The last decade of cinema has brought no greater certification than Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Japan's preeminent filmmaker. The thought occurs to me looking at the p...
When Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Sōmai, Gakuryū Ishii, and contemporaries needed to shirk themselves of the responsibilities and strictures driving Japan's studio...
Every year is a good year to admire Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose filmography runs far and deep enough to essentially guarantee you've yet to discover something wond...
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is having quite the year. Chime, a mid-length chiller, was a standout at the Berlinale. A French-language remake of his own Serpent’s Path wil...
At long last, we now have at least one festival premiere set for one of our most-anticipated films of the year. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path, a ...
What a pleasure it is to see Kiyoshi Kurosawa in his Hong Sangsoo period. The typically prolific filmmaker is having an especially verdant 2024: his medium-len...
Safe to say few movies this year engender more excitement than Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Serpent's Path, a remake of his superb, bad-vibes 1998 thriller. Though an ex...
How do you even start to write about Chime, a film that keeps secrets guarded and lives off the shocks of its knife-edge turns? It’s safe to say the director i...
Update: the first poster for and a new image from Serpent's Path are below, courtesy Cinefil, which lists the French release date as June 14. Sounds like a Can...
Look out, Hong Sangsoo. Your distinction as the most prolific director working today is being challenged. It's been nearly four years since Kiyoshi Kurosawa la...
