live in North America. The 20-film ...

Flash Forward: Debut Works and Recent Films by Notable Japanese Directors from December 3 – 23, 2021

  • 30 November 2021
  • AsianMoviePulse

Flash Forward: Debut Works and Recent Films by Notable Japanese Directors from December 3 – 23, 2021 Highlighting the early efforts of now-established contemporary filmmakers, the Japan Society has announced the second Aca Cinema Project series Flash Forward: Debut Works and Recent Films by Notable ...

Experience Essential Cinema From Six Japanese Directors in Exclusive Trailer for Flash Forward

  • 15 November 2021
  • The Film Stage

Experience Essential Cinema From Six Japanese Directors in Exclusive Trailer for Flash Forward A stellar snapshot of recent Japanese cinema is coming next month to the Japan Society. Flash Forward: Debut Works and Recent Films by Notable Japanese Directors––which takes an intimate look at six ...

Film Review: Labyrinth of Cinema (2019) by Nobuhiko Obayashi

  • 12 November 2021
  • AsianMoviePulse

Film Review: Labyrinth of Cinema (2019) by Nobuhiko Obayashi The late Nobuhiko Obayashi became famous in the West for his experimental style of filmmaking (mostly through House). The 3-hours long “Labyrinth of Cinema” seems to move in even more experimental ...

Japan Society & Aca Cinema Project Series To Screen Works From Naomi Kawase, Sadao Yamanaka & More

  • 04 November 2021
  • Deadline

Japan Society & Aca Cinema Project Series To Screen Works From Naomi Kawase, Sadao Yamanaka & More Exclusive: The second Aca Cinema Project series, “Flash Forward: Debut Works and Recent Films by Notable Japanese Directors,” has set its lineup for a hybrid program that will run from December 3-23. ...

Nikkatsu seals string of deals on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’

  • 26 October 2020
  • ScreenDaily

Nikkatsu seals string of deals on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’ Venice best director winner has gone to Portugal (Midas Filmes), Norway (Fidalgo) and Korea (M&m International), among other territories. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife Of A Spy, which is screening as a ...

Film Review: Labyrinth of Cinema (2019) by Nobuhiko Obayashi

  • 31 January 2020
  • AsianMoviePulse

Nobuhiko Obayashi became famous in the West for his experimental style of filmmaking (mostly through House), and his age (he was born in 1938) and a very serious illness that has been ailing him for ...

Not the Last Picture Show: Nobuhiko Obayashi's "Labyrinth of Cinema"

  • 28 January 2020
  • MUBI

Medically speaking, Labyrinth of Cinema shouldn’t exist. The doctors who, three years ago, diagnosed director Nobuhiko Obayashi with terminal lung cancer gave him only months to live, not enough time ...

Film Review: Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955) by Tomu Uchida

  • 05 September 2018
  • AsianMoviePulse

“Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji” is a significant entry in the filmography of Tomu Uchida, one of the most important figures of the Japanese pre-war cinema. The film signaled his return to cinema after ...

Artists’ Top Movie Lists #1: Toshiaki Toyoda

  • 03 May 2018
  • AsianMoviePulse

After asking a number of artists that appear in our reviews and interviews, both in Amp and Asian Film Vault, to list their favorite movies of their country, we inaugurate a new column in Asian Movie ...

DVD Review: 'The Films of Sadao Yamanaka' (MoC)

  • 21 May 2013
  • CineVue

★★★★☆ Having brought the relatively unknown (to Western audiences) Bakumatsu Taiyô-den (The Sun Legend in the Last Days of the Shogunate, 1957) to Blu-ray last month, the Masters of Cinema series now ...

Notebook's 4th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2011

  • 05 January 2012
  • MUBI

Looking back at 2011 on what films moved and impressed us it becomes more and more clear—to me at least—that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, our end of year ...

Image of the day. The Great Japanese Directors

  • 25 September 2011
  • MUBI

Has another photo existed with so many great filmmakers in one shot? This was taken in 1936 on the occation of the creation of the Japan Film Directors Society. Front row, from left: Teinosuke ...

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