NYC: House (Hausu) midnight screenings April 5th and 6th
Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu (House) is one of the best cult movies ever made. Strike that. It’s one of the best movies ever made. ...
Tag: japan
NYC: Hayao Miyazaki retrospective 4/5-4/7 and 4/12-4/14
We all know Hayao Miyazaki is a master of his craft, and if you live in New York, you’re in for a real ...
Trailers
Trailer: The Complex
It’s hard to believe that Hideo Nakata’s The Ring (Ringu, the Japanese one) came out 15 years ago, kicking off the Japanese horror boom. ...
Trailers
Trailer: Kid’s Police
(Oh, Japan.) Based on the TV show of the same name, Kid’s Police is a badass 70s-style cop movie with child actors in ...
Trailers
Trailer: Library Wars (Toshokan Sensou)
Library Wars (Toshokan Sensō) has a concept so strange yet fresh that I’m immediately intrigued. Adapted from a series of Japanese light novels ...
Shintoho Mind Warp Film Series is rarely-before-seen
[Just a reminder that these screenings start tonight with Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, or Ghost Story of Yotsuya at the Japan Society in New York ...
New Wolverine image is just like the others, shirtless
I’m noticing a pattern here. The Wolverine is all about reminding us of how sexy Hugh Jackman is. No seriously. From the very ...
Features
Flixclusive Interview: Author Hiroshi Tasogawa
With Tora! Tora! Tora!, producer Darryl F. Zanuck hoped to do for the Pearl Harbor attack what The Longest Day did for the ...
Book: All the Emperor’s Men: Kurosawa’s Pearl Harbor
There’s a song on Cursive’s The Ugly Organ called “Art is Hard.” The title is so facile and yet you know it’s true. ...
Posters for Studio Ghibli’s two 2013 films
The Studio Ghibli retrospective in New York City is entering its final week now. As that draws to a close, we’re getting a ...
Teaser Trailer: Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono)
Above is our first teaser for Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru mono, the Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven starring Ken Watanabe. And you know ...
NYC: House director Nobuhiko Obayashi in town this week
Japanese filmmaker Obayashi Nobuhiko is in New York this week, making a rare appearance overseas. Obayashi is the man behind the incredible 1977 ...