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Shady
Shady Japanese Title: かしこい狗は、吠えずに笑う Romaji: Kashikoi Inu wa, Hoezu ni Warau Release Date: June 22nd, 2013 UK Release Date:...
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Gekijouban Shimajiro no Wao! Shimajiro to Kujira no Uta, Pretty Cure All...
Feel free to skip over this blurb if you just want to get to the trailers… This week has been quite a slog. I have completed 9 days in work due to taking on as much overtime as I can get – I’m thankful...
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Sakamoto-kun wa Mitame Dake ga Majime, Gekisha! Kajirena netsuai-chū!, Girl’s...
Only one post this week and that was for Shady. It gets released at the end of the month and I hope it gets seen by a wide audience. I wanted the review to breathe a little and get some time in the sun...
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Shady: Different Opinions on an Awesome Film
“Shady” is released by Third Window Films on March 24th, and I want to support the film as much as possible. Why? Well, as I stated in my review published last week: A film like “Shady” simply must be...
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Shady – Random Things Connected to the Film…
I was surprised by how taken with the film “Shady“, especially the performances of the lead-actresses and the skill of the writer and director. This post is full of random things connected to like how...
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Terracotta Film Club at the Prince Charles Cinema Screen Mother
I was perusing Twitter yesterday when I found out some great news for Korean film fans (and fans of great cinema in general) in London: the Terracotta Film Club will screen Bong Joon-ho’s film “Mother”...
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In His Chart 2, Grand Cinema Bando Tamasaburo Nihonbashi, Dog’s Way,...
This weekend you get two trailer posts made up of eight films. The first post consists of two big releases, the star-packed medical drama “In His Chart 2” and the family drama “Tangerines on Cat” – oh...
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The Lion Dance, Tokyo Doppelkonzert, Walking with a Friend, Zero Black Blood...
http://thirdwindowfilms.tumblr.com/post/78657205350/shady-actress-mimpi-b-performing-live-in-tokyo What a week! Work was hectic despite the good weather and I managed to get more overtime done. I have...
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Yoshitaro Nomura Film Season at the ICA in April
The name of director Yoshitaro Nomura has only been mentioned on this blog once and it was in relation to the anime “Coppelion” back in January. He’s a man I know from researching other titles. It’s a...
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Ju-on: The Beginning of the End Teaser Trailer
I didn’t see this one coming but it should have been obvious. A new installment in the J-horror film series “Ju-on” is getting a release in July! We get to welcome back the extremely creepy boy Toshio,...
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The Snow White Murder Case, Team Batista Final Kerberos’s Portrait, Heisei...
The Winter 2013 anime season is approaching its end as shows enter their 11th and 12th episodes. I have a series of posts lined up about it including one about the most exciting shows in the Spring...
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Genkina hito’s Spring 2014 Anime Picks
There are over 50 shows getting released in March and April. Writing a series of preview guides for Anime UK News left me at my most cynical about the lack of artistry and the rampant...
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Adult Drop, One Third, Eagle Talon 7, Walk Together Japanese Film Trailers
This is the first of two trailer posts for this weekend. The only film trailer that I like in this post is the crime caper “One Third” which stars Tatsuya Fujiwara. I guess I’m in the mood for glossy...
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Real Jinro Game Crash Room of Shudder, The Next Generation Patlabor Chapter...
This is the second part of the trailer post. I have started getting rid of even MORE magazines now with old issues of the East Asian focussed “Neo” being stacked ready for recycling. I’ve gutted my...
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Third Window Films Release The Story of Yonosuke
Third Window Films follow up last month’s release of the ultra-brilliant “Shady” with a more heart-warming human drama about the power of friendship called “The Story of Yonosuke“. As I made clear in...
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Win a Trip to Kuala Lumpur with Terracotta Far East Film Festival 2014 Short...
The Terracotta Far East Film Festival 2014 is about to launch its second annual Short Film Competition, with a fantastic prize for the winner which includes a trip for two to Kuala Lumpur. The prize...
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Crows Explode, Gachiban Utra Max , L-DK, Kazuya, What Comes Along With Love,...
It has been a pretty slow week but it has been enlivened by the end theme of “Humanity Has Declined” which I have started watching again. Longer hours away from the computer and more time revising for...
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Knights of Sidonia First Impression
I had not planned to do any first-impressions of the anime this season and just follow the picks I made with a series review but I watched Knights of Sidonia and wanted to write a few words, partly...
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Japanese Films at Cannes Film Festival 2014: Still the Water Trailer and Details
The films playing at the Cannes Film Festival were announced earlier today and as expected Naomi Kawase’s latest feature is in Competition. She is competing against a field full of very strong...
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The Light Shines Only There, Negative Happy Marriage Part 2, Death’s Live...
After a movie drought lasting a few weeks, I watched two films: Rent-a-Neko and The Quiet Ones. Tonight I’ll watch Museum Hours and Cold Eyes. I still have about eight film reviews to write and now I...
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