matteoB
@matteob.bsky.social
By day: lumpenproletariat.
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
I haven't seen the movie, but his films are usually number 1 or 2...
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I haven't seen the movie, but his films are usually number 1 or 2...
it used to be interesting, the list that is, but in recent years it has become a bit predictable...
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
it used to be interesting, the list that is, but in recent years it has become a bit predictable...
Reposted by matteoB
7 Hero's Island (Ōtomo)
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
7 Hero's Island (Ōtomo)
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
Arai's films usually top the list ..he is the publisher of the magazine...but his movies are usually praised so I don't really know what to make of it...
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Arai's films usually top the list ..he is the publisher of the magazine...but his movies are usually praised so I don't really know what to make of it...
different critics, different taste...
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
different critics, different taste...
have you seen it? unfortunately it's not good...
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
have you seen it? unfortunately it's not good...
it's Eiga Geijutsu...sometimes their choices are just performative...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
it's Eiga Geijutsu...sometimes their choices are just performative...
7 Bullet Train Explosion（Higuchi）
7 Hero's Island（Ōtomo）
7 Samurai Fury（Irie）
8 Kaede（Yukisada）
9 The Final Piece（Kumazawa）
10 Bakudan（Nagai）
/4
7 Hero's Island（Ōtomo）
7 Samurai Fury（Irie）
8 Kaede（Yukisada）
9 The Final Piece（Kumazawa）
10 Bakudan（Nagai）
/4
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
7 Bullet Train Explosion（Higuchi）
7 Hero's Island（Ōtomo）
7 Samurai Fury（Irie）
8 Kaede（Yukisada）
9 The Final Piece（Kumazawa）
10 Bakudan（Nagai）
/4
7 Hero's Island（Ōtomo）
7 Samurai Fury（Irie）
8 Kaede（Yukisada）
9 The Final Piece（Kumazawa）
10 Bakudan（Nagai）
/4
Eiga Geijutsu Worst Ten of 2025:
1 Kokuhō (Lee)
2 Two Seasons, Two Strangers (Miyake）
3 Unreachable (Doi)
4 Yukikaze（Yamada）
5 A Pale View of Hills (Ishikawa）
6 Exit 8 (Kawamura)
/3
1 Kokuhō (Lee)
2 Two Seasons, Two Strangers (Miyake）
3 Unreachable (Doi)
4 Yukikaze（Yamada）
5 A Pale View of Hills (Ishikawa）
6 Exit 8 (Kawamura)
/3
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Eiga Geijutsu Worst Ten of 2025:
1 Kokuhō (Lee)
2 Two Seasons, Two Strangers (Miyake）
3 Unreachable (Doi)
4 Yukikaze（Yamada）
5 A Pale View of Hills (Ishikawa）
6 Exit 8 (Kawamura)
/3
1 Kokuhō (Lee)
2 Two Seasons, Two Strangers (Miyake）
3 Unreachable (Doi)
4 Yukikaze（Yamada）
5 A Pale View of Hills (Ishikawa）
6 Exit 8 (Kawamura)
/3
7 Hero's Island (Ōtomo)
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
7 Hero's Island (Ōtomo)
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
8 Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (Negishi)
8 A Bad Summer (Jōjō)
9 BAKA's Identity (Nagatsa)
9 Two Seasons, Two Strangers（Miyake）
10 The Voices of the Silenced (Park)
/2
酔いがさめたら うちに帰ろう Wandering Home (2010) is gut-wrenching look at how alcoholism destroys family relationships
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
酔いがさめたら うちに帰ろう Wandering Home (2010) is gut-wrenching look at how alcoholism destroys family relationships
Imamura Taihei in 1940...
“A Theory of Film Documentary.” (translated by Michael Baskett)
Review of Japanese Culture and Society 22 (2010): 52–59. www.jstor.org/stable/42800....
/8
“A Theory of Film Documentary.” (translated by Michael Baskett)
Review of Japanese Culture and Society 22 (2010): 52–59. www.jstor.org/stable/42800....
/8
A Theory of Film Documentary on JSTOR
Imamura Taihei, Michael Baskett, A Theory of Film Documentary, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, Vol. 22, Decentering Theory: Reconsidering the History of Japanese Film Theory (DECEMBER 2010), p...
www.jstor.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Imamura Taihei in 1940...
“A Theory of Film Documentary.” (translated by Michael Baskett)
Review of Japanese Culture and Society 22 (2010): 52–59. www.jstor.org/stable/42800....
/8
“A Theory of Film Documentary.” (translated by Michael Baskett)
Review of Japanese Culture and Society 22 (2010): 52–59. www.jstor.org/stable/42800....
/8
"...The real significance of Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in Lyon was not the birth of a new machine. Rather, it was the birth of something new that we do not fully understand-a more social form of human understanding or way of knowing"
/7
/7
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 AM
"...The real significance of Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in Lyon was not the birth of a new machine. Rather, it was the birth of something new that we do not fully understand-a more social form of human understanding or way of knowing"
/7
/7
"If one considers the camera solely in absolute terms then Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in Lyon is already the beginning of human consciousness as a camera, the start of human thought in film. From then on a new cinematic thought began to develop..."
/6
/6
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
"If one considers the camera solely in absolute terms then Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in Lyon is already the beginning of human consciousness as a camera, the start of human thought in film. From then on a new cinematic thought began to develop..."
/6
/6
"When the camera begins to move, our consciousness begins to move. The camera's position is our state of consciousness..."
/5
/5
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"When the camera begins to move, our consciousness begins to move. The camera's position is our state of consciousness..."
/5
/5
"...That documenting is conducted as a human act, however, will never change. And as long as it remains a human act, it must pass through human subjectivity"
/4
/4
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 AM
"...That documenting is conducted as a human act, however, will never change. And as long as it remains a human act, it must pass through human subjectivity"
/4
/4