Hidetaka Miyazaki is easily one of the most successful video game directors in recent times. His games never disappoint, and the stories in those games are never lacking in detail. Players can simply roam around the worlds that he creates and experience a bunch of exciting new stories, just through the environments or item descriptions.
His games have such expansive lore that gamers spend hours just digging through them in search of new details. One can be sure of one thing: stories with such depth can only be written by a person who himself has read a lot. While Hidetaka Miyazaki does not deny reading a lot, he suggests he went through a somewhat tough childhood before getting where he is.
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki’s life is indeed pretty inspirational
A still from Demon Souls Remake
Demon Souls had an interesting premise: a godlike creature taking over the world.
His games have such expansive lore that gamers spend hours just digging through them in search of new details. One can be sure of one thing: stories with such depth can only be written by a person who himself has read a lot. While Hidetaka Miyazaki does not deny reading a lot, he suggests he went through a somewhat tough childhood before getting where he is.
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki’s life is indeed pretty inspirational
A still from Demon Souls Remake
Demon Souls had an interesting premise: a godlike creature taking over the world.
- 4/15/2024
- by Rohit Sejwal
- FandomWire
Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja is gearing up for the release of its upcoming title, Rise of the Ronin, this March. The action role-playing game which has been in development since 2015 is set in the mid-19th century during the time of Bakumatsu, which is the final years of the Edo period. It is developed by Team Ninja and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and is slated for a March 22, 2024 release.
Rise of the Ronin
As part of the promotional campaign for the upcoming game, Touch Arcade had a conversation with the Producer/Director for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Team Ninja Department Manager, Masakazu Hirayama about a variety of topics and fan queries, including the much-demanded sequel to Ninja Gaiden.
Ninja Gaiden sequel is a possibility
Talking about his association with Team Ninja, Hirayama stated that he joined Team Ninja immediately after graduate school. He initially started as a...
Rise of the Ronin
As part of the promotional campaign for the upcoming game, Touch Arcade had a conversation with the Producer/Director for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Team Ninja Department Manager, Masakazu Hirayama about a variety of topics and fan queries, including the much-demanded sequel to Ninja Gaiden.
Ninja Gaiden sequel is a possibility
Talking about his association with Team Ninja, Hirayama stated that he joined Team Ninja immediately after graduate school. He initially started as a...
- 3/16/2024
- by Amarylisa Gonsalves
- FandomWire
Su Yu Chun is a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts. “It's Not that Pig's Problem” was awarded in Pia Film Festival in 2021. After shooting the short “Down the Road”, he came up with her debut feature, “Inch Forward”, which is her graduation project.
On the occasion of Inch Forward screening at Osaka International Film Festival, we speak with her about films-about-films, the inspiration behind the film and the development of the script, the reason so many Japanese movies have scenes at the sea, Nobuhiro Suwa appearing in the movie and other topics.
The film-about-films category has become quite popular lately. What do you like particularly in this style of movie and why did you choose to shoot one?
I probably prefer the film set to the film. I like metafictional films and I wanted to make a metafictional film from the first planning stage.
Is the story autobiographical?...
On the occasion of Inch Forward screening at Osaka International Film Festival, we speak with her about films-about-films, the inspiration behind the film and the development of the script, the reason so many Japanese movies have scenes at the sea, Nobuhiro Suwa appearing in the movie and other topics.
The film-about-films category has become quite popular lately. What do you like particularly in this style of movie and why did you choose to shoot one?
I probably prefer the film set to the film. I like metafictional films and I wanted to make a metafictional film from the first planning stage.
Is the story autobiographical?...
- 3/14/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain in 2022, and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield immediately took full advantage. His 2023 movie "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" was a slasher film where an adult Christopher Robin finds himself being hunted down by his old childhood friends, Winnie and Piglet. It's a gory nightmare of a movie made popular by the gimmick of having its killers be the sweet, cuddly characters we've all grown up loving.
The movie was not well-received by critics, mainly because it doesn't offer a whole lot beyond the initial shock value of its premise. As /Film's own Witney Seibold put it in his review, "'Blood and Honey' will disappoint fans of Pooh, fans of irony, and fans of horror. Don't bother." But despite the movie's 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it was still a clear-cut financial success, making $5 million at the international box office despite its reported budget of under $100,000. This is...
The movie was not well-received by critics, mainly because it doesn't offer a whole lot beyond the initial shock value of its premise. As /Film's own Witney Seibold put it in his review, "'Blood and Honey' will disappoint fans of Pooh, fans of irony, and fans of horror. Don't bother." But despite the movie's 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it was still a clear-cut financial success, making $5 million at the international box office despite its reported budget of under $100,000. This is...
- 2/19/2024
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
The star of Tampopo, Babel and The Eel reveals how it felt to share the screen with 17 stunning Tokyo lavatories in this joyously strange, Oscar-tipped film about a cleaner
Not all movie heroes wear capes, it is said, but only the rare, cherished few don rubber gloves and blue overalls. Perfect Days, the gorgeous new drama from the German director Wim Wenders, is about one such man of action: a lone wolf in crowded modern-day Japan. Middle-aged Hirayama is employed by Tokyo Toilet and drives a small van from one public convenience to the next. Like Travis Bickle and Dirty Harry, he’s on a mission to clean up the city. Unlike them, Hirayama means literally: he comes with brushes, squeegees and detergent.
Hirayama is played by Kōji Yakusho, a 68-year-old mainstay of Japanese cinema with approximately 100 screen credits to his name. He was the mysterious diner in the 1980s hit Tampopo,...
Not all movie heroes wear capes, it is said, but only the rare, cherished few don rubber gloves and blue overalls. Perfect Days, the gorgeous new drama from the German director Wim Wenders, is about one such man of action: a lone wolf in crowded modern-day Japan. Middle-aged Hirayama is employed by Tokyo Toilet and drives a small van from one public convenience to the next. Like Travis Bickle and Dirty Harry, he’s on a mission to clean up the city. Unlike them, Hirayama means literally: he comes with brushes, squeegees and detergent.
Hirayama is played by Kōji Yakusho, a 68-year-old mainstay of Japanese cinema with approximately 100 screen credits to his name. He was the mysterious diner in the 1980s hit Tampopo,...
- 2/15/2024
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
You may know Kōji Yakusho as the oyster-slurping mystery man from the noodle-Western extraordinaire Tampopo (1985). Perhaps you remember him as the depressed suburbanite who ballroom dances his blues away in the international feel-good hit Shall We Dance? (1996). He’s the reformed felon in the Cannes-winning character study The Eel (1997), a former muse to filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa in the late Nineties and early aughts, the familiar face who graced Hollywood fare like Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Babel (2006), and — if you’ve followed his 40-plus years as a major figure in...
- 2/7/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
The official website of AnimeJapan announced the 7th edition of the much anticipated ‘Manga We Want to See Animated Ranking’ poll on Feb 1, 2024. Fans can cast their votes for the manga titles they most desire to see brought to life on the screen.
The poll comprises of 50 manga titles across various genres that are nominated by the fans.
