Tokyo 2025 Interview: THE CHATTERBOXES Director Ken Kawai Discusses Crafting Humor From Language Barriers
A rising CODA director discusses his charming dramedy of communication errors.
Golden Horse 2025 Interview: DEAR STRANGER Director Tetsuya Mariko Talks Transnational Filmmaking, New York, and Puppet Theater
The director of Toei's first English-language feature talks puppets, New York, and transnational dialogues.
Beyond Fest 2025 Interview: Meiko Kaji Talks Scorpion, Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock, and the Refreshing Nature of Wearing a Costume, As Her Career Turns 60
The Japanese genre film legend speaks with Screen Anarchy for the first time ever.
Fantasia 2025 Interview: KAKUKAKU SHIKAJIKA, Akiko Higashimura and Mei Nagano Talk Bringing a Mangaka's Autobiographical Work To Screen
A beloved manga artist and her on-screen counterpart discuss the live-action adaptation.
MY SUNSHINE Interview: Director Hiroshi Okuyama Talks Isolated Protagonists, Sensitive Gazes, Difficulty in Shooting an Ice Rink
The filmmaker behind a sensitive and special drama explains the considerations he made to achieve those qualities.
Busan 2025 Interview: ALL GREENS Director Takashi Koyama Talks the High-School Drug-Dealing Dramedy You Didn't Know You Needed
A lively conversation with the mind behind a daring dramedy at this year's BIFF.
Toronto 2025 Interview: Shu Qi Talks GIRL, Finding a Film Grammar for Girlhood, and What's Next
Hong Kong-Taiwanese legend Shu Qi discusses her directorial debut.
KOKUHO Interview: Lee Sang-il and Satoko Okudera Discuss Japan's #2 Highest-Grossing Live-Action Film of All Time
Our exclusive interview with the minds behind Japan's box office smash-hit
New York Asian 2025 Interview: RAVENS Director Mark Gill and Star Tadanobu Asano Talk Untold Histories, Practical Creatures, Kaleidoscopic Genre
An emerging director and a singular actor discuss shining a light on the life of photographer Masahisa Fukase.
CLOUD Interview: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Talks Bresson, Open Endings, and the Ambiguity in Remaking
The legendary Japanese director talks cinephilia, America, and ambiguities.
HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK Interview: Director Morihito Inoue Talks Jaws, Bureaucracy, and Omnipotent Screen Sharks
We discuss a killer shark satire that's fun to soak in,
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2025
Due to February being so short, the second half of 2025 starts today (instead of on the first of July). Logic dictates that this means the first half of 2025 is over and done with... meaning we can make a...
SHALL WE DANCE? Interview: Masayuki Suo and Tamiyo Kusakari Discuss Their Unexpected Love Story
A Japanese director and star reflect on the romantic classic that brought them together.
Cannes 2025 Review: NOUVELLE VAGUE Knows It Shouldn't Exist
Richard Linklater and co. go walking, talking, and exploring with the Cahiers crew.
BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE Exclusive: Poster for Japanese Directors' Fortnight Premiere
Exclusive poster debut for one of Directors' Fortnight 2025's most intriguing offerings.
Udine 2025 Interview: Hideo Jojo Talks Centering Women in Pink Cinema and Beyond
A pink film director explains his turn to big screen filmmaking with 'Welcome to the Village' and 'A Bad Summer'.
Udine 2025 Interview: DOLLHOUSE Director Shinobu Yaguchi Talks Disturbing Dolls, Uncomfortable Allusions, and Swinging For The Fences
One of Japan's best comedy directors takes a sharp turn towards horror in this supernatural smorgasbord.
A MINECRAFT MOVIE Review: Blocked and Reported
Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, and Jennifer Coolidge star in Warner Bros.' long-awaited adaptation of the videogame phenomenon.
SXSW 2025 Interview: SLANTED, Amy Wang Talks Looking Within, Absorbing Each Other
Amy Wang, a Chinese-Australian debut director, discusses her bitingly satirical exploration of racial identity in the US.
SXSW 2025 Interview: SHE'S THE HE, Siobhan McCarthy Talks Their Trans Indie For America's Here and Now
Nonbinary filmmaker Siobhan McCarthy turned around the trans answer to bromance comedies in a mere year. Here's why.
