This looks amazing. Simply amazing. I'll definitely be looking forward to this one. Check out the trailer. continued»

Director: J. P. Schaefer Starring: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan Genre: Indie, Drama Opens in San Francisco April 18th, 2008 I wrote the bulk of this review in March 2007 and am surprised at how neutral I was about the &%(@! subject matter. ... continued»

Director: Seijun Suzuki Starring: Toshiya Fujita, Yoshio Harada, Naoko Tani Genre: Japan, Drama Believe it or not, I think I have just witnessed my favorite Seijun Suzuki film. And this isn't an idle claim of a Suzuki newbie. I've seen a good ... continued»

Director: Masahiko Tsugawa Starring: Junko Fuji, Takashi Sasano, Yoshino Kimura, Kiichi Nakai, and Ittoku Kishibe Genre: Japan, Comedy, Educational I've reviewed Masahiko Tsugawa's Wakeful Nights previously, under its original title, A Hardest Night (aka: Nezu no Ban). However, the version I originally ... continued»

I reviewed Vibrator a while back, and you could say I didn’t really care for it. Kino now having sent me a review copy of their DVD, I figured I would check it out again. Since my initial review I’ve ... continued»

Cloistered Nun: Runa’s Confession marks our third and final review from Kino’s Masaru Konuma/Nikkatsu collection. The previous two films prompted quite different reactions from me, but from what I’ve seen, it looks like this third film was the charm. Runa's ... continued»

Two that we should have mentioned a while ago, but never got around to it. Writing full reviews for these is something akin to adding twigs to a forest fire – completely unnecessary – so here are our brief two ... continued»

Our second review title from Kino’s Nikkatsu collection, Tattooed Flower Vase, sees director Masaru Konuma at his most skilled, and most perverse [[If you haven't already, you'll want to read my review of his Erotic Diary of an Office ... continued»

HE SAID: Ty Burr of the Boston Globe said Diary of the Dead played “like Cloverfield for grad students.” I’m sorry to say, Ty, if this is your idea of grad school argument, you’d better ask for a refund on your ... continued»

As mentioned in our Dreamlogic update, we've received three of Kinos's recent Nikkatsu titles for review. I figured, why not start with the most provocatively titled one first? So, Erotic Diary of an Office Lady it is. Again, this being the ... continued»

Remember being a senior in High School, drugging and raping underclassmen and making bombs filled with razor blade schrapnel? No? Maybe you were the self-mutilating waif with a penchant for instigating violence amongst your classmates. Not that ... continued»

Poor timing dealt from inopportune situations, that's Paranoid Park's premise. Highschooler/skateboarder (not necessarily in that order) Alex (sweet-faced, eternally Zoo York clad newcomer Gabe Nevins) went out to "see the freaks skate" at Paranoid Park (oh, you know it's ... continued»

HE SAID Ah, Takashi Miike. I think I’ve covered him enough in previous reviews to forgo the usual introduction. I mean, his popularity has grown to the point where I’ve even heard little children mentioning his name in excited tones at ... continued»

When I first picked up Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean I expected a standard, rather boring WWII submarine flick from the other side of the Pacific. Then I found out it was a WWII submarine flick with Koji ... continued»

Based on the novel by Shuuhei Fujisawa, Love and Honor (aka: Bushi no ichibun, The Poison Taster) tells the tragic tale of Shinnojo Mimura (Takuya Kimura) a spoiled young samurai, a poison taster for a feudal lord, struck blind after ... continued»

The true story of the founding of Iwaki Prefecture’s Spa Resort Hawaiians, Hula Girls tells of the former mining town’s 1965 attempt to reinvent itself in the face of an energy technology paradigm shift. Faced with massive layoffs due to ... continued»

Press Release below: NOIR CITY 6 January 25 - February 3, 2008 Castro Theatre, San Francisco The most fabulous Film Noir festival on earth returns to darken the Bay City and delight the most dedicated moviegoers in the world. Presented by the Film Noir Foundation, whose ... continued»

Ah, the classic Category III film. Their slew of absurd violence, near always strung together by a nonsensical plot, haphazard camerawork, and out-there acting, really make these an acquired taste -- and quite possibly one that is easy to grow ... continued»