Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Starring: Ai Hashimoto | Asuka Kurosawa | Fumi Nikaido | Koji Yakusho | Nana Komatsu | Satoshi Tsumabuki
Jason says: “The latest from Tetsuya Nakashima is not quite so sublime as his mid-aughts peak (KAMIKAZE GIRLS and MEMORIES OF MATSUKO is a heck of a one-two punch), and it kind of stretches out too long, padded by some
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Katsuhito Ishii
Starring: Hikari Mitsushima | Masatoshi Nagase | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Yasuko Matsuyuki
Jason says: “Plenty of movies on both sides of the Pacific are based on comics, but while it’s easy enough to take the characters or plot, but capturing the feel of the medium can be a different matter. Katsuhio Ishii’s
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Starring: Anna Tsuchiya | Ayaka Wilson | Koji Yakusho | Sadao Abe | Satoshi Tsumabuki
Jason says: “You could probably cut quite the deceptive trailer for PACO AND THE MAGICAL BOOK, if you chose, by concentrating on the fast-paced, animation-heavy last act. It wouldn’t be a complete misrepresentation, but it sure wouldn’t give a true
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kôki Mitani
Starring: Eri Fukatsu | Haruka Ayase | Kôichi Satô | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Toshiyuki Nishida
Jason says: “Let’s face it: The whole deal with gangs and movies intersecting in such a way as to cause hilarious, self-referential misunderstanding is pretty darn played out. I groaned a little just reading the description for THE MAGIC HOUR,
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