Tag Archives: Gaspar Noe

Review: Vortex

Posted on December 8, 2023 by philipbrasor

It’s logical that Gaspar Noé’s latest film be compared to Michael Haneke’s Amour. Both are about impending death. Both focus on elderly couples. Both are unflinching in their depiction of how the body deteriorates in real time. The main difference … Continue reading →

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Best Movies 2019

Posted on December 29, 2019 by philipbrasor

As it’s that time of year again, here are the movies I liked the most these past 12 months. As usual, in order to qualify a film has to have opened in at least one Japanese theater during the calendar … Continue reading →

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Review: Climax

Posted on October 31, 2019 by philipbrasor

As the poster boy for post-millennial transgressive French cinema, Gaspar Noe has a reputation that precedes him by miles, and while his newest outrage does nothing to confound that estimation, its musical pedigree makes it somewhat less distasteful, at least … Continue reading →

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March 2016 movies

Posted on March 2, 2016 by philipbrasor

Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the March-April issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last week. The Big Short At the moment there is no more timely piece of entertainment than Adam McKay’s black comedy … Continue reading →

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