I was in the mood for something completely different today, so I ventured out to Japan Society—I know, I know, that’s not exactly unusual...

A little bit of world-building goes a long way. I’ll be brutally honest: Pokemon Detective Pikachu won’t be winning any screenwriting...

Caught a late-night screening of Shadow at IFC Center. This wuxia thriller is set during China’s Three Kingdoms period; thus, its plot...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Continue reading at your own risk.]...

Caught the final two screenings of Japan Society’s “Other New Wave” retrospective: The Tragedy of Bushido: Unlike last night’s The...

Caught a screening of The Samurai Vagabonds—which, contrary to its title, is not a period film, but a modern-day (well, circa 1960)...

[SPOILERS for all seasons of Game of Thrones below. You have been warned.] It’s an undeniable fact that Game of Thrones has changed after...

Armchair pop culture analysts drone on and on about “superhero fatigue,” but the current abundance of material isn’t the primary cause of...

Watched Universal’s 1923 adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame on Kanopy (for obvious reasons). I’d already seen excerpts of this...

Forgive this brief moment of self-indulgence, but if there’s one lesson I learned as a film student that bears repeating, it’s that...

How does one begin to describe a movie like Antiporno? Well, it certainly helps to have a basic understanding of Roman Porno, a more...

How the hell did I miss the news that House By the Cemetery had finally hit Kanopy? It was never listed among the new releases; thank...

Ventured out to Metrograph to catch a screening of Long Day’s Journey into Night. The initial setup of this Chinese cinematic tone poem...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Vital, a Japanese love story with a dark twist (hardly shocking, considering it was directed by Shinya...

Went to Village East Cinema to catch a screening of Penguin Highway, one of the most unique animated coming-of-age stories I’ve ever...

Celebrated the completion of a pilot I’ve been working on with an Asian cinema double feature: The Fate of Lee Khan: The films of Chinese...

[The following review contains SPOILERS! You have been warned.] My recent binge of Harmony Korine’s filmography has been leading up to...

A married merchant falls in love with a courtesan. Meddling family members conspire to tear them apart. Unable to find happiness in...

Steve Ditko has developed a reputation within the comic book community as a bit of a curmudgeon, but nobody–fan, professional, or...

Continuing my long-overdue binge of Harmony Korine’s body of work, I ventured out to Metrograph for a late-night screening of Julien...