Exclusive: New York’s Japan Society has unveiled the full line-up for the 15th edition of Japan Cuts: Festival Of New Japanese Film, the largest celebration of Japanese cinema in North America.
Running August 20 – September, the hybrid online and in-theater event will welcome 27 features and 12 short films including 32 films available online throughout the U.S. and 14 screenings of eight films on the big screen in Japan Society’s auditorium.
The fest will kick off with the U.S. Premiere of Soushi Matsumoto’s sci-fi coming-of-age story It’s A Summer Film! The title will be presented online and in person.
Also in person will be the fest’s centrepiece presentation, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Venice Film Festival Silver Lion-winning Wife of a Spy, a thriller tale of suspicion, betrayal and love set during WWII. The film’s star, Yu Aoi, will be the recipient of this year’s Cut Above Award from the Japan Society,...
Running August 20 – September, the hybrid online and in-theater event will welcome 27 features and 12 short films including 32 films available online throughout the U.S. and 14 screenings of eight films on the big screen in Japan Society’s auditorium.
The fest will kick off with the U.S. Premiere of Soushi Matsumoto’s sci-fi coming-of-age story It’s A Summer Film! The title will be presented online and in person.
Also in person will be the fest’s centrepiece presentation, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Venice Film Festival Silver Lion-winning Wife of a Spy, a thriller tale of suspicion, betrayal and love set during WWII. The film’s star, Yu Aoi, will be the recipient of this year’s Cut Above Award from the Japan Society,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
After seeing critical success with docuseries like “America to Me” and “Warriors of Liberty City,” Starz is continuing its prestige documentary push with “Leavenworth.” Produced by Steven Soderbergh, alongside Paul Pawlowski and David Check, the upcoming five-hour doc tells a controversial true-crime story that plays out in the military justice system.
You can check out the trailer below, but here’s the official synopsis from Starz:
“Leavenworth” is centered on Clint Lorance, who’s serving a 19-year sentence for murder at The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth. While deployed in Afghanistan in July 2012, the former lieutenant ordered fire on three local men riding a motorcycle, killing two of them and outraging his platoon. In a first-hand account of a soldier navigating the U.S. Army’s legal system, Lorance seeks to overturn his conviction, provoking emotional debate between supporters and detractors that rises to the national stage. As determinations on Lorance’s fate unfold,...
You can check out the trailer below, but here’s the official synopsis from Starz:
“Leavenworth” is centered on Clint Lorance, who’s serving a 19-year sentence for murder at The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth. While deployed in Afghanistan in July 2012, the former lieutenant ordered fire on three local men riding a motorcycle, killing two of them and outraging his platoon. In a first-hand account of a soldier navigating the U.S. Army’s legal system, Lorance seeks to overturn his conviction, provoking emotional debate between supporters and detractors that rises to the national stage. As determinations on Lorance’s fate unfold,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Sennan Asbestos Disaster. Image courtesy of Shisso Productions.With Sennan Asbestos Disaster (2017), iconoclastic director Kazuo Hara makes a return ten years in progress, following his previous film The Many Faces of Chika (2005). At three hours and thirty-five minutes (usually screened with a short intermission), the film has many apparent differences from the past breathless titles for which he became known beginning in the early 1970s. Focused on a strong central protagonist pursuing a radical goal, these works depended on sustained conflict and collaboration between filmmaker and subject, defining a model of filmmaking he would theorize as “action documentary.” In distinction, this latest work is an ensemble piece assembled over a long period of time. Sennan Asbestos Disaster is focused on members of the Citizen Group for Sennan Asbestos Damage and their long legal battle that began with the filing of a lawsuit against the government in 2006 and went up to the Supreme Court.
- 11/28/2017
- MUBI
As a member of the 78th fighter squadron during World War II, former Army Air Corps Captain Jerry Yellin flew combat missions in the Pacific, including Iwo Jima — one of the deadliest battles in the war. He shot down airplanes and attacked people on the ground.
“Killing was not something I was raised to do, but we had a ferocious enemy trying to destroy us,” Yellin, 93, tells People. “Never once did I think of the people on the ground as people. They were Japanese — they attacked Pearl Harbor, they did atrocious things to prisoners of war.
“They weren’t human beings to us.
