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Evil Does Not Exist: A Potent Japanese Eco-Fable from the Director of Drive My Car

Evil Does Not Exist: A Potent Japanese Eco-Fable from the Director of Drive My Car

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMay 9, 2024Evil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, TIFF 2023, Japanese films, Environmental messages, Environmental issues, DramaComment

Toronto Japanese Film Festival: From the harrowing "lost" Hiroshima to the light-hearted mysticism of Kamakura

By Jim Slotek

Views, ReviewJim SlotekJune 5, 2018Japanese films, Hiroshima, Fukushima, Yokai, Nuclear disasters, Anti-war, Toronto Japanese Film Festival

Kyoshi Kurosawa's Before We Vanish: When aliens attack very slowly

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 15, 2018Japanese films, Sci-fi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Alien invasion, Existentialism

Blade of the Immortal: Japanese Genre King Puts Zombie on Overdrive

By Liam Lacey

ReviewNovember 17, 2017Zombie, Japanese films, genre film, Takashi Miike

Shin Godzilla: A 60-year-old monster franchise evolves into political satire

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 1, 2017Godzilla, Monsters, Political satire, Japanese films