Hey, it's Outer Limits episode Harlan Ellsion claimed THE TERMINATOR ripped off.

I didn’t actually notice until just now that Letterboxd accounts for activity logged after midnight as a movie watched the previous day, that’s actually really nice and thoughtful 😂

Chor Yuen’s Swordsman and Enchantress (1978) is a little unbelievable. A wuxia mystery in a martial world of scandal and lies with, unquestionably, the pinnacle of Shaw Bros set design and Chor Yuen’s unmatched ability to make them immersive surrealities in his framing. THE prettiest Shaw joint.

Lone Wolf Isazo (1968) /// Goyokin (1969)

Kazuo Ikehiro’s Lone Wolf Isazo (1968) stylishly commits to what makes his Zatoichi entries unmistakeable classics of samurai sin. A fireside ghost story of an evil swordsman’s heart growing too heavy against unbelievably sexy autumn and winter photography.

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I think Shinya Tsukamoto kinda dominates this category lmao

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Everyone knows Tetsuo: Iron Man but I kinda think Body Hammer and Bullet Man are. More evil?

Keita Amemiyaaaaaaaaaaaa 😮‍💨

The first episode of Keita Amemiya’s Tekkōki Mikazuki is delightfully fucking weird. Shamelessly wholesale robbing Evangelion under the guise of George Akiyama or Mitsuteru Yokoyama, its true interest is the nearly overwhelming visual bridge between the Amemiya of the 90s and the Amemiya of Garo.

Sprawling (and maybe even a little aimless?) effects sequences are loaded with every trick of practical wizardry in Amemiya’s arsenal, but intricate sets and puppetry will pivot almost violently into some of the most uncomfortably unearthly CG maximalism I’ve yet seen. Disharmonious synergy.

The suitmation and modelwork is REALLY fucking good, mind.

Keita Amemiyaaaaaaaaaaaa 😮‍💨

Le tokusatsu, quand il s'agit de mettre en scène des robots géants, c'est l'art de faire ressentir le gigantisme de la machine, son poids et toute sa puissance. En 2000, Amemiya Keita se prête à l'exercice avec "Tekkōki Mikazuki", série en 6 éps et hommage passionné aux mechas des années 60/70s !

The first episode of Keita Amemiya’s Tekkōki Mikazuki is delightfully fucking weird. Shamelessly wholesale robbing Evangelion under the guise of George Akiyama or Mitsuteru Yokoyama, its true interest is the nearly overwhelming visual bridge between the Amemiya of the 90s and the Amemiya of Garo.

HELLLOOOOOOOO

Tokyo Story (1953) /// Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)

Wayne Wang’s Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985) borrows a chapter or three from Ozu’s book for a remarkably delicate, and beautifully bilingual, slice o’ life. A gorgeous slow cinema slant in its melancholy still frames of repose, but truly one of the sweetest things I’ve watched in a while.

The naturalistic and untrained acting, a soft step grace through quiet aftermaths and expositions, time skips that pass too smoothly to feel like they’re passing at all. Comfort and familiarity pausing, just for a moment, to reflect on how quickly the mundane and routine can become fond memory.

This was very polite of him actually ❤️❤️❤️

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Killing and Tokyo Fist at an even top 10, I think. These are always switching around. Easily my favorite living filmmaker.

What are everyone’s favorites? Share yours! 🥰

The BULLET MAN manga adaptation makes a surreal addition to the story, in the form of this weird whale motif that shows up a few times throughout the book. Absolutely not present in the movie.

Thinking about how this imagery feels linked to the unexplained image of the giant sunken boat at the bottom of a dark, subconscious ocean in both NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE films.

The End of Evangelion, Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki (1997) /// Nightmare Detective, Shinya Tsukamoto (2006)

The End of Evangelion, Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki (1997) /// Nightmare Detective 2, Shinya Tsukamoto (2008)

Nightmare Detective 2, Shinya Tsukamoto (2008)

I think Shinya Tsukamoto kinda dominates this category lmao

long horse sighting, motive unclear

one year since David Lynch passed, happy friday and RIP big dawg

I am also in love with his great muse, bodybuilder Maurice Deriaz

Literally either cried or dissociated through Tuesday to yesterday, but the movies were good.

HELLLOOOOOOOO

Also, here's the short film made from the initial shooting material before the script was overhauled. They got baby Mark Dacascos doing oiled up backflips in there

Courtois also frequently painted his longtime friend, studio-mate and lover, Carl Ernst von Stetten. Less implausibly muscled than Deriaz, works depicting Stetten (a fellow artist) were less commonly derided as obscene, but their urgent yearning (and Stetten's impishness) still pulse with desire.

I am also in love with his great muse, bodybuilder Maurice Deriaz

spending the day with artist Gustave Courtois (1852-1923), whose paintings are a record of the hot men he fell in love with - including his great muse, bodybuilder Maurice Deriaz. When they were exhibited Courtois was met with a wave of revulsion from critics at his open, undisguised desire.

Tokyo Story (1953) /// Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)