Film Articles
Explore directors, film history, directing, aesthetics, and film analysis to discover the ideas behind visual storytelling.
J-Horror Direction: Applying Cinematography and...
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1961, Hideo Nakata is a film director with the unusual background of having graduated from the University of Tokyo. In 1985, he joined the Nikkatsu...
J-Horror Direction: Applying Cinematography and...
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1961, Hideo Nakata is a film director with the unusual background of having graduated from the University of Tokyo. In 1985, he joined the Nikkatsu...
Empathy Across Time: The Social Influence of Su...
The main reason Sunao Katabuchi's work touches so many people is that it inspires universal empathy as stories connected to our own lives. Protagonists such as Suzu in In This...
Empathy Across Time: The Social Influence of Su...
The main reason Sunao Katabuchi's work touches so many people is that it inspires universal empathy as stories connected to our own lives. Protagonists such as Suzu in In This...
Sunao Katabuchi's Animation: Applying History a...
At the center of Sunao Katabuchi's work are stories about ordinary people who live in a small “corner” of the world. Suzu in In This Corner of the World and...
Sunao Katabuchi's Animation: Applying History a...
At the center of Sunao Katabuchi's work are stories about ordinary people who live in a small “corner” of the world. Suzu in In This Corner of the World and...
Sunao Katabuchi's Visual Direction: Applying Re...
Especially noteworthy is Sunao Katabuchi's strong commitment to 'physicality' in animation. He sees its distinctive pleasure in making a drawn image feel as though a human body truly exists there,...
Sunao Katabuchi's Visual Direction: Applying Re...
Especially noteworthy is Sunao Katabuchi's strong commitment to 'physicality' in animation. He sees its distinctive pleasure in making a drawn image feel as though a human body truly exists there,...
Tatsuya Mori's Visual Expression: Applying Lang...
Director Tatsuya Mori is widely known for his work as a filmmaker, but he is also exceptionally gifted at crafting language. In addition to his roles as a film director...
Tatsuya Mori's Visual Expression: Applying Lang...
Director Tatsuya Mori is widely known for his work as a filmmaker, but he is also exceptionally gifted at crafting language. In addition to his roles as a film director...
Lessons from the Major Works of Tatsuya Mori: P...
The work that made director Tatsuya Mori widely known was the 1998 documentary A. Centering on Hiroshi Araki, then deputy head of public relations for Aum Shinrikyo, it filmed the...
Lessons from the Major Works of Tatsuya Mori: P...
The work that made director Tatsuya Mori widely known was the 1998 documentary A. Centering on Hiroshi Araki, then deputy head of public relations for Aum Shinrikyo, it filmed the...