We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Ghosts, Outlander, American Idol and NCIS!
1 | Has any series finale more exhaustively recapped every major moment that came before than Alice & Jack’s six-minute montage?
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2 | Who would have expected...
1 | Has any series finale more exhaustively recapped every major moment that came before than Alice & Jack’s six-minute montage?
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2 | Who would have expected...
- 4/26/2024
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Charlie Mason and Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for the finale of Shōgun.
Many years ago, when I first finished reading James Clavell’s historical epic Shōgun, I felt slightly puzzled. The novel had taken well over 1000 pages building to a civil war in feudal Japan between the wise Lord Toranaga and his ambitious rival Lord Ishido, and then it stopped right as the war was beginning, offering only the briefest of epilogues detailing what happened next? How was this good storytelling?, I wondered. Maybe there’s a sequel I don’t know about?...
Many years ago, when I first finished reading James Clavell’s historical epic Shōgun, I felt slightly puzzled. The novel had taken well over 1000 pages building to a civil war in feudal Japan between the wise Lord Toranaga and his ambitious rival Lord Ishido, and then it stopped right as the war was beginning, offering only the briefest of epilogues detailing what happened next? How was this good storytelling?, I wondered. Maybe there’s a sequel I don’t know about?...
- 4/24/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Plans feel inevitable when they come together as neatly as Toranaga’s (Hiroyuki Sanada) play for power over the throne of Japan. But the team behind Toranaga — and the rest of the characters on FX’s now complete miniseries “Shogun” — had to work just as hard as the warlord to finesse an ending that feels as right as this one does.
Episode 10, “A Dream of a Dream,” was a huge combined effort for editors Aika Miyake and Maria Gonzales, who each worked on three other episodes in addition to their shared credit on the finale. There were the normal challenges of assembling an edit, from placing incomplete VFX shots meant to convey the scale of Osaka to temp sound and score that will hopefully convey the loneliness of Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) missing Mariko’s (Anna Sawai) funeral. That’s a lot for any editor to hold in their mind — in...
Episode 10, “A Dream of a Dream,” was a huge combined effort for editors Aika Miyake and Maria Gonzales, who each worked on three other episodes in addition to their shared credit on the finale. There were the normal challenges of assembling an edit, from placing incomplete VFX shots meant to convey the scale of Osaka to temp sound and score that will hopefully convey the loneliness of Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) missing Mariko’s (Anna Sawai) funeral. That’s a lot for any editor to hold in their mind — in...
- 4/23/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Official companion podcasts for popular TV series are not a recent phenomenon. Ever since networks realized that they couldn’t leave all the analytical fun to fans, big time TV shows have been accompanied by network-sponsored audio complements.
HBO has been a frequent producer with podcasts for its dramas like Watchmen, House of the Dragon, Succession, and more. Other networks have since gotten in on the action like Paramount Network with Yellowstone, Showtime with Dexter: New Blood, and Apple TV+ with For All Mankind.
The acclaimed American TV brand FX, however, never seemed too keen on official tie-in podcasting despite presenting many intriguing prospects over the years like The Bear and Fargo. That all changed this year when the Disney-owned company launched FX’s Shōgun: The Official Podcast to accompany the weekly release of its epic miniseries Shōgun.
The Shōgun podcast is notable in that it brings FX into the...
HBO has been a frequent producer with podcasts for its dramas like Watchmen, House of the Dragon, Succession, and more. Other networks have since gotten in on the action like Paramount Network with Yellowstone, Showtime with Dexter: New Blood, and Apple TV+ with For All Mankind.
The acclaimed American TV brand FX, however, never seemed too keen on official tie-in podcasting despite presenting many intriguing prospects over the years like The Bear and Fargo. That all changed this year when the Disney-owned company launched FX’s Shōgun: The Official Podcast to accompany the weekly release of its epic miniseries Shōgun.
The Shōgun podcast is notable in that it brings FX into the...
- 4/23/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Law & Order: Svu, FBI, Survivor and Alice & Jack!
1 | Should Saturday Night Live have cut one of its post-Weekend Update sketches — or perhaps Michael Longfellow’s Update piece — to get Papyrus 2 on air?
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2 | So…...
1 | Should Saturday Night Live have cut one of its post-Weekend Update sketches — or perhaps Michael Longfellow’s Update piece — to get Papyrus 2 on air?
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2 | So…...
- 4/19/2024
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Ryan Schwartz, Rebecca Iannucci, Nick Caruso, Keisha Hatchett and Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
This article contains spoilers through Shogun episode 7.
The women of FX and Hulu’s Shōgun may be limited in the roles made available to them by the patriarchal structure of the show’s setting in feudal Japan, but that doesn’t mean they are totally powerless in the growing conflict. If anything, the women of Shōgun hold more power than they are given credit for, and several of them are especially adept at wielding it.
As Mariko (Anna Sawai) so eloquently puts it during a conversation with Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) in episode 6 “Ladies of the Willow World,” “A man may go to war for many reasons. Conquest. Pride. Power. But a woman is simply at war.” For women like Mariko, Ochiba (Fumi Nikaido), Kiku (Yuka Kouri), Fuji (Moeka Hoshi), and Gin (Yuko Miyamoto), this sentiment especially rings true, for they must all be constantly on edge, willing to bow to...
