April 11, 2019

36th Chamber of Shaolin, The

I suppose if I had to recommend only one movie as an introduction to the Chinese martial arts genre, it would have to be The 36th […]
April 11, 2019

Azumi

Kitamura’s Versus was such a revelation that I felt compelled to buy everything he had done. As is so common, humans tend to typecast actors and directors […]
April 11, 2019

Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman

A fifteen-year old boy walks along the winter streets, thinking his fifteen-year old thoughts, looking for a theater to sneak into so he can get out […]
April 11, 2019

Survive Style 5+

Occasionally a single moment in a movie will surprise us with so much revelatory force that we stagger sideways, and then, when we look up again, […]