London East Asia Film Festival Brings 34 Films to the Big Screen From October 21-31
The London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) celebrates its sixth edition in 2021 with a commitment to diverse, culturally impactful cinema entertainment. After a year...
Wonderful Paradise (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
It’s safe to say that Masashi Yamamoto’s Wonderful Paradise is a nod to the surrealist Luis Bunuel’s eccentricities, especially in The Discreet Charm of the...
The Blue Danube (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
The first thing one will notice with The Blue Danube is the deadpan expression from its actors. But this isn’t the deadpan one can usually...
Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
From an outsider’s perspective, the destruction inflicted by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami wiped away whole towns, cities, and lives from the landscape of...
CR Lab Book Talk with Nam Lee, Author of The Films of Bong Joon-Ho, September 17
Bong Joon-Ho stands out among contemporary film directors for his politically and socially conscious approach to genre filmmaking. Nam Lee’s book The Films of Bong...
To Sleep So as to Dream (Japan, 1986) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
Kaizo Hayashi’s 1986 film, To Sleep So as to Dream, re-emerged like a dimly remembered fantasy onto cinema screens last year after receiving a crowd-funded...
B/B (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
Kosuke Nakahama’s feature directing debut B|B is a short, strange, and utterly vivid concoction, one that rockets along for 77 minutes with a pace akin...
Mari and Mari (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
With a mission to marry and unleash the creative talents of filmmakers and musicians, MOOSIC LAB has quickly established itself as one of Japan’s foremost...
It’s a Summer Film! (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
Sword fights and time-travel with a pinch cliché teenage love make up Soushi Matsumoto’s latest feature, It’s a Summer Film! A traditional youth romance with...
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
The opening scene of writer-director Daihachi Yoshida’s latest feature, Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction, is a masterclass in crafting a minimalist act and ratcheting up...