The women of FX and Hulu’s Shōgun may be limited in the roles made available to them by the patriarchal structure of the show’s setting in feudal Japan, but that doesn’t mean they are totally powerless in the growing conflict. If anything, the women of Shōgun hold more power than they are given credit for, and several of them are especially adept at wielding it.
As Mariko (Anna Sawai) so eloquently puts it during a conversation with Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) in episode 6 “Ladies of the Willow World,” “A man may go to war for many reasons. Conquest. Pride. Power. But a woman is simply at war.” For women like Mariko, Ochiba (Fumi Nikaido), Kiku (Yuka Kouri), Fuji (Moeka Hoshi), and Gin (Yuko Miyamoto), this sentiment especially rings true, for they must all be constantly on edge, willing to bow to...
- 4/9/2024
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Toranaga’s looming showdown with the other lords on FX’s Shōgun led to a new alliance this week — but that alliance rotted quicker than a dead pheasant.
We open to a flashback to Toranga’s first victory ever on the battlefield, 46 years ago: A 12-year-old Toranaga accepts the surrender of his much older opponent, who commits ritual suicide in front of him, with Toranaga finishing the job with a flash of his blade. In the here and now, Toranaga is facing all-out war, and he seeks help from his half-brother Saeki, who meets him in the woods along with their troops.
We open to a flashback to Toranga’s first victory ever on the battlefield, 46 years ago: A 12-year-old Toranaga accepts the surrender of his much older opponent, who commits ritual suicide in front of him, with Toranaga finishing the job with a flash of his blade. In the here and now, Toranaga is facing all-out war, and he seeks help from his half-brother Saeki, who meets him in the woods along with their troops.
- 4/2/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
When the previous episode of Shogun ended with Toranaga’s rousing call to arms, we assumed that Operation Crimson Sky couldn’t be far behind.
Sure enough, A Stick of Time opens in the aftermath of what looked to be a very bloody battle.
If you’re a fan of this show’s unflinching portrayal of feudal carnage, then you probably dug this gory scene, with its many battered corpses and its close-up beheading.
But you may have felt a bit let down moments later when some dude runs through the battlefield screaming, “The war is over!” Well, that was fast!
And not only that, Toranaga has won!
Just when we begin to get the sense that we missed out on something very important, onscreen text reveals that we've been bamboozled, and what we're witnessing is actually the wake of destruction left by Toranaga's first battle 46 years prior.
The fresh-faced...
Sure enough, A Stick of Time opens in the aftermath of what looked to be a very bloody battle.
If you’re a fan of this show’s unflinching portrayal of feudal carnage, then you probably dug this gory scene, with its many battered corpses and its close-up beheading.
But you may have felt a bit let down moments later when some dude runs through the battlefield screaming, “The war is over!” Well, that was fast!
And not only that, Toranaga has won!
Just when we begin to get the sense that we missed out on something very important, onscreen text reveals that we've been bamboozled, and what we're witnessing is actually the wake of destruction left by Toranaga's first battle 46 years prior.
The fresh-faced...
- 4/2/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
Shōgun‘s Fuji sipping tea as Mariko and the brothel owner negotiated the Anjin‘s gift in this week’s episode was “the reaction shot I was waiting for [viewers to see],” says series co-creator Justin Marks.
The instantly iconic reaction shot came midway through the March 26 episode of the FX/Hulu saga, as Mariko (played by Anna Sawai) negotiated Blackthorne’s assignation with teahouse proprietor Gin’s (Yûko Miyamoto) very best courtesan, while the often-silent Fuji (Moeka Hoshi) looked on.
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The instantly iconic reaction shot came midway through the March 26 episode of the FX/Hulu saga, as Mariko (played by Anna Sawai) negotiated Blackthorne’s assignation with teahouse proprietor Gin’s (Yûko Miyamoto) very best courtesan, while the often-silent Fuji (Moeka Hoshi) looked on.
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- 3/28/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
This article contains spoilers for Shogun episode 5.
Food plays an important role in FX miniseries Shōgun. In the show’s fourth episode, English “barbarian” John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) signals that he’s growing more comfortable in his Sengoku-period Japanese environs by not only trying but enjoying natto – a bowl of fermented soybeans.
In episode 5 “Broken to the Fist,” however, food takes on an even more important meaning than before. Through two dishes – English rabbit stew, and fermented pheasant – Shōgun reveals that mistranslations can extend beyond even language.
What is English Rabbit Stew?
While Shōgun is an epic saga featuring political intrigue, sword fights, and body-vaporizing cannon fire, its most tense scene yet occurs over a simple dinner. Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) believed her husband Toda Hirokatsu a.k.a. “Buntaro” (Shinnosuke “Shin” Abe) to have died in battle. This is understandable as the last thing she saw before looking away...
Food plays an important role in FX miniseries Shōgun. In the show’s fourth episode, English “barbarian” John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) signals that he’s growing more comfortable in his Sengoku-period Japanese environs by not only trying but enjoying natto – a bowl of fermented soybeans.
In episode 5 “Broken to the Fist,” however, food takes on an even more important meaning than before. Through two dishes – English rabbit stew, and fermented pheasant – Shōgun reveals that mistranslations can extend beyond even language.
What is English Rabbit Stew?
