matteoB
@matteob.bsky.social
By day: lumpenproletariat.
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
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Found Footage Films, Compilation Documentary and Recycled Cinema in Japan: a preliminary study
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Scenarios, plot drafts, and other writings by Takahata Isao from his early career in the 1960s have been newly discovered at his home:
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アニメ監督の高畑勲さん 未発表シナリオや創作メモ見つかる | NHKニュース
【NHK】「火垂るの墓」などで知られる日本を代表するアニメーション監督、高畑勲さんが20代の時に書いたとみられる未発表のシナリオや
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November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Scenarios, plot drafts, and other writings by Takahata Isao from his early career in the 1960s have been newly discovered at his home:
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R.I.P. Nakadai Tatsuya, one of the giant figures in history of Japanese cinema news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
俳優・仲代達矢さん死去 92歳 - Yahoo!ニュース
映画「人間の条件」や黒沢明監督の「影武者」などに主演し、主宰する「無名塾」で後進を育てた俳優で文化勲章受章者の仲代達矢（なかだい・たつや、本名元久＝もとひさ）さんが死去したことが11日、分かった。9
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November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
R.I.P. Nakadai Tatsuya, one of the giant figures in history of Japanese cinema news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
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A special retrospective on Segawa Junichi at Athénée Français in Tokyo (Dec 5-13).
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
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Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
歿後30年記念特集上映 キャメラマン瀬川順一と日本ドキュメンタリー映画史
athenee.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A special retrospective on Segawa Junichi at Athénée Français in Tokyo (Dec 5-13).
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) has revealed the lineup (11 titles) for the Feature Film Competition:
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November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) has revealed the lineup (11 titles) for the Feature Film Competition:
aniaff.com/en/programs/...
aniaff.com/en/programs/...
A special retrospective on Segawa Junichi at Athénée Français in Tokyo (Dec 5-13).
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
歿後30年記念特集上映 キャメラマン瀬川順一と日本ドキュメンタリー映画史
athenee.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A special retrospective on Segawa Junichi at Athénée Français in Tokyo (Dec 5-13).
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
Many important films: Fighting Soldiers, Minamata Mural, Antonio Gaudí, etc... but I really want to be there to see Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt. Hayachine on the big screen...
athenee.net/culturalcent...
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Reposting in memory of Paolo Virno, the special issue of SAQ on Autonomia in the Anthropocene with my essay "Anthropocene and Anthropogenesis: Philosophical Anthropology and the Ends of Man"
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November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposting in memory of Paolo Virno, the special issue of SAQ on Autonomia in the Anthropocene with my essay "Anthropocene and Anthropogenesis: Philosophical Anthropology and the Ends of Man"
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monoskop.org/images/a/a5/...
RIP Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
RIP Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
From November 14, Demachiza in Kyoto will host a special retrospective (22 works) dedicated to Itō Takashi. Most of them are available on DVD and on other platforms (but not all), but it's always compelling to see them on the big screen.
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
From November 14, Demachiza in Kyoto will host a special retrospective (22 works) dedicated to Itō Takashi. Most of them are available on DVD and on other platforms (but not all), but it's always compelling to see them on the big screen.
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
Film festival in New York cancelled after China puts pressure on directors www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Film festival in New York cancelled after China puts pressure on directors
Participants ask for their films not to be shown at IndieChina event, which was due to launch this weekend
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November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Film festival in New York cancelled after China puts pressure on directors www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Scott Barley's excellent short Half Moon is available on his YT channel. Watch it in the darkest room you can:
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Half Moon — Short Film shot on iPhone
YouTube video by Scott Barley
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November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Scott Barley's excellent short Half Moon is available on his YT channel. Watch it in the darkest room you can:
youtu.be/ALSiGt3KBTU?...
youtu.be/ALSiGt3KBTU?...
folks who attended this year Tokyo Film Fest, any highlights?
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
folks who attended this year Tokyo Film Fest, any highlights?
happy birthday to Wakao Ayako, who turns 92 today
I love her charisma and presence in all genres, but I have a soft spot for her roles in movies with a lighter touch...
