The Japan Cuts film festival wraps up this weekend, and today, I attended the penultimate screening of my five-ticket bundle: Shippu...

Saw Haruneko, the the last of the three kinda, sorta cat-themed movies screened at the Japan Cuts festival. The program described it as...

Just got home from Neko Atsume House, the second feature of my Japan Cuts experience. Based on, of all things, a mobile phone app, the...

Attended my first screening of Japan Cuts, Japan Society’s annual showcase of recent releases from the Land of the Rising Sun. The film...

How can I describe Justice League without sounding excessively cynical or bitter? Well, while it’s not nearly as good as Wonder Woman, it...

From the nonlinear narrative structure of Memento to the playfully unconventional use of intercutting in Inception, Christopher Nolan has...

From the “rom-zom-com” antics of Shaun of the Dead to the comparatively somber and self-reflective The World’s End, Edgar Wright has...

Sometimes, you want juicy, tender filet mignon. Other days, you’re in the mood for a greasy hamburger. Today, I found myself craving some...

Went and saw Logan, Hugh Jackman’s farewell to Wolverine after over a decade-and-a-half of playing the character—and what a sendoff it...

Went back to IFC Center this morning to see Memories of Murder, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s 2003 police procedural—though that...

Went to IFC Center for a screening of The Villainess, an absolutely bonkers South Korean action flick about a young woman who has the...

Caught a screening of In This Corner of the World at Angelika Film Center. It’s not difficult to see why this gorgeously animated feature...

Japan Society is gearing up for Japan Cuts, its annual showcase of notable new films from the Land of the Rising Sun, and to celebrate,...

Went and saw Your Name, the latest effort from animation auteur Makoto Shinkai. Since it’s a full-blown cultural phenomenon in its native...

Saw 10 Cloverfield Lane today. I’m a sucker for the rare-yet-diverse “trapped in a room with scary people” sub-genre (part of the reason...

Last summer, my brother and I visited Japan, and as we explored the streets, skyscrapers, parks, and temples around Tokyo, we saw this...

I’ve only been back in New York for a few hours, and I’m already hitting my usual haunts. How could I possibly turn in early when...

Dragged myself out of bed this morning and made my way over to the Film Forum (the same venue where I saw Chimes At Midnight earlier this...

Last night, I found out that an animated film I’ve been looking forward to for months was quietly released on Friday, to a criminally...

Today, I once again headed over to Japan Society for the final double feature in its science fiction retrospective: Blue Christmas and...