While Shōgun is an epic saga featuring political intrigue, sword fights, and body-vaporizing cannon fire, its most tense scene yet occurs over a simple dinner. Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) believed her husband Toda Hirokatsu a.k.a. “Buntaro” (Shinnosuke “Shin” Abe) to have died in battle. This is understandable as the last thing she saw before looking away...
- 3/20/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A general worth their salt proves their tactical acumen from the way they choose to handle their relations, both their oppositions and allies. As events in FX’s historical drama series Shogun unfold, Lord Yoshi Toranaga emerges as a methodical strategist solely based on how well he estimates his adversaries and accordingly prepared himself, but the same cannot be said for the people closely associated with him, as shown in the fourth episode titled The Eightfold Fence.
In the previous episode, Toranaga put Yabushige in charge of escorting the majority of his clan, along with Blackthorne, back to Ajiro and attempted a daring escape from Osaka Castle by switching places with his wife at the last moment. A number of times, Blackthorne proved his loyalty to Toranaga by keeping his cover from getting blown. Eventually, Toranaga’s ruse gets revealed, and Ishido makes a last-ditch attempt by blocking the bay...
In the previous episode, Toranaga put Yabushige in charge of escorting the majority of his clan, along with Blackthorne, back to Ajiro and attempted a daring escape from Osaka Castle by switching places with his wife at the last moment. A number of times, Blackthorne proved his loyalty to Toranaga by keeping his cover from getting blown. Eventually, Toranaga’s ruse gets revealed, and Ishido makes a last-ditch attempt by blocking the bay...
- 3/13/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
This article contains spoilers for Shogun episode 4.
As depicted in FX’s Shōgun, Japan’s Sengoku period in the 15th and 16th centuries was a pretty rough time. Perhaps no Shōgun character represents that better than poor Usami Fuji (Moeka Hoshi).
As the noble-born granddaughter of Toda Hiromatsu (Tokuma Nishioka), the closest ally of the powerful Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), Fuji’s life was marked by comfort and dignity. Unfortunately that all comes crashing down in the series’ first episode when Lord Toranaga becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Osaka’s Council of Regents. After Fuji’s husband Tadayoshi speaks out of turn at a Council of Regents meeting in defense of his lord, he immediately realizes that he jeopardized Toranaga’s safety in doing so and asks for permission to commit seppuku – a ritualistic suicide to reclaim his family’s honor. Lord Toranaga grants Tadayoshi the right...
As depicted in FX’s Shōgun, Japan’s Sengoku period in the 15th and 16th centuries was a pretty rough time. Perhaps no Shōgun character represents that better than poor Usami Fuji (Moeka Hoshi).
As the noble-born granddaughter of Toda Hiromatsu (Tokuma Nishioka), the closest ally of the powerful Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), Fuji’s life was marked by comfort and dignity. Unfortunately that all comes crashing down in the series’ first episode when Lord Toranaga becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Osaka’s Council of Regents. After Fuji’s husband Tadayoshi speaks out of turn at a Council of Regents meeting in defense of his lord, he immediately realizes that he jeopardized Toranaga’s safety in doing so and asks for permission to commit seppuku – a ritualistic suicide to reclaim his family’s honor. Lord Toranaga grants Tadayoshi the right...
- 3/13/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It's a testament to Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks' talent for establishing tone that while Shogun takes place in a world about which the average viewer knows very little, there's seldom any doubt in the audiences' mind with regard to what's at stake and how we should feel about it.
Take the opening scenes from Shogun Season 1 Episode 4, for example.
A messenger hurries through a snowy village carrying an urgent missive for Lord Omi (whom we haven't seen since he butted heads with Blackthorne in the show's pilot episode).
Most viewers will be unable to read the lettering on the message or the sign in the town square, but the scene that follows is a familiar one:
The peasants scurry to prepare for the arrival of a couple of bigwigs, and the local lord beams with anticipation for the opportunity to impress his superiors.
Similarly, the title of hatamoto and...
Take the opening scenes from Shogun Season 1 Episode 4, for example.
A messenger hurries through a snowy village carrying an urgent missive for Lord Omi (whom we haven't seen since he butted heads with Blackthorne in the show's pilot episode).
Most viewers will be unable to read the lettering on the message or the sign in the town square, but the scene that follows is a familiar one:
The peasants scurry to prepare for the arrival of a couple of bigwigs, and the local lord beams with anticipation for the opportunity to impress his superiors.
Similarly, the title of hatamoto and...
- 3/13/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer , an upcoming TV anime based on the romantic comedy manga by Nana Aokawa, has revealed the main staff and main cast for the series. The main cast includes: Suo voiced by Mikako Komatsu (Lorrane Vivie in The Unwanted Undead Adventurer ) Suo character visual Tokiwa voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi (Dennis in Undead Murder Farce ) Tokiwa character visual Fuji voiced by Aoi Yuki (Pascal in NieR:Automata Ver1.1a ) Fuji character visual Asagi voiced by Shun Horie (Migi in Migi&Dali ) Asagi character visual Kohaku voiced by Nao Toyama (Hoshi Ayukawa in My Tiny Senpai ) Kohaku character visual Hagi voiced by Gakuto Kajiwara (Kai in Sasaki and Peeps ) Hagi character visual The original How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer manga is serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Online shojo manga magazine, and an English language version is also available on the MangaUp! app. Kazuomi Koga directs the...
