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BLACK BOX DIARIES Trailer: Director Shiori Itô Investigates Her Sexual Assault in Gripping Documentary

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:10:19 +0000

In her documentary Black Box Diaries, Japan-based journalist Shiori Itô takes on her most courageous, risky assignment yet – investigating her own sexual assault. The film, which premiered at Sundance, recounts the director’s harrowing experience of rape by a prominent […]

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EVIL DOES NOT EXIST U.S. Trailer: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Ventures Into The Woods for His ‘Drive My Car’ Follow-Up

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:42:42 +0000

Following the global success of his Oscar-winning Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi ventured to a rural village just outside Tokyo to film – in secret – his newest drama. Evil Does Not Exist is considered a return to the director’s […]

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MIDNIGHT: Watch Takashi Miike’s Action-Packed Short Film Shot on an iPhone

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:40:20 +0000

“The night has countless faces. And there is a man who peers into them one by one.” Manga comes to life in a surprise new short from Japanese auteur Takashi Miike. Working at a tireless pace, the filmmaker behind Audition, […]

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CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH

Nelson Kim — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:08 +0000

For all its flaws, it's an urgent, impassioned, necessary work.

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A Conversation with Dave Boyle (WHITE ON RICE)

Nelson Kim — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:01:48 +0000

I caught up with Dave Boyle, the writer and director of the terrific new comedy White on Rice, via telephone last week. Boyle is in the midst of a months-long festival tour for WOR; the movie screens in New York […]

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IN THE REALM OF OSHIMA

Nelson Kim — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:19:06 +0000

(Before BAM’s two-week retrospective The Cruel Stories of Nagisa Oshima has run its course, we’ve decided to repost Nelson Kim’s essay in conjunction with the 2008 NYFF sidebar tribute to Oshima last fall.) What we think of as the canon […]

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SXSW ‘09: Tuesday/Wednesday Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:05:37 +0000

My final two days of viewing at SXSW brought more interesting treats. Of course, there is so very much that I didn’t get to see (Winnegebo Man, Sorry, Thanks, etc.), but that just gives me more of a reason to […]

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ABDUCTION: THE MEGUMI YOKOTA STORY

Michael Tully — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:50:21 +0000

(Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story premieres in many cities tonight on PBS. Go to the Independent Lens website for specific screening times and dates. Or buy it here right now.) If someone were to make a point-by-point narrative feature out […]

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