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Once (and Future?) podcast co-hosts w/ @gonzodotmoe, always looking for future guest spots!
If you're looking for me, you better check under the Sealab 2021, Zhang Yimou, Mushishi
- He/Him
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I keep returning to Miyazaki’s response to “AI animation” all the way back in 2016, years before public access/primetime, declaring it “An insult to life itself” within minutes

Struck how the absolute moral clarity of that impression still resonates today, unlike this so called Generative effort.
Nadja is getting a 4K restoration? Now that's cinema (news)!
February 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Interview: "I Did My Best To Make It Work" - Legendary Localiser On Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, & The "Total Nightmare" Of Xenogears.
Interview: "I Did My Best To Make It Work" - Legendary Localiser On Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, & The "Total Nightmare" Of Xenogears
"I was telling [the Xenogears team], 'Please tone down some of this stuff.'"
www.timeextension.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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This just-announced blu from spectacular new Australian company New Wave Video of the Oniroku Dan adaptation NUN IN ROPE HELL includes my video essay that explores where it fits into the wild weird history of nunsploitation cinema. Pre-order now my child 🙏
Nun in Rope Hell Blu-Ray
Redemption turns to damnation in one of Japanese cinema’s most infamous entries. After a brutal act of violence shatters her illicit affair, guilt-ridden Takako (Miki Takakura) seeks salvation within ...
newwavevideo.myshopify.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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They're crowdfunding a 4K remaster of Akio Jissoji's 1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (Teito Monogatari), whose source novel was also adapted into the anime OVA Doomed Megalopolis. Rewards include a UHD Blu-ray but I doubt it'll be English-friendly. motion-gallery.net/projects/tei...
帝都物語4Kリマスター企画 | MOTION GALLERY
昭和六十年、知の巨匠荒俣宏氏によって書かれた小説「帝都物語」。 大ベストセラーとなり鬼才、実相寺昭雄監督により映画化された本作、 撮影監督の中堀正夫氏の全面監修により初4...。クラウドファンディングのMotionGallery。
motion-gallery.net
February 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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I have to say that this is the greatest thing that @theonion.com has ever done
February 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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The wild first trailer for Hong Sangsoo's Berlinale premiere The Day She Returns has arrived.
A Scenario Multiplies In First Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s The Day She Returns
A Hong Sangsoo Berlinale premiere is no surprising development, but the first details on his 34th feature, The Day She Returns, are particularly exciting. Not least that the title would seem to direct...
thefilmstage.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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"Mahiro Maeda: Between Frames - Reflections on a Lifetime of Animation".
A documentary by Archipel about the legendary japanese artist (Evangelion, Mad Max, Gunbuster, Shin Godzilla, Honneamise, Animatrix, Gankutsuou, Escaflowne...).
Coming February 28 on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/@ArchipelDoc...
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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To celebrate the 29th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII, we spoke to Shinra Archeology Department to discuss the FF7 retranslation mod, Square Enix's preservation efforts, coffee, and more. Stay tuned for the second part of our celebration in the near future: www.rpgsite.net/interview/19...
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Hironobu Sakaguchi's ASH brings some really cool twists to both classic Final Fantasy jobs as well as SRPGing in general:

kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/03/23/f...
ASH Archaic Sealed Heat: Flaming fantasy
Sexy battle princesses may be something of an overused cliché but at least Aisya, the leading lady in Mistwalker’s Archaic Sealed Heat, begins the very first battle brandishing a hefty sword …
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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finally got around to watching I SAW THE TV GLOW, and was completely unsurprised to read that the director had had nightmares about the Twin Peaks finale since they were 12
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Omega Boost is such a good looking game.... the way so many enemies have multiple points of their body that break apart while fighting them makes huge boss enemies so satisfying to break apart
February 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Girl Gangs vs Lolita fashion
KAMIKAZE GIRLS 下妻物語
The film that started it all!
Out on bluray from Third Window Films
thirdwindowfilms.com/films/kamika...
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Hullo! I've now subtitled a new 80s Chinese historical film.

In Pursuit of Revenge (险恶江湖逍遥剑), an underrated wuxia film from 1989, forgotten by today but a big hit during it's release in the Mainland, featuring sword choreography by the great, actual real life sword-master Yu Chenghui!

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January 31, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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profoundly honored to have contributed an essay to Arrow's new release of The Killer, one of my favorite movies ever made
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming on April 20th on #4K and Blu-ray in the UK from @arrowvideo.bsky.social: #TheKiller (1989)!

Fresh from the success of the first two A Better Tomorrow films, in 1989 action maestro John Woo would unleash The Killer, a spectacular blend of
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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"Welcome to Squaresoft’s creative glory."

Final Fantasy VII's intro is an incredible show of confidence in a new era - and a new format:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/11/23/s...
Final Fantasy VII: Squaresofting the circle
Squaresoft released a pretty big PlayStation RPG in 1997 that you may have heard of – Final Fantasy VII – and as expected Europe only managed to collectively get their hands on the game…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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Power corrupts in Second Run's ISTVAN SZABO: MEPHISTO/COLONEL REDL/HANUSSEN (review): cineventures.blogspot.com/2026/01/powe... @dvdcompare.net @secondrun.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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I am currently updating my encode of Chris Elliot's FDR: A One Man Show to include a retail release that was sent to me after the fact. This does not have watermarks on the tape and seems to have generally more balanced color.
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Newly restored in 4K, Richard Rush’s cult classic THE STUNT MAN comes to UHD — an action-packed descent into mayhem, featuring an outstanding Peter O’Toole performance.

Our UHD + BD LE is out 23/02.
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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New for subscribers only, I watched four of the films in the @metrographnyc.bsky.social's on-going Clara Law retrospective and wrote about them. They're really good!

www.thechinesecinema.com/clara-laws-i...
Clara Law's Immigrant Songs
Films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Beyond
www.thechinesecinema.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM