Tag: Ken Watanabe
Bel Canto | Review
Music Makes the People Come Together: Weitz Hits False Notes in Hostage Drama
If ever an aria could conjure the essence of camp, it would...
Isle of Dogs | Review
A Dog’s Tale: Anderson Returns to Animation with Scruffy, Eclectic Fantasy
We’ve come to expect a certain technical formality from Wes Anderson, even across a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #5. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
Embarking on his ninth feature film, second stop-animated project, and third straight collab with Production Designer Adam Stockhausen (2012's Moonrise Kingdom, 2014's...
Criterion Collection: Tampopo | Blu-ray Review
Perhaps the first and most apt film deserving of the categorization known as ‘food porn,’ Juzo Itami’s hit sophomore film Tampopo receives a lush...
The Sea of Trees | Blu-ray Review
Nearly every edition of the Cannes Film Festival seems to yield a significant misstep for at least one auteur premiering in competition. Less common...
Tampopo (1985) | Review
Noodles and Co.: Itami’s Ramen Saga Retains Delightful Flavor
Before the categorization of a cinematic movement affectionately referred to as ‘food porn,’ Japanese director Juzo...
The Sea of Trees | Review
The Forest for the Trees: Van Sant’s Melodramatic Misfire
Gus Van Sant’s name seems to conjure wildly different reactions depending on how accustomed one is...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Sea of Trees “Gerry”manders Critics
A film that explores the suicide theme might have become the first Croisette casualty, hara-kiri style. He has had a lengthy, healthy career moving...
