Recently in the third in our series of retrospectives on some of my favourite films from Japanese cinema, I wrote of my love for Yasujiro Ozu’s masterpiece Tokyo Story. It is a film which, despite being… Continue reading "The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family: Ozu’s Lesser Masterwork."
If there was ever a film that captured the anxiety of the modern world as it is right now it’s Shin Godzilla directed by Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi. It’s… Continue reading "Shin Godzilla (2016): A New Nuclear Threat."
We know there are a lot of fans of the television series The Expanse out there who are waiting with baited breath to find out when Series 2 will be… Continue reading "The Expanse – Season 2 coming to Netflix 8th September 2017."
There have been few films which have managed to balance being stylistically distinctive, psychologically interesting, culturally enlightening and, to top it all, entertaining. It’s a list populated by some of the true greats of cinema;… Continue reading "Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953) – A very human tale."
A long time ago during those first flourishes of cinephilia that would consume my life, I made it my duty to watch as many films as I could. I wanted… Continue reading "Rashomon (1950) – Akira Kurosawa & the language of Japanese Cinema."
Well, it seems it has finally happened. After years of speculation and confusion it was announced today that Special Effects company Weta have began production on the first of James… Continue reading "Production begins on Avatar 2."
Today saw the passing of one of the most celebrated actors of the 20th Century, Jeanne Moreau. She was best known as one of the faces of the French New… Continue reading "Jeanne Moreau, star of Jules et Jim dies aged 89."
1950s Japan was a very fertile period in time for movies with some of the greatest, most artistic films ever made being released. It was a time of Kurosawa, Ozu, Mifune, Honda and Mizoguchi, filmmakers… Continue reading "Seven Samurai (1954) – Kurosawa’s Beautiful Action Epic."
