Tag: Japanese cinema

Massacre Gun Blu-ray Review: Gang of Three

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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter  DEATH OR GLORY Rooted in the inherently violent and aggressively traditional world of warring Yakuza factions, Yasuharu Hasebe’s Massacre Gun is a Japanese gangster flick that not only startled audiences upon its original release in 1967, but thanks to this latest Arrow Video Blu-ray restoration, still has the ability to […]

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The Wind Rises Review: Blown Away

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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter GRAND DESIGNS As with any celebrated director, it is their former cinematic glories which so often shape the reception of their latest offering. In the case of Hayao Miyazaki, the renowned seventy-three-year-old Japanese master responsible for such unforgettable pictures as My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away, those former […]

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Like Someone in Love Review: Tokyo City Nights

.Reading time 5 minutes.

THE POETICS OF SPACE Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s last film, 2010’s Copie Conforme (Certified Copy) earned Juliette Binoche a Best Actress Award at the year’s Cannes Film Festival for her depiction of a French antiques dealer thrust into a Tuscan romance. Once again Kiarostami’s narrative focuses upon a beguiling female lead and her chance interactions […]

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