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
Ever wanted to know what West Side Story might look like if it was made by Sion Sono? Well, imagine everyone is Japanese, they’re rapping and there is no filter on violence or raunchy... 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
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
In comparison to other years, this year’s NYAFF seems to be packed with more films that have left me questioning my own sanity than others. I have walked out of three different movies wonder... 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
Opening with a very ominous score, a Japanese vessel off the coast unexpectedly sinks, going down in flames with nearly the entire crew being killed. When a rescue boat goes out to find sur... Read more
Last year, both Tom and I had a chance to screen Shuichi Okita’s warm Japanese dramedy The Woodsman & the Rain, a film we both really enjoyed and appreciated, so when I saw that he had a... Read more
I was a big fan of Takeshi Kitano’s blood soaked yakuza film Outrage and I was happy to hear that he wanted to make a sequel, possibly even turn Outrage into a trilogy. While Japan got to s... Read more
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