“Jesus (Boku wa Iesu-sama ga kirai ) gets thematically heavy as it reaches its finale. It poses serious questions about the importance of prayers and the existence of God without getting melodramatic.”…
Tag: Japan Cuts
Sayaka Kai’s bleak mystery drama, Japan Cuts Red Snow [2019], is a deftly directed film with ample obfuscation to keep you guessing, and with enough darkness to permeate gloom inside the audience. …
Aimi Natsuto’s 77 minutes long love letter to French Cinema ‘Jeux De Plage’ which translates to beach games in English is the story of a day in the lives of a bunch of…
While many from the current generation seek some kind of inexplicable pleasure from destruction, here comes the protagonist of Demolition Girl, a high-school kid who’s shown to be crunching some cans and…
At the time when ‘All the President’s Men’ was released, journalistic integrity as a subject was hardly being used in contemporary films. After its release, there were several films that were made…
Being a protégé under the hands of the legendary Hirokazu Koreeda, Nanako Hirose’s debut feature created quite a stir. It definitely perked up the viewers like me who are ardent admirers of…
