RIP Andrzej Zulawski (1940-2016)
Andrzej Zulawski, the Polish director behind cult classics such as Possession and On the Silver Globe, passed away on Wednesday. He was 75 ...
Tag: Foreign
Trailers
Watch the trailer for The Survivalist, a moody post-apocalyptic drama/thriller
The Survivalist was one of my favorite movies from last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. (You can read my review at another site here.) ...
Reviews
Review: Ip Man 3
It’s weird to think that the first Ip Man came out in 2008. It seems so much longer than that. Since then, the series ...
Reviews
Review: Seven Weeks (Nononanananoka)
Even though most people in the US know Nobuhiko Obayashi for his 1977 cult classic House (Hausu), he’s remained a prolific filmmaker in ...
Nobuhiko Obayashi: The Strange, the Sweet, and the Childlike
The largest retrospective of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s work in the United States kicks off tonight at The Japan Society with a screening of House ...
The first teaser trailer for Ip Man 3 just punched you repeatedly in the face
Here it is: a US teaser trailer for Ip Man 3, the latest installment in the badass wing chun series starring Donnie Yen. ...
Trailers
Watch the gorgeous trailer for The Boy and The World
The Boy and the World has been on my radar for a few months after seeing still from the film. This Brazilian animated ...
Reviews
Review: Summer Camp
In Resident Evil 4, Leon S. Kennedy is dropped in a Spanish village. He’s an all-American hero (by way of Japan), but his ...
Reviews
Review: Shrew’s Nest
When I was in middle school, we’d periodically have a writer, Jon Land, come and talk to us. He’d talk about writing and ...
New Japanese Godzilla movie in the works from Toho Studios
Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla got generally positive reviews and did good business at the box office, grossing $521.9 million worldwide. And yet the American ...
Review: The Beauty Inside
The Beauty Inside is a remake of sorts. It’s taken from a 2012 social film of the same name. “Social film” is a term ...
Reviews
Review: The Lobster
I still haven’t gotten around to seeing Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth, though I intend to. The blackly surreal 2009 film was nominated for a Best ...