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Continuing the long-standing trend of Japanese manga adaptations that center on a high school that specializes in some specific subject, Kakegurui is a high-energy farce about a posh private academy that’s composed of spoiled rich kids obsessed with gambling.
5.5
Miyamoto Musashi is arguably the greatest fighter in Japanese history, thought to have won more than 60 duels. He also later developed a two-sword fencing style called nitō ichi-ryū.
Musashi was dubbed kensai or “sword saint,” and his legend continued to grow
7
Back in 2000, as part of a promotion for his latest film, Ready to Rumble, actor David Arquette did a collaboration with the WCW and ended up winning the World Heavyweight Championship. This was a controversial stunt that drew savage ire from
6
Class Action Park is a funny and at times tragic documentary that’s well made but could have used some more creative flourishes to better complement its subject matter.
2
Even the most ardent fans of Marshall’s work will have a hard time finding something to grasp onto with this one, which feels more like a vanity project for his girlfriend than the work of a unique and talented director.
A new trailer has been released for the horror film The Block Island Sound, which is premiering at this year’s virtual edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival.
Directed by Kevin and Matthew McManus, the film involves a strange force that takes over
A new trailer for the sci-fi film Undergods has been released ahead of its premiere at this year’s Fantasia Festival in Montreal. Directed by Chino Moya, the film tells a series of stories about a group of men whose lives are disrupted
Manchester’s genre film festival Grimmfest has announced the full lineup for their upcoming virtual edition, boasting 20 over feature films. John Hyams’ thriller Alone will open the festival with some other notable entries being Revenge Ride, Ten Minutes to Midnight, and Ropes
Film at Lincoln Center announced today that Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit has been chosen as this year’s closing film of the New York Film Festival.
Adapted from the novel by Patrick deWitt, the film stars Michelle Pfeiffer as a New York socialite
A new trailer has been released for the thriller Come True ahead of its premiere at this year’s virtual edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. Directed by Anthony Scott Burns, the film stars Julia Sarah Stone as a teenager who agrees to participate
LA’s Outfest LGBTQ film festival have announced the lineup for their 2020 edition, which, like many film festivals this year, will be presented online.
160 titles will be screening virtually over ten days from August 20 – 30, the full list of
The New York Asian Film Festival will be kicking off its 19th year virtually for 2020, and today the full lineup of titles have been revealed.
Running August 28 to September 12, this year’s festival will feature 51 films from 10 locales,
Montreal’s Fantasia Festival is gearing to kick off its virtual edition on August 20th and today the final wave of films has been announced, piling on to an already massively impressive slate.
Stay tuned throughout the festival for our coverage and
The 58th New York Film Festival will be kicking off September 25th virtually and at area drive-ins and today Film at Lincoln Center announced Steve McQueen‘s Lovers Rock will be the opening night film.
Lovers Rock is part of the Small
7.5
Beyond the Night offers an engaging, psychosexual tug-of-war that’s torn from the pages of Bergman.
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Fukushima 50 sees Japanese cinema address the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster in the most direct manner to date. It does not go well.
