Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2012 – Tentsuki Review (Kirk Haviland)

Shinsedai Film Festival 2012 (Toronto) Tentsuki Starring: Taku Manabe, Natsumi Seto, Ryuzaburo Hattori and Akaji Maro Written by Masafumi Yamada and Takeshi Miyamoto Directed by Masafumi Yamada Tentsuki is a strange little film. Clearly inspired by the likes of David Lynch and the more obscure works of Takeshi Miike, Yamada’s Tentsuki takes place in aContinue reading “Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2012 – Tentsuki Review (Kirk Haviland)”

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)”

CONTEST: Win Tickets for End of the Night at the Shinsedai Cinema Festival in Toronto

Shinsedai Cinema Festival (Toronto) End of the Night (2011) Starring: Kuniaki Nakamura, Nami Komiyama, Masayuki Shionoya Directed by Daisuke Miyazaki We have some very exciting news at Entertainment Maven – our first contest! Thanks to the folks at the Shinsedai Cinema Festival we have three, count ’em, THREE double-passes to give away to the JulyContinue reading “CONTEST: Win Tickets for End of the Night at the Shinsedai Cinema Festival in Toronto”