The voting period spans from Feb 1, 2024, starting at 8:00 p.m., and concludes on March 4, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. The results of the ‘Manga We Want to See Animated Ranking’ will be unveiled at AnimeJapan 2024, as well as on their official website.
Checkout the nominated titles below:
I Want to End This Love Game by Yuki Domoto Ashiaraiyashiki no Juunin-tachi by Tokuichi Minagi Diamond in the Rough by Nao Sasaki Cipher Academy by Nisioisin, Yuji Iwasaki Ikiru no ga Shindoi Onna ga “Shinu made ni Yaritai Koto List” wo Shoka shiteiku Hanashi...
The poll comprises of 50 manga titles across various genres that are nominated by the fans.
The voting period spans from Feb 1, 2024, starting at 8:00 p.m., and concludes on March 4, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. The results of the ‘Manga We Want to See Animated Ranking’ will be unveiled at AnimeJapan 2024, as well as on their official website.
Checkout the nominated titles below:
I Want to End This Love Game by Yuki Domoto Ashiaraiyashiki no Juunin-tachi by Tokuichi Minagi Diamond in the Rough by Nao Sasaki Cipher Academy by Nisioisin, Yuji Iwasaki Ikiru no ga Shindoi Onna ga “Shinu made ni Yaritai Koto List” wo Shoka shiteiku Hanashi...
- 2/2/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
No Entry 2: Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan & Diljit Dosanjh Unite For Anees Bazmee Directorial (Picture Credit: Facebook & IMDb)
The sequel of ‘No Entry’ has been in the news for quite some time. Earlier, filmmaker Anees Bazmee, who earlier had hinted about Salman Khan leading the project, has been brought on board as writer and director. The first part, which was released in 2005, stars Anil Kapoor, Salman, and Fardeen Khan in the leading roles. Backed by Boney Kapoor, it had emerged as a box office hit, becoming the cult classic film. Now, owing to the huge demand of the audience, the makers have decided to return with a sequel.
Earlier, Bazmee had stated that the shooting of the second part would begin once Salman was free. It was later said that while the superstar got busy with his next project and the director too moved on to the next movies, resulting...
The sequel of ‘No Entry’ has been in the news for quite some time. Earlier, filmmaker Anees Bazmee, who earlier had hinted about Salman Khan leading the project, has been brought on board as writer and director. The first part, which was released in 2005, stars Anil Kapoor, Salman, and Fardeen Khan in the leading roles. Backed by Boney Kapoor, it had emerged as a box office hit, becoming the cult classic film. Now, owing to the huge demand of the audience, the makers have decided to return with a sequel.
Earlier, Bazmee had stated that the shooting of the second part would begin once Salman was free. It was later said that while the superstar got busy with his next project and the director too moved on to the next movies, resulting...
- 1/30/2024
- by Oshine Koul
- KoiMoi
Spoiler Alert: This story contains mild spoilers for “The Brothers Sun,” available to watch on Netflix now.
On May 22, 1992, three men brutally stabbed Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami outside his Tokyo home, just days after the release of his satire “Minbo no Onna,” or “Mob Woman.”
The director of “Tampopo” and “A Taxing Woman” suffered slash wounds across the face, neck and shoulder, but ultimately survived. Police suspected the attack may have been the yakuza’s retaliation for Itami’s “Mob Woman,” which portrays Japanese gangsters as crude bullies who are outsmarted by lawyer Mahiru Inoue (played by Itami’s wife Nobuko Miyamoto).
This assault inspired writer-producer Byron Wu to develop “The Brothers Sun,” the crime family dramedy starring Michelle Yeoh as matriarch Eileen “Mama” Sun, which premiered on Netflix early this year.
“I just thought it was so funny that these gangsters were so insecure about their jobs that they beat up a comedy director,...
On May 22, 1992, three men brutally stabbed Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami outside his Tokyo home, just days after the release of his satire “Minbo no Onna,” or “Mob Woman.”
The director of “Tampopo” and “A Taxing Woman” suffered slash wounds across the face, neck and shoulder, but ultimately survived. Police suspected the attack may have been the yakuza’s retaliation for Itami’s “Mob Woman,” which portrays Japanese gangsters as crude bullies who are outsmarted by lawyer Mahiru Inoue (played by Itami’s wife Nobuko Miyamoto).
This assault inspired writer-producer Byron Wu to develop “The Brothers Sun,” the crime family dramedy starring Michelle Yeoh as matriarch Eileen “Mama” Sun, which premiered on Netflix early this year.
“I just thought it was so funny that these gangsters were so insecure about their jobs that they beat up a comedy director,...
- 1/13/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Pushpa 2 Not Postponed! Allu Arjun Will Rule The Box Office On 15th August 2024 & Singham Again Won’t Get A Solo Release… ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
The Internet is a strange place to be in; a layman won’t be able to filter out what’s true and what’s sugarcoated to be presented as the truth. Recently, rumors were floating around that Allu Arjun‘s Pushpa 2: The Rule release date has been postponed. The reports also stated that Ajay Devgn, Rohit Shetty‘s Singham Again, would see a solo release on 15th August 2024.
But is that the truth, or it’s yet another tactic to make people think you’re strong and hence no one could clash with you? Well, as soon as these social media titbits started garnering some heat, the makers of the AA starrer immediately took action to shut them down in style.
Yes, the reports of...
The Internet is a strange place to be in; a layman won’t be able to filter out what’s true and what’s sugarcoated to be presented as the truth. Recently, rumors were floating around that Allu Arjun‘s Pushpa 2: The Rule release date has been postponed. The reports also stated that Ajay Devgn, Rohit Shetty‘s Singham Again, would see a solo release on 15th August 2024.
But is that the truth, or it’s yet another tactic to make people think you’re strong and hence no one could clash with you? Well, as soon as these social media titbits started garnering some heat, the makers of the AA starrer immediately took action to shut them down in style.
Yes, the reports of...
- 1/2/2024
- by Koimoi.com Team
- KoiMoi
At the intersection of interests for cinephiles and foodies lie great movies about food. Films like "Big Night," "Ratatouille," "Babette's Feast," "Tampopo," and "The Trip" movies occupy a special place in the stomachs -- er, minds -- of viewers, and I'm pleased to report that another movie has instantly catapulted into that hallowed pantheon.
"The Taste of Things," from director Trần Anh Hùng, received a limited theatrical release earlier this year for awards consideration (it's the French contender for Best International Feature at the 2024 Oscars), but it won't actually receive a bigger release in the United States until February of 2024. Still, for those who vibe with the types of movies I listed above, this will be a major event at the movies. And aside from being only a great movie about food, it's also a great movie, period -- it's technically one of the best of 2023, but even if you...
"The Taste of Things," from director Trần Anh Hùng, received a limited theatrical release earlier this year for awards consideration (it's the French contender for Best International Feature at the 2024 Oscars), but it won't actually receive a bigger release in the United States until February of 2024. Still, for those who vibe with the types of movies I listed above, this will be a major event at the movies. And aside from being only a great movie about food, it's also a great movie, period -- it's technically one of the best of 2023, but even if you...
