Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.Recommended VIEWINGFor starters, here's two disparate new trailers: one for João Dumans & Affonso Uchoa's sublime "neo-Kerouacian" road movie, Araby (find our review here), and another for the second reboot of John Carpenter's Halloween, this time directed by David Gordon Green and this time with John Carpenter's endorsement—which Rob Zombie's underrated remakes did not receive. The International Film Festival Rotterdam has generously shared a video of their masterclass with one of the great masters of contemporary cinema, Lucrecia Martel, whose recent film Zama we adore. Featuring English audio!Recommended Readinga must read: The New York Times provides three enlightening excerpts from David Lynch's forthcoming biography, Room to Dream (co-authored with Kristine McKenna).Former Maryland Film Festival programmer Eric Allen Hatch, in light of leaving his position at the festival, assesses...
- 6/13/2018
- MUBI
As you know, Warner Bros. has been trying to get a live-action adaptation of the classic Akira anime and manga for years! The most recent director approached to helm the film was Jordan Peele, but he ultimately turned it down because he wanted to focus on his original story ideas.
One day this movie is going to happen. I think it's inevitable. It's just waiting for the right talent to come along. While I wouldn't mind if the live-action Akira film never happened, I'm still interested to see how it would turn out.
There is a ray of hope to this live-action Akira project, though. During a recent interview with Forbes, Akira creator Katsuhiro Oto revealed that he has final approval over the direction they want to take the film's story. That was a major condition he made before he signed the rights over to the studio. He explains:
"While...
One day this movie is going to happen. I think it's inevitable. It's just waiting for the right talent to come along. While I wouldn't mind if the live-action Akira film never happened, I'm still interested to see how it would turn out.
There is a ray of hope to this live-action Akira project, though. During a recent interview with Forbes, Akira creator Katsuhiro Oto revealed that he has final approval over the direction they want to take the film's story. That was a major condition he made before he signed the rights over to the studio. He explains:
"While...
- 6/1/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Katsuhiro Otomo’s magnum opus, based on his own manga that stretches for more than 2000 pages, is one of the landmarks of the anime genre, being universally acclaimed and having garnered a large cult following. The film is the epitome of post-apocalypse, one of the genre’s most cherished themes. Furthermore, the permeating violence, the not-so-obvious messages, and the complex story established the fact that anime were not only addressed to children and young teenagers, creating in the process a completely new market for the category.
Neo-Tokyo is a post-apocalyptic megalopolis that was built near the remains of the old city, which was destroyed during World War 3 by a nuclear attack. There, a motorcycle punk gang headed by Kaneda, is in constant fights with another gang, whose members call themselves “Clowns”. Unfortunately, Kaneda and his comrades find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, in an incident that...
Neo-Tokyo is a post-apocalyptic megalopolis that was built near the remains of the old city, which was destroyed during World War 3 by a nuclear attack. There, a motorcycle punk gang headed by Kaneda, is in constant fights with another gang, whose members call themselves “Clowns”. Unfortunately, Kaneda and his comrades find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, in an incident that...
- 2/21/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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