Drama
The Assistant
The silent enablers
In the Heights
Belonging
The Lighthouse
A masterpiece of menacing & mysterious maritime madness
Hope Gap
It’s not me, it’s you.
Lords of Chaos
Missing the black mark
Little Joe
Just don’t inhale
Wild Rose
True voice
Skin
Under it, this will get
Kazoku Awase
Holy matrimony with a dash of drama and divorce
500 Million Yen Life
The burden of existence
Nagai Owakare
Based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Kyoko Nakajima
Afternoon Breezes
Afternoon Breezes is a landmark 1980 film by director Hitoshi [...]
Love Dart
A fine character study by Hisashi Saito
Maki
The underworld of a Japanese hostess club in Manhattan
Call Me by Your Name
A masterpiece by any name
The Florida Project
One child’s fragile magic kingdom
Summer Blooms
Former teacher, Hatsumi, has a secret
Yamato (California)
Film reflects on American armed forces' presence on Japanese soil
In Search of Fellini
Il Maestro would probably like it
Niwatori Star
An off-the-wall Japanese film takes on Tokyo's underground
Secret Scripture
Lukewarm weepie
Our House Review
A father's disappearance, a woman with no memory
Perfect Revolution
A cerebral palsy patient, a sex worker and a most unusual love story
Cross
A many-layered murder mystery
Cinematic Underground: Outsider Art
Films by and about the marginalized
Cinematic Underground: Life Lessons
Hard-hitting dramas from Europe