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...
The Girl on a Bulldozer (South Korea, 2021) [OAFF 2022]
Now, here’s a movie that lives up to its title and beyond. The Girl on a Bulldozer is another addition in the long line of...
Too Cool to Kill (China, 2022)
Xing Wenxiong’s remake of the Japanese comedy The Magic Hour (2008) by Koki Mitani stars Wei Xiang as Wei Chenggong, a bit-part actor with dreams...
Blue (Japan, 2021) [JFTFP 2022]
The violent bloody sport of men’s boxing has always been intertwined with an aspirational ideal of creating the desirable virile male body. The player’s sense...