“Killing was not something I was raised to do, but we had a ferocious enemy trying to destroy us,” Yellin, 93, tells People. “Never once did I think of the people on the ground as people. They were Japanese — they attacked Pearl Harbor, they did atrocious things to prisoners of war.
“They weren’t human beings to us.
- 8/4/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Discussions to cover Brexit, animation and the state of the industry in Scotland.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has unveiled the line-up of industry events set to take place alongside this year’s festival.
Industry events
The nine-day industry events program held at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre begins with the annual Eiff Screen Summit on 21 June, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Creative Scotland, and in association with the BFI.
This year it will focus on two issues; the UK screen sector in Europe as the UK moves towards Brexit; and the key developments in Scotland’s screen sector in the past 12 months. This session will begin with a keynote address from Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for culture, tourism and external relations at the Scottish government.
Other industry events include a networking event in partnership with the BFI Network and Prs for Music connecting filmmakers with producers and with...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has unveiled the line-up of industry events set to take place alongside this year’s festival.
Industry events
The nine-day industry events program held at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre begins with the annual Eiff Screen Summit on 21 June, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Creative Scotland, and in association with the BFI.
This year it will focus on two issues; the UK screen sector in Europe as the UK moves towards Brexit; and the key developments in Scotland’s screen sector in the past 12 months. This session will begin with a keynote address from Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for culture, tourism and external relations at the Scottish government.
Other industry events include a networking event in partnership with the BFI Network and Prs for Music connecting filmmakers with producers and with...
- 6/7/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Discussions to cover Brexit, animation and the state of the industry in Scotland.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has unveiled the line-up of industry events set to take place alongside this year’s festival.
Industry events
The nine-day industry events program held at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre begins with the annual Eiff Screen Summit on 21 June, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Creative Scotland, and in association with the BFI.
This year it will focus on two issues; the UK screen sector in Europe as the UK moves towards Brexit; and the key developments in Scotland’s screen sector in the past 12 months. This session will begin with a keynote address from Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for culture, tourism and external relations at the Scottish government.
Other industry events include a networking event in partnership with the BFI Network and Prs for Music connecting filmmakers with producers and with...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has unveiled the line-up of industry events set to take place alongside this year’s festival.
Industry events
The nine-day industry events program held at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre begins with the annual Eiff Screen Summit on 21 June, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Creative Scotland, and in association with the BFI.
This year it will focus on two issues; the UK screen sector in Europe as the UK moves towards Brexit; and the key developments in Scotland’s screen sector in the past 12 months. This session will begin with a keynote address from Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for culture, tourism and external relations at the Scottish government.
Other industry events include a networking event in partnership with the BFI Network and Prs for Music connecting filmmakers with producers and with...
- 6/7/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
A prominent digital network based in the U.S. is catering to Canadian consumers. Omnia Media has partnered with CBC for a slate of 72 videos that will be available on the CBC Life platform north of the border and through lifestyle destination Makeful here in the States.
The 72-video slate includes four six-episode web series hosted by notable Canadian social media stars. Sew Boss, starring Withwendy, is a show about Diy sewing projects; The Drill Down, hosted by Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright, features builds assembled with power tools; Over Atelier takes on French cooking with help from Tara O’Brady; and Vegan Eats gives Olivia Biermann a chance to share meatless recipes.
The other 48 videos borne from from Omnia Media’s Canadian initiative are described in a press release as “tabletop videos” that feature short runtimes of 30 seconds to two minutes and describe simple projects that viewers can take on at home.
The 72-video slate includes four six-episode web series hosted by notable Canadian social media stars. Sew Boss, starring Withwendy, is a show about Diy sewing projects; The Drill Down, hosted by Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright, features builds assembled with power tools; Over Atelier takes on French cooking with help from Tara O’Brady; and Vegan Eats gives Olivia Biermann a chance to share meatless recipes.
The other 48 videos borne from from Omnia Media’s Canadian initiative are described in a press release as “tabletop videos” that feature short runtimes of 30 seconds to two minutes and describe simple projects that viewers can take on at home.
- 6/6/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
It was the afternoon of Oct. 5, 2015, when Steve Carter, a 67-year-old tantric yoga instructor, told his wife, Lokita Carter, that he was going out for a hike on a nearby trail.
They had been staying with friends in Northern California, having returned to the U.S. six weeks earlier from Costa Rica, where they retired, so Lokita could seek treatment for breast cancer.
