Search results

  1. J

    Recently seen, part 19 (August 2018)

    I hope you guys don't mind that I start the thread for August, since I have the last three movies from Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival to report. What a Man Wants https://letterboxd.com/film/what-a-man-wants/ Korean comedy about two brothers-in-law and their adulterous endeavours. The movie...
  2. J

    Sion Sono's "Tokyo Vampire Hotel"

    Has anyone seen it? It's in the program at the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival this year. From this director and with this title, I bought the ticket as soon as they went on sale! I haven't selected all the films I will be watching during the festival (which starts tomorrow), but there will be...
  3. J

    Hirokazu Kore-eda wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

    His latest film, "Shoplifters", won the top prize at the Cannes film festival. Looking forward to watching it, but then I always look forward to his films, and they seldom disappoint.
  4. J

    early Hirokazu Kore-eda movies now on Blu-ray

    Just saw it on YesAsia. Japanese edition, English subtitles, expensive but not outrageously so. I've been waiting for this for years. I've already pre-ordered "After Life" and I am thinking of ordering "Maborosi" and "Nobody Knows" as well, neither of which I have seen. There is another one that...
  5. J

    Has anyone seen The Battleship Island (Korea)?

    It started showing here in Montreal today. This is a brief synopsis: During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to escape. I always try to catch Korean movies on the rare occasions that they...
Top