“Mr. Rusk, you’re not wearing your tie.”

Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy is a bit of an odd watch. There is so much that it does right, but there are just too many peculiar things about it for me to rate it any higher. I think that with this film, we get to see Hitchcock at his most graphic. The kills are gruesome, and violence is on display more than ever. There are some points that are truly sickening. While this kind…

"Now is the time for us to act! For Dad! For their whole family! And for Yaoharu!"

As I delve deeper into Nobuhiko Obayashi's work, I'm amazed by how much warmth he put into his films. Beijing Watermelon is one of the most heartwarming and human stories I've seen in recent memory.

Beijing Watermelon starts as a film about a Japanese grocer connecting with a group of Chinese foreign exchange students over a year, but it quickly becomes about so…

It's got its problems, but I couldn't stop myself from falling in love with this movie. Shinobu Yaguchi's directing style is so charming, and every movie I've seen from him has become an instant comfort movie. Water Boys is no exception to this rule, and that's in part because of how great it handles its atmosphere and character dynamics. Just as the characters divert from what is expected from them by ing the synchronized swimming club, this film divulges from…