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Movie Reviews
We Are Little Zombies: An emotional film about emotionless children
Yasmin Kleinbart July 15, 2020

Makoto Nagahisa’s We Are Little Zombies is an emotionally invigorating film about four profoundly emotionless children. Hikari, Takemura, Ishi, and Ikuko meet at a crematorium during their p…

Yasmin Kleinbart July 15, 2020
Music Reviews
VIFF 2018: “Asako I & II”, “Holiday”, “In My Room” & “Fausto”
Gary Shannon October 4, 2018

The Vancouver International Film Festival comes more than half-a-year after Sundance, months after Cannes, and mere days after Toronto International Film Festival which is good news for us film-depend…

Gary Shannon October 4, 2018
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Movie Review: ‘Tokyo Tribe’
Nathanael Hood October 6, 2015

“If you ain’t ready to die/You can’t survive. Is there any point in praying?/Is there a price to living?” In his immaculate dining room the corpulent, cannibalistic Lord Buppa (Riki Takeuchi) holds co…

Nathanael Hood October 6, 2015
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The Film Canon: Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Nathanael Hood January 17, 2015

A stampede of pigs careens its way down the streets of Yokosuka, smashing, crashing, bashing their way through crowds of prostitutes, pimps, and military police. Behind them a small-time gangster blas…

Nathanael Hood January 17, 2015
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The Film Canon: High and Low (1963)
Nathanael Hood August 29, 2014

[Warning: Spoilers Ahead] Film critics must always be on guard against the temptations of hyperbole. How easy it is to, in a fit of post-credits elation, declare that such-and-such a film is the “grea…

Nathanael Hood August 29, 2014
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The Film Canon: Godzilla (1954)
Nathanael Hood August 4, 2014

Before the sequels, before the reboots, before the television shows, the action figures, the video games, and its canonization as a bona fide pop culture icon, Godzilla was just a monster. A lumbering…

Nathanael Hood August 4, 2014
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