- 2/25/2024
- by Paul Chapman
- Crunchyroll
In the midst of the surge of J-horror following the success of “Ringu”, it seems that someone had an idea of parodying the standards (cliches if you prefer) of the category. That someone was Shinji Aoyama and the film was “Embalming”, a production that is deceptively badly written and occasionally directed, still managing, though, to retain its fun element from beginning to end.
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Embalmer Miyako Murakami is called by her detective friend Hiraoka to treat the body of teenager Yuki Shindo, the son of a politician, after he jumps from a rooftop, apparently in a suicide. A needle found in the body, however, leads Miyako into thinking that there may be more to his death, while Hiraoka seems to think that the deceased's girlfriend, Rika is more involved than she appears to be. And more there is, in abundance actually,...
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Embalmer Miyako Murakami is called by her detective friend Hiraoka to treat the body of teenager Yuki Shindo, the son of a politician, after he jumps from a rooftop, apparently in a suicide. A needle found in the body, however, leads Miyako into thinking that there may be more to his death, while Hiraoka seems to think that the deceased's girlfriend, Rika is more involved than she appears to be. And more there is, in abundance actually,...
- 11/3/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The belief that the dead live on in our memories is often the only comfort anyone can think to offer the bereaved, or those in the process of losing a loved one. But for Takashi (Mirai Moriyama), the introspective adult son at the heart of Kei Chika-ura’s quietly tectonic heartbreaker, that comfort is unavailable on multiple levels. Not only has he been long estranged from his father, Yohji (a shattering San Sebastian Best Performance-winning Tatsuya Fuji), but Yohji’s own precipitous descent into the fog of dementia means that whatever Takashi can now learn of him, at this late stage, is jumbled and fragmentary and possibly false. How can we adequately remember someone who cannot remember himself?
Like so much of “Great Absence,” that question is posed as a kind of mystery, made all the eerier by the ordinariness of the clues that tease its solution — an uncanceled meal delivery,...
Like so much of “Great Absence,” that question is posed as a kind of mystery, made all the eerier by the ordinariness of the clues that tease its solution — an uncanceled meal delivery,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
A predictably spectacular sunset spreads streaks of pink and orange across a northern Spanish late September sky, heralding the end of another packed edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, where at the closing gala, “The Rye Horn” the second feature from Spanish director Jaione Camborda has just been handed the Golden Shell, the festival’s top award.
It is perhaps a surprising win, but does now mark the fourth consecutive year that the festival’s most prestigious prize has gone to a female director. But in another way it has to be a first: the international jury, comprising French director Claire Denis, alongside Chinese actor and producer Fan Bingbing, Colombian producer-director Cristina Gallego, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe, Spanish actor Vicky Luengo, Canadian producer and distributor Robert Lantos and German director Christian Petzold, has chosen to award not just a Spanish film, but one from a female director who was...
It is perhaps a surprising win, but does now mark the fourth consecutive year that the festival’s most prestigious prize has gone to a female director. But in another way it has to be a first: the international jury, comprising French director Claire Denis, alongside Chinese actor and producer Fan Bingbing, Colombian producer-director Cristina Gallego, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe, Spanish actor Vicky Luengo, Canadian producer and distributor Robert Lantos and German director Christian Petzold, has chosen to award not just a Spanish film, but one from a female director who was...
- 9/30/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Tatsuya Fuji, Mirai Moriyama star.
Gaga Corporation has acquired international sales rights excluding Japan on Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Platform entry Great Absence ahead of its European premiere in San Sebastian later this month.
Tatsuya Fuji and dance artist Mirai Moriyama star in the recent TIFF world premiere, which marks director Kei Chika-ura’s second feature after Complicity premiered at 2018 TIFF.
Great Absence is inspired by Chika-ura’s own experiences and centres on Takashi, a man who has been estranged from his father Yohji for 20 years and returns home with his wife after receiving a call from the police...
Gaga Corporation has acquired international sales rights excluding Japan on Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Platform entry Great Absence ahead of its European premiere in San Sebastian later this month.
Tatsuya Fuji and dance artist Mirai Moriyama star in the recent TIFF world premiere, which marks director Kei Chika-ura’s second feature after Complicity premiered at 2018 TIFF.
Great Absence is inspired by Chika-ura’s own experiences and centres on Takashi, a man who has been estranged from his father Yohji for 20 years and returns home with his wife after receiving a call from the police...
- 9/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Recording Academy has added three new categories for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards including Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording.
Additionally, the existing categories of Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical will be moved to the general field, allowing all Grammy voters to vote in these categories.
The changes “reflect our commitment to actively listen and respond to the feedback from our music community, accurately represent a diverse range of relevant musical genres, and stay aligned with the ever-evolving musical landscape,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, in a statement.
These category additions and amendments were voted on and passed at the Recording Academy’s most recent semiannual Board of Trustees meeting held in May 2023.
The three new categories include:
Best African Music Performance
A track and singles category that recognizes recordings that utilize...
Additionally, the existing categories of Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical will be moved to the general field, allowing all Grammy voters to vote in these categories.
The changes “reflect our commitment to actively listen and respond to the feedback from our music community, accurately represent a diverse range of relevant musical genres, and stay aligned with the ever-evolving musical landscape,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, in a statement.
These category additions and amendments were voted on and passed at the Recording Academy’s most recent semiannual Board of Trustees meeting held in May 2023.
