'Drama' ARCHIVE
This looks amazing. Simply amazing. I'll definitely be looking forward to this one. Check out the trailer.
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MOVIE REVIEW [Screener] . Chapter 27
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»
DVD REVIEW . Zigeunerweisen
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»
DVD REVIEW . Wakeful Nights
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»
DVD REVIEW . Vibrator (2003)
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»
DVD REVIEW . Cloistered Nun: Runa’s Confession
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [He-Said, She-Said] . There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men
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»
DVD REVIEW . Tattooed Flower Vase
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [He-Said, She-Said] . Diary of the Dead
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»
DVD REVIEW . Erotic Diary of an Office Lady
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [Screener] . This World of Ours (Oretachi No Sekai)
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [Screener] . Paranoid Park
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [He-Said, She-Said] . Big Bang Love, Juvenile A aka: 4.6 Billion Years of Love
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»
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MOVIE REVIEW [In Brief] . Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [In Brief] . Love and Honor (aka: Bushi no ichibun)
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»
MOVIE REVIEW [In Brief]. Hula Girls
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»
SF’s Noir City 6 hits Castro Jan 25 - Feb 3
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»
DVD REVIEW . A Chinese Torture Chamber Story
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»