Naomi Kawase

TJFF Review: 'True Mothers' Is as Beautifully Complex as Life Itself

Directed by Naomi Kawase

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2021

Deep within his novel In the Skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje writes: "The first sentence of every novel should be: 'Trust me, this will ta...

Here's the Full Lineup for the 2020 Edition of TIFF

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2020

Like just about everything else, this year's edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is going to look a little different thanks...

The Mourning Forest

Naomi Kawase

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2007

We’re so inundated by the nasty, brutish and weird elements of Japanese cinema that it’s easy to forget its quieter elements. For every vir...