formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Richard Gelfond discusses the evolving strategy behind his company’s strong 2025 results — more exposure to local language filmmaking, anime and alternative content. Source: Imax CEO Rich Gelfond Talks Historic Success of ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ in Japan, Becoming a … Continued
As Japan Cuts returns for its 18th edition, director of film Peter Tatara speaks to Monocle about Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s enduring legacy and why ‘shochu’ is the toast of Manhattan this summer. Source: The film festival toasting Japan’s cinematic renaissance in … Continued
French photographer François Prost has been on a 3,000km pilgrimage of passion, driving from Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to the island of Shikoku in the south, to document Japan’s unique architecture of furtive liaisons. What he found spans from manga-embellished … Continued
The horror-thriller series, based on a cult manga and starring Yuya Yagira and Show Kasamatsu, has become Disney’s most successful streaming series in Japan to date. Source: ‘Gannibal’: A Series About Eating Children Became Disney+’s Biggest Live-Action Hit in Japan
More than the films of any other genre, horror movies are the phenotypes of cultural anxiety—often, you can read the turbulence right on the skin, like hives. In Japan, a nation always rich with wild expressions of social stress, this … Continued
The country is known for wooden and ceramic creations – yet many argue these concrete behemoths fit with Japan’s traditional aesthetics too. Source: Radical statement or eyesore? Japan’s divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures | Art and design | The … Continued