Dear Stranger (2025) review

Tetsuya Mariko’s drama of the passion for ignorance could very well be the best Japanese film of the year.   

Truth or Lies (2025) review [OAFF 2025]

An incredibly satisfying film that does not merely show that subjects need the lie but also that it is, by virtue of fiction, that our signifiers have effects on the other.

After The Fever (2024) review

It is an exhausting experience, yet an experience that, if one succeeds to make it to the end, convincingly shows that the idea of romantic harmony is but an unrealizable fantasy.

Revolver Lily (2023) review

A very enjoyable action-thriller that succeeds in satisfying the spectator thirsting for exciting action-pieces.

Sympathy For The Underdog (1971) review

This is not merely classic that speaks to those who felt lost due to the rapid shifts that upheaved the Japanese societal field after the second world war, but continues to speak to those who feel out-of-place, who feel like Gunji unsuited for this world of ‘criminal’ suits.