THE LAST FRANKENSTEIN
This 1992 Japanese production is that rarity of rarities: a successful attempt at reimagining a classic story
THE CRAZY FAMILY
A true classic of Japanese cult cinema, a stunningly twisted black comedy that takes on suburban life in eighties-era Japan by spoofing American sitcoms of the time
LABYRINTH OF DREAMS
Arthouse devotees will appreciate this heavily stylized black and white mystery from Japan’s legendary Sogo Ishii
IRON MAN–THE CINEMA OF SHINYA TSUKAMOTO
Japan’s Shinya Tsukamoto is one of the world’s most vital living filmmakers, and this exhaustive study of his life and films is an essential reference, ideal both for Tsukamoto fanatics like myself and those new to the filmmaker’s work