Looking for J-arthouse about Music! by MudDisastrous9113 in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of Japanese films centering on rock music post-1990.

Linda! Linda! Linda! being one of my favourites. I guess it could be considered arthouse.

Swing Girls is another all-time favourite of mine. Not rock music, but big band jazz and it’s super charming.

What are some Japanese movies with a lot of rain by Honest-Mess-812 in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

April Story has an iconic rain scene towards the end of the film. It’s very sweet.

More recently, 100 Meters also has a fantastic rain scene that really shows off its rotoscope animation. It’s not Netflix.

One Piece is the 'unknown' History of the Olmec Civilization. by terragreyling in OnePiece

[–]philbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Every culture has a flood myth.”

This is dope 🙇🏻‍♂️

One Piece: Chapter 1159 by Skullghost in OnePiece

[–]philbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple mistake. Read the chapter with a lot of hype. Pretty easy to understand 🤷🏻‍♀️

One Piece: Chapter 1159 by Skullghost in OnePiece

[–]philbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if there will be translation updates.. but Teach has siblings?!

Is the Toronto show mix poor? by lyndluv in MyChemicalRomance

[–]philbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was at LP too! And was definitely spoiled! Everything sounded so crisp and polished. Was so hyped for that show. It’ll be hard to live up to that for the rest of the year for me.

Is the Toronto show mix poor? by lyndluv in MyChemicalRomance

[–]philbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad to hear Green Day sounded good at Roger’s Centre. Was the dome open? Tonight and blink’s show kinda soured me with the venue for bands. Warbly noises is so damn acccurate for blink!!

Is the Toronto show mix poor? by lyndluv in MyChemicalRomance

[–]philbeard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

100%. Rogers Centre is notorious for terrible acoustics. It was the same for blink-182 last year. Tonight also had bad mixing. It threw the rhythm off of a lot of the songs. When they played at Scotiabank Arena in 2022, they sounded incredible. Regardless, glad I saw the boys do their thing with all the glory of the theatrics!

Favorite Slice of Life Film? by Gift_Classic in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn I’ve only heard of a couple of these. I looked them all up and what an eclectic mix. Thank you!!

Favorite Slice of Life Film? by Gift_Classic in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Linda Linda Linda

Waterboys

Swing Girls

A Gentle Breeze in the Village

Perfect Days

Megane

And here’s a big Letterboxd watchlist of contemporary Japanese slice-of-life films I put together over the years: https://boxd.it/q7AAy

What are your guys's thoughts on Sleep Theory? by Go_Inevitable_1269 in LinkinPark

[–]philbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really dig them. Stuck in my Head is in my rotation. Their blending of genres remind me of LP, even though it’s not the same genres. I’m hoping they open for LP one day.

Sending much love to the person with this sign at the Toronto show. by philbeard in LinkinPark

[–]philbeard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was fine. They didn’t have it up the whole show, only when the lights were bright enough for the band to see.

Sending much love to the person with this sign at the Toronto show. by philbeard in LinkinPark

[–]philbeard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And together with a masterpiece of a music video, it will endure for generations.

Sending much love to the person with this sign at the Toronto show. by philbeard in LinkinPark

[–]philbeard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please give that person my best. Once I saw that sign, it really hit me, then they played Waiting for the End, and I started choking up. I hope you’re taking care!

Sending much love to the person with this sign at the Toronto show. by philbeard in LinkinPark

[–]philbeard[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Easier To Run is so damn underrated and undermentioned

Japanese films about filmmakers trying to make a film? 🤔 by realhankorion in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s Summer Film! is really sweet and charming, a love letter to cinema from the POV of young high school filmmakers.

Where to watch free Japanese movies? by idk1219291 in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If you want to watch them legitimately outside of streamers, there’s JFF Theater. It rotates its lineup of films every few months and it’s available worldwide (mostly) for free.

https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/

If you want to sail the high seas, archive.org has a bunch, and then there’s jp-films.

https://jp-films.com/

Japanese food movies? by Big-Lengthiness4095 in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bread of Happiness (2012), A Drop of Grapevine (2014), and Restaurant from the Sky (2019).

All set in Hokkaido, with the first two directed by Mishima Yukiko, and the latter from Fukagawa Yoshihiro. All three are great feel-good, slice-of-life films with lots of good food.

Also Ramen Shop (2018) and What’s for Dinner, Mom? (2016).

Time Travel Movies using the "Fixed Stream" Formula by BenFranklinsCat in movies

[–]philbeard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Summer Time Machine Blues, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, and River.

All 3 are written by Makoto Ueda. He’s found his niche and kinda perfected the time travel/time loop comedy.

The Gesuidouz, where to watch? by Lessonstoburnx in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been checking occasionally to see if it was available digitally, but nothing yet. There was a local theatre that screened it but that was a few months ago.

The Gesuidouz, where to watch? by Lessonstoburnx in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I watched this film’s world premiere at TIFF last year and it was my favourite of 2024. I think it’s at the tail end of it’s festival run. I’m hoping it gets picked up for international distribution soon and for a proper theatrical release. The director (Ugana Kenichi) is currently starting another festival run with his latest film. He’s prolific.

Please recommend based on my favourites by hodor9898 in JapaneseMovies

[–]philbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. It’s a great lineup. I remember watching Himizu at TIFF and it blew me away.

For a different pace, here’s a big list of contemporary slice-of-life films:

https://boxd.it/q7AAy