On a hot summer day, East Iruma High is losing the first game of the high school baseball championship. In the bleachers sit drama class enthusiasts Yasuda and Tamiya, both struggling to understand the game, former baseball team member Fujino, … Continue reading REVIEW: On the Edge of Their Seats (2020)
A silent and mild-mannered photographer drives into the woods to capture pictures of the local insect life – only for an Instagram model to fall out of a nearby tree. It reads like the opening to some kind of over-the-top … Continue reading REVIEW: Woman of the Photographs (2020)
Ying-juan (Tsai Jia-yin) is a 30 year-old woman, still living with her mother and working as a cook at her mother’s child care centre. She is overweight: the children at her workplace tease her, neighbours resent and bully her, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Heavy Craving (2019)
Tatsuo (Ryu Morioka) has long since abandoned life in Tokyo and his dreams of becoming an independent filmmaker. He is married, works a stable office job, and lives in the Kanto countryside. When his college girlfriend Marina (Nanami Kawakami) unexpectedly … Continue reading REVIEW: The Modern Lovers (2020)
Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Pete Staunton (Will Ferrell) take a vacation with their two sons to an Austrian ski resort. When an avalanche threatens to kill them over lunch, Pete runs – leaving his wife and children behind, and opening … Continue reading REVIEW: Downhill (2020)
Kuen (Simon Yam) is a commander in charge of the Kowloon police vehicle pool. By day he supports Hong Kong’s police officers in their duties, and by night he returns by bus to Shenzen to care for his intellectually challenged … Continue reading REVIEW: The Constable (2013)
In an outer suburb of Tokyo, Kanya Ichizawa (Sadawo Abe) and his wife Satoko (Takako Matsu) own and operate a popular local restaurant. When a freak accident sees their restaurant burn down, they are inconsolable. Satoko does her best to … Continue reading REVIEW: Dreams for Sale (2012)
Billi (Awkwafina) is a struggling writer living in the USA. She learns from her parents that her “Nai Nai”, or paternal grandmother (Zhao Shuzen),has developed terminal cancer and has only a few months to live. As her family gathers in … Continue reading REVIEW: The Farewell (2019)
Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a professional clown living in early 1980s Gotham City. He lives with his elderly mother. He sees a state-appointed therapist, but she does not seem interested in his problems. A gang of youths beat him … Continue reading REVIEW: Joker (2019)
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women remains one of the most perennially popular books of all time. It tells the story of the four March sisters and their close family and friends, facing domestic troubles, love, loss, and sibling rivalry in … Continue reading REVIEW: Little Women (2019)
