Year of the Month: Persia on Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa taught me about texture. I’d watched plenty of black-and-white movies before and…
Lunch Links: HOME AWAY FROM HOME
This week’s short film says different things to me depending on the mood I’m in.…
Year of The Month – Perfect Blue
Darren Aranofsky is clearly obsessed with Perfect Blue. He’s used the themes, plot, and style…
SIFF Dispatches: MR. LONG
When people talk about the dregs of society, they’re usually talking about either the criminal or…
SIFF Dispatches: MEATBALL MACHINE KODOKU
Rat Race, Game of Life, fighting for survival – so many phrases associated with living…
Film on the Disc: OCEAN WAVES
In the 1990s, Walt Disney picked up the American distribution rights to a bunch of…
Film on the Television: HOUSE on Turner Classic Movies
If you happen to find yourself stuck in a basement with television this weekend –…
ONLY YESTERDAY
When Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro was originally released in 1988, it was a double feature…
YAKUZA APOCALYPSE
In the early 2000’s, prolific director Takeshi Miike bridged the gap from Japan to the…
SEVEN SAMURAI in Seven Characters
Seven Reasons Why Seven Samurai Is Amazing Kambei: Action is a means to an end.…