- 12/20/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
The only certainty in life is death. What actually happens when you reach that inevitable end has long been the subject of philosophical debate and in Death & Ramen, filmmaker Tiger Ji takes us on the poignant final journey of a ramen chef who finds himself at the crossroads of life and death. His genre-blending buddy comedy features an awkward grim reaper, played by Matt Jones whose routine job is disturbed by a puking Bobby Lee whose only desire before facing the afterlife is a steaming hot bowl of Kimchi Ramen. Tiger’s short takes us on this contemplative, hilarious journey with tact, nuance and a deep consideration of life and what may lay beyond it. It’s not easy to create a film that opens with a suicide attempt that makes you laugh and hanker for ramen in equal measure, but Tiger has done exactly that and Death & Ramen manages...
- 12/4/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Winning Best Actor at Cannes for Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (Neon) was a surprise for veteran Japanese star Koji Yakusho (“Shall We Dance?”). “I’m a very lucky man,” he told IndieWire on Zoom. And when he and Wenders heard that “Perfect Days,” despite its German director, was submitted by Japan for the Oscar, they cheered over dinner at Telluride “like we had just won the Academy Award,” said Yakusho. “Director Wim thought it would be more of a handicap that he’s not a Japanese director. But for the Japanese people, he knows the culture really well. And he also has spent a lot of time there. We were very proud to have him be selected as Japan’s entry.”
Yakusho knew Wenders’ work when he was asked to play Hiroyama, a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo. “He was always looking for a new challenge in his filmmaking,” the actor said,...
Yakusho knew Wenders’ work when he was asked to play Hiroyama, a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo. “He was always looking for a new challenge in his filmmaking,” the actor said,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Clockwise from bottom left: Julie & Julia (Photo: Columbia Pictures); Chef (Photo: Open Road Films); Hook (Photo: TriStar Pictures); Eat Drink Man Woman (Photo:vThe Samuel Goldwyn Company); Parallel Mothers (Photo: Sony Pictures Classics); Tampopo (Photo: Film Forum)Graphic: Libby McGuire
It’s time again to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner...
It’s time again to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner...
- 11/22/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
Japanese actor Koji Yakusho, winner of Cannes’ best actor prize this year for his universally acclaimed performance in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days, has been selected 2023 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival’s filmmaker in focus.
Yakusho will attend the Taiwanese festival in person and present a selection of seven of his films during the event’s 17-day duration. The titles shown will include Perfect Days and the erotic classic Lost Paradise (1997), as well as five titles selected by Yakusho himself, including Kamikaze Taxi (1995), Shall We Dance (1996), Cure (1997), Eureka (2000) and The Woodsman and the Rain (2011).
“With these seven films, cinephiles will be able to witness the charm and versatile acting of a legendary actor,” Taipei’s organizers said in a statement.
Across his four-decade career, Yakusho has been nominated for the Japan Academy of Film Prize 23 times, including seven consecutive nominations in the best leading actor category, which he has won three times,...
Yakusho will attend the Taiwanese festival in person and present a selection of seven of his films during the event’s 17-day duration. The titles shown will include Perfect Days and the erotic classic Lost Paradise (1997), as well as five titles selected by Yakusho himself, including Kamikaze Taxi (1995), Shall We Dance (1996), Cure (1997), Eureka (2000) and The Woodsman and the Rain (2011).
“With these seven films, cinephiles will be able to witness the charm and versatile acting of a legendary actor,” Taipei’s organizers said in a statement.
Across his four-decade career, Yakusho has been nominated for the Japan Academy of Film Prize 23 times, including seven consecutive nominations in the best leading actor category, which he has won three times,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yakusho Koji, the Japanese star who was named best actor at Cannes this year in Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days,” is set as the subject of a seven-title showcase at the upcoming Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan.
Among the septet are classic erotic film “Lost Paradise” from 1997, this year’s “Perfect Days” and 1996 film “Shall We Dance,” which was later remade in Hollywood.
Yakusho Koji (Photo: Courtesy of the Golden Horse Film Festival.)
A former civil servant who first ventured into Taiga drama (long-running TV series broadcast by Nhk), then played in several films by Kurosawa Akira, Yakusho became a major 1990s star in Asia as a result of “Shall We Dance?,” in which he portrayed a ball room dancer, and “Lost Paradise.” He also starred in Itami Juzo’s “Tampopo.”
Directed by Morita Yoshimitsu, “Lost Paradise” is a tale of a man and a woman whose marriages no longer make them happy,...
Among the septet are classic erotic film “Lost Paradise” from 1997, this year’s “Perfect Days” and 1996 film “Shall We Dance,” which was later remade in Hollywood.
Yakusho Koji (Photo: Courtesy of the Golden Horse Film Festival.)
A former civil servant who first ventured into Taiga drama (long-running TV series broadcast by Nhk), then played in several films by Kurosawa Akira, Yakusho became a major 1990s star in Asia as a result of “Shall We Dance?,” in which he portrayed a ball room dancer, and “Lost Paradise.” He also starred in Itami Juzo’s “Tampopo.”
Directed by Morita Yoshimitsu, “Lost Paradise” is a tale of a man and a woman whose marriages no longer make them happy,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
If you have to admire commitment – and you do – then you have to admire Wolf, a new BBC detective series from the producers of Sherlock, adapted from the seventh book in Mo Hayder’s Jack Caffery novels. From its traumatised detective to its scenery-chewing baddies, Wolf is fully committed to the pulp crime genre. Don’t go in expecting realism. You won’t find it.
You will find Ukweli Roach as Jack Caffery, a London Di settling in back home after a few years working in Wales. Roach makes a plausible enough lead, and a useful straight man to counter the madness elsewhere. Not that Caffery doesn’t come with his own slice of that.
Caffery’s regulation-issue TV detective Unresolved Trauma is the childhood disappearance of his brother. After a sibling spat, 10-year-old Ewan ran off, never to be seen again. Jack’s convinced that their paedophile neighbour abducted him,...
You will find Ukweli Roach as Jack Caffery, a London Di settling in back home after a few years working in Wales. Roach makes a plausible enough lead, and a useful straight man to counter the madness elsewhere. Not that Caffery doesn’t come with his own slice of that.
Caffery’s regulation-issue TV detective Unresolved Trauma is the childhood disappearance of his brother. After a sibling spat, 10-year-old Ewan ran off, never to be seen again. Jack’s convinced that their paedophile neighbour abducted him,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
There’s food porn, which shows like Chef’s Table and Top Chef, not to mention last year’s horror hit movie The Menu, have turned into widely popular entertainment. And then there’s art house food porn, a subgenre that possibly dates back to Marco Ferreri’s 1973 satire La Grande Bouffe, and whose other examples include Babette’s Feast, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Tampopo, Chocolat and Like Water for Chocolate. The latter films tend to be made in a language other than English, and they’re less about chefs competing for Michelin stars, or glowing reviews from Pete Wells, than about food as a way of life.
