Tezuka’s Barbara (Japan, 2020)
Few figures cast as long a shadow over Japanese comic art and animation as Osamu Tezuka. From 1947 to his death in 1989, Tezuka was...
Gemini (Japan, 1999)
Shinya Tsukamoto’s horror/drama Gemini is loosely based on the short story “The Twins” by Edogawa Rampo. The cult director’s first period piece takes place during...
The Taste of Tea (Japan, 2004)
The third feature by writer-director Katsuhito Ishii, The Taste of Tea is an absolute wonder. Shunning what typically is the definitive basis of a film...
Fish Story (Japan, 2009)
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Fish Story is adapted from Kotaro Isaka’s novel concerning an obscure single by a punk rock band that broke up after the song...
Pink Films Vol. 3 & 4: Abnormal Family (Japan, 1984) & Blue Film Woman (Japan, 1969)
Continuing their run of limited-edition box sets, Third Window Films have released their second Pink Films package. Available on DVD and Blu-ray, the films have...
Tsukamoto: Killing, Haze & Adventures of Electric Rod Boy (Japan, 2018/2005/1988)
Asian cult cinema distributor Third Window Films has put together a limited-edition Blu-ray comprised of three films by legendary cult director Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing,...
Pink Films Vol. 1 & 2: Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (Japan, 1967) & Gushing Prayer (Japan, 1971)
In their continued effort to bring more quality Asian film titles to the west, Third Window Films is making a foray into the “pink film”...
Blue Spring (Japan, 2001)
The dawn of the millennium has long become a distant memory but yet those formative years of the noughties bore witness to dystopic visions of...
No. 3 (South Korea, 1997)
If one considers the 21st century as the definitive era of modern Korean cinema (aka New Korean Cinema), then the 1990s must serve as a...
Top Knot Detective (Australia, 2017)
Third Window Films seem to have a knack for picking up well-received meta films and movies about filmmaking for their already well-established roster, be it...