The 47 Ronin (1941)

hesitant to write about this one as i feel my opinions may be shortlived. at the moment i’m in two … More

Woman of Tokyo (1933)

This came out in the same year as Mikio Naruse’s Apart From You, to which it bears some substantive resemblance. Here … More

This is now my third Ryusuke Hamaguchi film. With each, he seems to formally refresh his approach to questions of … More

One of five surviving silent films from the 24 made by Naruse before the mid 30s. It’s a story of … More

My first Naruse film. It’s all sparkle and all punch. Obviously the characterisation of Kimiko has aged very well, from … More

Of all things this reminded me somewhat of Raymond Briggs’ recent graphic text Time For Lights Out: two nationally beloved … More

Seen the first few episodes of the show only. As for this film, the first half suffers from a familiar … More

Started my 2021 reading journey by tackling these beautiful new editions of three lesser known (I guess) novels by the … More

this is luxuriously nasty throughout but what changes is the emphasis on jo’s rationale. the eventual twists and turns of … More

Interesting enough for anyone exploring Ozu’s work backwards: plenty of his strategic puzzle-pieces are already in place here, like the … More