Where else but France, then, as the setting for the latest, and certainly one of the most appetizing, art house food porn flicks to come along in a while? Tràn Anh Hùng’s The Pot-au-Feu (La Passion du Dodin-Bouffant) is...
Where else but France, then, as the setting for the latest, and certainly one of the most appetizing, art house food porn flicks to come along in a while? Tràn Anh Hùng’s The Pot-au-Feu (La Passion du Dodin-Bouffant) is...
- 5/24/2023
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Conway the Machine has dropped his latest full-length album, Won’t He Do It, via Drumwork Music Group and Empire. It serves as the follow-up to the Buffalo rapper’s 2022 major label breakthrough, God Don’t Make Mistakes.
For this effort, Conway has tapped on the shoulders of a long list of collaborators, including his brother Westside Gunn, as well as Benny the Butcher, Fabolous, Juicy J, Dave East, Ransom, Sauce Walka, and more. The album also includes production contributions from Daringer, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Khrysis, Juicy J, and others. Stream the album via Apple Music or Spotify below.
Conway will also be taking his act on the road, and has unveiled a string of tour dates for summer 2023. Grab your tickets via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value,...
For this effort, Conway has tapped on the shoulders of a long list of collaborators, including his brother Westside Gunn, as well as Benny the Butcher, Fabolous, Juicy J, Dave East, Ransom, Sauce Walka, and more. The album also includes production contributions from Daringer, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Khrysis, Juicy J, and others. Stream the album via Apple Music or Spotify below.
Conway will also be taking his act on the road, and has unveiled a string of tour dates for summer 2023. Grab your tickets via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
The world of Japanese cinema is one of the most acclaimed and beloved. This video examines many of the classics, the most essential films ever made in Japan or by Japanese filmmakers. Why is the appreciation of Japanese cinema so enduring? "Narrator Luiza Liz Bond emphasized the 'heightened aesthetic sensibility' of Japanese filmmakers, on display in 'the tender observation of Ozu's Tokyo Story, the poetic rhapsody of Kurosawa's Dreams, the harrowing feminine gaze of Videophobia." The video essay is split into different chapters covering different styles of films: Bushidō, Wabi-Sabi, Mono No Aware, Yūgen, Guro, and Hen. Many all-timer films are featured including The Sword of Doom, Seven Samurai, Hausu, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tampopo, Love Exposure, Sansho the Bailiff, Tokyo Sonata + many more. Discover films below. // Continue Reading ›...
- 3/31/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: For NASA’s pioneering Black astronauts, gravity wasn’t the only barrier impeding them from reaching the highest heights. They also faced another implacable force, in the form of racial bias.
National Geographic Documentary Films today announced filmmakers Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza will direct and produce The Space Race, a feature documentary “that will uncover the little-known stories of the first Black pilots, engineers and scientists to become astronauts” and the obstacles that impacted their trajectory. Frank Marshall and Tony Rosenthal of The Kennedy/Marshall Company will executive produce the film, along with Carolyn Bernstein of National Geographic Documentary Films and Leland Melvin. The project will be produced by Kennedy/Marshall’s Alexandra Bowen and Aly Parker, Diamond Docs’ Mark Monroe and independent producer Keero Birla. Monroe will also serve as the film’s writer.
Astronaut Ed Dwight is interviewed for ‘The Space Race.
National Geographic Documentary Films today announced filmmakers Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza will direct and produce The Space Race, a feature documentary “that will uncover the little-known stories of the first Black pilots, engineers and scientists to become astronauts” and the obstacles that impacted their trajectory. Frank Marshall and Tony Rosenthal of The Kennedy/Marshall Company will executive produce the film, along with Carolyn Bernstein of National Geographic Documentary Films and Leland Melvin. The project will be produced by Kennedy/Marshall’s Alexandra Bowen and Aly Parker, Diamond Docs’ Mark Monroe and independent producer Keero Birla. Monroe will also serve as the film’s writer.
Astronaut Ed Dwight is interviewed for ‘The Space Race.
- 3/31/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Cox is setting the record straight about those comments he made about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The “Succession” star previously claimed Meghan “knew what she was getting into” when she and Harry tied the knot in May 2018.
She and Harry have made multiple allegations against the royals in their tell-all Netflix documentary, as well as that 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview.
After Cox’s Haute Living New York interview hit headlines, he told the Radio Times that his comments were “taken out of context.”
He said, according to Page Six, “I’m a bit angry about that because that whole thing has been taken out of context. I actually have enormous sympathy for them.”
Read More: Prince Harry Makes Surprise Trip To U.K., But Reportedly Won’t Be Seeing King Charles And Prince William
Cox suggested Meghan had been tempted by a fairytale that didn’t have a happy ending.
The “Succession” star previously claimed Meghan “knew what she was getting into” when she and Harry tied the knot in May 2018.
She and Harry have made multiple allegations against the royals in their tell-all Netflix documentary, as well as that 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview.
After Cox’s Haute Living New York interview hit headlines, he told the Radio Times that his comments were “taken out of context.”
He said, according to Page Six, “I’m a bit angry about that because that whole thing has been taken out of context. I actually have enormous sympathy for them.”
Read More: Prince Harry Makes Surprise Trip To U.K., But Reportedly Won’t Be Seeing King Charles And Prince William
Cox suggested Meghan had been tempted by a fairytale that didn’t have a happy ending.
- 3/28/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
This weekend's topic, currently streaming on HBOMax and Criterion Channel, was chosen by readers. This article contains spoilers so if you've never seen the film, correct that first.
for such a delicious movie, the first shot of people and food isn't very appetizing!by Nathaniel R
How far does the "foodie" movie subgenre stretch back? It's difficult to tell from the internet alone, which tends to think movies of all genres began in the 1980s; online "best of all time" lists are of little use when you're curious about film history. We know at least that the subgenre was in full swing by the 1990s with arthouse hits such as Like Water for Chocolate, Eat Drink Man Woman, and Big Night arriving semi-annually. Was the watershed moment, at least for US moviegoers, bout a half a year stretch between the fall of 1987 and the spring of 1988? In that time the...
for such a delicious movie, the first shot of people and food isn't very appetizing!by Nathaniel R
How far does the "foodie" movie subgenre stretch back? It's difficult to tell from the internet alone, which tends to think movies of all genres began in the 1980s; online "best of all time" lists are of little use when you're curious about film history. We know at least that the subgenre was in full swing by the 1990s with arthouse hits such as Like Water for Chocolate, Eat Drink Man Woman, and Big Night arriving semi-annually. Was the watershed moment, at least for US moviegoers, bout a half a year stretch between the fall of 1987 and the spring of 1988? In that time the...
- 3/25/2023
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
In 2017, Team Ninja showcased their Soulslike chops with Nioh: a samurai-themed adventure that implemented dungeon crawler loot to the mix. In 2020, Team Ninja released a sequel, Nioh 2, but instead of developing a Nioh 3, the studio started developing a spiritual successor set in the Chinese Three Kingdoms period, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. After several demos, Team Ninja’s latest spin on Soulslike gameplay is almost ready for release.
