Happy Weekend.
I hope you are well.
This is the second in a two-part trailer post (the first part can be found here). No other posts this week. I will try to resume writing soon. I did record a Heroic Purgatory podcast dedicated to Cowboy Bebop which was a lot of fun and lifted my spirits. I will let you know when it gets published.
What else was released this weekend?
Happy Weekend!
I hope you are well!
This is the first in a two-part trailer post. Here’s the first batch of films getting released this weekend!
Happy Weekend!
I hope you are well.
This is the second part of the two-part trailer post. The first part is here. I’m slowly getting back into writing reviews. I covered fascinating documentary Whiplash of the Dead on Wednesday. I also started watching films again with the 2013 Korean thriller Hide and Seek.
I’ll be covering Cowboy Bebop on Heroic Purgatory tomorrow, so I have reading to do!
What else was released this weekend in Japan?
Happy Weekend.
I hope that you are well.
This is the first of a two-part trailer post since there are over ten films getting screened. I’ll post the second part tomorrow.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Whiplash of the Dead 
きみが死んだあとで「Kimi ga Shinda ato de」
Release Date: April 17th, 2021
Duration: 200 mins.
Director: Haruhiko Daishima
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
The psychic trauma of the actions and failure of the student protests of the 60s and 70s haunts the collective memory of Japan. Its constant presence is partly thanks to various cinematic treatments from figures like Koji Wakamatsu, Noriaki Tsuchimoto, and Nagisa Oshima who worked in that milieu at the time and produced politically-charged works, be they direct or symbolic critiques of country and its politics. Then there is the more measured analysis from later generations of dramatists and documentarians who are working with the benefit of hindsight and the distance of time to provide clear-eyed analysis. This sort of analysis is shown in Whiplash of the Dead, a fascinating documentary from Haruhiko Daishima who adroitly finds his entry point into this emotive and massive subject through the life and death of a protestor involved with the “first Haneda struggle.”
Happy Weekend AGAIN!
I hope you are well.
This is the second of a two-part trailer post. You can find the first part here.
I haven’t done much except go to work and watch Cowboy Bebop
What else was released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
I hope you are well.
This is the first in a two-part trailer post. I haven’t posted much over the last couple of weeks due to being ill and unable to concentrate. I hope to resume writing again soon.
Enough about that! What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend!
I hope you are well.
It’s getting colder as winter approaches. The above image captures the tone. It comes from John Carpenter’s THE THING which I reviewed here and also spoke about on the Heroic Purgatory podcast for Halloween.
I’ve started listening to more movie podcasts and have two recommendations:
Movie Night Extravaganza which I listened to Nicky and Mikey, The Blair Witch Factory, The Player, Parasite – all fun and packed full of thought-provoking moments.
The Pink Smoke and their four-hour talk on the works of Dario Argento.
I need to up my podcasting game in time for a talk about Cowboy Bebop!
As for trailers… you can find the first part of the trailer post here.
What else was released this weekend?
Happy Weekend.
I hope you are well.
This is the first of a two-part trailer post covering around ten films that drop in theatres (one already having been released).
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Genkinahito 