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Ox-Head Village 牛首村 (Takashi Shimizu, Japan, 2022) The third in a popular horror trilogy from a very prolific director whose JU-UN GRUDGE...

Lesson in Murder 死刑にいたる病 (Kazuya Shiraishi, Japan, 2022) Shiraishi is a veteran director and his BLOOD OF THE WOLVES was featured in the 2018...

Intimate Stranger 親密な他人 (Mayu Nakamura, Japan 2021) Still another change of pace and genre, this is a suave little psychological horror mystery...

Grown-Upsわたし達はおとな (Takuya Kato, Japan 2022) Another big change of pace, this is a sophisticated, minimalist, elegant vérité film set in the...

Broken Commandment 破戒 (Kazuo Maeda, Japan, 2022) This is about minorities too, the "eta" or outcast people whose ostracism was supposed to end in...

Angry Son 世界は僕らに気づかない (Kasho Iizuka, Japan, 2022) Not sure how much of this is autobiographical but the director is a trans person and a...

One and Four一个和四个 (Jigme Trinley, China, 2021) A double-cross mystery in a gnarly far-north setting with shades of THE HATEFUL EIGHT, this is...

Before Next Spring 如果有一天我将会离开你 (Li Gen, China, 2021) This meandering ensemble piece focuses on Chinese residents in Japan working in a popular...

First reviews are below. More will follow LINKS Before Next Spring 如果有一天我将会离开你 (Li Gen, China, 2021) One and Four一个和四个 (Jigme Trinley,...

SHINJI HIGUCHI: SHIN ULTRAMAN シン・ウルトラマン(JAPAN 2022) Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン dir. Shinji Higuchi, Japan, 2022 | US Premiere A shiny new...

EIJI UCHIDA: OFFBEAT COPS 異動辞令は音楽隊！(Japan 2022) A joyous comedy caper about a loose-cannon detective (NYAFF 2022 Star Asia honoree Hiroshi...

TAKASHI SHIMAZU: OX-HEAD VILLAGE (JAPAN 2022) KEIKO HORIUCHI, RIKU HAGIWARA IN OX-HEAD VILLAGE A popular horror thriller mystery in a...

MY DONKEY, MY LOVER AND I/ANTOINETTE DANS LES CÉVENNES (Caroline Vignal 2020): US theatrical release. This successful comedy (rated 4.0 or 80% on...

KAZUYA SHIRAISHI: LESSON IN MURDER 死刑にいたる病 (Japan, 2022) TRAILER KENSHI OKADA, SADAWO ABE IN LESSON IN MURDER Warning: depicts torture ...

MAYU NAKAMURA: INTIMATE STRANGER 親密な他人 (JAPAN 2021) FÛJU KAMIO AND ASUKA KUROSAWA IN INTIMATE STRANGER Spider and fly Intimate Stranger...

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TAKUYA KATO: GROWN-UPS わたし達はおとな (Japan 2022) FUJIWARA KISETSU, KIRYUU MAI IN GROWN-UPS The unexpected pregnancy of an art student The...

Bang on correct.

Great to hear. I remember when the site had photos linking to the threads… I got accredited for VIFF thru Peter, should’ve stayed in Vancouver but...

Another reason for the erosion of democracy is the invasion of corporations into everything. Here's the beginning of a current article in the...

Nice to know you read it. There is so much to write about now, including Ukraine.

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KAZUO MAEDA: BROKEN COMMANDMENT 破戒 (Japan 2022) ANNA ISHII AND SHOTARO MAMIYA IN BROKEN COMMANDMENT New adaptation of Shimazaki's 1906...

KASHO IIZUKA: ANGRY SON/ 世界は僕らに気づかない (Japan 2022) GOW AND KAZUKI HORIKE IN ANGRY SON The coming of age of a beleaguered "Jappino" is a messy...

My 20-year anniversary is coming up too and I was thinking about that. I guess Peter recruited us both. He's been an in-person friend for most of...

My pleasure; I hope you do see it as you must if you're a Baz booster, and hope you'll report. "Whimsical and Wispy" are true descriptions; and yes,...