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/
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)
Cannibal Metaphysics
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Cannibal Metaphysics
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
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):
Il postanimale. La natura dopo l'Antropocene, Felice Cimatti
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Il postanimale. La natura dopo l'Antropocene, Felice Cimatti
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
Unbecoming Human. Philosophy of Animality After Deleuze,
Felice Cimatti
Translated by Fabio Gironi
Felice Cimatti
Translated by Fabio Gironi
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Unbecoming Human. Philosophy of Animality After Deleuze,
Felice Cimatti
Translated by Fabio Gironi
Felice Cimatti
Translated by Fabio Gironi
and there's an animated series too
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
and there's an animated series too
Deja Vu and the End of History,
Paolo Virno
Paolo Virno
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Deja Vu and the End of History,
Paolo Virno
Paolo Virno
Okishima is the only inhabited island inside Biwa Lake, only a few hundred people live there.
I was there yesterday, it's like being in a Tora-san movie...
I was there yesterday, it's like being in a Tora-san movie...
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Okishima is the only inhabited island inside Biwa Lake, only a few hundred people live there.
I was there yesterday, it's like being in a Tora-san movie...
I was there yesterday, it's like being in a Tora-san movie...
if they choose this to be the Blu-ray cover, it'll be one of the best covers ever...
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
if they choose this to be the Blu-ray cover, it'll be one of the best covers ever...
and...Princess Mononoke's rerelease at the box office surpassed the billion yen mark after 18 days in the theaters (and almost 500.000 tickets), both in IMAX and Dolby
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
and...Princess Mononoke's rerelease at the box office surpassed the billion yen mark after 18 days in the theaters (and almost 500.000 tickets), both in IMAX and Dolby
Nakadai in Tonino Cervi's Spaghetti Western Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (Oggi a me... domani a te, 1968), the film was co-written by Dario Argento...
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Nakadai in Tonino Cervi's Spaghetti Western Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (Oggi a me... domani a te, 1968), the film was co-written by Dario Argento...
Nakadai was also a great voice actor, it's his the voice of the Devil in Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Nakadai was also a great voice actor, it's his the voice of the Devil in Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
of course The Human Condition, Ran, but let's not forget his collaboration with Kobayashi Masahiro...
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
of course The Human Condition, Ran, but let's not forget his collaboration with Kobayashi Masahiro...
one of his greatest performances
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
one of his greatest performances
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) has revealed the lineup (11 titles) for the Feature Film Competition:
aniaff.com/en/programs/...
aniaff.com/en/programs/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) has revealed the lineup (11 titles) for the Feature Film Competition:
aniaff.com/en/programs/...
aniaff.com/en/programs/...
A Grammar of the Multitude and Déjà Vu and the End of History are two books I keep returning to...so engaging and inspiring
sit tibi terra levis
sit tibi terra levis
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A Grammar of the Multitude and Déjà Vu and the End of History are two books I keep returning to...so engaging and inspiring
sit tibi terra levis
sit tibi terra levis
RIP Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
RIP Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
From November 14, Demachiza in Kyoto will host a special retrospective (22 works) dedicated to Itō Takashi. Most of them are available on DVD and on other platforms (but not all), but it's always compelling to see them on the big screen.
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
From November 14, Demachiza in Kyoto will host a special retrospective (22 works) dedicated to Itō Takashi. Most of them are available on DVD and on other platforms (but not all), but it's always compelling to see them on the big screen.
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):
Here the trailer (made by Itō himself on "the other place"):