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Fantasia 2026 Review: CHERRY AND VIRGIN, A Nervous and Experimental Work of Genius

I was 18 years old when an adult friend I met at a summer factory job recommended that I see Federico Fellini's 8 1/2.    I could not make heads or tails of the movie, in Italian, in black and white,...

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.