According to the official website, Wo Long will launch this Friday, March 3. As with many other games these days, Wo Long will allegedly launch via a staggered schedule tied to each region’s timezone. Audiences won’t get to start playing Wo Long until midnight in their respective regions, with the exception of gamers on the West Coast, who get to start at 9 pm Pst. While gamers who purchased a physical copy will have to wait until stores open on March 3rd (or...
According to the official website, Wo Long will launch this Friday, March 3. As with many other games these days, Wo Long will allegedly launch via a staggered schedule tied to each region’s timezone. Audiences won’t get to start playing Wo Long until midnight in their respective regions, with the exception of gamers on the West Coast, who get to start at 9 pm Pst. While gamers who purchased a physical copy will have to wait until stores open on March 3rd (or...
- 3/2/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
James Gunn has issued a fierce riposte to someone who acccused him of “lying” to fans on Twitter,
The recently appointed co-chair and co-ceo of DC Studios has had a tumultuous time in his new role so far, attracting some criticism for the new direction of the Dceu.
On Thursday (2 March), Gunn replied to a series of tweets that called him a liar.
The critic in question shared an article by Slash Film titled: “Ben Affleck Could Direct a DC Universe Film, But It Won’t Be The New Batman.”
Rumours have surfaced that Affleck could be directing Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a Batman-and-Robin movie currently in development.
The person accompanied the article with a caption, reading: “Didn’t Gunn say in a previous interview that Affleck’s not directing Brave and the Bold? I get that Gunn is something of a professional liar, but still.”
Gunn responded: “For years,...
The recently appointed co-chair and co-ceo of DC Studios has had a tumultuous time in his new role so far, attracting some criticism for the new direction of the Dceu.
On Thursday (2 March), Gunn replied to a series of tweets that called him a liar.
The critic in question shared an article by Slash Film titled: “Ben Affleck Could Direct a DC Universe Film, But It Won’t Be The New Batman.”
Rumours have surfaced that Affleck could be directing Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a Batman-and-Robin movie currently in development.
The person accompanied the article with a caption, reading: “Didn’t Gunn say in a previous interview that Affleck’s not directing Brave and the Bold? I get that Gunn is something of a professional liar, but still.”
Gunn responded: “For years,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
John Cleese may be planning to reboot his comedy classic Fawlty Towers, but the new version of the show won’t have all the elements familiar to the original show’s millions of fans.
Cleese will be writing the new version with his daughter Camilla, and she has revealed that her father’s totemic character, Basil Fawlty, won’t be engaging in the kind of physical comedy that famously saw him thrash an Austin 1100 car with a tree branch.
Camilla told the UK’s Sun newspaper, “He won’t be doing as much crazy physical, comedic things as before but you never know what you might see him do.”
Both fans and critics have spoken out since it was announced that the 1970s sitcom would be getting a new series 44 years after it ended with only 12 half-hour episodes in the can.
They fear none of the jokes will land as...
Cleese will be writing the new version with his daughter Camilla, and she has revealed that her father’s totemic character, Basil Fawlty, won’t be engaging in the kind of physical comedy that famously saw him thrash an Austin 1100 car with a tree branch.
Camilla told the UK’s Sun newspaper, “He won’t be doing as much crazy physical, comedic things as before but you never know what you might see him do.”
Both fans and critics have spoken out since it was announced that the 1970s sitcom would be getting a new series 44 years after it ended with only 12 half-hour episodes in the can.
They fear none of the jokes will land as...
- 2/12/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Children of the mid-1980s will likely recall the Toys "Я" Us Super Toy Run. The 1985 sweepstakes was one of the most alluring prizes offered to a toy-hungry youth, and most kids secretly had a plan of attack, should they win. Winners were given a shopping cart and five glorious, unfettered minutes to run through their local Toys "Я" Us, scooping whatever they wanted into it. You were allowed to keep whatever you could carry out. It was essentially a form of legal looting.
The modern cineaste's version of the Super Toy Run is, of course, the Criterion Closet. On a long-running video series put out by the Criterion Channel, notable filmmakers are invited to look through a small storage room filled floor-to-ceiling with Criterion Collection Blu-rays, and are permitted to take what they want. Unlike the Toys "Я" Us equivalent, unfortunately, no one full-arms an entire shelf of Blu-rays into a waiting shopping cart.
The modern cineaste's version of the Super Toy Run is, of course, the Criterion Closet. On a long-running video series put out by the Criterion Channel, notable filmmakers are invited to look through a small storage room filled floor-to-ceiling with Criterion Collection Blu-rays, and are permitted to take what they want. Unlike the Toys "Я" Us equivalent, unfortunately, no one full-arms an entire shelf of Blu-rays into a waiting shopping cart.
- 2/7/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Festivals
On Aug. 24, Ukraine independence day, the Venice Film Festival has revealed that it will host a Ukrainian Day on Sept. 8, as part of the festival’s Venice Production Bridge initiative. The day will kick off with a panel discussion introduced by the president of the Biennale, Roberto Cicutto, and the artistic director of the 79th festival, Alberto Barbera.
Panelists include the Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy, Yaroslav Melnyk; the head of the National Cinema Institution of Ukraine, Marina Kuderchuk; the director of the film “Luxembourg, Luxembourg” (which will screen in competition in the festival’s Horizons strand), Antonio Lukich; the director of the film “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (screening out of competition), Evgeny Afineevsky; the exhibiting artist in the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte, Pavlo Makov; the curator of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte, Boris Filonenko; the representative of Ukraine’s...
On Aug. 24, Ukraine independence day, the Venice Film Festival has revealed that it will host a Ukrainian Day on Sept. 8, as part of the festival’s Venice Production Bridge initiative. The day will kick off with a panel discussion introduced by the president of the Biennale, Roberto Cicutto, and the artistic director of the 79th festival, Alberto Barbera.
Panelists include the Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy, Yaroslav Melnyk; the head of the National Cinema Institution of Ukraine, Marina Kuderchuk; the director of the film “Luxembourg, Luxembourg” (which will screen in competition in the festival’s Horizons strand), Antonio Lukich; the director of the film “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (screening out of competition), Evgeny Afineevsky; the exhibiting artist in the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte, Pavlo Makov; the curator of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte, Boris Filonenko; the representative of Ukraine’s...
- 8/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Go Takamine continues his opus of Okinawan cinema with the adaption of the famous “Uchinaa Shibai” play. A day laborer named Giru seduces the boss’s daughter and flees to the mystical Untama forest where he transforms into the Okinawan folk hero Untamaguri. Taking place in 1972, during the transition from the American occupation to Japanese sovereignty, Takamine shows the islanders in a phase of uncertainty.
Untamagiru is screening at Japan Society
Folklore, politics, and traditions. “Untamagiru” begins like an oddball comedy, with humor and quirky characters but holds a much more political subtext than its forerunner “Paradise View” (1985). Featuring Kaoru Kobayashi (“Midnight Diner” 2014) as Giru and John Sayles (“The Howling” 1981) as an American officer, Takamine mixes past and modern aspects of the local culture to describe the struggle of a rich culture that tries to preserve its identity. We see a lot of singing and performances referring to the past...
