Japan
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: A New Dawn (dir. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya) | Review
"A New Dawn" is a visually breathtaking meditation on legacy and environmental loss whose painterly beauty and thematic ambition ultimately…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: A New Dawn | Interview with Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
In this interview, "A New Dawn" reveals itself as a film breaking away from tradition while still holding it close,…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: Numb | Interview with Takuya Uchiyama
"I hope this film brings the audience an awareness of the often-overlooked fragments of beauty in our daily lives," director…
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Venice Film Festival 2025
Venice 2025: Lost Land | Interview with Akio Fujimoto, Kazutaka Watanabe, and Sujauddin Karimuddin
“There is no voice and no past… unless we preserve it” — The creators of "Lost Land" on making the…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Kokuho | Interview with Sang-il Lee
Seeing Kabuki from within the film: Lee Sang-il’s "Kokuho" unmasks a dying art with intimacy, spectacle, and cinematic grace. We…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025: Brand New Landscape | Interview with Yuiga Danzuka
"A generation looking up to something" — as suggested by its Japanese title — marks Yuiga Danzuka’s striking debut at…
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San Sebastian IFF 2024
San Sebastian 2024: Super Happy Forever | Interview with Kohei Igarashi
We met director Kohei Igarashi in San Sebastian, whose "Super Happy Forever" offers a subtle exploration of love, grief, and…
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San Sebastian IFF 2024
San Sebastian 2024: Serpent’s Path (by Kiyoshi Kurosawa) | Review
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's French-language remake of "The Serpent’s Path" plunges into the depths of grief and vengeance, following a father's relentless…
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Malaysia International Film Festival 2024
MIFFest 2024: Tenement (by Inrasothythep Neth & Sokyou Chea) | Review
Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s "Tenement" is a cultural horror motion picture that manifests into an eerie messenger with strong…
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Sydney Film Festival 2024
Sydney Film Festival 2024: My Sunshine (by Hiroshi Okuyama) | Review
‘Un Certain Regard’ "My Sunshine," which is currently playing at Sydney Film Festival 2024, is a chilly and inspiring tale…
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