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    The 8 Best Films I Saw in Japanuary

    by Jack Gross February 11, 2022
    by Jack Gross February 11, 2022

    In December 2021, I was made aware of a film challenge on Letterboxd, a social media platform for films. The challenge, simply titled Japanuary Challenge 2022, presented a series of prompts aimed at introducing users…

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    ‘Belle’: A Wildly Ambitious, Melodramatic Trip Through “U”

    by James Y. Lee January 14, 2022
    by James Y. Lee January 14, 2022

    Underneath the surface of most films about online life are commonplace themes about appearances and authenticity: the consequences of anonymity, the rapid spread of misinformation, the ways that social media limits expression of our genuine…

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    ‘Drive My Car’: A Deeply Human Reflection on Grief and Art

    by Spencer Henderson November 27, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson November 27, 2021

    Driving can be a profound experience. It is difficult to articulate the feeling of what it’s like to ponder a great many things while you drive in solitude, or that quiet mutual moment of bonding…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’

    by Spencer Henderson February 3, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson February 3, 2021

    It shouldn’t take long for audiences to realize they are viewing the birth of a cult classic when they watch Sion Sono’s latest film Prisoners of the Ghostland, which sees him pairing with Nicolas Cage.…

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    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’

    by Sean Coates August 25, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 25, 2020

    A renowned philosopher and swordsman of the early Edo period, the life of Miyamoto Musashi has been told onscreen countless times since the late 1920s. Most notably in Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy, where the legendary…

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    ‘Samurai Marathon’ Sprints Past the History that Inspired It Towards Something Greater

    by Chris Wager August 1, 2020
    by Chris Wager August 1, 2020

    Samurai Marathon desires to be placed among the ranks of impressive historical Japanese films that have come before it. The filmmakers were inspired by history and took a small moment of Japanese history and wrapped…

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    ‘Weathering with You’ Shines Brightly as a Delightful Successor to ‘Your Name’

    by Alessandro Louly January 29, 2020
    by Alessandro Louly January 29, 2020

    3 years ago, in 2016, Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name shook both the Japanese box office and the U.S. box office. The film was universally lauded and broke Japanese box office records. Seriously, if you have…

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    Top 10 Non-Hollywood Action Movies

    by Nils Berg January 3, 2019
    by Nils Berg January 3, 2019

    It’s the time of year in which the classic debate rages amongst film buffs: what is Die Hard: an action film or a Christmas film, or both? Well I for one am sick of hearing it.…

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    ‘The Hidden Fortress’ is Pure Gold

    by Veronica Clarke January 2, 2019
    by Veronica Clarke January 2, 2019

    It might be sixty years old, but The Hidden Fortress is fun, comedy, and adventure rolled up in an epic package. It is just as good today as when it was first made. A Japanese…

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