Whatever I write about Masaki Kobayashi’s epic film trilogy The Human Condition (1959-1961), which clocks in at around 9.5 hours, which Oscar, Sunny, Laurel, and I saw in its entirety yesterday … more →
poeta y diwata: barbara jane reyes blogs herewrote 1 month ago: Toshiro Mifune stars in another samurai movie I love! What are the odds? He’s batting 1000! Le … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Let’s take a trip back in time for film #13 in the Filmspotting World War II Marathon! Screenp … more →
wrote 3 months ago: First, check this out. It’s a new short film from Barry Jenkins, who wrote and directed the am … more →
wrote 3 months ago: [Slate] Like a stinging rebuke to Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, this week the Crit … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Humans Glow in the Dark http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090722/sc_livescience/strangehumansglo … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Kwaidan is not a typical piece of horror. In fact, I’m not sure it could be classified as horr … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been playing at pretentious again. I picked up a copy of Kwaidan with my subscription to … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Muteki Kōjin Daitān III/Daitarn 3 Dai samurai ai robot La giornata di sabato (aperta alle 16 dal con … more →
wrote 10 months ago: If we are to make an inventory of the ghost-like characters in European films, what do we have? The … more →
wrote 10 months ago: If we are to make an inventory of the ghost-like characters in European films, what do we have? The … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Whatever I write about Masaki Kobayashi’s epic film trilogy The Human Condition (1959-1961), w … more →
wrote 1 year ago: There’s a mutating meme coursing across the interweb — bloggers challenging each other t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Director: Masaki Kobayashi First Released: 1959 Runtime: 208 min. I went to see this film at the Nor … more →
wrote 1 year ago: First thing: Looks like Sunny’s got a new film blog here. I’d previously blogged about t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Just bought tickets! I’m happy to be taking a short break from film pop and revisiting Masaki … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The Black Hair was definitely the creepiest one of the four stories; probably because I wasn’t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Kaidan (1964) (aka Kwaidan) Japanese Masaki Kobayashi “We forgot to write the holy text on his … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Coffee with Fiona and the ever-charming Mark Cousins. He was fresh from prostrating himself at the f … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Back in December, I wrote very briefly about the opening scene of Masaki Kobayashi’s SAMURAI R … more →