A highlight of last year's fall-fest circuit, Wife of a Spy is yet another confirmation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's mastery—of form where every shot is necessary, an...
One of last year's best films would, by extension, prove a clear highlight of 2020 even if a normal theatrical climate persisted. Sneaking in just under the wi...
We're in Kobe in 1940 on the eve of war. An English businessman is being forcefully ejected from his factory by a group of soldiers. "What has become of Japan?...
With his latest drama To the Ends of the Earth finally securing U.S. distribution, Kiyoshi Kurosawa embarked on production on his follow-up, the suspense/roman...
Earlier this week, we shared our feature highlighting the best festival premieres in 2019 that were still seeking distribution in the United States. Just a few...
TV reporter Yoko sits with a member of her crew in the breakfast room of Tashkent’s Uzbekistan Hotel. She’s miles away from her native Tokyo turf, on an assignm...
From the mezzanine level of Caffè Verbano, Locarno’s Piazza Grande glitters under the scorching sun, the army of black and yellow chairs sprawling below the fes...
