Like many adults out there, I’m a sucker for childish comedies, the type of over-the-top kid film that, as an adult, you can’t help but laugh at yet also find some random emotional connectio... Read more
Tissues at the ready as you’ll laugh and cry along with The Great Passage, which tells a smart story about intelligent people with gusto and heart. This is the sort of film that The Ne... Read more
Director SABU’s artsy, black & white horror/thriller Miss Zombie is set to make its NY premiere at the NYAFF/Japan Cuts today. The film is set in Japan during a time where zombies exist... Read more
As we continue to storm on and transition from the NYAFF to Japan Cuts, there are still a few titles which are co-presented by both festivals, one of which is Sion Sono’s crazy love letter t... Read more
Be prepared for very little pay-off in this slow paced, uninteresting, over-hyped 128 minute crime-mystery that is sure to put you off watching another film for a week! With bland, bitterly... Read more
One of the co-presenters of the NYAFF is the Japan Society, who has their own little Japan-centric festival that overlaps the end of the NYAFF. Known as Japan Cuts, this film festival bring... Read more
Directed by Masaaki Akahori, The Samurai That Night follows a quiet, mild mannered, custard loving and introverted man named Nakamura (Masato Sakai) who has been living a very depressed life... Read more
The first film I screened at this year’s Japan Cuts festival was Toshiaki Toyoda’s I’m Flash! Which stars Battle Royale lead Tatsuya Fujiwara as Rui Yoshino, a charismatic leader of a religi... Read more
It’s easy to get lost in the vast number of Asian films that are being screened throughout the summer thanks to the New York Asian Film Festival, but don’t forget that one of the... Read more
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