It’s easy to get lost in Tokyo if you don’t know where you’re going. Street addresses are approximate, and buildings…
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I did not love the first season of Apple’s “Palm Royale.” Yes, it was pretty to look at, but it…
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November 1975. This is the month when “Opening Soon at a Theater Near You” premiered on PBS in Chicago. It…
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First, a bit of background with a disclaimer. I have been writing about video games in some capacity for over…
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In my first dispatch from the 2025 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, “Journey into Sato Tadao” director Terasaki…
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In “Rebuilding,” a Colorado cowboy sifts through the ashes of the life that once sustained him, struggling to find a…
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Before I sat down to watch the documentary about him, I had only heard the name Sato Tadao once. It…
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Half a century ago, a low budget Chicago public television station invited the film critics from the Chicago Sun-Times and…
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Playing in the same world as “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988), “Cruel Intentions” (1999), and the original 1782 French novel Les Liaisons…
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On my way to the airport in Palm Springs I saw a sign that said: “Movies Help Everything!” I smiled,…
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