Japanese film

MOVING: Divorce Separation Blues
MOVING: Divorce Separation Blues

Shinji Somai’s magnificent 1993 coming-of-age film, Moving—now available in a new 4K restoration from Cinema Guild—can be interpreted in several ways.

Japanese Film Festival 2020: Interview With Susan Bui, Festival Programmer At JFF Plus

Alex Lines spoke with the festival programmer of the JFF 2020 online festival, Susan Bui.

LABYRINTH OF CINEMA: Exploring the Difference Between Real and Reel
LABYRINTH OF CINEMA: Exploring the Difference Between Real and Reel

Japanese master filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final movie Labyrinth of Cinema is a love-song to movies and a reckoning with Japanese history.