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Venice Film Festival 2023: Ryuichi Sakamoto Takes His Final Bow

After an ugly morning cry over the bleak potency of Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, my afternoon gave me a very different reason to...

Venice Film Festival 2023: 'Hokage (Shadow of Fire)' Brings To Light The Shadows of War

‘A game of two halves’ is always an interesting way of describing a film. Generally it refers to quality; a film can start strong and end...

Venice Film Festival 2023: 'Sidonie in Japan' Brings Levity To Grief

Somewhere between the stylistic influences and themes of Lost in Translation and Hiroshima Mon Amour is Élise Girard’s Sidonie au Japon...

‘Plan 75’ is a Searing Indictment of Capitalist Failure

Chie Hayakawa’s feature debut imagines a government program that gives people aged 75 and up the choice to voluntarily end their lives.

Confronting the Uncomfortable with 'My Small Land' Director Kawawada Emma

There is something intensely powerful about the delicacy of My Small Land — watching the film, it’s impossible not to be moved by...

Reel Asian: ‘Noise’ Loses Its Premise In The Excess Noise

The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho reviews Noise, the latest film from Hiroki Ryuichi starring Fujiwara Tatsuya, Matsuyama Ken'ichi.

‘My Small Land’ Turns Kurdish-Japanese Refugee Drama Into Universal Coming-of-Age Tale

Directed by Kawawada Emma, My Small Land is an intimate look into the life of a young Kurdish girl living as a refugee just outside...