Untamagiru is screening at Japan Society
Folklore, politics, and traditions. “Untamagiru” begins like an oddball comedy, with humor and quirky characters but holds a much more political subtext than its forerunner “Paradise View” (1985). Featuring Kaoru Kobayashi (“Midnight Diner” 2014) as Giru and John Sayles (“The Howling” 1981) as an American officer, Takamine mixes past and modern aspects of the local culture to describe the struggle of a rich culture that tries to preserve its identity. We see a lot of singing and performances referring to the past...
- 5/5/2022
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
May on the Criterion Channel will be good to the auteurs. In fact they’re giving Richard Linklater better treatment than the distributor of his last film, with a 13-title retrospective mixing usual suspects—the Before trilogy, Boyhood, Slacker—with some truly off the beaten track. There’s a few shorts I haven’t seen but most intriguing is Heads I Win/Tails You Lose, the only available description of which calls it a four-hour (!) piece “edited together by Richard Linklater in 1991 from film countdowns and tail leaders from films submitted to the Austin Film Society in Austin, Texas from 1987 to 1990. It is Linklater’s tribute to the film countdown, used by many projectionists over the years to cue one reel of film after another when switching to another reel on another projector during projection.” Pair that with 2008’s Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach and your completionism will be on-track.
- 4/21/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
A couple of Criterion’s May releases are all about encroaching fear, so we won’t make you think about the fact that when these arrive 2022 will be in sight of its halfway point. Anyway: their 4K library has expanded by the length of Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder’s noir par excellence arriving in a rather stacked edition. But for paranoia-fueled intrigue I’m much happier about Mr. Klein, Joseph Losey’s so-good-it’s-baffling wartime horror that makes Alain Delon more vulnerable than almost any star of his stature would dare.
Otherwise May is a very wide spread: Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala finally brings Denzel Washington into the collection; Wayne Wang’s San Francisco diaspora classic Chan is Missing; and Tampopo director Juzo Itami’s The Funeral round out May.
See artwork below and further details on all titles here:
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Otherwise May is a very wide spread: Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala finally brings Denzel Washington into the collection; Wayne Wang’s San Francisco diaspora classic Chan is Missing; and Tampopo director Juzo Itami’s The Funeral round out May.
See artwork below and further details on all titles here:
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- 2/15/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
It’s a strange thing to watch a movie that truly (and almost literally) believes it will never be seen; a movie that was written, financed, and shot with the bone-deep conviction that it would eventually be released to great silence; a movie that isn’t just at peace with its uncommerciality, but also consciously draws its power from the advance knowledge that it’s destined to disappear amid the boundless ocean of streaming content, not dumped into the water so much as scattered along its surface like ashes. A post-apocalyptic cri de coeur that suggests the death of cinema and the end of human civilization are two sides of the same coin, Jonathan Nossiter’s “Last Words” (adapted from the Santiago Amigorena novel “Mes Derniers Mots”) offers an end-of-the-world lament for the natural beauty that we’ve surrendered to consumerism, and for the shared experiences we’ve forfeited in the name of personal convenience.
- 12/17/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
There will never be a world without Charlie Watts, because his backbeat changed how the world sounds. The Rolling Stones’ legendary drummer got away with nothing but boss moves, for just about 60 years. For me, the Charlie mystique is all there in his five-second drum intro from “Let It Bleed.” It’s one of the Stones’ best tunes, yet it’s nothing but the band listening to Charlie play. Mick just tries to keep up with him, while the guitars try to keep up with Mick, but Charlie is the...
- 8/24/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
The Bachelorette‘s Katie was already reeling this week after Michael’s early departure… and things didn’t get any easier for her, did they?
Monday’s episode was officially “hometowns,” but thanks to Covid, the show had to stage pseudo-hometown visits at the New Mexico resort where they’ve been filming all season. First up is Blake, who introduces Katie to his native Canada by taking her to a cabin filled with dead animal heads and hockey sticks. They take shots of maple syrup, ride a mechanical moose and play street hockey to get the full Canuck experience… as...
Monday’s episode was officially “hometowns,” but thanks to Covid, the show had to stage pseudo-hometown visits at the New Mexico resort where they’ve been filming all season. First up is Blake, who introduces Katie to his native Canada by taking her to a cabin filled with dead animal heads and hockey sticks. They take shots of maple syrup, ride a mechanical moose and play street hockey to get the full Canuck experience… as...
- 8/3/2021
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
(This is a Spoiler-free discussion of "American Horror Stories")
There's a pattern we've seen play out with "American Horror Story" during each of the past several seasons: A compelling start, followed by a steady decline into incoherence. The process has been speeding up -- "AHS: 1984," the most recent season, was off the rails by the midway point.
This is the double-edged sword of the Ryan Murphy brand. The shows under his umbrella are loud, boisterous, audacious, hilarious, intense -- and generally just not like other shows. While that uniqueness and that tonally erratic signature is the reason we watch this stuff, it also makes it easier for things to get out of control because it's really tough to balance all those moods.
"American Horror Stories," which is streaming only through FX on Hulu, provides what feels like the perfect solution to that problem, by keeping its stories bite-sized. Yes,...
There's a pattern we've seen play out with "American Horror Story" during each of the past several seasons: A compelling start, followed by a steady decline into incoherence. The process has been speeding up -- "AHS: 1984," the most recent season, was off the rails by the midway point.
This is the double-edged sword of the Ryan Murphy brand. The shows under his umbrella are loud, boisterous, audacious, hilarious, intense -- and generally just not like other shows. While that uniqueness and that tonally erratic signature is the reason we watch this stuff, it also makes it easier for things to get out of control because it's really tough to balance all those moods.
"American Horror Stories," which is streaming only through FX on Hulu, provides what feels like the perfect solution to that problem, by keeping its stories bite-sized. Yes,...
- 7/24/2021
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
There’s nothing I love more than a film about food. I love almost everything about them. The mouth-watering shots. The ever-present nostalgia. The way they so easily lend themselves to philosophical ideas. It’s almost always a joy, even when the movie itself is mediocre. So, when I read the premise of Haruki Kadokawa final feature, “Mio’s Cookbook”, I had high hopes. A food film/period drama by a legendary producer and highly respected veteran director? On paper, it’s a perfect hybrid. Perhaps due to the fact that it was Kadokawa’s first big directorial effort since 1990 (“Heaven and Hell”), but against all odds, though, this adaptation of the popular series of novels by Kaoru Takada failed to stir the same feelings in me that so many other food films I’ve seen, and after an overlong runtime of two hours, whimpers its way to an unimpactful stop.
- 6/12/2021
- by Luke Georgiades
- AsianMoviePulse
Mariah Carey's sister Alison Carey is suing the singer for $1.25 million, claiming she intentionally caused her "emotional distress" and "public humiliation," according to documents obtained by E! News. In the lawsuit, Alison alleges she suffered from "horrific abuse" when Mariah wrote about their purportedly strained relationship in her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah. The Feb. 1 suit claims Alison was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression as a result of the memoir, which was published in September 2020. She takes issue with a chapter called "Dandelion Tea," which details an alleged incident from decades ago, when...
