The trailer for Kodoku: Meatball Machine is blood-soaked and absolutely bonkers (NSFW)
If GWAR in its classic form decided to remake Tetsuo: The Iron Man, it might look like Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Kodoku: Meatball Machine. That ...
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Hayao Miyazaki ends retirement, intends to direct new animated feature film
Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from filmmaking back in 2013 with the release of The Wind Rises. That directing bug is strong, however, ...
Trailers
Watch the first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited Silence
Martin Scorsese has had his eyes on Silence since 1990. We first reported on Silence way back in 2011. Had the movie been ...
NYC: Haruki Kadokawa 80s cinema retrospective at Japan Society (Nov 8-Dec 17)
Japan Society routinely has excellent screenings and film series throughout the year for fans of Japanese cinema. Right now there’s a special retrospective ...
Pokemon: The First Movie is coming back to theaters October 29th and November 1st
The popularity of Pokemon Go spawned a forthcoming Detective Pikachu movie from Legendary Pictures. With the Pokemon resurgence, it should come as no surprise ...
Review: Tampopo
Prior to this week, the last time I saw Juzo Itami’s 1985 food comedy Tampopo was in the mid-90s. I remembered so little ...
Reviews
Review: Shin Godzilla
When Gareth Edwards’ take on Godzilla failed to light up screens here in the U.S., Godzilla‘s parent company, Toho, took the reboot as ...
Quirky cult Japanese food comedy Tampopo getting 4k restoration and theatrical rerelease
To paraphrase Roger Ebert, Juzo Itami’s 1985 Japanese comedy Tampopo seems to exist outside of traditional categories. It’s a movie I remember enjoying ...
Reviews
NYAFF Capsule Review: Twisted Justice
It’s fascinating to watch a film about the police searching for criminal guns while living in a country where the ubiquity of guns ...
New Digimon Movie getting US release
If you’re one of those kids that watched Digimon on Fox Kids every Saturday morning like me, this next bit of news should ...
Japanese trailer for Toho’s Shin Godzilla is pretty much a dream come true
When Gareth Edwards and Legendary released a so-so Godzilla, the giant lizard’s original creators Toho decided that it wasn’t good enough and announced ...
NYC: Watch classic Japanese movie musicals at Japan Society throughout April
Japan Society is a great place to catch Japanese cinema here in New York. If you’re around in April, you’ll definitely want to ...