London East Asia Film Festival devoting an entire programme strand to AI “Cinema”…

In a true exclusive, I spoke with Satoko Okudera for @indiewire.com The screenwriter behind The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Shinji Somai's seminal classic Moving, and now Kokuho, she's a singular force, propelling her characters forth into their futures www.indiewire.com/features/int...

"We cannot film inside the heart" Daisuke Shigaya poured seven years into BIFF Competition title LEAVE THE CAT ALONE, a small film that speaks volumes We discussed capturing the uncapturable, and what time can reveal about our creative and romantic impulses [link below]

I got to see The Onion's fun and funny and refreshing Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile, which also finds the true-crime industry dead in its cell. Wrote about it: www.avclub.com/jeffrey-epst...

Makoto Shinkai's "5 Centimeters Per Second" is a slight, snapshot work. So what happens when you stretch it out, fill in the blanks, and make it live-action? Meaningful magic. I spoke with director Yoshiyuki Okuyama for @animenewsnetwork.com www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/20...

Hilarious that, by the traditional definition of the term, none of these are New Wave films nor are they directed by New Wave directors.

🚨🚨🚨Baby Assassins Everyday! (Season One) is coming to HBO Max in October! 🚨🚨🚨

People on r/twinpeaks flooded the subreddit with AI slop images of FBI agent Dale Cooper and ChatGPT generated scripts after the community’s moderators opened the door to posting AI art. 🔗 www.404media.co/pissed-off-f...

I spoke with @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp's collaborators for @dazeddigital.com, to discover what his creative process inspired in their own artistic practices featuring Reedus, Kutsuna, Matsumoto, Grimm Grimm, Woodkid, and CHVRCHES www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

Breathe it in folks, it's Busan ― and what better way to kick off coverage than with a Japanese high-school weed distribution dramedy? I sat down with writer-director-editor Takashi Koyama to discuss ALL GREENS, his ballsy and electric second feature screenanarchy.com/2025/09/busa...

I spoke with Shu Qi screenanarchy.com/2025/09/toro...

Linda explainer! -Linda Linda Linda is a 2005 movie about a group of girls covering songs by punk band The Blue Hearts. -Linda³ is an RPG for the PC Engine CD about attempting to recreate Noah's Ark on the planet of Neo Kenya. -The two are not directly related! Hope this clears things up!

Looking for volunteers to man the perimeter and make sure James Corden gets nowhere near this.

Barbie peaked wave simulation on PS1 in 1999 🌊 (there's even pools of stagnant water in the sand when every game to this day uses the same single water level everywhere).

In his first-ever long-form English-language interview, I spoke with Japan's titan of time travel Makoto Ueda about script engineering, game logic, adaptation and homage. It's a special conversation. desperatelyseekingsubtitles.substack.com/p/makoto-ued...

This is my Silksong

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

I've made my @animag.bsky.social debut (in print too!) speaking with ChaO director Yasuhiro Aoki of Studio4°C about fluid characters and dynamic cityscapes www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/fish...

Just conducted an interview that's very special to me. The first time this pivotal figure in Japanese cinema has ever been interviewed by an international outlet, timed to coincide with multiple re-releases of her work. You might not have joined the dots. Coming soon to IndieWire :)

For @indiewire.com, I spoke with MY MELODY & KUROMI director Tomoki Misato, diving deep on how his team achieved high-wire stunts in stop-motion and the exciting future of his WIT Studio offshoot Toruku Studio www.indiewire.com/features/int...

In a part two of sorts to my earlier DESERT OF NAMIBIA interview, I spoke with rising star Yuumi Kawai about internalising her characters and learning from their lives. I really love this one. www.easternkicks.com/features/yuu...

An interview that I've wanted to conduct for a long Time. Next week. :)

I spoke with English director Mark Gill and the one and only Tadanobu Asano about RAVENS, a curious biopic that investigates its subject through a different lens screenanarchy.com/2025/07/new-...

69 Cousins! How nice!

What happens when you take a bestselling RPG videogame, renowned for its player agency and sprawling scope, and re-edit its cutscenes for a film festival audience? I ventured forth to investigate KVIFF's most unusual presentation, for @ign.com www.ign.com/articles/how...

I spoke with Kiyoshi Kurosawa about Robert Bresson, elliptical endings, the increasing internationalism of Japanese cinema, and the ambiguities in defining a remake. It's one of the most rewarding conversations I've ever had with a filmmaker. screenanarchy.com/2025/07/clou...

Long-lost Inuit animation films restored and released after 50 years! nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...

Wait, the embargo is up! It’s NOISE by Kim Soo-jin, and it’s very much a Korean Dark Water for 2025. Played Fantasia, and deserves to play a lot of other places too.

We're back! Hot off the success of our first edition, the London International Fantastic Film Festival returns this December. Submissions for Features and Shorts are now open: filmfreeway.com/lifff Show us things we've never seen before -- we can't wait to see what you'll bring us.

Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts bought @arrowvideo.bsky.social’s V-Cinema Essentials set.

Freelancing writers, this is gold: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

One of the worst things the internet has done is make it so annoying people can be like “oh you disagree? I see you haven’t listened to 70 hours of podcasts”

Kore-eda mode, where you learn about the social circumstances that led to the Yotei Six’s actions and you end up killing no one.

PAST LIVES and RUSSIAN DOLL star Greta Lee is set to make her directorial debut with THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART, an adaptation of Monika Kim's 2024 psychological horror novel.

For @lwlies.com, I investigated The Arzner, the UK's first dedicated LGBTQ+ cinema. In a city with more queer film clubs than you can shake a carabiner at, what does this new space have to offer? lwlies.com/scene-report...

Wonderful news for the Kotaku crew, who are free of G/O Media's alternating disinterest in and disdain for journalism. And lovely to see them reunited with the Gizmodo and io9 operation. So excited to see what the Kotaku crew can do with owners who like the site www.axios.com/2025/07/02/k...

Hideo Kojima's latest artistic hotpot introduces many new faces from across international cinema. To get you acquainted, I explored seven films to introduce the who's who of Death Stranding 2, over at ScreenSphere screensphere.co.uk/news/7-films...

Naples in the Spring, and a chance encounter sees me interview @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social founder Charles Cecil for the BFI, discussing Broken Sword's new remaster and the fundamental differences between films and games www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/b...

Release date this summer looming ever closer for BEHIND THE PINK CURTAIN. Grab it while it’s hot from @fabpress.bsky.social www.fabpress.com/books/behind...

In an exclusive interview for @cartoonbrew.bsky.social, I spoke with @davemckean.bsky.social about his singular debut feature MIRRORMASK, now 20, capturing reflections on a film that unfolds like a half-remembered dream www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

Aftermath (at last) has a pitch guide! We're a growing outlet and can only accept so much right now, but we'd love to see stories you think might be right for us. Learn more about what we're looking for and how to pitch here: aftermath.site/aftermath-free...