Psychedelic sadness drips in watercolor and sex.

Japan’s family portrait.

Social commentary is music to my ears.

What came first, Tarkovsky or the egg?

Success, but at what cost?

What is honor in war?

Childhood love is the most nostalgic of all.

Taking the scenic route through life.

There’s at least one good dream every 8 nights.

So bad, it’s good?

Finding humanity, one tragedy at time.

Where does the love of manga take us?

A cure for the human condition?

Ordinary family, timeless story. 

Last student standing wins.

From pulse to flatline.

Recounting the flaws of human bias.

War never changes.

Death gives the second half of life its meaning.

Who are you, really?

Beauty in the mundane.

Stealing our hearts in the process.

Constantly shifting perspectives that might just shift yours.

Hollywood film noir doesn’t seem that high up anymore.

Samurai epic meets spaghetti western.

Cinematography as sharp as samurai steel.

Sushi that still leaves you hungry.

For the love of ramen!

One of the most viscerally painful experiences captured on screen.

The blade doesn’t cut deep for this Japanese epic.

Nihilism portrayed through Japan’s lost teens.

A good giant monster film.

High school basketball never felt so surreal.