Metropolis
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Hobo with a Shotgun
Unwatchable, neo-grindhouse hyper-violence
Henry’s Crime
With a real actor, a focused director, and fewer contrivances, this could have been a nice little indie
Countercultural Kusama
Last weekend of this exhibition evoking 1960s NYC
November 24, 2011
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2011 A yabusame master [...]
November 23, 2001
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2011 OK Samurai at [...]
Tamas Wells
In a broadband era, the Aussie musician/aid worker takes the slow route
November 23, 2011
This week's required reading
November 22, 2011
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2011 Autumn leaves in [...]
My Japan
Hundreds of photos say what Japan means to you
Juan Carlos Lopez
Japan-based Cuban percussionist debuts first solo album this Monday
Natural Wine Festival: Festivin 2011
World music and hundreds of bottles to try this Sunday
Plaid
The UK dance duo moves the mind and the booty
Aerosmith
Supergroup's two-week Japan tour comes with a new edition of Rocks
Masaharu Sato
Analog and digital become one
Bryan Adams
The Canadian superstar returns for a warm welcome
Love And Other Drugs
Believable and engaging
Kichijoji no Asahina-kun
The kind of film we wish Japan would make more of
The Revenant
Iraq War corpse runs rampage with ensuing hilarity
The Strawberry Statement
A 1970 film about 1968 student anti-war protestors
The Big Bang
Fails.
Takers
Forgettable B-movie
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Leave the theater feeling well and truly entertained