“One of the most profound and rich explorations of the complex process of mourning until date.”
Atom-bombs and world peace: Obayashi Nobuhiko (1938-2020).
“He had but one cause: to achieve world peace with the power of the cinematographical narrative.”
Short Movie Time: Hammock (2018) [OAFF 2020]
“Kentaro Kishi reveals himself as a master of framing small moments of endearing happiness as well as a director with poetic sensibilities.”
11 Japanese movies to watch in quarantine.
“With Covid-19 raging throughout the world, many people are ‘ordered’/asked by their governments to stay inside and socially distance themselves. To overcome this harsh time, we compiled a list of ten amazing and easily available Japanese movies to watch during these strange and difficult times. “
Short Movie Time: Coming Back Sunny [2019]
“Noriko Yuasa succeeds in visualizing the bursting impact of love in a fresh and highly visual way.”
Talks with film-critics: Mark Schilling.
“We decided to sit down with him and interview him about the current state of the Japanese industry, how he became a film-critic, his style of reviewing and more.”
Small Commentaries: Friends of Japanese Indie Cinema.
A commentary of a night with friends of the Japanese indie-scene.
Short Movie Time: Nagisa (2017) [OAFF 2018]
“Takeshi Kogahara’s impresses with his highly evocative tragedy of subjective inhibition.”
Short Movie Time: Yukkuri/slowly (2019) [OAFF 2019]
“A creative experiment that successfully plays with the notion of the unsaid and affirms her visual sensitivity and her compositional strength.”
Videophobia (2019) review [OAFF 2020]
“A return to form for Daisuke Miyazaki.”
Paradise Lost (2020) Review
“Fukuma delivers a highly original exploration of the subject’s need to secure a place for himself to desire from.”
Short Movie Time: Tokyo Girl [PFF2019]
“Hashimoto offers a more clear analysis of the problems subjects have to cope with within contemporary society than most feature-length movies do in there entire run-time”
Short Movie Time: When The Rain Stops (2018) [PFF 2019]
“A bittersweet narrative that questions the possibility of friendship beyond the mere ego-to-ego interactions.”
Mrs Noisy (2019) review [CinemAsia Film Festival]
“With her narrative, Amano successfully urges the spectator to be more considerate of someone else’s subjective position.”
Tezuka’s Barbara (2019) review [CinemAsia Film Festival]
“A moody narrative that beautifully reveals that addictive love, in the end, serves nothing but the egoistic needs of the addicted subject.”
