Kokuho is a familiar tale of art and ambition, but its patient pace, simply lavish craft and cultural specificity surrounding kabuki theatre transforms the familiar into a sweeping epic. It’s beautiful, captivating and magnificently intimate in its emotional sense. Yoshizawa is utterly transfixing.
December 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Kokuho is a familiar tale of art and ambition, but its patient pace, simply lavish craft and cultural specificity surrounding kabuki theatre transforms the familiar into a sweeping epic. It’s beautiful, captivating and magnificently intimate in its emotional sense. Yoshizawa is utterly transfixing.
Nuremberg is a timely film about the how even the most evil has human fallacies. It is, however, also not nearly as evocative as it needs to be, and never truly feels as focused or honed as it needs. Handsomely crafted, gorgeously performed, but doesn’t quite capture its potential.
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Nuremberg is a timely film about the how even the most evil has human fallacies. It is, however, also not nearly as evocative as it needs to be, and never truly feels as focused or honed as it needs. Handsomely crafted, gorgeously performed, but doesn’t quite capture its potential.
Wake Up Dead Man channels the British rural mystery takes the Blanc whodunnit’s in a darker, but no less fun, direction, shifting the twee-ish tone to something more grounded to forge a keen mystery of faith, leadership and the dangers of charismatic leaders. As relevant as it is delightful!
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Wake Up Dead Man channels the British rural mystery takes the Blanc whodunnit’s in a darker, but no less fun, direction, shifting the twee-ish tone to something more grounded to forge a keen mystery of faith, leadership and the dangers of charismatic leaders. As relevant as it is delightful!