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‘Kanako’ pits esteemed actor against a lot of pointless gore

January 22, 2016 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The World of Kanako” begins with a Christmas celebration or, to be more precise, several Christmas celebrations. Snow falls slowly. Bright lights twinkle in the night. And young people, at least, dance together in a club, done up in their immaculate fashions. Intercut with this, though, is cursing, hissing, […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 13 Assassins, 2016, Akihiro Fujishima, Director Tetsuya Nakashima, Grand Illusion Cinema, James Bond, Juzo Itami, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Koji Yakusho, Kojji Yakusho, Masayuki Suko, New York Asian Film Festival, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Shohei Imamura, Takashi Miike, University District, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, japan

“Jellyfish Eyes”

August 21, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The poster and publicity for “Jellyfish Eyes,” the debut film from Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, left me wondering if the film might be an anime.  It isn’t, but it features a cornucopia of fantastic creatures interacting with what we loosely call the real world. The action starts with figures […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Aum Shinrikyo, Grand Illusion Cinema, Jellyfish Eyes, Masashi Kusakabe, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Takashi Murakami, Takuto Sueoka, University District, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28, japan

Revisiting Taiwanese New Wave — Northwest Film Forum features retrospective of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s films

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Hou Hsiao-hsien, who’s been directing films since 1980, is considered one of the most prominent directors in the Taiwanese New Wave cinema movement.  The Northwest Film Forum, in collaboration with the Grand Illusion Cinema, presents a retrospective of the director’s work.  Northwest Film Forum programmer Courtney Sheehan took some […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Austria, Brazil, Courtney Sheehan Hou Hsiao-hsien, Courtney Sheehan Seattle, Good Men, Good Women, Grand Illusion Cinema, NWAW, NWFF, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Richard Suchenski, Taiwanese New Wave, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

“Short Peace” — Three little films in one

April 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly In 1995, anime director Katsuhiro Otomo masterminded an omnibus film called “Memories,” consisting of three unrelated segments from three directors, including Otomo himself. His master plan was to showcase emerging talent in anime. The other two directors were Tensai Okamura and Koji Morimoto, both of whom have gone on […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Hamlin, Closed Mondays, Grand Illusion Cinema, Hajime Katoki, Hiroaki Ando, Katsuhiro Otomo, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Short Peace, Shuhei Morita, University District, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, japan

“Beyond Outrage”

January 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Takeshi Kitano’s film “Outrage” began with the writer/director/actor, also known as Beat Takeshi, waiting outside a bigwig yakuza meeting. His character, Otomo, was a low-level flunky, obliged to put his own feelings and aspirations aside as he waited for orders. The new film “Beyond Outrage” follows the first film […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: Andrew Hamlin, Beat Takeshi, Beyond Outrage, Grand Illusion Cinema, Katsumi Yanagishima, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Takeshi Kitano, University District, Without Otomo

“Space Battleship Yamato”

December 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “We’re oooooooooff in out-ter space/We’re leeaaving Moth-er Earth/To saaaaaaave the hum-an raaaace/Our Star Bla-zers!” This theme rang out, starting in 1979, in my friend Tom’s bedroom, my friend Sam’s den room, and through American televisions all over the country. “Star Blazers” was the first anime to be shown in […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Captain Okita, Few Western, Grand Illusion Cinema, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Space Battleship Yamato, Star Blazers, Susumu Kodai, Takuya Kimura, University District, Vol 32 No 51 | December 14 - December 20, technology

“In Another Country”

February 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Up until now, it’s been safe to say that South Korean director Sang-soo Hong has had a knack for crisp photography, deftly-drawn interperonsal struggles, and strong characters. I think it’s also safe to say that he’s been making the same film over and over. The men lust after the […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, English-speaking French, Grand Illusion Cinema, Isabelle Huppert, Jun-sang Yoo, Korea Art College, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sang-soo Hong, Seattle, South Korean, University District, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8

Telling a “Tokyo Story”

September 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly When the British Film Institute’s prestigious monthly magazine Sight & Sound published the new results of its once-a-decade poll for the title of greatest movie ever, the big news was that Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” had dethroned Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” in the poll of film critics — the first […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrew Hamlin, British Film Institute, Chishu Riyu, Grand Illusion Cinema, Kogo Noda, Northwest Asian Weekly, Orson Welles Citizen Kane, Roger Ebert, Seattle, Sight Sound, Tokyo Story, University District, Vol 31 No 39 | September 22 - September 28, Yasujir Ozu

New “Full Metal Alchemist” installment bold in story and design

January 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “All is of one, and one is in all.” So says an alchemist — a fancy term for magician — at the beginning of “Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos,” the second feature derived from the popular Japanese manga and TV anime “Fullmetal Alchemist.” Over the course of […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Alphonse Al Elric, Andrew Hamlin, Edward Ed Elric, Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist, Grand Illusion Cinema, Grand Illusion Theatre, Human Transmutation, Industrial Revolution, Kazuya Murata, Kenichi Konishi, New Full Metal Alchemist, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, So Alphonse, University District, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

Ip Man: a legend shamefully overlooked

September 15, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly   Ip Man (1893–1972) was a legendary Chinese marital artist whose students included a young Bruce Lee. Several films have been based on his amazing life. This newest one, “The Legend is Born: Ip Man,” is the first to offer an account — fictionalized, but derived loosely from real […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2011, Andrew Hamlin, Cheung Wing-shing, China Drama Academy, Chinese, Grand Illusion Cinema, Ip Chun, Ip Man, Jackie Chan, Kuang Hsiung, Kwong-hung Chan, Lee Mei Wai, Master Chan Wah-shun, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rose Chan, Vol 30 No 38 | September 17 - September 23, Wing Chun

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