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Bong Joon-ho’s latest film “Mickey 17” is centered on a man so desperate for work he’s agreed to be endlessly “reprinted” and endlessly killed doing super-risky jobs.

CULTURE / Film

Mar 14, 2025

The sci-fi satire?'Mickey 17'?might?be a classic — someday

By Mark Leydorf

Bong Joon-ho's latest dystopian film offers a brutal metaphor for societal inequality.

“Ravens” stars Tadanobu Asano as Masahisa Fukase, a real-life figure who was known for his photos of the psychedelic party scene of 1960s Shinjuku, portraits of his wife and images of the ravens of his home prefecture of Hokkaido.

CULTURE / Film

Mar 14, 2025

‘Ravens’ is a portrait of art, love and inner demons

By Matt Schley

Director Mark Gill brings the turbulent life of celebrated photographer Masahisa Fukase into focus in his new film.

Masao Adachi’s “Escape” is a fictionalized biopic about fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, played by Rairu Sugita (left) and Kanji Furutachi (right).

CULTURE / Film

Mar 13, 2025

‘Escape’: Masao Adachi’s fugitive biopic salutes a kindred spirit

By James Hadfield

The 85-year-old director keeps his revolutionary fire burning with a respectful portrait of a wanted terrorist who spent nearly half a century on the run.

College roommates Yumi (Shiori Kubo, left) and Ruka (Yuna Taira) become close friends despite being as different as night and day in “Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks.”

CULTURE / Film

Mar 13, 2025

‘Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks’: Opposites come together with quips and dry humor

By Mark Schilling

“Baby Assassins” director Yugo Sakamoto swaps action for emotion in his coming-of-age film centered on two college roommates with different levels of ambition.

A welfare caseworker (Takumi Kitamura) heads down a dangerous path despite trying to do the right thing in “A Bad Summer.”

CULTURE / Film

Mar 7, 2025

‘A Bad Summer’: A scorching drama of simmering rage and its consequences

By Mark Schilling

Hideo Jojo pushes into forbidden territory and navigates the darker currents of his latest film with assurance.

A group of talentless noiseniks are sent away on a year-long retreat to the countryside to write a hit song in “The Gesuidouz.”

CULTURE / Film

Mar 6, 2025

‘The Gesuidouz’ flips the bird at viewers

By James Hadfield

Kenichi Ugana’s horror-fixated punk-rock slacker comedy is one of the director’s laziest films to date.

Kumi Takiuchi plays a prostitute talking about her life’s pains and pleasures in detail to a psychiatrist in “Reveal.”

CULTURE / Film

Mar 4, 2025

‘Reveal’: Kumi Takiuchi’s performance stuns in one-woman film

By Mark Schilling

Kazuyoshi Okuyama’s powerful drama about a sex worker baring her soul features its lead actor emoting nearly nonstop with no cuts.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The sun shines from behind a waving Philippine flag at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

Eighty years after the Battle of Manila, old foes forge new ties

By Anton L. Delgado

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