To celebrate the release of MUBI’s beautiful Collector’s Edition of Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days, I’d like to pose a few questions. What would you consider to be a “perfect life”? Travelling all over the world? Having a beautiful house somewhere? Having a prestigious job? Nowadays, we are bombarded with information all the time. Most people…
Japanese Cinema
The JFF 2024 Diary: A Tremendous Month of Japanese Media
The Japanese Film Festival Online (JFF), which started on the 5th of June, came to an end on the 3rd of July. Thanks to the Japan Foundation, it was a month full of Japanese content โ and I fell madly in love with some of the titles they had to offer. [If you want to…
The Parades Review: A Bittersweet Journey Through Love and Loss
What waits for us once we die? What happens to us, and what happens to the people we leave behind? Fujii Michihito (director of the acclaimed The Journalist and, more recently, The Last 10 Years) has come up with a beautiful, heartfelt answer to those questions with Netflix’s The Parades, released this past February. The…
JFF 2024: Awesome & Free Japanese Film & TV Wherever You Are!
Let me guess: You’ve already watched the entire library of Japanese films and TV shows on Viki, Netflix, and Disney+ and now you’re wondering where to go next. If you’re looking for a place where to watch Japanese films and TV shows for free, let me tell you about the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024,…
Godzilla Minus One Review: The Outstanding Kaiju That Conquered Hollywood
On a relatively tiny budget of $15 million, it won the Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects this year. It won eight awards (including Best Film) at the 47th Japan Academy Film Prize. It’s the highest-grossing film of its franchise and the third-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2023. I guess Godzilla Minus One‘s success has been…