The three new categories include:
Best African Music Performance
A track and singles category that recognizes recordings that utilize...
- 6/13/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Recording Academy has added three new categories to the Grammy Awards, including best African music performance, best pop dance recording and best alternative jazz album.
The changes were voted on and passed at the academy’s Board of Trustees meeting last month. The 66th Grammys, which now has 94 categories, will air live in early 2024.
The addition of the best African music performance category reflects how African acts such as Burna Boy, Wizkid and Tems — along with the rise of the Afrobeats genre — have become global chart-topping stars and streaming juggernauts. The new category “recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent,” including subgenres like Afrobeats, Afro-fusion, Afro pop, Bongo Flava, Ethio jazz, Kizomba, High Life, Fuji, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian drill, Afro-house and South African hip-hop.
African-based songs previously dominated in nominations in the best global music performance category, which launched in 2022. The new award honoring...
The changes were voted on and passed at the academy’s Board of Trustees meeting last month. The 66th Grammys, which now has 94 categories, will air live in early 2024.
The addition of the best African music performance category reflects how African acts such as Burna Boy, Wizkid and Tems — along with the rise of the Afrobeats genre — have become global chart-topping stars and streaming juggernauts. The new category “recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent,” including subgenres like Afrobeats, Afro-fusion, Afro pop, Bongo Flava, Ethio jazz, Kizomba, High Life, Fuji, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian drill, Afro-house and South African hip-hop.
African-based songs previously dominated in nominations in the best global music performance category, which launched in 2022. The new award honoring...
- 6/13/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yoshio Yoda, who portrayed Fuji, the sweet-natured Japanese prisoner of war befriended by the irreverent gang of American sailors at the center of the 1962-66 ABC World War II-set sitcom McHale’s Navy, died Jan. 13 in Fullerton, CA. He was 88.
Yoda, who also went be the name James Yoshio Yoda during his post-acting career as an executive of Toyota Hawaii, was born in Tokyo and studied law at Keio University in Japan before deciding on an acting career. After moving to the United States, Yoda enrolled at the University of Southern California’s film school.
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In 1961, when producers for the MGM film The Horizontal Lieutenant contacted...
Yoda, who also went be the name James Yoshio Yoda during his post-acting career as an executive of Toyota Hawaii, was born in Tokyo and studied law at Keio University in Japan before deciding on an acting career. After moving to the United States, Yoda enrolled at the University of Southern California’s film school.
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In 1961, when producers for the MGM film The Horizontal Lieutenant contacted...
- 1/23/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Yoshio Yoda, who portrayed Fuji Kobiaji, the lovable Japanese prisoner of war who becomes a valued member of the Pt-73 crew led by Ernest Borgnine on the 1960s ABC comedy McHale’s Navy, died Jan. 13 in Fullerton, California, it was announced. He was 88.
Yoda appeared on every one of the 138 episodes of McHale’s Navy during the Universal Television show’s 1962-66 run, plus two movies.
His character deserted from the Imperial Japanese Navy and becomes a Seaman 3rd Class, gladly “serving time” cooking and working for Borgnine’s Lt. Commander Quinton McHale and his crew on the fictional Pacific island base of Taratupa.
Fuji’s presence and identity is meant to be kept a secret from Joe Flynn’s Captain Binghamton, so whenever the boss arrives unannounced, he’s told to “head for the hills!” in a popular running gag.
Born in Tokyo on March 31, 1934, Yoda was studying law at Keio University...
Yoda appeared on every one of the 138 episodes of McHale’s Navy during the Universal Television show’s 1962-66 run, plus two movies.
His character deserted from the Imperial Japanese Navy and becomes a Seaman 3rd Class, gladly “serving time” cooking and working for Borgnine’s Lt. Commander Quinton McHale and his crew on the fictional Pacific island base of Taratupa.
Fuji’s presence and identity is meant to be kept a secret from Joe Flynn’s Captain Binghamton, so whenever the boss arrives unannounced, he’s told to “head for the hills!” in a popular running gag.
Born in Tokyo on March 31, 1934, Yoda was studying law at Keio University...
- 1/23/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Telling a story about growth or a generational conflict has been done many times. At the same time, considering many storytellers seem to stress the same subjects and conflicts, there is a distinct tendency for repetition within these tales without them actually making a new point, and quite a few of them feeling somewhat redundant in the first place. In the case of Yukiko Mishima’s 2015 feature “a stitch of life”, the focus shifts as the story is firmly placed within the world of fashion, or more precisely, the fascination for fabrics and the joy of making dresses and suits for people. Similar to more recent efforts from the director, such as “Shape of Red”, it is also the story of a contrast of one’s passion and what is expected of you.
a stitch of life is screening at Japan Society
For many years, Ichie Minami (Miki Nakatani) has tailored clothes,...
a stitch of life is screening at Japan Society
For many years, Ichie Minami (Miki Nakatani) has tailored clothes,...
- 11/23/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Premiering out of competition at the Venice Film Festival last week before traveling to Toronto, John Woo’s breezy, tongue-in-cheek actioner Manhunt sees him return to his roots in genre filmmaking and delighted fans on both continents, including our own reviewer out of Tiff.
We had the honor of speaking with the iconic director in Venice about making a movie in Japan, how he collaborates with action choreographers and, of course, those white doves.
