February 2012
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Cinema Konzai, episode 1
We have a new writer in town: our good friend Chris MaGee, who will make monthly contributions to our Film Program’s blog. Welcome Chris! [clap clap clap]
Chris is a film blogger, programmer and writer. He is the editor and chief of The J-Film Pow-Wow, as well as the Co-Programmer and Co-Director of The Shinsedai Cinema Festival, an annual showcase of independent Japanese film In Toronto,...
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elainecastillo:
our tumblr’s been sleeping for too long…
September 2011
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August 2011
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A few weeks ago we screened Takahisa Zeze’s 278 minute long Heaven’s Story. That film also screened in Montreal a few weeks later at the Fantasia fest. The Montreal World Film Festival announced its line-up on Tuesday and Zeze’s latest film, Life Back Then, is in competition. The film, according to the festival’s press release, is about, “two people who work with a...
So the Venice Film Festival is coming up. We’ll be there and we’re really excited to see Sion Sono’s live-action adaptation of Minoru Furuya’s manga Himizu. It is Japan’s lone representative in the official competition and it stars our friend (and JAPAN CUTS guest) Shota Sometani.
U.S.-based Iranaian filmmaker Amir Naderi’s homage to yakuza movies (hey, we...
July 2011
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