The Korean Culture Centre Will Screen the film “The March of Fools” on August...
The Korean Cultural Centre in London is hosting another series of free film screenings and this one is called, Patchworks: Unwrapping My Korean Cinema. The next film is The March of Fools from 1975 and...
View ArticleJapanese Foundation Event: Culinary Culture & Gastronomy in Japanese Cinema
The Japan Foundation in London recently ran an event dedicated to Japanese food as shown in films and it seems to have been super popular because there is another helping of food-based films for...
View ArticleThe Korean Cultural Centre Will Screen the film “Garak Market Revolution” on...
The Korean Cultural Centre in London is hosting another series of free film screenings and this one is called, Patchworks: Unwrapping My Korean Cinema. Garak Market Revolution is a tiny indie film that...
View ArticleVisualized Hearts 可視化する心たち Dir: Akiko Igarashi (2017) Osaka Asian Film...
Visualized Hearts 可視化する心たち 「Kajika suru kokoro-tachi」 Running Time: 76 mins. Director: Akiko Igarashi Writer: Akiko Igarashi (Screenplay), Starring: Ryuichi Yoshida, Nanami Shirakawa, Yoshio Shin, Aoi...
View ArticleJapanese Films at the Toronto International Film Festival 2017
The Toronto International Film Festival takes place from September 07th to the 17th and I intend to keep providing coverage of this particular festival because there is usually a good line-up of...
View ArticleThe Korean Cultural Centre Will Screen the film “La vie en Rose” on August...
The Korean Cultural Centre in London is hosting another series of free film screenings and this one is called, Patchworks: Unwrapping My Korean Cinema. The final film is La vie en Rose from 1994....
View ArticleExtra J-Food Film Screening of A Tale of Samurai Cooking at Rich Mix on...
Prepare Yourself for Another Helping of Samurai Cooking! The Japan Foundation in London recently ran two events dedicated to Japanese food and they proved to be super popular. Well, good news! The...
View ArticleMasters of Cinema Release of the Naomi Kawase Film “The Mourning Forest” on...
Eureka Entertainment will release Naomi Kawase’s award-winning film, The Mourning Forest in a dual format blu-ray and DVD set on August 21st (you can order it on Amazon). It is released as part of The...
View ArticleJapanese Films at the Raindance International Film Festival 2017
The Raindance International Film Festival returns to London on September 20th and runs until October 01st and it is celebrating 25 years of screening independent films. The venue has changed to the...
View Article“A Page of Madness” (1926) on 35mm with benshi, live score, discussion 24th...
On Sunday 24th September 2017, a brand new film festival, the Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival (JAEFF) – WEBSITE – will host a special screening of the Teinosuke Kinugasa film A...
View ArticleKotatsu Japanese Animation Film Festival 2017 Preview
The Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival is back this Autumn and like in previous years (2016, 2015, 2014) I’m working for and covering it! Here’s information on this year’s event! Chapter – September...
View ArticleLondon Korean Film Festival 2017 Will Screen “The Villainess” at the Regent...
A screening of The Villainess will take place on Monday, September 11th at 19:30 at the Regent Street Cinema. This is the final teaser screening in the run-up to the London Korean Film Festival which...
View ArticleJapanese Films at the London Film Festival 2017
The BFI revealed their programme earlier today and for this year’s festival which runs from October 04th to October 15th. The festival is separated into different strands such as Thrill, Laugh, and...
View ArticleA Preview of Camera Japan 2017
Camera Japan 2017 starts in just under a months time in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and there is plenty to dig into so having the festival programme is a must. You can also read about the various films...
View ArticleCamera Japan 2017 Preview: Documentaries
Camera Japan 2017 celebrates documentaries in this section. Japan is rich with documentarians who tackle a huge array of subjects and you cannot get a more disparate set of stories than here. Indeed,...
View ArticleCamera Japan 2017 Preview: Anime
Camera Japan 2017 has pulled together some of the best anime films made in the last year with a Ghibli classic thrown in for good measure. It’s a mixture of the biggest box-office earners and all are...
View ArticleCamera Japan 2017: Special Screenings and Live-Action Shorts
Camera Japan 2017 is almost upon us. The films programmed for the Special Screenings held in Rotterdam run across decades from the 1920s to 2008. Some of these are associated with the Kyushu aspect of...
View ArticleCamera Japan 2017 Events
My Camera Japan 2017 coverage continues with this quick round-up of events that will be taking place during the festival. Some of these are not listed on the website or have been mentioned in earlier...
View ArticleCamera Japan 2017 Preview: Feature Films
Camera Japan 2017 starts in just under a months time in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and there is plenty to dig into so having the festival programme is a must. You can also read about the various films...
View ArticleTak Sakaguchi’s “Re:Born” to get its UK premiere at The Fighting Spirit...
Eureka recently announced their slate of newest acquisitions and it included two Japanese fims – Tag (2015), Sion Sono’s carnival of chaos as Japanese schoolgirls take part in epic death-games, and...
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