Tag: cinema

November 17, 2016 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. Let it not be said that Hirokazu Koreeda doesn’t know a thing or two about creating emotional family dramas. It’s a topic he has been fixated with for over 20 years and is a genre that he has proven time and time again to be the master of, and his latest project […]

November 8, 2016 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. It’s often reported how first-time visitors to Japan find themselves dumbfounded by the cacophony of new colours, sounds and symbols that greet them. What does the jumble of neon-lit hieroglyphs on that building mean? Why is that woman wearing traditional kimono on the metro? Why are there stone statues with little red […]

October 27, 2016 · 0 comments

Jeremy Clarke on a low-key movie about takeaway food and suburban life. Early morning. A man (Masatoshi Nagase) tramps heavily up fire-escape steps to look at the view from his rooftop, then down again and along the street. He goes through a little door into a small restaurant kitchen where he dons a chef’s hat […]

October 20, 2016 · 0 comments

  By Paul Jacques. As a 12-year-old, I remember wandering the High Street in Mosley (Birmingham) and entering a martial arts shop. There wasn’t much I could afford, but I did buy a 50p pamphlet with a scratchy drawing of the human body, and an English translation on the “ancient Chinese martial art” of Dim […]

October 17, 2016 · 0 comments

Hi everyone! It’s been a big weekend for Your Name. In Japan the film is now on the cusp of matching the Japanese box-office record set by the Studio Ghibli film Ponyo. If that wasn’t enough, Your Name received its UK Premiere at the world renowned London Film Festival this past weekend! Director Makoto Shinkai was […]