Japan

Meet your maker at “Anymart”, the Japanese little shop of horrors that wowed Berlinale

(Sometani Shota as clerk Sakai in Japanese horror/social commentary film "Anymart") By Michael Roddy There is something not quite right in the Anymart convenience store, located in a nondescript neighbourhood in Japan and staffed by young uniformed employees who are, if nothing else, excessively agreeable and accommodating. It turns out their every move and interaction…Read more Meet your maker at “Anymart”, the Japanese little shop of horrors that wowed Berlinale

Japan’s “The Box Man”, U.S. “Sasquatch Sunset” challenge norms at Berlinale

How do you make films in one of which the main character spends most of the time inside a box that conceals all but a slit for his eyes, and has an opening so he can walk, and in the other no words are spoken and all oral communication is by grunts and hoots? The…Read more Japan’s “The Box Man”, U.S. “Sasquatch Sunset” challenge norms at Berlinale