- 2/3/2021
- E! Online
Do you want to send 2020 off by bashing a bunch of zombies? Or spend the first day of the New Year at a perfectly peaceful beach of a Japanese island? Five Flavours film selection has an answer for both of these needs.
The New Year’s program, available from Thursday, December 31 till Sunday, January 3, is a selection of the most joyful, colorful, energetic movies from the past editions of Five Flavours, with the addition of a cult Malaysian musical “Sell Out.” This is the perfect choice for anyone craving ambitious entertainment, absurd humor, extravagant journeys to the other side of the world, and a serious dose of film fireworks.
The perfect New Year’s Eve warm-up is a subversive ramen-western “Tampopo,” one of the greatest Japanese classics, combining absurd humor and a background permeated with umami sadness. With the recipe for the perfect ramen at stake, the gallery of peculiar...
The New Year’s program, available from Thursday, December 31 till Sunday, January 3, is a selection of the most joyful, colorful, energetic movies from the past editions of Five Flavours, with the addition of a cult Malaysian musical “Sell Out.” This is the perfect choice for anyone craving ambitious entertainment, absurd humor, extravagant journeys to the other side of the world, and a serious dose of film fireworks.
The perfect New Year’s Eve warm-up is a subversive ramen-western “Tampopo,” one of the greatest Japanese classics, combining absurd humor and a background permeated with umami sadness. With the recipe for the perfect ramen at stake, the gallery of peculiar...
- 12/19/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Above: The movie poster for Sweet Home.It was at the height of the early-'00s J-horror boom that director Kiyoshi Kurosawa built his reputation as a master of the eerie. A nuanced filmmaker whose methodical style provoked genuine chills, he stood apart from the glut of jump scare merchants with a brand of anxiety-inducing, existential horror that eschewed shock tactics in favour of deep, brooding atmospheres. As slow-burners like Cure (1997), Pulse (2001), and Loft (2005) left audiences lingering over the nature of the human condition, a turn to family drama with 2008’s Tokyo Sonata would then mark the apex of his career with an Un Certain Regard Jury Prize win at Cannes. Fast-forward to September 2020, and he’s been recognized for excellence once again, with a Silver Lion win at Venice for his latest film, Wife of a Spy.But back in 1989, the rookie director was at the reigns of a...
- 10/26/2020
- MUBI
Yakusho Kōji — whose inimitably eclectic filmography stretches from the food porn of “Tampopo,” to the techno-dread “Pulse,” the fluid eroticism of “Warm Water Under a Red Bridge,” the nuclear dislocation of “Tokyo Sonata,” the paycheck of “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and far beyond — has been one of the world’s most vital actors for so long that it’s become easy to take his restless talent for granted. Writer-director Nishikawa Miwa is absolutely hellbent on making that harder, so much so that her latest feature long overstays its welcome as part of a well-intentioned effort to give its leading man as many at-bats as possible and show the full extent of his range. It should go without saying that Yakusho knocks every scene out of the park without breaking a sweat, but he can only circle the bases so many times before the movie around him begins to feel like batting practice.
- 9/11/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Regan Stewart, “Drop Dead Gorgeous”
Regan Stewart calls to mind “Merry Go ‘Round”-era Kacey Musgraves with her new song “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” marrying a sweetly sad melody to an acidly funny swipe at a “Jolene” type who’s getting a little too close to her boyfriend.
Regan Stewart, “Drop Dead Gorgeous”
Regan Stewart calls to mind “Merry Go ‘Round”-era Kacey Musgraves with her new song “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” marrying a sweetly sad melody to an acidly funny swipe at a “Jolene” type who’s getting a little too close to her boyfriend.
- 8/31/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix has just released a documentary special that takes you behind the scenes with the team who brought the world of The Witcher to life. But if you haven’t already checked out Making The Witcher, then a new promo (seen below) featuring everyone’s favorite bard might give you the incentive.
Fans of the books know that writer Andrzej Sapkowski likes to depict Geralt of Rivia as a solitary character. To that end, Lauren Hissrich and her team of writers and producers also made sure that their version of the White Wolf, portrayed by Henry Cavill, would conform to that inherent trait. And yet, despite his reluctance to admit that he’s in need of companions, Geralt always finds himself in the company of his closest friend, Viscount Julian Alfred Pankratz, the legendary bard known as Jaskier.
Joey Batey received a lot of acclaim and praise for his portrayal of the character,...
Fans of the books know that writer Andrzej Sapkowski likes to depict Geralt of Rivia as a solitary character. To that end, Lauren Hissrich and her team of writers and producers also made sure that their version of the White Wolf, portrayed by Henry Cavill, would conform to that inherent trait. And yet, despite his reluctance to admit that he’s in need of companions, Geralt always finds himself in the company of his closest friend, Viscount Julian Alfred Pankratz, the legendary bard known as Jaskier.
Joey Batey received a lot of acclaim and praise for his portrayal of the character,...
- 8/28/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
Netflix’s The Witcher became an instant hit with fans all around the world due to getting a number of things just right, but perhaps the most consistently strong element of the first season was the epic soundtrack – as it should’ve been.
After all, we’re talking about a fantasy saga that involves a mutant human who hunts down mythological monsters for a living. And even if we completely exclude Geralt, the narrative basically revolves around a child of destiny whose blood will supposedly save the world from the White Frost and usher in a new era for humans, dwarves, the elves of Aen Elle, and every other sentient being who lives in the Continent. But alongside the epic and solemn compositions that make up the soundtrack of The Witcher, we also have the joyful ballads of one Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de Lettenhove, whom fans of the games...
After all, we’re talking about a fantasy saga that involves a mutant human who hunts down mythological monsters for a living. And even if we completely exclude Geralt, the narrative basically revolves around a child of destiny whose blood will supposedly save the world from the White Frost and usher in a new era for humans, dwarves, the elves of Aen Elle, and every other sentient being who lives in the Continent. But alongside the epic and solemn compositions that make up the soundtrack of The Witcher, we also have the joyful ballads of one Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de Lettenhove, whom fans of the games...
- 6/1/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
“Did you eat yet?”
It’s an all-too-common question — a greeting, a worry, a substitute for the words “I love you.” Food is incredibly personal. On one hand, it’s a sign of affection, of family, of community; on the other, it sets apart cliques, the poor, the exotic. From lunch breaks to late-night snacks, food proves time and time again that it is more than just sustenance. It structures our very lives.
So we too welcome you to sit down and take a breather from your day-to-day. Nourish yourself. Feast your eyes. Today’s menu includes ramen westerns and fried chicken ponzi schemes, irresistible dosa and roast duck wars. Just make sure to grab a bite first… you’ll thank us later after you get through this mouthwatering list!
1. Tampopo
“Tampopo” is a very entertaining film about the necessity of enjoyment in our lives, a celebration of the art...