Steve headed out that day accompanied by their Doberman pinscher, Coco.
“We hugged, and that was it — and he drove away and never came back,” Lokita tells People.
She says her husband texted her at 6 p.m.
They had been staying with friends in Northern California, having returned to the U.S. six weeks earlier from Costa Rica, where they retired, so Lokita could seek treatment for breast cancer.
Steve headed out that day accompanied by their Doberman pinscher, Coco.
“We hugged, and that was it — and he drove away and never came back,” Lokita tells People.
She says her husband texted her at 6 p.m.
- 4/20/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Retired Dallas, TX Police Chief David Brown will be joining ABC News as a contributor starting on Jan. 1, according to an inside memo sent out today. Wfaa reporter Jason Whitely tweeted the news this morning as you can see… Continue Reading →...
- 11/30/2016
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Retiring Dallas Police Chief David Brown, who got widespread TV exposure in July with coverage of one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in half a century, is joining ABC News as a contributor. Brown was widely praised for his handling of the incident, in which a sniper targeting white police officers protecting protesters gunned down five and wounded seven. ABC News President James Goldston sent the following note to the news division this morning: Team – I'm…...
- 11/30/2016
- Deadline TV
Washington, Aug 12: Eydie Gorme, of the famous 'Eydie and Steve', died of undisclosed illness at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas on Saturday. She was 84.
The popular singer, who was born in the Bronx, New York in 1928, began her music career in 1950, recording with the Tommy Tucker Orchestra and Don Brown, Contactmusic reported.
In 1953, Gorme was invited to appear on 'The Tonight Show Starring Steve Allen.'
She later appeared alongside singer Steve Lawrence, who later became her hubby and the couple, billed as 'Eydie and Steve', appeared on the show throughout the 50s.
Lawrence still performs while Gorme retired in 2009 at the age of 80.
She is survived by her husband Steve and their son David..
The popular singer, who was born in the Bronx, New York in 1928, began her music career in 1950, recording with the Tommy Tucker Orchestra and Don Brown, Contactmusic reported.
In 1953, Gorme was invited to appear on 'The Tonight Show Starring Steve Allen.'
She later appeared alongside singer Steve Lawrence, who later became her hubby and the couple, billed as 'Eydie and Steve', appeared on the show throughout the 50s.
Lawrence still performs while Gorme retired in 2009 at the age of 80.
She is survived by her husband Steve and their son David..
- 8/12/2013
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
According to Ryuganji’s Don Brown, acclaimed director Sion Sono has decided on his next film project, an adaption of Minoru Furuya’s psychological thriller manga Himizu.
Furuya Minoru made his debut in 1993 with the hit manga series Ping-Pong Club published weekly in Young Magazine, a series that set the standard for comedy manga throughout the 1990s. Himizu is different from his earlier work, a twisted tale of a middle-school boy’s psychological state of mind and how he deals with stressful situations.
Sion Sono has quickly become one of my favorite Japanese filmmakers. In 2001, he wrote, directed, and shot, what would later become his most successful movie to date: Suicide Circle, (Jisatsu Saakuru). The disturbing thriller about Japan’s incredibly high suicide rate was made in under four weeks time and placed him on the top tier of directors coming out of Japan. Sono is also known for Hair Extension,...
Furuya Minoru made his debut in 1993 with the hit manga series Ping-Pong Club published weekly in Young Magazine, a series that set the standard for comedy manga throughout the 1990s. Himizu is different from his earlier work, a twisted tale of a middle-school boy’s psychological state of mind and how he deals with stressful situations.
Sion Sono has quickly become one of my favorite Japanese filmmakers. In 2001, he wrote, directed, and shot, what would later become his most successful movie to date: Suicide Circle, (Jisatsu Saakuru). The disturbing thriller about Japan’s incredibly high suicide rate was made in under four weeks time and placed him on the top tier of directors coming out of Japan. Sono is also known for Hair Extension,...
- 4/18/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
According to Ryuganji's Don Brown acclaimed director Sion Sono has settled on a new project to follow the upcoming Guilty of Romance. Word is that Sono is now adapting Minoru Furuya's dark psychological manga Himizu for the screen.Best known as a comedy writer - he made a big splash with his debut, Ping-Pong Club - Himizu marked a major change of pace for Furuya. The story dives into the psychology of a troubled junior high boy as he crumbles under the pressure of his life. And while that may have shocked fans of Furuya's earlier style when it was published it seems perfectly in keeping with the themes and tone of Sono's best known works....
