While the season of Ryusuke Hamaguchi formally began with last month's arrival of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Wife of a Spy (which he co-wrote), this week finally bring...
For every viewer there are forms of storytelling, visual expression that are more familiar than others. The references, codes, cinematic language of foreign fil...
It’s hard to think of anything that’s as inherently ridiculous and quite literally vital as condoms. Nothing more than a little piece of latex, but what moral, ...
Having too many ideas for your film can be a curse. It’s understandably tempting, especially for first-time filmmakers, to show people all you’ve got in one go....
Queer cinema has made great strides in recent years, allowing every letter on the LGBT-banner to be prominently represented at major film festivals worldwide. I...
There are films you feel glad to have seen for educational reasons, for being informed about aspects of our messed-up world that have so far escaped your attent...
Since his 2006 breakthrough feature The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, anime director Mamoru Hosoda has delighted audiences across barriers of age, gender and nationality with his brightly animated, colorful fantasies....
My Dear Friend is the kind of movie you tend to underestimate until it becomes trippy AF and regret not having paid closer attention from the very start. It mig...
Alas, the Chinese Girl is... well, no Girl. Tackling a similar subject matter as Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s Caméra d'Or and Queer Palme winner, this sociall...
As Asia’s premier film festival, Busan offers a comprehensive look at the latest cinematic gems from the vast continent, including the often neglected region of...
