Thursday, January 31, 2013

Contempt

Le mépris
France, 1963
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli

Poster for the 1998 release

Sunday, January 27, 2013

The Complex

Kuroyuri danchi
Japan, 2013
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Atsuko Maeda, Hiroki Narimiya, Masanobu Katsumura, Naomi Nishida

Ver: B


Ver: A



Saturday, January 26, 2013

Cloud Atlas

USA, 2012
Director: Andy Wachowski
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Doona Bae, Xun Zhou


Friday, January 25, 2013

The Wolverine

USA, 2013
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Famke Janssen, Rila Fukushima

Wolverine goes to Tokyo!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Of Love and Shadows

De amor y de sombras
Argentina, 1994
Director: Betty Kaplan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Nine 1/2 Weeks

USA, 1986
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton

The original release poster from 1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks (1998 release)

USA, 1986
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton

Poster for the 1998 release

Monday, January 21, 2013

Toei Nights Queen Bee Festival

Japan, 2011
Director: Norifumi Suzuki and others
Starring: Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Yumi Takigawa, Cristina Lindberg, Eiko Nakamura, Bunta Sugawara, Yuko Kano etc

Toei Pinky Violence festival including films such as Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs, School of the Holy Beast and other 70s classics.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

EM (Embalming)

Enbamingu
Japan, 1999
Director: Shinji Aoyama
Starring: Hitomi Miwa, Reiko Takashima, Kojiro Hongo, Masatoshi Matsuo, Yutaka Matsushige

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Last Gambler

Saigo no bakuto
Japan, 1985
Director: Kosaku Yamashita
Starring: Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba, Koji Tsuruta

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Cathedral of Demons

La chiesa
Italy, 1989
Director: Michele Soavi
Starring: Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Asia Argento



Saturday, January 12, 2013

Possession

France, 1988
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen


Friday, January 11, 2013

The Blues Brothers

USA, 1980
Director: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, James Brown, Aretha Franklin


Thursday, January 10, 2013

Blitzkrieg BOP

Japan, 2007
Director: Kakuei Shinada
Starring: Masaki Nakai

Django Unchained

USA, 2012
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Waru

Japan, 2006
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Sho Aikawa, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ryo Ishibashi, Kimika Yoshino

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

SF Whipped Cream

Japan, 2002
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Starring: Shinji Takeda, Matsushige Yutaka

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Dead Sushi

Deddo sushi
Japan, 2012
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Starring: Rina Takeda, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Kentaro Shimazu, Kanji Tsuda, Asami, Jiji Bu

The latest instalment of wacky mayhem from Noboru Iguchi!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Go For Broke

V Madonna: daisenso
Japan, 1985
Director: Genji Nakamura
Starring: Yukari Usami, Kozue Saito, Rikako Murakami