How does it feel to be regarded as a legend of action cinema?
John Woo: I’m not a legend. I’m just one of many filmmakers. I know I love film. I love being part of the filmmaking world. I’m not trying to be humble when I say this but I’m very much still a student. I still like to learn from my fellow filmmakers, from world cinema. I learn so much...
We had the honor of speaking with the iconic director in Venice about making a movie in Japan, how he collaborates with action choreographers and, of course, those white doves.
How does it feel to be regarded as a legend of action cinema?
John Woo: I’m not a legend. I’m just one of many filmmakers. I know I love film. I love being part of the filmmaking world. I’m not trying to be humble when I say this but I’m very much still a student. I still like to learn from my fellow filmmakers, from world cinema. I learn so much...
- 9/11/2017
- by Zhuo-Ning Su
- The Film Stage
Kicking off with a special screening of The Forest with star Natalie Dormer in attendance, and finishing in racy rock-fuelled style with Sean Byrne’s The Devil’s Candy, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to Glasgow Film Festival with another stellar line-up to shock, chill and thrill. A record thirteen films will screen from Thursday 25th February to Saturday 27th February, alongside a selection of unmissable shorts, guest director Q & A’s, great give-aways and a sneak preview of Paul Hyett’s Heretiks, with the popular director in attendance.
The line-up starts at 9pm on Thurs 25 Feb with the UK Premiere of The Forest starring Natalie Dormer searching for her twin sister in Japan’s most haunted location, the fabled Sea of Trees. The ‘Game of Thrones’ star is making her first appearance at Glasgow Film Festival and is thrilled to be headlining this gala event the...
The line-up starts at 9pm on Thurs 25 Feb with the UK Premiere of The Forest starring Natalie Dormer searching for her twin sister in Japan’s most haunted location, the fabled Sea of Trees. The ‘Game of Thrones’ star is making her first appearance at Glasgow Film Festival and is thrilled to be headlining this gala event the...
- 1/11/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Gazing into the crystal ball, Screen rounds up its Cannes predictions.
With the unveiling of Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection now exactly three weeks away buzz over the titles that Thierry Fremaux and his team will select for the 68th edition is hitting fever pitch.
Official teaser announcements have started to roll this week, led by the confirmation on Wednesday that George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road would premiere in an Out of Competition screening on May 14.
Earlier the week, Cannes unveiled its poster featuring Ingrid Bergman to mark the centenary of the late big screen’s birth and it was announced that Stig Bjorkman’s documentary Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words would show in Cannes Classics as part of the commemorations.
For the rest of the Official Selection, except perhaps the opening film which is traditionally revealed in advance, Cannes watchers will have to wait for the announcement press conference in Paris on April...
With the unveiling of Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection now exactly three weeks away buzz over the titles that Thierry Fremaux and his team will select for the 68th edition is hitting fever pitch.
Official teaser announcements have started to roll this week, led by the confirmation on Wednesday that George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road would premiere in an Out of Competition screening on May 14.
Earlier the week, Cannes unveiled its poster featuring Ingrid Bergman to mark the centenary of the late big screen’s birth and it was announced that Stig Bjorkman’s documentary Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words would show in Cannes Classics as part of the commemorations.
For the rest of the Official Selection, except perhaps the opening film which is traditionally revealed in advance, Cannes watchers will have to wait for the announcement press conference in Paris on April...
- 3/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
Alex Walton arrived on the Croisette with a new company backed by Garmin heir Ken Kao and arguably the prestige title of the market – and the buyers have responded.
Walton struck a deal for the Matthew McConaughey starrer with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and licensed the UK, Australia and New Zealand to eOne.
Rights went for France (Snd), Cis and the Baltic States (West), Italy (Lucky Red), Japan (Parco), South Korea (Sookie), Benelux (Belga), Israel (United King), South Africa (Times Media South Africa), Iceland (Sam) and Greece (Odeon).
Deals also closed in Portugal (Leopardo), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Turkey (Chantier) and airlines (Jaguar). Apsara picked up Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and South-east Asian TV. CAA and Wme Global handle Us sales.
Gus Van Sant is scheduled to start directing in July the story of a widower who goes through a life-changing encounter...
Walton struck a deal for the Matthew McConaughey starrer with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and licensed the UK, Australia and New Zealand to eOne.
Rights went for France (Snd), Cis and the Baltic States (West), Italy (Lucky Red), Japan (Parco), South Korea (Sookie), Benelux (Belga), Israel (United King), South Africa (Times Media South Africa), Iceland (Sam) and Greece (Odeon).
Deals also closed in Portugal (Leopardo), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Turkey (Chantier) and airlines (Jaguar). Apsara picked up Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and South-east Asian TV. CAA and Wme Global handle Us sales.
Gus Van Sant is scheduled to start directing in July the story of a widower who goes through a life-changing encounter...
- 5/21/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Alex Walton arrived on the Croisette with a new company backed by Garmin heir Ken Kao and arguably the prestige title of the market – and the buyers have responded.
Walton struck a deal for the Matthew McConaughey starrer with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and licensed the UK, Australia and New Zealand to eOne.
Rights went for France (Snd), Cis and the Baltic States (West), Italy (Lucky Red), Japan (Parco), South Korea (Sookie), Benelux (Belga), Israel (United King), South Africa (Times Media South Africa), Iceland (Sam) and Greece (Odeon).
