Mixed (USA, 2022) [CAAMFest 2022]
Nothing encompasses the struggle to fit in more than existing between worlds. Premiering at CAAMFest 2022 is Mixed, a superb documentary by Caty Borum Chattoo...
Interview with Yuko Watanabe, Director of Boy Sprouted [OAFF 2022/Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2022]
Boy Sprouted depicts the battle of wills unfolds between a boy (Seitaro Hara) who dislikes tomatoes and his mother (Kanako Higashi) who is determined to...
Boy Sprouted (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2022/Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2022]
A battle of wills between a boy (Seitaro Hara) who dislikes tomatoes and his mother (Kanako Higashi) who is determined to make him to get...
North Shinjuku 2055 (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
Daisuke Miyazaki is an exciting filmmaker to follow because his work not only genuinely reflects the concerns of younger generations but is often unpredictable in...
Howling (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
There is no rule stating that a film must have a hero is who is likeable or successful. There doesn’t even have to be a...
Funky Forest: The First Contact (Japan, 2006) & The Warped Forest (Japan, 2011)
Third Window Films’ Blu-ray release of Funky Forest: The First Contact and The Warped Forest is a cause for celebration for fans of Japanese cult...
Onoda:10,000 Nights in the Jungle (France/Japan, 2021)
Written and directed by Arthur Harari, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle is a drama set in the Philippines during and after World War II....
The Wonder of a Summer Day (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
Sibling relationships are complicated, even when they don’t have to be. Sometimes they overwhelm you, and sometimes they make you feel alone and isolated and...
Bagmati River (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
Films about characters processing grief are common and are usually totally fictional. A memorable romance between Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze’s characters was sustained via...
Random Call (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
We may live in an interconnected world with many ways of easily reaching out to each other but the demands of careers and life in...