Seijun Suzuki, now regarded as one of the finest directors of his generation, first made his name as a part of the Japenese New Wave, crafting films with Hachiro Guryu (the name given to a team of writers) like Branded to Kill that would have him hounded out of the
To celebrate the preview of The Riot Club at Toronto International Film Festival we have a brand new clip from the film. Check out the new recruits as they are initiated into the highly exclusive Riot Club. The Riot Club will be shown at TIFF on Sunday 7th September. Set amongst the privileged elite
A new trailer has been released for Don Thacker’s sleeper festival-hit Motivational Growth (starring genre-legend Jeffrey Combs). The film will hit VOD worldwide on September 30th (via Devolver Films and Indiecan Entertainment in Canada), Blu-Ray & DVD in Canada on the same date, and DVD in the US the following week
By Alexander Penn. Yamamoto's bluesy, folkloric score plays like a eulogy in Branded to Kill's opening scenes. Puffy-cheeked protagonist, Hanada (Joe Shishido), and a beautiful woman, are driven from the airport by his Yakuza-tied chauffeur. "Who's the woman?", the chauffeur asks. "She's my wife,", Hanada replies. With a little surprise on
The days are getting shorter, the tips of leaves are turning brown and the wind has a slight nip to it. The return to school is on the horizon and memories of the family holiday, swimming in the sea and sunbathing on golden sands, will be slowly fading. Yet, just because
