Kenji Fujishima, Author at Book and Film Globe

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Ross McElwee Takes a Long, Hard Look at His Late Son and Himself in ‘Remake’

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 4K restoration, Adrian McElwee, Albert Maysles, Amy Adams, autobiographical documentary, bipolar disorder, Chris Marker, CIvil War, D.A. Pennebaker, David Maysles, direct cinema, documentary, documentary film, film criticism, Film Forum, Film Forum NYC, film restoration, filmmaking, grief, independent film, Michael Moore, Morgan Spurlock, National Film Registry, nonfiction cinema, opioid addiction, personal documentary, Remake, Ross McElwee, Sans Soleil, Sherman's March, Steve Carr, William Tecumseh Sherman

The latest from the legendary documentarian is his most devastating yet.

Featured Stories FILM Poetry

Run, Don’t Walk To See a One-Man, Three-Hour Biopic of French Poet Arthur Rimbaud, Really

June 25, 2026June 29, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 2026 films, A Bread Factory, A Rimbaud, A Season in Hell, Amy Williams, art house cinema, arthouse movies, Arthur Rimbaud, avant garde film, biographical films, Blake Draper, cinematic experimentation, cinematography, Dan Schlosberg, experimental cinema, film criticism, Frank Barrera, French poetry, In the Family, independent cinema, independent film, indie filmmaking, literary adaptations, microbudget filmmaking, New York film scene, Patrick Wang, Paul Verlaine, poet biopics, poetry and film, psychological portrait, Roger Ebert, Roxy Cinema, self distribution, The Drunken Boat, The Grief of Others, Tribeca, world cinema

If you’re into risk-taking, boundary-pushing cinema, find and see Patrick Wang’s latest film.

Art Blossoms Where No One Is Watching

January 22, 2026January 23, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 2046, Ah Bao, Alexandre Desplat, Blossoms, Blossoms Shanghai, Book and Film Globe, Cahiers du Cinema, Criterion Channel, David Lynch, Happy Together, Hu Ge, In the Mood for Love, Jin Yucheng, Li Li, Ling Zi, Ma Yili, Marcel Proust, Miss Wang, Nan Tu, Peter Pau, Qin Wen, Shanghai, Shanghainese, Showtime, Tang Yan, Tony Leung, Twin Peaks, Uncle Ye, Wong Kar Wai, Xin Zhilei, Yuan Du

Wong Kar Wai’s ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ rewards time and patience

Featured Stories FILM

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ is the Most Underrated Film of the Year

December 26, 2025December 31, 2025 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment Argentine Dirty War, Bill Condon, Diego Luna, Film Adaptations, Fred Ebb, Jennifer Lopez, John Kander, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig, Movie Musicals, Political Allegory, queer cinema, Terrence McNally, Tonatiuh

The film adaptation of the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical starring Jennifer Lopez didn’t deserve to flop as hard as it did.

Featured Stories FILM

‘One Battle After Another’ Is the Most Overrated Film of the Year

December 16, 2025December 28, 2025 Kenji Fujishima 13 Comments American filmmakers, best films of 2025, Boogie Nights, Chase Infiniti, French Algerian War, Gillo Pontecorvo, Golden Globe nominations, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonny Greenwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Magnolia, Maya Rudolph, One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love, Regina Hall, Scientology, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, The Battle of Algiers, The Master, There Will Be Blood, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, white supremacy

Despite the near-unanimous praise, Paul Thomas Anderson’s reach once again exceeds his grasp.

Jim Jarmusch and Lav Diaz Sparkle in New York

October 17, 2025 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Adam Driver, Arthur Tort, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Father Mother Sister Brother, Gael García Bernal, Gavagai, Indya Moore, Jim Jarmusch, Lav Diaz, Lucrecia Martel, Luka Sabbat, Magellan, Mayim Bialik, New York Film Festival 2025, NYFF 2025, Tom Waits, Ulrich Köhler, Vicky Krieps

Films from American independent legend and Filipino art-house darling fascinate audiences at NYFF2025

A Main Slate Full of Discoveries at the New York Film Festival

October 15, 2025January 12, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Below the Clouds, Cover-Up, Father Mother Sister Brother, film festival review, Gael García Bernal, Gianfranco Rosi, It Was Just An Accident, Jafar Panahi, Jim Jarmusch, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Landmarks, Laura Poitras, Lav Diaz, Lucrecia Martel, Mark Obenhaus, Milagros Mumenthaler, New York Film Festival 2025, NYFF 2025, Seymour Hersh, The Currents, The Secret Agent, Wagner Moura

A psychological puzzle from Argentina and a portrait of Seymour Hersh are among the highlights of NYFF 2025

Dreaming of Bresson

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Guillaume de Forêts, Isabelle Weingarten, Luchino Visconti, Pierre Lhomme, Robert Bresson

Why you should run to see the 4k restoration of ‘Four Nights of a Dreamer’

The annihilation of fish

The Romantic Return of ‘The Annihilation of Fish’

February 14, 2025February 18, 2025 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Carless Burnett, James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder, The Annihilation of Fish

A dramatic restoration of a lost 1999 film from Charles Burnett, one of America’s greatest directors

New York Film Festival

What We Saw At The New York Film Festival

October 14, 2024October 21, 2024 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment Alain Guiraudie, Blitz, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean Baptiste, Mike Leigh, Misericordia, New York Film Festival, Robinson Devor, Saris Ronan, Steve McQueen, Suburban Fury

Highlights and lowlights from an interesting year for quality movies

The Spook Who Sat By The Door

New Yorkers Get A Chance To Resdiscover (Or Discover) ‘The Spook Who Sat By The Door’

August 23, 2024August 29, 2024 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment Ivan Dixon, J.A. Preston, Lawrence Cook, The Spook Who Sat By The Door

Shocking 1970s Blaxploitation political satire gets a 4K restoration

New York Film Festival

There’s Always More At The New York Film Festival

October 18, 2023October 19, 2023 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell, Kidnapped, Paul Mescal, Priscilla, Sofia Coppola

And now we have covered every film released in 2023

Oldboy

More Than ‘Oldboy’

August 14, 2023August 16, 2023 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Kill Bill, Lady Vengeance, Lee Young-ae, Old Boy, Park Chan-Wook, Quentin Tarantino, Song Kang-ho, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Reconsidering Park Chan-wook’s ‘Vengeance’ trilogy on the 20th anniversary of a classic

Pixar

My Five Favorite Movies of 2022

December 22, 2022December 27, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment Cate Blanchett, Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg, Hong Sang-soo, Il Buco, In Front of Your Face, Michelangelo Frammartino, Tár, Todd Field, Turning Red

From the mainstream to the (very) independent, here are one critic’s choices from an understatedly great cinematic year

New York Film Festival

Inspiration and Disappointment At The New York Film Festival

October 18, 2022October 22, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time, Banks Repeta, Jafar Panahi, Jaylin Webb, Jeremy Strong, No Bears, Queens of the Qing Dynasty

Much-anticipated titles didn’t exactly deliver what our critic expected

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