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Blue Fight (aka Blazing Fists) (Miike Takashi, 2025)

Blue Fight (aka Blazing Fists) (Miike Takashi, 2025)

A slightly different version of this was originally published at InReview Online as part of their coverage of the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam. I watched two films for this year’s IFFR. One was the smash hit Hong Kong family melodrama set in the world of funerals The Last

Japan Cuts 2024 - Part 3

Devils on the Doorstep

Japan Cuts 2024 - Part 3

It’s taken me a bit longer than I’d hoped to roll out this third and final installment of my Japan Cuts coverage. Mostly because I was enjoying watching the Olympics so much this past weekend. But in a wild coincidence, both of the movies I’m reviewing here

Slices of Life - Japan Cuts 2023

Devils on the Doorstep

Slices of Life - Japan Cuts 2023

Every year these midsummer weeks of late July and early August see the best showcases for East Asian film in North America arrive in New York City and, by the miracle of online screeners, in my inbox. While the New York Asian Film Festival (follow the link to see my

Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (Xie Jin, 1957)

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Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (Xie Jin, 1957)