matteoB
@matteob.bsky.social
By day: lumpenproletariat.
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
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Found Footage Films, Compilation Documentary and Recycled Cinema in Japan: a preliminary study
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today's movie is pretty rare:
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
today's movie is pretty rare:
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
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and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
This is my final piece on this year’s Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It comes very late, apologies, it’s been a busy time. Previous reports: YIDFF 2025: preview report 1: SPI (Sa…
asian-docs.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
official:
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
official:
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
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since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
and, allegedly, over the past weekend 国宝 National Treasure became the number 1 Japanese live-action movie of all time at the box office (more than 5 months after its release)
Official data will be released later, but it seems Tokyo Taxi was the number 1 film at the Japanese box office of the past (long) weekend...
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
and, allegedly, over the past weekend 国宝 National Treasure became the number 1 Japanese live-action movie of all time at the box office (more than 5 months after its release)
Official data will be released later, but it seems Tokyo Taxi was the number 1 film at the Japanese box office of the past (long) weekend...
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Official data will be released later, but it seems Tokyo Taxi was the number 1 film at the Japanese box office of the past (long) weekend...
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
This is my final piece on this year’s Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It comes very late, apologies, it’s been a busy time. Previous reports: YIDFF 2025: preview report 1: SPI (Sa…
asian-docs.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
Kawamoto and Okamoto Tadanari are the two masters of Japanese stop-motion animation...this Blu-ray is exceptional (and comes with Eng sub):
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Kawamoto and Okamoto Tadanari are the two masters of Japanese stop-motion animation...this Blu-ray is exceptional (and comes with Eng sub):
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
just saw one of my favourite films of 2025.
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
Hostile Landscapes | 2025 (Trailer)
“Hostile Landscapes” is a two-channel film revolving around the remarkable true story of Ju Hyeongeon (朱贤健/주현건/Zhu Xianjian), a North Korean defector…
vimeo.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
just saw one of my favourite films of 2025.
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
I'm gathering my thoughts and working on a longer piece about Your Bros. Filmmaking Group... in the meantime, here are a few notes on Hut:
boxd.it/bNk8W7
boxd.it/bNk8W7
A ★★★½ review of Hut (2018)
I'm gathering my thoughts and working on a longer piece about Your Bros. Filmmaking Group; in the meantime, here are a few notes on Hut: Set entirely in a single location—a tent-like structure—the fil...
boxd.it
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm gathering my thoughts and working on a longer piece about Your Bros. Filmmaking Group... in the meantime, here are a few notes on Hut:
boxd.it/bNk8W7
boxd.it/bNk8W7
theater is packed...Kimura Takuya's effect?
TOKYO タクシー Tokyo Taxi is Yamada Yōji's film number 88 for me...let's see...
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
theater is packed...Kimura Takuya's effect?
TOKYO タクシー Tokyo Taxi is Yamada Yōji's film number 88 for me...let's see...
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
TOKYO タクシー Tokyo Taxi is Yamada Yōji's film number 88 for me...let's see...
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra
Hosoda's Scarlet has been everywhere on Japanese TV in the past 2 months. The movie is being pushed and advertised like no others by Hosoda I remember ...
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Hosoda's Scarlet has been everywhere on Japanese TV in the past 2 months. The movie is being pushed and advertised like no others by Hosoda I remember ...
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
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My thoughts on Mamoru Hosoda’s latest.
Mamoru Hosoda’s “Scarlet” shows what hybrid animation can do: fluid battles, detailed facial expressions and a Shakespearean narrative painted on vast digital landscapes.
Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ takes on ‘Hamlet’ with bold visual departure
The Oscar-nominated director re-imagines the Shakespearean tale as an animated quest through the afterlife.
ebx.sh
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My thoughts on Mamoru Hosoda’s latest.
2001: A Space Odyssey to be aired in 8K on NHK BS (November 27)
amass.jp/186339/?fbcl...
amass.jp/186339/?fbcl...
NHK BS8K『8K完全版 2001年宇宙の旅』11月27日放送 - amass
NHK BS8K『8K完全版 2001年宇宙の旅』が11月27日放送。映画史にさん然と輝く、巨匠スタンリー・キューブリック監督の傑作SF映画。70ミリで製作された超大作のオリジナル・ネガをもとに8K化し、修復を行った8K完全版
amass.jp
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
2001: A Space Odyssey to be aired in 8K on NHK BS (November 27)
amass.jp/186339/?fbcl...
amass.jp/186339/?fbcl...
and there's an animated series too
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
and there's an animated series too
after 2 months since its release, Iwaisawa Kenji's ひゃくえむ 100 METERS has earned more than 700 million yen at box office, and sold almost 500,000 tickets...
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
after 2 months since its release, Iwaisawa Kenji's ひゃくえむ 100 METERS has earned more than 700 million yen at box office, and sold almost 500,000 tickets...
twitter, letterboxd and other sites are down...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
twitter, letterboxd and other sites are down...
if the numbers provided by the website are correct, with over 26,000 people visiting the event last October, the Yamagata International Film Festival 2025, became the most attended edition of the festival (in recent editions the average was between 22,000 and 24,000)
www.yidff.jp/news/25/fo25...
www.yidff.jp/news/25/fo25...
YIDFF: News
www.yidff.jp
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
if the numbers provided by the website are correct, with over 26,000 people visiting the event last October, the Yamagata International Film Festival 2025, became the most attended edition of the festival (in recent editions the average was between 22,000 and 24,000)
www.yidff.jp/news/25/fo25...
www.yidff.jp/news/25/fo25...
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They plan to wrap it up by the end of the year and one reason cited is Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza. (It was moms in Aichi, artists at the triennale, Punks Against Apartheid, and tons of other regular people who wouldn’t let them ignore the genocide.)
www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1165...
www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1165...
愛知県、イスラエル新興企業との連携支援事業終了へ 年内限り、ガザ情勢一因か：中日新聞Web
愛知県は、2022年から実施してきたイスラエルのスタートアップ（新興企業）と県内企業とのマッチングを支援する事業を年内で終了する方針を...
www.chunichi.co.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
They plan to wrap it up by the end of the year and one reason cited is Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza. (It was moms in Aichi, artists at the triennale, Punks Against Apartheid, and tons of other regular people who wouldn’t let them ignore the genocide.)
www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1165...
www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1165...
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AICHI PREF. IS ENDING THE MATCHING PROGRAM WITH ISRAEL. We smashed the match 😭🥳 #BDS #SmashtheMatch
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
AICHI PREF. IS ENDING THE MATCHING PROGRAM WITH ISRAEL. We smashed the match 😭🥳 #BDS #SmashtheMatch