Tag Archives: Juliette Binoche

Tokyo International Film Festival 2025

Posted on November 6, 2025 by philipbrasor

Here are links to the articles I wrote for the TIFF 2025 web site. Mother Bhumi Q&A In-I in Motion Q&A Journey into Sato Tadao Q&A Heads or Tails? Q&A Masterclass with Soi Cheang Mothertongue Q&A Echoes of Motherhood stage … Continue reading →

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Review: The Taste of Things

Posted on December 14, 2023 by philipbrasor

This Belle Epoque-set adaptation of Marcel Rouff’s 1924 novel about a well-to-do French epicure may be the most indulgently gorgeous entry into that sub-genre called food porn cinema. In the hands of director Tran Anh Hung, who used his sumptuous … Continue reading →

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Review: La verite

Posted on October 16, 2019 by philipbrasor

Hirokazu Kore-eda is Japan’s master of the middlebrow, and in that regard Shoplifters, the movie that cemented his international cred, is an outlier. Most of what has sustained his career in Japan is what can be safely called domestic potboilers—tales … Continue reading →

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November 2015 movies

Posted on November 6, 2015 by philipbrasor

Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the November issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on October 25. American Heist Hayden Christensen and Adrien Brody act their asses off as brothers James and Frank, a pair … Continue reading →

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Best movies 2011

Posted on December 23, 2011 by philipbrasor

Here are my ten-best-plus movies of the year, which I wrote for the Jan. issue of EL Magazine. All were released in Japan during the 2011 calendar year. Though I saw fewer movies than I did in 2010, I believe … Continue reading →

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March 2011 movies

Posted on March 3, 2011 by philipbrasor

Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the March 2011 issue of EL Magazine. The films are being released in Tokyo between the end of February and the middle of March. Amazing Grace Old-fashioned in its determination to provide … Continue reading →

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