A second helping of horror for 'Suspiria'

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A second helping of horror for 'Suspiria'

by Kaori Shoji

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino cites categorization as one of his enemies, and the sudden fierceness in his eyes shows he's not kidding. "I feel uncomfortable putting ideas and thoughts into boxes," Guadagnino, 47, tells The Japan Times. "As soon as you categorize something, it starts to ...

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'Chiwawa': An enigma wrapped in a riddle

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'Chiwawa': An enigma wrapped in a riddle

by Mark Schilling

Edie Sedgwick was an Andy Warhol "superstar" and Bob Dylan muse who died at age 28 after bouts with mental illness and drug addiction — and has had a long afterlife as a legendary 1960s "it" girl. She is an inspiration for "Chiwawa," Ken Ninomiya's ...

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Striking a pose: Perfume has been putting more effort into the trio's dance moves ahead of a series of gigs in the United States.

Perfume goes back to dance basics ahead of Coachella debut

by Patrick ST. Michel

Perfume keeps finding new opportunities more than 15 years into its career. This spring, the electro-pop trio embarks on its latest international tour, with stops in Asia and North America, but the real development comes at the very end of that jaunt when the group plays the Coachella Valley Musi...

Life's what you make it: Sakura's secret is discovered by one of her classmates, an unnamed boy who then develops a deep connection with her.

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‘I Want to Eat Your Pancreas’: An eye-catching title doesn’t make up for over-the-top sentimentality

by Matt Schley

The most interesting thing about "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is its title. Based on that title, you'd be forgiven for assuming the new anime film, an adaptation of the popular novel (and not to be confused with last year's live-action version), has something to do with organ-hungry zombies. ...

Unsound sleep: In Wayne Wang's first Japanese film "Onna ga Nemuru Toki" ("While the Women Are Sleeping"), Takeshi "Beat" Kitano plays a hotel guest who obsessively watches his younger companion.

Takeshi Kitano and the men who watch women sleeping

by Kaori Shoji

An older man, a much younger woman and a mystery that surrounds their relationship — for the Japanese, it's a familiar story. The woman doesn't say much, letting her youthful allure and beauty do most of the talking. The man doesn't say much either; he's more interested in looking at and pamperin...

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, the undisputed master of warrior prints

by Martin Laflamme

Utagawa Kuniyoshi was a true son of Edo. Born near Nihonbashi in 1797, his father a dyer, he grew up among the hoi polloi in the crowded streets of the low city, where popular stories of tattooed otokodate, the revered "street knights" of the kabuki stage, were capturing people's imagination. Blu...

Shock and awe: 2019 will see the release of Masaaki Yuasa's first feature since 2017's "Lu Over The Wall."

As the heavyweights return, will 2019 be a smash year for anime?

by Matt Schley

When looking forward to the coming year in anime, it may be helpful to jump in the time machine and hop back to 2016. That's the year Japan was hit with a flood of smash original anime films, including the sleeper hit "In This Corner of the World" and Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name." By the time 201...