- 4/18/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Word has been circulating for a little while now that Japan's uber-comedian turned director Hitoshi Matsumoto has quietly shot a third feature film in secret and today that news appears to have been confirmed with the release of two images from Saya Samurai.
Matsumoto is one of the most unique talents in the world, as proven with the one two punch of Dai Nipponjin (Big Man Japan) and Symbol and so I hesitate to guess what the tone of this latest effort may be. According to Ryuganji's Don Brown the story is "about samurai Kanjuro (Nomi Takaaki) who leaves his clan without permission with his daughter, depicting their bond & struggle." This makes it sound like a drama but drama is not typically what Matsumoto does and star Nomi Takaaki is apparently a non-actor who Matsumoto has worked with on previous comedy specials. So who knows, really.
Of the two released...
Matsumoto is one of the most unique talents in the world, as proven with the one two punch of Dai Nipponjin (Big Man Japan) and Symbol and so I hesitate to guess what the tone of this latest effort may be. According to Ryuganji's Don Brown the story is "about samurai Kanjuro (Nomi Takaaki) who leaves his clan without permission with his daughter, depicting their bond & struggle." This makes it sound like a drama but drama is not typically what Matsumoto does and star Nomi Takaaki is apparently a non-actor who Matsumoto has worked with on previous comedy specials. So who knows, really.
Of the two released...
- 12/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
It has been four years since Japan's Kiyoshi Kurosawa last trod in horror territory, nine since Kairo marked the end of what most would consider his peak period for the genre. But the man's love for the genre has never wavered and when he's on top of his game - in any genre - he is indisputably one of the finest film makers anywhere on the planet. And his last feature - 2008's domestic drama Tokyo Sonata - says he's still very much on top of his game.
So, head's up horror fans. Ryuganji's Don Brown has tweeted word that Kurosawa is currently at work on a film that he describes only as 'panic horror'. There has been no title given or no further details but Brown also notes that Kurosawa was previously reported as working on a creature feature revolving around a "giant alligator snapping turtle going on a...
So, head's up horror fans. Ryuganji's Don Brown has tweeted word that Kurosawa is currently at work on a film that he describes only as 'panic horror'. There has been no title given or no further details but Brown also notes that Kurosawa was previously reported as working on a creature feature revolving around a "giant alligator snapping turtle going on a...
- 10/31/2010
- Screen Anarchy
A tale of two movies, one is a realistic look at an international terrorist and the other is a popcorn flick with some fudgy accents. Your mood will dictate which film you.ll watch, but my gut tells me to stick with the original. The redo might do in a pinch. A joint mission by the American and Russian lead to the death of a mobster.s brother so the mobster decides to hire the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to avenge the death. The Jackal is a shadowy assassin who has never been photographed or caught. Officials speculate that the target is FBI director Donald Brown (John Cunningham), so the hunt for the Jackal is on. FBI deputy director...
- 5/13/2010
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
About our love for Japanese director Takashi Miike there should be no question. Simply, we do. A lot. So I consider it pure joy when I’m checking up my Twitter and I see that the dashing Don Brown, from Ryuganji, has linked to five images from the director’s upcoming redo of 13 Assassins. There are 3 shots of the cast and 2 of the impressive set. Find them here.
- 7/20/2009
- by Andrew Mack
- Screen Anarchy
Good? Bad? He’s the guy with the gun. Japanese splatter-meister Yoshihiro Nishimura - director of Tokyo Gore Police and Vampire Girl Versus Frankenstein Girl and effects man on films to numerous to mention - is a man with buckets of blood, limitless imagination and a local film industry increasingly determined to cater to the tastes of middle aged women and young families. Which does not bode well for a man of his particular talents. And he’s lashing out at timid distributors in a potent open letter. Don Brown at Ryunganji has got the full story but here’s a little sample to whet the appetite:
We try to make cool stuff on a limited budget even if it kills us. It’s a challenge. Against everything. That’s why we want you to take up the challenge of distributing and promoting it. Do you have to wait for...
We try to make cool stuff on a limited budget even if it kills us. It’s a challenge. Against everything. That’s why we want you to take up the challenge of distributing and promoting it. Do you have to wait for...
- 6/5/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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