Deals also closed in Portugal (Leopardo), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Turkey (Chantier) and airlines (Jaguar). Apsara picked up Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and South-east Asian TV. CAA and Wme Global handle Us sales.
Gus Van Sant is scheduled to start directing in July the story of a widower who goes through a life-changing encounter...
Walton struck a deal for the Matthew McConaughey starrer with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and licensed the UK, Australia and New Zealand to eOne.
Rights went for France (Snd), Cis and the Baltic States (West), Italy (Lucky Red), Japan (Parco), South Korea (Sookie), Benelux (Belga), Israel (United King), South Africa (Times Media South Africa), Iceland (Sam) and Greece (Odeon).
Deals also closed in Portugal (Leopardo), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Turkey (Chantier) and airlines (Jaguar). Apsara picked up Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and South-east Asian TV. CAA and Wme Global handle Us sales.
Gus Van Sant is scheduled to start directing in July the story of a widower who goes through a life-changing encounter...
- 5/21/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tiffcom 2013, which runs during the Tokyo International Film Festival, has revealed its CoPro Connection line-up including projects from Sabu and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Comprising 20 projects from 12 countries, the co-production event will run Oct 22-24 in Tiffcom’s Odaiba venue.
In cooperation with the Korean Film Council (Kofic), CoPro Connection has invited five Korean filmmakers with Korea-Japan co-production projects. These include Shobu, to be directed by Ki-hwan Oh, whose Korea-China co-produced romantic comedy A Wedding Invitation was a recent hit in China.
Tiffcom’s CoPro and Atelier du Cinema Europeen (Ace) will jointly hold the Ace Co-production Lab in Japan for the five Japanese and six European projects in the selection. These include Japanese writer/director/actor Sabu’s cross-media project Ten No Chasuke (working title) and Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Japan-set project, The Avenging Silence.
Project and event details will be available later this month on the Tiffcom website.
Full CoPro Connection...
Comprising 20 projects from 12 countries, the co-production event will run Oct 22-24 in Tiffcom’s Odaiba venue.
In cooperation with the Korean Film Council (Kofic), CoPro Connection has invited five Korean filmmakers with Korea-Japan co-production projects. These include Shobu, to be directed by Ki-hwan Oh, whose Korea-China co-produced romantic comedy A Wedding Invitation was a recent hit in China.
Tiffcom’s CoPro and Atelier du Cinema Europeen (Ace) will jointly hold the Ace Co-production Lab in Japan for the five Japanese and six European projects in the selection. These include Japanese writer/director/actor Sabu’s cross-media project Ten No Chasuke (working title) and Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Japan-set project, The Avenging Silence.
Project and event details will be available later this month on the Tiffcom website.
Full CoPro Connection...
- 9/10/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Continuing on from part one, when comedy meets horror is an attempt to track the most interesting examples of films that mix comedy and horror together. As a genre, its possibly the one that can be pinpointed as the biggest perpetrator for bad horror movies. For example, Scary Movie is the film that comes to mind with people who have a less specialist interest in cinema. Just before we get into part 2, I can safely report that the aforementioned franchise won’t be getting its mits anywhere near these articles. Also, another worthy note of mention – look forward to part 5 in which the entries will be “the greatest horror comedies ever made”. Until then, we are just warming up.
Save The Green Planet
Save the green planet is quite the Korean eccentricity. Mixing together torture, slapstick comedy, highly stylised fight scenes, police procedural and sci-fi results in a concoction that defies definition.
Save The Green Planet
Save the green planet is quite the Korean eccentricity. Mixing together torture, slapstick comedy, highly stylised fight scenes, police procedural and sci-fi results in a concoction that defies definition.
- 10/27/2012
- by Rob Simpson
- SoundOnSight
Montreal’s Festival Du Nouveau Cinema (10.10 – 10.21) announced their line-up today for their 41st edition and among the smorgasbord of subtitle offerings dating back to this year’s Rotterdam, Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Venice and Tiff editions, we’re knee-deep in avant-garde world cinema from the established auteurs Assayas, Vinterberg, Ozon, Sang-Soo, Joao Pedro Rodriguez, Larrain, Loach, Reygadas, Ghobadi, Mungiu and Miguel Gomes. Heavy on offerings from Quebec and France, the fest also manages to offer a stellar snapshot of the up-and-comers from all corners of the globe. Among the notable titles in the (Competition category) International Selection we’ve got Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves, Ursula Meier’s Sister, Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky’s Francine (which received its theatrical release earlier this month) and Rodrigo Plá’s La Demora. Loaded in Cannes items, the Special Presentations is the fest’s A-list selections (see filmmakers named above) and the one pic...
- 9/25/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Mt. Fuji in the background is House of Bamboo's introductory image, snow-capped and serene, a travelogue shot; then, a few moments later, the same mountain is viewed from the vantage point of the scene of a crime by a ground-level camera, framed through the outstretched feet of a murdered soldier: Samuel Fuller in Japan, like tabloid ink sprayed on kakejiku scrolls. Tokyo in 1955 is noticeably the same one filmed concurrently by Ozu and Naruse, but it's also something of an open city, the war a fresh memory and the American Occupation fresher still, with glimpses of the wharfside shanties—anxious worlds barely afloat—Nagisa Oshima would explore in The Sun's Burial. Into it stomps agent of mystery Robert Stack, who's such a truculent Yank that, rather than taking in the rooftop rehearsal of a Noh troupe or the awe-inspiring tracking shot that captures the CinemaScope sprawl brimming with movement,...
