The Cult Club: Funky Forest: First Contact (2005)
[The Cult Club is where Flixist’s writers expound the virtues of their favourite underground classics, spanning all nations and genres. It is a ...
Tag: japan
Studio Ghibli retrospective returns to New York City
About this time last year there was a great Studio Ghibli retrospective in New York City, which eventually made its way around the ...
First images of the Japanese Unforgiven remake
Back in August we mentioned that Ken Watanabe was set to star in Lee Sang-Il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, a Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven. ...
Reviews
Review: Like Someone in Love
[This review was originally posted as part of our 2012 New York Film Festival coverage. It has been reposted to coincide with the ...
Director denied editing rights on Keanu Reeves’ 47 Ronin
47 Ronin was already something of an oddity, being a 3D adaptation of an 18th century Japanese folk tale, which just so happened ...
Martin Scorsese sued over lack of Silence
Everyone loves Martin Scorsese, don’t they? He’s one of the few great ’70s directors to keep developing his outstanding talent into old age, ...
Ken Watanabe to star in Japanese Unforgiven remake
Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven is turning Japanese, with Ken Watanabe in the lead. The remake is titled Yurusarezaru Mono and is set in Northern ...
Features
Movies That Changed Us: Ran (1985)
Yesterday, esteemed British film magazine Sight & Sound announced the results of its once-in-a-decade poll of filmmakers and critics to decide the greatest ...
Reviews
Japan Cuts Review: Rent-a-Cat
[For the month of July, we will be covering the New York Asian Film Festival and the (also New York-based) Japan Cuts Film ...
Reviews
Japan Cuts Review: Ushijima the Loan Shark
[For the month of July, we will be covering the New York Asian Film Festival and the (also New York-based) Japan Cuts Film ...
Flixclusive new still from Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi
When you think of the craziest of Japanese cinema, you will inevitably end up on the films of Noboru Iguchi. Even if you ...
NYAFF Midnight Movie: Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell
[For the month of July, we will be covering the New York Asian Film Festival and the (also New York-based) Japan Cuts Film ...