Unreachable (2025) review

The melodrama does not merely fall flat, but also leaves a sour aftertaste in the spectator’s mouth.

Otonari (2009) review

Naoto Kumazawa and screenwriter Yukiko Manabe succeed in giving the fundamental dynamic that structures the romance film a fresh coat of paint.

Party 7 (2000) review

Ishii elevates the staging of the truth of the phallus with many moments of refined interactional absurdity and a finale that, in an inimitable fashion, exposes lack and castration.

Confetti (2023) review

A pleasant film that underlines, in an elegant and touching manner, the necessity for the subject to find an Other to commit himself to his dream, to his desire.

Kisaragi Station Re: (2025) review

This fun horror-thriller invites the spectator to consider the dynamic between the lurking presence and the visitors it constantly eyes as staging the uncomfortable truth of our contemporary societal field. 

I am Baseball (2023) review

Whether you like baseball or not, his absurd love-letter to women who love baseball will shock and charm you.

This Is I (2026) review

Matsumoto makes a very convincing case for the need for the societal field to become more willing to grant subjects the right to nominate themselves in accordance with their subjective position.