Scribbles and Ramblings

Spotlight on Nagisa Oshima If one had to describe the cinematic style of Nagisa Oshima, the words “radical”, “provocative”, “bold”, “pushi...

Cloud (2024, Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa) Cloud continues the multi-genre style associated with Kurosawa’s films and fits nicely within Kurosa...

The multi-genre bending world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa One’s view of Kiyoshi Kurosawa will vary depending on which film of his one comes across...

Japan has one of the richest cinematic histories in the world, which is why it is very hard to make a Top 10 Film list. Even though many Jap...

This is a follow-up post to the previous Kinji Fukasaku spotlight which focused on 7 of his Yakuza films. Previously, I associated Kinji Fu...

Ranking the best Gojira/Godzilla films isn’t an easy task, both from a quantity and quality perspective. There are 38 films noted in the Go...

Hospitalité (2010) Harmonium (2016) A Girl Missing (2019) The Real Thing (2020) Harmonium is Kôji Fukada’s fifth film but one that thrust h...

Fantasia 2021 runs from Aug 5 - 25th in a hybrid format. Unlike last year’s virtual edition, this year’s edition is showing films in cinema...

Black Test Car (1962, Japan) Black Report / Black Statement Book (1963, Japan) Over the last year, streaming and online movie viewing has be...