It’s an all-too-common question — a greeting, a worry, a substitute for the words “I love you.” Food is incredibly personal. On one hand, it’s a sign of affection, of family, of community; on the other, it sets apart cliques, the poor, the exotic. From lunch breaks to late-night snacks, food proves time and time again that it is more than just sustenance. It structures our very lives.
So we too welcome you to sit down and take a breather from your day-to-day. Nourish yourself. Feast your eyes. Today’s menu includes ramen westerns and fried chicken ponzi schemes, irresistible dosa and roast duck wars. Just make sure to grab a bite first… you’ll thank us later after you get through this mouthwatering list!
1. Tampopo
“Tampopo” is a very entertaining film about the necessity of enjoyment in our lives, a celebration of the art...
- 5/28/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
The more emotion-driven a TV series or movie, the more important the soundtrack. And boy is Normal People, the Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s wildly popular novel of the same name, driven by the emotion of its characters and world.
Normal People follows Marianne and Connell’s complicated relationship as they move from being teenagers at a small town in western Ireland into young adulthood at Dublin’s Trinity College, and showrunner Ed Guiney, directors Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald, music supervisors Juliet Martin and Maggie Phillips, and editor Nathan Nugent have done an impressive job crafting the music landscape for this world.
“We were trying all sorts of tracks ourselves,” said Abrahamson, who mentioned Martin, Phillips, Nugent, and himself as the chief collaborators in the process. “So, as well as the work that Stephen Rennicks, the composer, was doing, it was just, again, a very organic kind of collaboration.
Normal People follows Marianne and Connell’s complicated relationship as they move from being teenagers at a small town in western Ireland into young adulthood at Dublin’s Trinity College, and showrunner Ed Guiney, directors Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald, music supervisors Juliet Martin and Maggie Phillips, and editor Nathan Nugent have done an impressive job crafting the music landscape for this world.
“We were trying all sorts of tracks ourselves,” said Abrahamson, who mentioned Martin, Phillips, Nugent, and himself as the chief collaborators in the process. “So, as well as the work that Stephen Rennicks, the composer, was doing, it was just, again, a very organic kind of collaboration.
- 4/29/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
The Juzo Itami-Nobuko Miyamoto (director-protagonist who also were husband and wife) duo has given us a number of delightful movies, including “Tampopo“, “The Funeral” and “Minbo no Onna“. “Supermarket Woman” follows in the same footsteps.
Goro Kobayashi, owner of the Honest Goro supermarket, has been seeing his shop underperforming for years, and when a shiny new one, Bargains Galore, opens nearby, his situation becomes even worse. During an “inspection” of his new contender, he stumbles upon an old classmate, Hanako, who proceeds on explaining to him the perspective of the housewife regarding how a supermarket should work. Impressed with her input, and facing the possibility of bankruptcy, he hires her as head cashier, with the additional purpose of introducing new sales techniques and policies, particularly regarding the food section. Hanako soon takes over both customer service and the procedures of food selling, discovering a number of...
Goro Kobayashi, owner of the Honest Goro supermarket, has been seeing his shop underperforming for years, and when a shiny new one, Bargains Galore, opens nearby, his situation becomes even worse. During an “inspection” of his new contender, he stumbles upon an old classmate, Hanako, who proceeds on explaining to him the perspective of the housewife regarding how a supermarket should work. Impressed with her input, and facing the possibility of bankruptcy, he hires her as head cashier, with the additional purpose of introducing new sales techniques and policies, particularly regarding the food section. Hanako soon takes over both customer service and the procedures of food selling, discovering a number of...
- 4/25/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
No one enjoys being forced to get along with strangers, let alone come to terms with having to live with them. The foundation of a new family, much like a funeral, collides people together with little regard for their desires but, no matter how much resistance is fought or how falsified the pleasantries, we have to accept it as a situation out of our hands and learn to make do. Much can be said about Shiro Tokiwa’s feature length debut “The First Supper”, which features both scenarios in two narrative timelines joined in spirit by the homely presence of food; while both timelines could have made for interesting viewing as separate films, this hodgepodge of a movie forces its audience through a menu of workable ingredients clumsily orchestrated into a buffet of nothingness.
“The First Supper” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival Winter Showcase 2020
Returning to their...
“The First Supper” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival Winter Showcase 2020
Returning to their...
- 2/21/2020
- by James Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
Many films have become the quintessential viewing schedule for cinephiles planning to take their first steps into Asian filmmaking. And while naturally names such as Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa come to mind, Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” is also one of those titles frequently mentioned within those lists. Considered a “ramen western” by reviewers as well as the director himself, “Tampopo” is not only a celebration of Japanese cuisine, but also of the pleasures within our lives, the various ingredients that make our time on earth as enjoyable as the various ramen dishes served in the film.
“Tampopo” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival – Winter Showcase 2020
After he has heard his young colleague Gun (Ken Watanabe) telling him a story about how to correctly enjoy ramen, truck driver Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and him end up at a run-down ramen shop. The owner, a woman named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), tries to make ends meet,...
“Tampopo” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival – Winter Showcase 2020
After he has heard his young colleague Gun (Ken Watanabe) telling him a story about how to correctly enjoy ramen, truck driver Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and him end up at a run-down ramen shop. The owner, a woman named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), tries to make ends meet,...
- 2/17/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Juzo Itami may be mostly known in the west for movies like “Tampopo” and “A Taxing Woman” but his most significant film is probably the current one, ” particularly because it was the first realistic movie about the practices of Yakuza. Alas, the repercussions of this portrayal were even direr than Itami expected. Yakuza considered the movie a scathing attack on their pride, and its realistic content apparently hit a sore spot with real gang members who, eventually, waited outside of Itami’s home and slashed him across his face with a knife. As per his own words in a New York Times interview, “They cut very slowly, they took their time. They could have killed me if they wanted to.” Furthermore, there are many who consider his alleged suicide on December 20, 1997, after a weekly magazine wrote about his extra-marital affair, a murder by the same gang who slashed his face,...
- 2/6/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Full Lineup For 2nd New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) Winter Showcase February 14th to 16th, 2020
The New York Asian Film Festival ushers in the new decade with the second annual edition of its Winter Showcase. Held at Chelsea’s Sva Theatre over Valentine’s weekend, this year’s showcase celebrates our love of Asian films by turning the spotlight on food cultures through cinema. At a juncture when America still obsesses over Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning Parasite, and some of its more minute plot points such as the wonders of Ram-Don (jjapaguri), it is timely to show that when it comes to putting food front and center, Asian movies do it best.
To celebrate a time-honored tradition of storytelling and the romantic holiday, this year’s lineup brings together trends-and-time-transcending classics as well as some remarkable foodie films of recent years, spanning several decades and different strands of filmmaking: regardless of where and when they are from, these stories pack in full plates of heart and soul,...
To celebrate a time-honored tradition of storytelling and the romantic holiday, this year’s lineup brings together trends-and-time-transcending classics as well as some remarkable foodie films of recent years, spanning several decades and different strands of filmmaking: regardless of where and when they are from, these stories pack in full plates of heart and soul,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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