A 1. Tower of Cloud 2. Pale Purple 3. Blue Rock Thrush 4. Our Mother’s Lights 5. Desonata B 1. Ocean Flow 2. Distant Planet 3. In a Sunny Meadow 4. Higurashi 5. Valley 6. Yodaka In 2019, after 13 years of living in Berlin, Fujita returned to his native Japan with his wife and […]
All 13 episodes of the Japanese anime based on the manga by Hero and Daisuke Hagiwara. At school, Kyoko Hori (voice of Haruka Tomatsu) is a bright, popular student, while Izumi Miyamura (Koki Uchiyama) is gloomy and nerdy. However, outside of school, Kyoko likes to dress down and stay at home with her brother while […]
In this cool, seductive jewel of the Japanese New Wave, a yakuza, fresh out of prison, becomes entangled with a beautiful yet enigmatic gambling addict; what at first seems a redemptive relationship ends up leading him further down the criminal path. Bewitchingly shot and edited and laced with a fever-dreamlike score by Toru Takemitsu (Woman […]
Feature-length anime directed by Masaaki Yuasa. In 14th century Japan, Inu-oh (voice of Avu-chan) is deformed by a curse and shunned by society. Perpetually masked and reluctant to reveal his true appearance to anyone, Inu-oh s fortunes change when he meets the blind biwa player Tomona (Mirai Moriyama). Infused with a unique and captivating ability […]
Bill Nighy stars in this remake of the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru. In 1950s London, civil servant Mr Williams (Nighy) is left devastated when he discovers he has only six months to live. Dissatisfied with his lifes work, he uses all the influence of his 30-year service in the Public Works office to gain approval […]
Oliver Coates Throb, shiver, arrow of time is a portal into somatic chiaroscuro, aglow with the embers of imperfect memories and smudged with the plumes of internal echoes, which augment in vast, mercurial dimensions. For his third album on RVNG Intl., the British cellist, composer and producer offers a capsule of personal resonance and remembrance, […]
Here comes No Obligation, the second full-length release from THE LINDA LINDAS further advances their unironic, joyful, and exciting trajectory of mashing up LA punk with alt-rock, garage rock, power pop, new wave, rock en espanol. No Obligation was written and recorded by the band during spring breaks, winter breaks, and long weekends (Lucia and […]
A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with independent filmmaker Hirobumi Watanabe, who also struggles to release his own movies in real life. This delightful minimalist micro-budget dramedy ironically and truthfully depicts a sorrowful post-Covid situation in Japanese cinemas, the rapidly changing film culture and the newly (re)discovered habits of […]
Japanese animated sci-fi written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda. High school student Suzu Naito (voice of Kaho Nakamura) was a promising singer until she witnessed the tragic death of her mother, after which she was unable to find the joy in singing. At the suggestion of her friend Hiro (Lilas Ikuta), Suzu enters the virtual […]
Japanese animated feature written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. As a comet travels close to Earth, two teenagers begin to share dreams and switch bodies, their worlds bleeding together even though they have never met. Mitsuha (voice of Mone Kamishiraishi) is a country girl who longs for the energy of the city while Taki (Ryunosuke […]
