Get animated with BFI Player’s Japan 2020 Anime Collection
Note: this feature presents Japanese names in the traditional fashion of family name first, followed by given name. One sparkling ray of light in this dismal year has been BFI…
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Japan 2020’s Akira Kurosawa Collection – 5 Must-See Movies
For more information on BFI Japan 2020, click here To view Japan 2020 on BFI Player, click here BFI Player’s Japan 2020 season is now live, with two first rate collections to keep you occupied during lockdown. One focusses on Japan’s most famous filmmaker,…
BFI Player launches Japan 2020 in May
Japan 2020, a six month event showcasing over 100 years of Japanese cinema, is live now on BFI Player. Collections on Akira Kurosawa and classic Japanese movies are available to…
Napping Princess
Director: Kenji Kamiyama Writer: Kenji Kamiyama Cast: Mitsuki Takahata, Yosuke Eguchi Cert: PG Running time: 110 mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: A high school girl bound for university relies…
Genocidal Organ
Director: Shûkô Murase Writer: Shûkô Murase (screenplay), Project Itoh (novel) Cast: Yûichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, Sanae Kobayashi Cert: 15 Running time: 115mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: In 2022, five…
Shell-Praiser: A Defense of Ghost in the Shell
SPIRITED REIMAGINING (Spoiler warning: key plot points from Ghost in the Shell 2017 revealed in this feature) Mired in whitewashing accusations since 2015 when Scarlett Johansson was announced in the…
Ghost in the Shell – The Electric Shadows Podcast
Episode 21 of The Electric Shadows Podcast sees Rob Daniel & Rob Wallis tackling the controversial live action remake of Ghost in the Shell. The two review the film’s merits…
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Director: Rupert Sanders Writers: William Wheeler, Jamie Moss, Ehren Kruger (screenplay), Masamune Shirow (manga), Kazunori Ito (1995 movie) Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Chin Han, Peter…
A Silent Voice
Director: Naoko Yamada Writer: Reiko Yoshida (screenplay), Yoshitoki Oima (manga) Cast: Mayu Matsuoka, Saori Hayami Cert: 12 Running time: 129mins Year: 2016 What’s the story: Deaf schoolgirl Shōko moves to…
2016 – Rewind And Re-View
2016. We’ll not dwell on what an awful year it was. Suffice to say there was a lot happening in the movie world, some of it bad, some of it…