My review of Junji Sakamoto's Okiku and the World for Asian Movie Pulse.
Okiku and the World (2023)
Intolerance (2021)
Keisuke Yoshida's clever tragedy about a town hit by tragedy.
The Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
Yuya Ishii's Tokyo State of Mind.
Shari (2021)
My review of Nao Yoshigai's "Shari" for Asian Movie Pulse.
Under the Open Sky (2020)
Koji Yakusho takes on a familiar role in an unfamiliar world.
August in the Water (1995)
Sogo Ishii's summer of wonder.
By the Window (2022)
My review of Rikiya Imaizumi's "By the Window" for Asian Movie Pulse.
Father Complex: Fatherhood in the Cinema of Kore-eda Hirokazu
Thoughts on Kore-eda Hirokazu's portrait of fatherhood.
10 Film events that I done there saw in 2022
My preferred relatively new(ish) cinematic experiences of 2022.
August Without Him (1994)
Kore-eda Hirokazu's exploration of Hirata Yutaka's final days.
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