A “wacky” high-school romance series, now streaming on Crunchyroll.
Hiding your humanity is a tough job when you’re surrounded by demons in a new series, now streaming on Crunchyroll.
Over the past few years, a series of exposés and media (see Killers of the Flower Moon) have shed light on various injustices inflicted on Indigenous populations throughout history. But nothing will truly prepare you for the earth-shattering truths uncovered […]
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Summer 2024 began Thursday, June 20, which also marked the launch of Anime Summer 2024, and a subsequent onslaught of shows. In the U.S., where I reside, I have subscriptions to Crunchyroll, which simulcasts many shows that debut on Japanese television networks weekly (29 are due this summer), as well as Netflix, which produces a number of its own shows and tends to drop entire seasons at once. By no means am I an expert on anime, but I am an enthusiast. What I bring here are short reviews of the first season of shows that I am sampling; I’ll leave the second seasons alone for now. A few shows will be added to my watchlist, but after 20 years of sampling, and sometimes devotedly…
Derek takes a job at a tech firm, developing an AI sex doll named Susan. As he explores the boundaries of desire, pleasure, and pain with Susan, he confronts profound questions about humanity in an uncertain future.
Nothing is as haunting as when a mother loses her child. Mothers’ Instinct, the directorial debut of cinematographer Benoît Delhomme (At Eternity’s Gate) stars Anna Hathaway as a 1950s suburban housewife and mother whose son has a fatal fall from […]
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An apocalyptic mystery action-thriller defies. What more do you need?
Trapped between a madman seeking revenge and a skin-stealing monster, a married couple must find the strength to fight and make it out of the woods alive.
The Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland has announced the lineup for its 77th edition, taking place August 7 – 17. The variety of films features numerous highly-anticipated new titles and restorations from auteurs. Highlights include Hong Sang-soo’s By The […]
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Director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar departs from his renowned visual opulence to explore a true crime story deeply rooted in the cultural fabric of Punjab in his latest cinematic venture.