The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (Japan, 2016) [JFF2016AU]
Director Keishi Otomo is perhaps best known in the West as the director of the acclaimed Rurouni Kenshin trilogy (2012-2014), but while I enjoyed the...
Destruction Babies (Japan, 2016) [JFF2016AU]
After the genuine surprises of Keisuke Yoshida’s genre-bending romantic thriller Hime-anole (2016), I did not think there could be another film that would similarly shock...
Hime-anole (Japan, 2016) [JFF2016AU]
To be perfectly honest, I actually didn’t want to review Hime-anole. Not because it’s bad, as it is far from it. I didn’t want to...
Interview with Japanese Film Festival Program Coordinator Margarett Cortez
The Japanese Film Festival (Australia) celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a huge tour of screenings that covers the cities of Adelaide, Brisbane, Caanberra,...