March 2, 2020
Miyazaki – artist, producer, director, and writer – has been called “The Japanese Walt Disney.” High praise, though I personally prefer Miyazaki’s work over Disney’s. Some […]
April 11, 2019
(Japanese, 2004) Directed by Katsuhito Ishii. The father (Tomokazu Miura) is a hypnotherapist who loves to put his family under and make them experience wild LSD type scenarios (this guy needs to be given a father of the century award).
April 11, 2019
Like the Academy Award winning Departures, this film is about the worldwide economic meltdown, and the trials and tribulations people go through that lose their jobs. […]
April 11, 2019
A contemplative piece about a lonely woman (Rei) that, while shopping for alcohol at a local truck stop market, meets a young man (Takatoshi), thinks To […]