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Marc Walkow
Readings: Unchained Melody + Ghost in the Shell
By
Marc Walkow
November 1, 2017
Heroine chic: new books from Arrow offer information about live-action and anime classics that were previously unavailable in English
Short Take: Colossal
By
Marc Walkow
February 28, 2017
(Nacho Vigalondo, Canada, Neon, Opens April 7)
Streaming Auteurs: Masahiro Shinoda
By
Marc Walkow
February 24, 2017
Rosaries and broadswords: a sizable portion of the Shochiku star director's output is now available for binge-watching
Old Formats, New Streaming: DTV Trash-ter-pieces
By
Marc Walkow
February 10, 2017
VHS clas
sicks
: the tape trade finds its way onto Amazon and Netflix with gems from the '80s to today
Warrior Class: Female Asian Action Heroes
By
Marc Walkow
January 27, 2017
Deadlier than the male: a golden harvest of streamable films with fearless women
Tomu Uchida: Genre Artist
By
Marc Walkow
November 9, 2016
Unknown quantity: rediscovering a Japanese director's masterful and subtly critical studio films
Singing Samurai and Dancing Salarymen
By
Marc Walkow
April 4, 2016
Land of 10,000 dances: Japan's unheralded genre, the musical film came in all shapes, sizes, colors, and tones
Flower of Carnage: The Birth of Lady Snowblood
By
Marc Walkow
January 26, 2016
The making of a badass: the confluence of talent that created Japanese cinema’s fierce ice queen
Rep Diary: Seijun Suzuki
By
Marc Walkow
November 6, 2015
Free jazz: looking at some of the Nikkatsu auteur's lesser-known (but characteristically manic) films
NYAFF: 2 Tough Guys
By
Marc Walkow
July 1, 2015
Battles with masculinity: the films of Ken Takakura and Bunta Sugawara, rarely screened outside of Japan, get their due in an NYAFF tribute
Interview: Shinya Tsukamoto
By
Marc Walkow
February 19, 2015
The iconoclastic, independent auteur discusses his adaptation of the antiwar classic
Fires on the Plain
, screening in Film Comment Selects
Reviews: Guilty of Romance & Himizu
By
Marc Walkow
March 18, 2014
Two films by Sion Sono receiving theatrical runs at the Film Society of Lincoln Center follow individuals down into their own private hells