The composer and musician’s body of work spans from abstract art pop to experimental electronics, with her love for cinema serving as a major source ...

Even a perfectly cast Hideaki Ito can’t save this limp, low-calorie comedy.

In Tadasuke Kotani’s heartfelt adaptation of Senji Kuroi’s short story, a young woman’s exploration of Tokyo’s hidden memories leads her down a path of self-discovery.

Michihito Fujii’s splashy terminal illness drama can’t help succumbing to the usual genre tropes.

Masato and Maori Hara's documentary poignantly captures the weight of memory and loss by incorporating footage recovered in the aftermath of the fire that destroyed ...

Yoshinari Nishikori offers a relatively upbeat take on a well-worn story of a rural Japanese community in decline.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi landed four major Oscar nominations this week, a phenomenal achievement for a filmmaker who is still really just hitting his stride.

Satoshi Miki’s disaster film about what happens after a monster attack sounds good on paper, but it’s an almighty mess.

A typical genre-movie premise gets complicated in director Daishi Matsunaga’s film about a stuntman living out his fantasies of old-school heroism.