If you miss this daft live-action merger of manga and Mad Max, you will be in default of your destiny.
Archives for February 2004
Dzieje grzechu
A film on sin from the director of 'La Bête' ought to be an eye-opener, but for all its beauty, this affair is more turgid than torrid.
Japanese Story
Big setting, but a small film and its depths, once plumbed, turn out to be just a little too shallow.
Saikaku ichidai onna
A beautiful, harrowing portrayal of female servitude and degradation in seventeenth century Japan.
Musashino fujin
An elegy for Japanese times past and future, leaving a taste as bitter as cyanide.
Swiri
Your average everyday run-of-the-mill action movie with optional subtitles.