Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

First Trailer for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist Takes a Serene Look at Protecting Nature

One of the best surprises in cinema this year was the news that Ryusuke Hamaguchi, just two years after his perfect one-two punch of Wheel of Fortune and Fanta...

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Will Debut His Second New Film of 2023, Gift, with a Live Score from Eiko Ishibashi This October

This year's Venice offers the most heavy-duty fest lineup since, mmm, who can count that far, as if half the world's big-ticket auteurs would rather take a gon...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 451 – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (with Jordan Raup)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jordan Raup to discuss Ryusuke...

Drive My Car Trailer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Masterful Haruki Murakami Adaptation Arrives This Month

Following last month's release of Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Ryusuke Hamaguchi is capping off an incredible 2021 with the U.S. bow of his masterful Haruki M...

Stream Eiko Ishibashi’s Drive My Car Score & Watch Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Music Video

Not only has Ryusuke Hamaguchi directed two of the year's best films (the masterful triptych Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and his soothing Murakami epic Drive ...

Watch a Two-Hour Conversation Between Bong Joon Ho and Ryusuke Hamaguchi

While the season of Ryusuke Hamaguchi formally began with last month's arrival of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Wife of a Spy (which he co-wrote), this week finally bring...

U.S. Trailer for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Introduces Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s First Masterpiece of 2021

I'll thrown down a gauntlet: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi is having one of the single best years for any filmmaker, ever. You'll be forgiven for not noticing, since his t...

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Adapting Murakami with Drive My Car and the Sound of Silence

Relatively speaking, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi is having a good 2021. Less than six months on from picking up the Silver Bear in Berlin for Wheel of Fortune and Fantas...

Cannes Review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Delivers Again with Soothing Murakami Epic Drive My Car

It seemed inevitable that Haruki Murakami’s prose would find a way into the films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The director returns with Drive My Car, based on Muraka...

First Teaser for Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Haruki Murakami Adaptation Drive My Car

With Happy Hour and Asako I & II director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's stellar triptych Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy picked up for a U.S. release by Film Movement, ...

News

Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2023 Includes Trenque Lauquen, Fallen Leaves, and Anatomy of a Fall

Elizabeth Olsen to Lead Todd Solondz’s Love Child, Shooting This Spring

MUBI’s December 2023 Lineup Features The Delinquents, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Luc Godard, Takeshi Kitano & More

Trailers

Furiosa Trailer: George Miller Brings Us Back to the Apocalypse

First Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast Puts Léa Seydoux and George MacKay In a Centuries-Spanning Sci-Fi Tragedy

The End We Start From Trailer: Jodie Comer Tries to Find Her Way Home in a Submerged London

Reviews

La Syndicaliste Review: Isabelle Huppert-Led Procedural Works as Companion Piece to Elle

Shayda Review: Australia’s Oscar Entry is a Well-Realized Debut Touching on a Raw Nerve of Trauma

Godzilla Minus One Review: A Sentimental, Scale-Shifting Kaiju Blockbuster

Features

New to Streaming: May December, The Holdovers, What Happens Later, Beyond Utopia, and More

14 Films to See in December

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Matthew Modine Reflects on Abel Ferrara, Stanley Kubrick, Renny Harlin, Alan Rudolph, and His Directorial Debut

Sean Price Williams on Rejecting Cynicism with The Sweet East and Making Nick Pinkerton Laugh

Isabelle Huppert on How Every Performance Is Like Acting for the First Time

Podcasts

The B-Side – In Conversation with The Fugitive Director Andrew Davis

The Film Stage Show Ep. 521 – The Holdovers (with Gerald Peary)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 520 – The Killer (with Noah Gittell)