I love her charisma and presence in all genres, but I have a soft spot for her roles in movies with a lighter touch...
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
happy birthday to Wakao Ayako, who turns 92 today
I love her charisma and presence in all genres, but I have a soft spot for her roles in movies with a lighter touch...
I love her charisma and presence in all genres, but I have a soft spot for her roles in movies with a lighter touch...
time to check Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 (2025)
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
time to check Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 (2025)
November updates:
- the documentary will be screened at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa in December.
- added a link to the piece by Heidi Ka-Sin Lee published on @tokyoreview.net
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- the documentary will be screened at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa in December.
- added a link to the piece by Heidi Ka-Sin Lee published on @tokyoreview.net
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Documentary ethics, informed consent, and journalism vs documentary: The Black Box Diaries “case”
This is an open space – open because it’s a work in progress – where I will attempt to collect and index articles, essays and discussions generated in Japan by the non-release (as…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
November updates:
- the documentary will be screened at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa in December.
- added a link to the piece by Heidi Ka-Sin Lee published on @tokyoreview.net
asian-docs.com/2025/03/10/d...
- the documentary will be screened at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa in December.
- added a link to the piece by Heidi Ka-Sin Lee published on @tokyoreview.net
asian-docs.com/2025/03/10/d...
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石井克人の監督デビュー30周年記念！
「鮫肌男と桃尻女」など4作を東京・大阪で上映⚡️
🗣️「スクリーンの中で、
あの頃の僕らがいまだに暴れてます」
🔻詳細はこちら
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/647268?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#石井克人
「鮫肌男と桃尻女」など4作を東京・大阪で上映⚡️
🗣️「スクリーンの中で、
あの頃の僕らがいまだに暴れてます」
🔻詳細はこちら
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/647268?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#石井克人
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
石井克人の監督デビュー30周年記念！
「鮫肌男と桃尻女」など4作を東京・大阪で上映⚡️
🗣️「スクリーンの中で、
あの頃の僕らがいまだに暴れてます」
🔻詳細はこちら
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/647268?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#石井克人
「鮫肌男と桃尻女」など4作を東京・大阪で上映⚡️
🗣️「スクリーンの中で、
あの頃の僕らがいまだに暴れてます」
🔻詳細はこちら
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/647268?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#石井克人
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I wrote a shorter, slightly punchier version of my recent research article about Sanseitō as my first contribution to the new Tokyo Review. It should be vastly more accessible, and hopefully sets the tone of what else I plan to do in the future of TR www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/what...
Sanseitō and its far-right conspiracy ideology
In July 2025, Sanseitō (a.k.a. The Party of DIY !!) became the first far-right political party in postwar history to establish a stable presence in both Houses of the National Diet. With the party’s f...
www.tokyoreview.net
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I wrote a shorter, slightly punchier version of my recent research article about Sanseitō as my first contribution to the new Tokyo Review. It should be vastly more accessible, and hopefully sets the tone of what else I plan to do in the future of TR www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/what...
Black Box Diaries (Itō Shiori) to be screened at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa in December:
natalie.mu/eiga/news/64...
natalie.mu/eiga/news/64...
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Black Box Diaries (Itō Shiori) to be screened at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa in December:
natalie.mu/eiga/news/64...
natalie.mu/eiga/news/64...
thread with my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival:
5 articles, one more to go...
5 articles, one more to go...
YIDFF 2025 – report 1: SPI (Sayun Simung)
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YIDFF 2025 – report 1: SPI (Sayun Simung)
Let’s start from the end. This is a short review of the last movie I saw in Yamagata, SPI by Sayun Simung, whose Millet Back Home I saw at the festival almost exactly 10 years ago. The film e…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
thread with my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival:
5 articles, one more to go...
5 articles, one more to go...
Yet Cinema Club, Theater Aimyou in Osaka (20 seats) in a couple of days, CineMalice in Ochanomizu in December...
there are many mini-theaters struggling to survive (Nagoya CinemaSkhole 😢), and others closing...
but there's is also a trend of new theatrical spaces opening...and not only in Tokyo...
there are many mini-theaters struggling to survive (Nagoya CinemaSkhole 😢), and others closing...
but there's is also a trend of new theatrical spaces opening...and not only in Tokyo...
