Japanese Cinema

Hola, 元気ですか？ Hope you're all doing well.

Before I begin with the bombardment of information for this week's Tenoli Tuesday post, I'll start off by saying that Brazil's win against North Korea today made my week! ! Did anyone catch that amazing first goal scored by Brazil?  Oh yes, it was love.


JAPAN CUTS: Festival of Contemporary Japan Cinema
So the Japan Society is hosting a Japanese film festival from JULY 1 through JULY 16.  I'm usually fearful of the word "contemporary" since it's often used to describe things that date back too far to be considered part of the "now", but rest assured that several of the movies that will feature in the festival are recent releases ( within the last year ).
 I'm really excited I'll have the chance to see one of the movies I couldn't during my time aboard last fall.　GOLDEN SLUMBER  / ゴールデンスランバー 

The movie will make its New York premiere on Friday July 2nd 

Best way to describe this movie - Eagle Eye meets Borne Identity, lol. Definitely a must see! 

I'd also recommend watching ZERO FOCUS / ゼロの焦点  - a mystery movie involving love triangles and vengeful bitches.  I'm considering making a date night out of it even though I already saw it, because I'm curious to see how well I was able to translate it the first time.

Premieres Friday July 9th @ 6:30

Check out the rest of the movies on the Japan Society website by clicking the link above & don't forget that on July 17th there will be a JapanTown Festival in NYC.  That Sunday is also the premiere of MadMen's fourth season.  Might just be the best weekend this year! July's looking more and more exciting for NYC Japan fans : ) 
EDIT: MadMen fourth season premieres on Sunday July 25th!


Hope you all enjoy the rest of the week - watch FIFA! ( Go Brazil! )


La Tenoli