Japan
The potential with this was promising, and yet they couldn’t quite make it work.
The latest edition of Film Inquiry’s horror movie-centered column, Horrific Inquiry, takes a look at the 2001 Japanese film Kairo, or Pulse.
In its styles, structures, and personal relationships, Listen to the Universe does the rare feat of turning a competition against itself.
It embodies the theory of a movie’s intricate parts, and bit players function initially as individualistic entities that coalesce into a collective.
With 900+ episodes, One Piece is a high-seas pirate anime that makes for an effective escape for those in quarantine during the pandemic.
The story of Rudolph is a celebration of the outcasts, yes, but what makes it gay?
Regardless of its narrative, Kurosawa’s focus on Yoko — and Maeda’s marvelous performance — keep the movie afloat.
Daryl MacDonald spoke with Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart to discuss the third in their unofficial Celtic folklore triptych: Wolfwalkers.
In an era where hand-drawn animations are fewer and fewer, films like this one ought to be shouted from the rooftops and celebrated.
Cinephiles fans can virtually visit the Ghibli Museum, a celebration of the prolific Japanese animation studio’s work, designed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Whether elements in My Neighbor Totoro are imagined or real, the film explores family dynamics in a way that may be relatable to a number of individuals.
Japanese master filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final movie Labyrinth of Cinema is a love-song to movies and a reckoning with Japanese history.
As a follow-up to 2008’s Mental, Zero offers a pleasantly intimate but never intrusive portrait of the life of Dr. Masatomo Yamamoto.
As we wait for the next installment in the James Bond franchise, we take a look back at the super-sized epic 1967 film You Only Live Twice.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is comforting, emotive, overwhelming at times, and always worth the time spent giving it your full attention.