Yet Cinema Club, a mini-theater in Ōhashi, Fukuoka city, is opening in January 2026.
More than a traditional mini-theater is a tiny theatrical space (15 seats) that will be launched together with a reading space/cafe, fuzkue Ōhashi:
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More than a traditional mini-theater is a tiny theatrical space (15 seats) that will be launched together with a reading space/cafe, fuzkue Ōhashi:
note.com/yet_fukuoka/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Yet Cinema Club, Theater Aimyou in Osaka (20 seats) in a couple of days, CineMalice in Ochanomizu in December...
there are many mini-theaters struggling to survive (Nagoya CinemaSkhole 😢), and others closing...
but there's is also a trend of new theatrical spaces opening...and not only in Tokyo...
there are many mini-theaters struggling to survive (Nagoya CinemaSkhole 😢), and others closing...
but there's is also a trend of new theatrical spaces opening...and not only in Tokyo...
Yet Cinema Club, a mini-theater in Ōhashi, Fukuoka city, is opening in January 2026.
More than a traditional mini-theater is a tiny theatrical space (15 seats) that will be launched together with a reading space/cafe, fuzkue Ōhashi:
note.com/yet_fukuoka/...
More than a traditional mini-theater is a tiny theatrical space (15 seats) that will be launched together with a reading space/cafe, fuzkue Ōhashi:
note.com/yet_fukuoka/...
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Yet Cinema Club, a mini-theater in Ōhashi, Fukuoka city, is opening in January 2026.
More than a traditional mini-theater is a tiny theatrical space (15 seats) that will be launched together with a reading space/cafe, fuzkue Ōhashi:
note.com/yet_fukuoka/...
More than a traditional mini-theater is a tiny theatrical space (15 seats) that will be launched together with a reading space/cafe, fuzkue Ōhashi:
note.com/yet_fukuoka/...
my goodness,, it gets more and more deranged and nonsensical at it goes... remarkable
it's basically an anarchic and surreal pink comedy...
watching ウィークエンド シャッフル Weekend Shuffle (Nakamura Kenji, 1982), from a short story by Tsutsui Yasutaka...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
my goodness,, it gets more and more deranged and nonsensical at it goes... remarkable
it's basically an anarchic and surreal pink comedy...
watching ウィークエンド シャッフル Weekend Shuffle (Nakamura Kenji, 1982), from a short story by Tsutsui Yasutaka...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
2020年10月2日まさかの初DVD化！『ウィークエンド・シャッフル』（原作：筒井康隆／監督：中村幻児／出演：秋吉久美子）
YouTube video by digthemovies
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November 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
it's basically an anarchic and surreal pink comedy...
watching ウィークエンド シャッフル Weekend Shuffle (Nakamura Kenji, 1982), from a short story by Tsutsui Yasutaka...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
2020年10月2日まさかの初DVD化！『ウィークエンド・シャッフル』（原作：筒井康隆／監督：中村幻児／出演：秋吉久美子）
YouTube video by digthemovies
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
watching ウィークエンド シャッフル Weekend Shuffle (Nakamura Kenji, 1982), from a short story by Tsutsui Yasutaka...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
pretty wild and politically incorrect...
youtu.be/jcaTI_eaHrk?...
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YIDFF 2025 – report 5: The Future of Dialogue: Yoshida Dormitory, Kyoto University
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YIDFF 2025 – report 5: The Future of Dialogue: Yoshida Dormitory, Kyoto University
YIDFF 2025 preview here, report 1 here, report 2 here, report 3 here, report 4 here The Yoshida Dormitory at Kyoto University is the oldest student dormitory still in use in Japan. It consists of t…
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November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
YIDFF 2025 – report 5: The Future of Dialogue: Yoshida Dormitory, Kyoto University
asian-docs.com/2025/11/02/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/02/y...