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Berlin Drifters

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  When it comes to sexually explicit movies there is often a fine line between art and pornography, and in Berlin Drifters,  director  Kôichi Imaizumi crosses it back and forth throughout the movie. This tale of two Japanese gay men who are essentially trying to find their own very different ways in Berlin is told through a whole … Continue reading



Oh Lucy!

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  Oh Lucy! is a deliciously funny black comedy that takes aim at the stereotypes of two different cultures and in which you simply cannot help fall more than a little in love with the seemingly sad sack of a protagonist. Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) is a middle-aged unmarried office worker in some anonymous Tokyo Office in … Continue reading




Close Knit

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  Japanese writer/director Naoko Ogigami’s latest movie is a delightfully sensitive family story that puts a refreshing slant on the continuing dialogue about the transgender community that is the focus of more and more films these days. 11-year-old Tomo (an enchanting and rather sanguine Rin Kakihara) has a single-parent mother who has a habit of suddenly … Continue reading




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