- 8/27/2011
- MUBI
By Christopher Stipp
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Little Fockers - Screening
Live in Phoenix or the nearby environs? Interested in seeing Little Fockers on December 16? Then, pal, I have just the ticket for you. In fact, I have a lot of tickets so by all means shoot me a line at Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com and I’ll see about hooking you up with passes to see it.
Need to know more? Here’s some information:
This holiday season come Little Fockers the third installment in this blockbuster series (Meet The Parents and Meet the Fockers.) The test of wills between Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) escalates to new heights as Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and the family...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Little Fockers - Screening
Live in Phoenix or the nearby environs? Interested in seeing Little Fockers on December 16? Then, pal, I have just the ticket for you. In fact, I have a lot of tickets so by all means shoot me a line at Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com and I’ll see about hooking you up with passes to see it.
Need to know more? Here’s some information:
This holiday season come Little Fockers the third installment in this blockbuster series (Meet The Parents and Meet the Fockers.) The test of wills between Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) escalates to new heights as Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and the family...
- 12/10/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
Hong Kong -- The financial tsunami that hit Wall Street on Monday spilled over a day later in Asia, where markets in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong reopened after a holiday to see media stocks hammered in what analysts say is the beginning of a tough six months ahead.
In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 5% to a three-year low, down 605.04 points to close at 11,609.72. The South Korean Kospi index tumbled 6.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 5.4% at 18,300, its lowest this year.
"As Asia has reached the peak of macro-economic stability, there has been a slowdown of economic activities in the region, and the slowdown evident in some markets will intensify next year," said Vivek Couto, executive director of Hong-Kong Media Partners Asia.
The future could be gloomy for Asian media companies seeking capital, including those hoping to launch initial public offerings at home -- like...
In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 5% to a three-year low, down 605.04 points to close at 11,609.72. The South Korean Kospi index tumbled 6.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 5.4% at 18,300, its lowest this year.
"As Asia has reached the peak of macro-economic stability, there has been a slowdown of economic activities in the region, and the slowdown evident in some markets will intensify next year," said Vivek Couto, executive director of Hong-Kong Media Partners Asia.
The future could be gloomy for Asian media companies seeking capital, including those hoping to launch initial public offerings at home -- like...
- 9/16/2008
- by By Karen Chu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Japanese game show fans are in for a treat again come September, as American Idol producers FremantleMedia North America are bringing us the latest and wackiest game show titled Hole in the Wall. The show, which premieres on Thursday, September 11 at 8pm on Fox, will be airing special previews on Sunday, September 7 following the first NFL doubleheader of the season and Tuesday, September 9, following the series premiere of Fringe. Hole in the Wall will air its hour-long premiere on Thursday, September 11 on Fox.
Hole in the Wall is globally popular game show which requires participants to twist their backs and come up with the craziest stunts to fit into a human puzzle. Hilarity results when panic sets in and forces the contestants to come up with creative ways to fit into the puzzle.
Hole in the Wall gained massive popularity all over the world when it began on...
Hole in the Wall is globally popular game show which requires participants to twist their backs and come up with the craziest stunts to fit into a human puzzle. Hilarity results when panic sets in and forces the contestants to come up with creative ways to fit into the puzzle.
Hole in the Wall gained massive popularity all over the world when it began on...
- 8/28/2008
- by BuddyTV
- buddytv.com
By Aaron Hillis
Lists are breezy reads, but there can be an unfortunate disposability to the data because arbitrarily numbered "Ten Best" somethings or "Five Things You Should Know About" whatevers literally demonstrate quantity's domination over quality. And now that I've sucked all the fun out of the room, here's a practical but otherwise unranked list of ten auteurist gems . nine of which are already on DVD . that deserve their layers of dust blown off. (Sorry, "Zero Effect" and "11 Harrowhouse," but the list dictates the rules!)
"One From the Heart" (1982)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
The fires of over-ambition still smoldering in his belly after "Apocalypse Now," Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up was a decadent fiasco that bankrupted him, and might have seemed at the time as if the director had returned half-mad from the Filipino jungles. Epically staged on the Zoetrope studio lot, Coppola's hypertheatrical Vegas romance-cum-musical fantasy stars...
Lists are breezy reads, but there can be an unfortunate disposability to the data because arbitrarily numbered "Ten Best" somethings or "Five Things You Should Know About" whatevers literally demonstrate quantity's domination over quality. And now that I've sucked all the fun out of the room, here's a practical but otherwise unranked list of ten auteurist gems . nine of which are already on DVD . that deserve their layers of dust blown off. (Sorry, "Zero Effect" and "11 Harrowhouse," but the list dictates the rules!)
"One From the Heart" (1982)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
The fires of over-ambition still smoldering in his belly after "Apocalypse Now," Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up was a decadent fiasco that bankrupted him, and might have seemed at the time as if the director had returned half-mad from the Filipino jungles. Epically staged on the Zoetrope studio lot, Coppola's hypertheatrical Vegas romance-cum-musical fantasy stars...
- 7/31/2008
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
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