While Kiyoshi Kurosawa hardly leaves us wanting for new work—2024 saw the premiere of three projects, one of which landed high on our best-of-2025 list and ano...
Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2024 Beyond Fest coverage. Cloud opens in theaters on July 18.
Every year is a good year to adm...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Venice coverage. Cloud opens in theaters on July 18.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is having quite the...
What a pleasure it is to see Kiyoshi Kurosawa in his Hong Sangsoo period. The typically prolific filmmaker had an especially verdant 2024: his all-killer, no-f...
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...
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...