and today Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)

new Studio Ghibli short to be screened at Ghibli Park from July. Directed by Miyazaki Gorō and Yamashita Akihiko...

I've been there...😀

is the increased presence of Japanese animated films in the big festival circuit recently caused by a different quality or the co-production partner (Miyu)?

Blood Moon Rite 8 | FEFF28 Trailer YouTube video by Far East Film Festival 28

Blood Moon Rite 8 (Phan Gia Nhat Linh, 2026), a Vietnamese remake of One Cut of the Dead, will be screened at this year Far East Film Festival in Udine:
youtu.be/7rOrkHN4S3Q?...

Blood Moon Rite 8 | FEFF28 Trailer YouTube video by Far East Film Festival 28

Blood Moon Rite 8 (Phan Gia Nhat Linh, 2026), a Vietnamese remake of One Cut of the Dead, will be screened at this year Far East Film Festival in Udine:
youtu.be/7rOrkHN4S3Q?...

I thought so too

is the increased presence of Japanese animated films in the big festival circuit recently caused by a different quality or the co-production partner (Miyu)?

I watched the former today—similar in tone to some films by Morisaki Azuma, it’s a sexy comedy with serious undertones, though not entirely successful, I would say…
lots of nudity a bit exploitative at times...

Taichi Kiwako had one of the most magnetic presences on the big screen...
Gifu Royal Theater is screening two of her films: 喜劇・女の泣きどころ (Segawa Masaharu, 1975) and Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976), one of my favourite entries in the Tora-san series.
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Fujiko: one of my favourite Japanese movies of 2026 so far

unstable

photo of the book 映画館のカケラ 【東海編】

photo of the book 映画館のカケラ 【近畿編】

映画館のカケラ 【東海編】(2025)
映画館のカケラ 【近畿編】(2026)
Fragments of cinemas in the Tōkai nd Kinki regions, two books by scholar Sawada Keisuke
hennbooks.base.shop/items/140237...

I remember liking the visuals and the world is set in, but not much the story

a soldier face cut as a collage

War (Guerre) 1934
Céline does not disappoint

totally, but I kind of like the overall spirit...

so I went to see it
boxd.it/dVzc3j

(small) theater is packed
I'm B4...

I hope it doesn't feel like a documentary about the next few years (months?)

Akira's poster

Ticket for Akira 4K

first time on the big screen for me

YouTube’s 2026 Report Confirms Indie Animation Shift New data shows young audiences embracing creators, global reach accelerating, and fan-driven production reshaping how animation is developed

as the piece said, it's a YT report so it's obviously biased, but at the same it's a real trend...
in Japan...the Milky Subway's case last year...
www.cartoonbrew.com/distribution...

"演出をさがして映画の勉強会 In Search of Mise-en-Scène: Conversations from a Film Study Group" (2025) collects 7 years of monthly conversations between Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Miyake Shō, and Miura Tetsuya on Bresson, Tony Scott, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Erice...I leafed through the first pages, looks good

plus, the movie is not set in Tokyo nor in a school...sign me up again!

4月10日(金)公開『脛擦りの森』｜本予告 YouTube video by SYNCA Creations Inc.

I know nothing about it, but the movie is only 61', sign me in! youtu.be/4M6I4yILKjI?...

Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2026 – preview An embarrassment of riches awaits at this year’s Taiwan International Documentary Festival (May 1–10), now in its fifteenth edition. While the full programme, with its three major competitions—the …

Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2026 – preview
asian-docs.com/2026/04/09/t...

do you think the new Detective Conan movie will do well?
Can you spot the difference with the other movies?
50 shows on Friday...50!
at the Nagoya Midland Square Cinema

Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2026 – preview An embarrassment of riches awaits at this year’s Taiwan International Documentary Festival (May 1–10), now in its fifteenth edition. While the full programme, with its three major competitions—the …

Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2026 – preview
asian-docs.com/2026/04/09/t...

best first watches in March

Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapters 1,2,3 (2018-2025)
Outlaw (1994)
Thingu (2012)
Kaneko Fumiko (2025)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
November (2004)
A New Dawn (2026)

UNDERGROUND CINEMA FESTIVAL Ⅳ UNDERGROUND CINEMA FESTIVALⅣ公式サイト。2021年から続くアンダーグラウンド映画の祭典。今回のテーマは「Personal Film Experience」。東京・下高井戸シネマ、名古屋・愛知芸術文化センター、福岡・福岡市総合図書館、大阪・シネ・ヌーヴォほかで開催予定。

Underground Cinema Festival in Tokyo (April 11-17)
Nagoya (April 25-26)
Fukuoka (May 1-4)
many interesting films...from the 1970s and beyond
ucf4.sig-new.com

Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi standing next to an ad for their scented films in U.S. at the end of the 1970s or beginnings of 1980s

just finished watching the trilogy Angela’s Diaries: Two Filmmakers (2018-2025) by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi...what an incredible way to close their career as a couple..."archive as a work, work as an archive"