The Japanese actress' transition behind the camera is explored in a new Eclipse series boxed set from The Criterion Collection. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
Beyond Fest’s first year here in Chicago went off without a hitch. Sold out screenings brought huge crowds and created instant community amongst Music Box Theater regulars, industry professionals and excited out-of-towners. I experienced this first-hand as I...
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at selected music videos by Cory McAbee. Cory McAbee is a conundrum, both as an artist and as a...
A constellation of Chinese martial arts stars shines in this epic historical action film, including Wu Jing, Jet Li, Nicholas Tse, among others. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
Plus: 'Erupcja,' 'Marama,' 'Mile End Kicks,' 'Amrun,' 'Ballistic,' 'Mother Mary,' 'Mad Bills to Pay,' ''The Whistler,' 'Blue Heron.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
The poster for this Quebec observational documentary on early childhood, through the titular jardin d'enfants (kindergarden), has at its centre a whimsical, but dense, illustration from France's Jean Millard. His work in watercolor and gouache (a water-based, opaque paint known for its...
About twenty-five years ago, Japan's special kind of horror suddenly spread over the world like a virus. This horror had none of the fun exuberance of slashers, none of the tongue-in-cheek references to popular culture, and none of the gorefests...