The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival will be taking place from February 16 to 26.
What are the Japanese films programmed so far?
Continue reading “Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2023”
The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival will be taking place from February 16 to 26.
What are the Japanese films programmed so far?
Continue reading “Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2023”
Happy Weekend
This is the second of a two-part trailer post – the first part is here.
In big news, the organisers of the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 have announced the majority of its programme. Check out Variety to read more. I’ve watched a lot of films for the festival and I’m writing about them. Without going into detail, there’s a good selection but what stands out for me are a few of the Hong Kong films and some of the Japanese indies. I’m looking forward to sharing more about them as the festival approaches and gets underway.
In terms of what I have been watching outside of OAFF 2023 films, I have burned through some noir films, a BBC mockumentary from the 90s, and lots of Hong Kong 80s action flicks:
Kiss Me Deadly, Iron Angels 2, Ghostwatch, She Shoots Straight, and They Came to Rob Hong Kong.
What other films were released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
This is the first of a two-part trailer post, so come back tomorrow for more.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
This is the second part of this weekend’s trailer post. You can find the first part here.
I have been doing festival work lately and it will last for the next few months. I’m having a good time and watching a lot of films. I did manage to watch a couple of non-festival films since last weekend:
Iron Angels, Elevator to the Gallows.
I did post one review, one for the road movie 19.
What are the other films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
This is the first of a two-part trailer post. Come back tomorrow for more trailers.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
This is the second part of a two-part trailer post. The first part can be found here.
It has been a good week in terms of movie viewing as I mixed Hong Kong, French, and Japanese films. Since last weekend I have watched
On the Run, Angel Terminators 1 and 2, Hottamaru Days, Beau Travail, Il Postino, High Kick Girl, and Illumination.
This week I posted a review for the film Hole in the Sky and a preview of this year’s Rotterdam International Film Festival.
What are the other films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
Ten Japanese films get released this weekend so I’ve split this trailer post into two parts with five titles each. Come back tomorrow for more trailers!
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
This week I published a review of Angry Son (released this weekend and featured in the first part of the trailer post) and an interview with its director Kasho Iizuka.
In terms of what I’ve watched, My Broken Mariko, JFF+ films Dryads of the Snow Valley, Wonderwall, and Hottamaru, and on Netflix, Squid Game, Uncle from Another World, and Monster.
What else is released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
This is the first of a two-part trailer post so come back tomorrow for more.
I’m making good use of my Letterboxd account and logging a film a day.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Happy Weekend
Welcome to the first trailer post of 2023
Well, this is the second part of the trailer post. The first part can be found here.
This week I have made a commitment to updating my Letterboxd account since starting it in 2016 and half-heartedly reporting what I have watched. This week, I logged Eureka (2000), Heat Wave (1991), Ashes of Time (1994), The Age of Assassins (1967), Police Branch 82 – Rebirth, Sense and Sensibility (1995), and My Broken Mariko (2022).
I also watched 1899, the now-cancelled Netflix series (I was in the middle of an episode when the announcement was made). I’m trying to start Squid Game. That has a second series in production.
Since the last trailer round-up, I posted about my favourite films of 2022 and about an indie film screening in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Tomorrow, I’ll take part in a Heroic Purgatory podcast episode covering my top ten films from 2022.
What are the last bunch of films released this weekend?