Film Festival Coverage – Page 24

Shinsedai Cinema Festival – End of the Night Review (Kirk Haviland)

Shinsedai Film Festival 2012 (Toronto) End of the Night Starring Kuniaki Nakamura, Nami Komiyama, Masayuki Shionoya Written and Directed by Daisuke Miyazaki When it came time for Daisuke Miyazaki to make his directorial debut, after directing second unit for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, he decided to look to the past. Inspired by the richContinue reading “Shinsedai Cinema Festival – End of the Night Review (Kirk Haviland)”

Shinsedai Cinema Festival – Zero Man vs. the Half-Virgin Review (Kirk Haviland)

Shinsedai Film Festival 2012 (Toronto) Zero Man vs. the Half-Virgin Starring Chihiro Itakura, Miho Hoshino, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hideo Tsubota, Don Brown and Sakichi Sato Written and Directed by Sakichi Sato Preceeded by Dark on Dark Directed by Makato Ohtake Sakichi Sato is a master of oddball cinema. The mastermind behind the scripts for Takeshi Miike’sContinue reading “Shinsedai Cinema Festival – Zero Man vs. the Half-Virgin Review (Kirk Haviland)”

Shinsedai Cinema Fesival 2012 – Ringing in Their Ears Review (Kirk Haviland)

Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2012 (Toronto) Ringing in their Ears Starring – Fumi Nikaido, Kurumi Morishita, Tatsuya Sakamoto and Shinsei Kamattechan Written and Directed by Yu Irie The group Shinsei Kamattechan has become a formidable force to be dealt with in the Korean music scene its inception in 2007. Composed of members Noko (lead singer, guitarContinue reading “Shinsedai Cinema Fesival 2012 – Ringing in Their Ears Review (Kirk Haviland)”

Fantasia 2012 – Festival Preview (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia 2012 Website and Tickets As I write this I’m sitting in the home of a good friend who has been kind enough to let me sleep on his couch in Montreal. He’s a few years younger than I am and I imagine he is still accustomed to the life of a young bachelor. HeContinue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Festival Preview (Matt Hodgson)”

TKFF 2012 – Oldboy Review (Kirk Haviland)

Toronto Korean Film Festival 2012 Oldboy (2003) Starring – Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Ji Dae-han and Kim Byeong-ok Written by Hwang Jo-hyun, Lim Chun-hyeong, Lim Joon-hyung and Park Chan-wook (based on the Manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi) Directed by Park Chan-wook Now the undeniable creative leader of the Korean film movementContinue reading “TKFF 2012 – Oldboy Review (Kirk Haviland)”