Kenji Fujishima, Author at Book and Film Globe

The Wobblies

The Return of ‘The Wobblies’

May 1, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Deborah Shaffer, Stewart Bird, The Wobblies

For May Day, a reissue of a classic documentary about a radical labor movement

The Art of Halyna Hutchins

November 9, 2021April 3, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Adam Egypt Mortimer, Alec Baldwin, Archenemy, Blindfire, Darlin, Halyna Hutchins, Joe Mangianello, Lucky McKee, Polyanna McIntosh, Rust, Snowbound

What we lost in the shooting death on the set of ‘Rust’

‘C’mon C’mon,’ ‘Parallel Mothers,’ and ‘Memoria’

October 14, 2021October 19, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Apichatpong Weerasethakul, C'mon C'mon, Joaquin Phoenix, Memoria, Mike Mills, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Tilda Swinton

Family concerns dominate the last week of the NYFF

Velvet Underground

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘The Velvet Underground’ Above Ground

October 5, 2021October 7, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Flee, Il Buco, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Lou Reed, Michelangelo Frammartino, New York Film Festival, The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes

Another dispatch from the New York Film Festival

New York Film Festival

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Benedetta, Dario Argento, Denzel Washington, Drive My Car, Frances McDormand, Gaspar Noé, Haruki Murakami, Joel Coen, Kathryn Hunter, Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival, Radu Jude, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Titane, Vortex

The New York Film Festival Returns…and Expands

Belmondo

Actors CREATORS Remembrance

RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo

September 10, 2021September 14, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 2 Comments Breathless, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, Sophia Loren, Vittoria De Sica

‘Breathless’ made him a revered cinema icon for decades

‘Undine’ Mixes Myth and Magic

June 4, 2021March 15, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Berlin, Christian Petzold, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz, Paula Beer, Undine

Petzold’s newest film is also his most accessible

About Endlessness

‘About Endlessness,’ the Latest Film From One of the Finest Living Directors

April 30, 2021March 15, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, About Endlessness, Ingmar Bergman, Jacques Tati, Robert Bresson, Roy Andersson, Wes Anderson

Roy Andersson, from Sweden, has a tragicomic style all his own

Center Stage

‘Center Stage’ Returns to the Spotlight

March 23, 2021March 15, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Center Stage, Maggie Cheung, Ruan Lingyu, Tony Kwan

New York’s Metrograph theater revives an unconventional Chinese biopic

Wong Kar-Wai

The Wonderful World of Wong Kar-Wai

December 17, 2020March 15, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments

U.S. debuts highlight a retrospective of the great filmmaker’s works

Collective

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Something’s Rotten in Romania

November 24, 2020March 15, 2022 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Alexander Nanau, Collective, Romania, Vlad Voiculescu

‘Collective,’ Alexander Nanau’s documentary about corruption in Romanian society, has lessons to impart worldwide.

French Exit

French Exit Closes out the New York Film Festival

October 12, 2020October 14, 2020 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Atarrabi & Mikelats, French Exit, John Boyega, Lucas Hedges, Michelle Pfeiffer, New York Film Festival, NYFF, Patrick DeWitt, Small Axe, Steve McQueen

Family ties bind a wide array of cinematic visions

NYFF

The NYFF is Joyously Still Kicking

September 28, 2020October 2, 2020 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments City Hall, Frederick Wiseman, Helen Keller, New York Film Festival, NYFF, Pedro Almodóvar, Steve McQueen, The Human Voice, Tilda Swinton, Tsai Ming-liang

This year’s New York Film Festival may be mostly virtual, but the selections are as judicious and fascinating as ever

Lenox Hill

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix TELEVISION

Essential Workers

July 16, 2020July 23, 2020 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Adi Barash, Allan King, Dying at Grace, Frederick Wiseman, Lenox Hill, Near Death, Ruthie Schatz

Lenox Hill, Frederick Wiseman, and Allan King document the medical profession

Handsworth

DOCUMENTARY FILM YouTube

‘Handsworth Songs’ Is Essential Amid Today’s Social Unrest

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments England, Handsworth Songs, John Akomfrah, Margaret Thatcher

John Akomfrah’s documentary about the 1985 Handsworth riots in England mirrors racial issues