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The Room I genuinely had no clue what I was getting myself into with this one. I knew the name of the film but basically nothing else, I had the vague impression it was some sort of really low budget but sophisticated art house cult classic. But this film really exists in a bizarre...

Great post, Rui! I haven't seen many of any of those sorts of shows but even I'm sick of all those things you mentioned. The misanthropic main character thing really is such a depressing trend and seems to capture what an era of all around societal pessimism we're in. I think you also bring up...

No micro trends getting anyone hot under their anime collars? Is Isekai still in slow decline? Are the genres we all know and love (or might not love) evolving in any interesting ways? One new thing I recall seeing a while back from AUKN was that whole Omega verse thing. That was genuinely...

This is one of many slightly different thread titles I've been pondering over posting for months, others included "new trends in anime that excite you" or "new trends in anime that worry/depress you". So I thought I'd go with a more neutral and all encompassing tone, though we can create those...

Den noh Coil This was really, really good. The passion project of, Mitsuo Iso, an anime industry veteran who I hadn't heard of before but was apparently an animator wonder kid back in the 80s and 90s and his CV is basically the absolute crème de la crème of 90s anime (Gundam, Evangelion, Only...

Hey @RadFemHedonist just want to say I'm wishing your friend and her mum all the best! I'm also stoked to hear that you and your boyfriend are doing grand! You always deserve all the best, Rad! Things are all good relationship wise with me too by the way. No new friendships formed in ages...

Green Fish (1997) I thought this debut film from Lee Chang-dong was quite a wonderful film. I think a lot of reasons I love Michael Mann's Thief sort of applies to this film too. Like Thief this is another crime neo noir that dares to subvert the usual genre tropes and make a movie that's as...

Perdita Durango (1997) A random Tubi pick. On paper it feels like this Tarantino-esque crime thriller dark comedy about a psychotic Santeria practicing Bonnie and Clyde couple should have been a a cult classic. Its cast is amazing, Rosie Perez and Javier Bardem as the crazy couple, James...

I was going to reply with "but doesn't he get shot in the head?" But I googled it and discovered that Bean's headband is bulletproof too, which is pretty funny. The animation question wasn't completely rhetorical. Although I knew that its budget definitely was a factor, as I'm watching...

Riding Bean Really enjoyed this action crime comedy which I gather is a pilot, sadly, for a show that never got made. It kind reminds a little of a slight version of something like Castle of Cagliostro. Just a fun joyous romp, with some really lovely animation (why doesn't modern animation look...

Yeah, out of all Michael Mann's crime films that I've seen, I'd say Thief has by far the best writing and the most believable, nauced and intriguing protagonist. Frank does have the desire to stay out of prison, and certainly the professionalism that Robert De Niro's character in Heat has. But...

Peking Opera Blues 1986 This was utterly, utterly awesome. I LOVED it! Set in the chaos of early 20th century China, a revolutionary, a fellow revolutionary hiding her politics from her general father, a jobbing musician hoping to steal herself enough for a new life, the daughter of a theatre...

To Live and Die in LA Wowsers, I seem to have coincidentally seen some of best films of the 80s over the last couple weeks. To Live and Die in LA is definitely in that category for me without a doubt! An absolute blood pumping, thrill ride of an 80s neo Noir from William Friedkin. Insanely 80s...

Wow thanks, good shout @Just Passing Through I vaguely remember hearing of that show back in the day but had never seen it and had since completely forgotten about its existence. It sounds really interesting though! I'll definitely check it out! It's hard to go wrong with 00s Production I.G!

Ooh, thanks, Rui! Wow, according to wikipedia a "super liberal" anime interpretation based on the Hyakunin Isshu! That sounds awesome and definitely the sort of thing I think we need more in anime! I'd love more Heian set loosely historical stuff. The Heian court is such an alien world and...

Oof! Horses for courses and all that, but conversely I was actually impressed by just how much mojo Mann had already. I'd say it's easy amongst his very best. But also Caan absolutely makes the movie in my opinion, it's one of those performances where I genuinely couldn't imagine anyone playing...

How has there seemingly never been an anime made based on Sei Shonagon/the pillow book? She'd make an awesome protagonist. Sometimes you'd love her and relate, sometimes you'd admire her brilliance and poetry, other times you'd love what a bad b full of sass she is. I mean imagine something...

Thief (1981) Holy moly this was fantastic. Somehow despite a few Michael Mann films being amongst my all time favourites (Man Hunter, Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice 2006) I'd not seen Thief! What a movie it is. James Caan is a no nonsense master diamond thief, an outsider who lives life on purely...

Bullet in the Head (1990) Holy smokes, this was amazing. Completely and utterly insane movie. An absolute fever dream, or more like nightmare. This one was like ABT x Twin Peaks x Apocalypse Now x a Chuck Norris film. But really this is just Woo taking his hyper emotionally intense...

Not sure if this is directed at me or not, but if it was, then a) despite my flippant remark about not understanding how people read the film differently in the following line (and post) I acknowledged there is a variety of valid interpretations and b) describing it as my "own weird headcannon"...