Two generational talents of Japanese cinema shared the stage to discuss each other’s work at Tokyo International Film Festival, where each has been celebrated with an award. Yōji…
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Read more Tokyo: Filmmaker Midi Z, Actress Zhao Liying on the Universal Themes of Mystery Thriller ‘The Unseen Sister’Move over South Korea, there’s a new player in the international arena. Japan’s famously risk-averse broadcasters and studios have woken up to the world outside Japan and are…
Read more Japan’s TBS, Fuji TV & Major Studios Make Ambitious Play For U.S. And International MarketsNew technologies led by artificial intelligence and virtual production are profoundly changing visual effects but are still “another paintbrush” in the service of storytelling, says VFX veteran George…
Read more Tokyo: VFX Pioneer George Murphy Talks AI, Virtual Production and the Future of FilmmakingThe latest trailer for Godzilla Minus One dropped on Friday morning, and in the clip, we get a closer look at the awesome scale of the iconic kaiju…
Read more ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Trailer Sees Kaiju Destroy Post-War JapanIt’s been a long time coming, but anime veteran Masayuki Yoshihara finally helmed his first feature-length film with the 2023 release Komada — A Whisky Family. Yoshihara is…
Read more Tokyo: ‘Komada — A Whisky Family’ Director Talks Making an Original Anime, Challenges Facing IndustryJapan’s Tetsuya Tomina is a director preoccupied with presence — a beguiling sense of place or striking actors simply existing on screen. His second feature, Who Were We?, which…
Read more Tokyo: Director Tetsuya Tomina Mines the Enigmas of Japan’s Sado Island in Metaphysical Romance ‘Who Were We?’The mean streets of the Philippines become a testing ground for one young man caught between right and wrong, and life and death, in the coming-of-age crime thriller,…
Read more ‘The Gospel of the Beast’ Review: A Familiar if Convincingly Fatalistic Look at Filipino Gang LifeAt a moment of war and deep division in the Middle East, a film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian is already a victory in and of…
Read more ‘Tatami’ Review: Searing Iranian-Israeli Sports Drama Delivers an Especially Timely Punch
