Tag: Sakura Ando
Monster | Review
The Children’s Hour: Kore-eda Crafts a Melodramatic Puzzle
Returning to his native Japan after venturing out to France and South Korea with his last two...
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Monster – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1
We begin the competition with one of many Palme d'Or winners who are looking to possibly add a second or in the case of...
A Man (Aru Otoko) | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
The Good Thief: Ishikawa Explores the Tenuous Reality of Identity
As its elemental title suggests, Kei Ishikawa’s fourth film, A Man, asserts we can only...
Penance | Review
Till I Can Get My Satisfaction: Kurosawa’s Striking Psychosexual Marathon
Past traumas hopelessly infecting the present factor significantly in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s monolithic psychosexual thriller, Penance,...
