Today is the final day of my series of 2012 posts reviewing the year in cinema, and today it’s the turn of the year’s top 10 films. Just to reiterate what I have previously said, 2012 has been a brilliant year for films to the point that I could have […]
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Isn’t Anyone Alive?: Anarchic Japanese Punk and his Comedy Apocalypse on Campus (Review)
Sōgo Ishii or as he is now known Gakuryū Ishii, is one of the many eccentric visualists of Japanese cinema, with films like Electric Dragon 80,000v. With his latest film, based on a stage play by Shirô Maeda, in isn’t anyone alive? The director has calmed his oeuvre down, subdued […]
Kotoko (2011) Tsukamoto shocker with added emotional substance (Review)
Kotoko is the latest film from Japanese auteur and master of intimidation – Shinya Tsukamoto. Japanese folk musician Cocco stars as the titular character unable to tell the difference between the imaginary and the real due to disturbing mental neuroses. Tsukamoto’s depiction of mental illness collects leading lady Cocco’s own […]
Top 10 Films of 2011
It’s down the final countdown of films in 2011 with this post, in which I count down by 10 favourite films. Once again, I have to stress that this list is made up of films that I enjoyed the most (or as much as one can, given the nature of […]