Fast, furious and yet surprisingly restrained, Netflix’s most lavish Japanese movie to date whizzes by without doing much damage to the image of the high-speed rail it’s promoting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/17/film/bullet-train-explosion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #shinjihiguchi #netflix #japanesefilm #jreast #shinkansen #rail #bullettrains #tsuyoshikusanagi

"Futsu no Seikatsu" ("Ordinary Life"), an animated movie directed by Japan's Yoriko Mizushiri, was awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize for a short film at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/02/23/film/japanese-win-berlin-fim-festival/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yorikomizushiri #satokoyokohama

"Deeply emotional and rather beautiful": my review of Patrick Dickinson's award-winning Cottontail is up on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Films today

https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/02/11/review-cottontail-deeply-emotional-and-rather-beautiful/

The film will be in UK cinemas from 14th February

This evening's viewing distraction: new 4k restored version of 1949's Stray Dog by the masterful Akira Kurosawa, which will be getting the Blu-Ray 4k release from the BFI at the end of January https://shop.bfi.org.uk/stray-dog-blu-ray.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqdYc1IK3H7qU94DGeUT_IchsMvVpc1aOvrb_FPxBn4Y8_L1tFd

As ever my review will follow later on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Films

In the documentary ‘Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron,’ filmed with unparalleled access to Studio Ghibli, Kaku Arakawa captures the vulnerability and genius behind master animator Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/11/film/hayao-miyazaki-and-the-heron/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #hayaomiyazakiandtheheron #hayaomiyazaki #studioghibli #kakuarakawa #japanesefilm #anime