“Tanaka has succeeded in crafting a truly entertaining statement against oppressive control and the importance of finding, on one’s own subjective account, moments of happiness.”
Category: Romance
For Love’s Saké (2018) Review
“One of the most engaging introduction to the art of brewing and the complexity of drinking saké to date.”
Almost a Miracle (2019) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2019]
“One of most original narratives about coming-into-being and that beautiful evil little thing called love to be released in recent years.”
And Your Bird Can Sing (2018) review
“By rendering the subjectivity of his protagonists as opaque as possible to the spectator, Miyake is able to successfully highlight the difficulties of realizing a subjective position.”
The Chrysanthemum and The Guillotine (2018) review
“Zeze movingly reveals that the ground for true revolution should be love and its goal the realization of that place where a woman can realize her agency as subject.”
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017) review [JFFH 2019]
“A mesmerizing and touching approach to the radical difficulty to integrate the death of a loved-one in one’s subjectivity.”
Okinawan Blue (2019) review
“One of the best visual advertisements for Okinawa of recent years.”
Marriage Hunting Beauty (2018) [Japannual 2018]
“An enjoyable narrative, providing plenty of charming and touching moments.”
21th century girl (2018) Review
A powerful plea for more support for female directorial talent and for more Japanese narratives that explore female subjectivity, question the nature of the sexual relationship, and investigate the effects society has on women and their subjectivity.
Snow Flower (2019) review
“A narrative that is, at no point, able to evoke the power of the song it has used as inspiration.”
