To most cinephiles, the name Yoshihiro Hanno is still often associated with film music. Apart from composing the score for his own movies, such as “Ugly” and...
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Putting a camera in the hands of people whose own medium is not film, often leads to interesting final products, a passage down a road less travelled, an...
A cavity is a painful emptiness; a hollowed-out space within a healthy body that causes a numbing and maddening discomfort. It is also a powerful – yet...
Best friends Karen and Mikako find a shift in their relationship when Karen's family takes in an English speaking exchange student, Alex. When Alex and Mikako...
Considering the opportunities social media and video platforms can provide, it is no surprise to see new talents and stories being discovered on platforms like...
A young nerd's “romantic” evening goes south when he gets an unsuspected call by his drunken girlfriend who dodges every of his attempts to send...
For his feature film debut, Hollywood producer Bruce Nachbar (“Free State of Jones”, “Monsters Inc.”) chose a way which is quite unusual, making an independent...
Films based on the making of a movie is something that's no stranger to cinema, with the site even making a list of our favorites on the subject not too long...
“The Barrel of Tochigi” or “The documentary of the barrel craftsman” as it is called in the opening credits, is a short biopic about a...
In this 3-minute short movie we follow a brief exchange between two schoolboys. They are working in an empty classroom, probably finishing their homework. It's...