Sion Sono

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  13 Apr 12

  Daily Briefing. The Far East, Megacities and Music

  David Hudson

  A Letter to Momo in Japan, Hou Hsiao-hsien on Taiwanese cinema, Nicolas Rapold on Michael Glawogger, Ben Rivers’s playlist and more.

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  20 Jan 12

  Daily Briefing. Senses of Cinema's 2011 World Poll

  David Hudson

  Also: J Hoberman on film culture now. L’Atalante in London. Projects in the works and more.

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  09 Sep 11

  Venice 2011. Typhoon Fury

  Daniel Kasman

  Sono Sion’s Himizu, his second film of 2011, is set just after Japan’s devastating natural catastrophe.

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  07 Sep 11

  Venice and Toronto 2011. Sion Sono's "Himizu"

  David Hudson

  The general consensus: screechingly loud, sloppily incongruous, but possibly great.

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  02 Sep 11

  Sion Sono, Coast to Coast

  David Hudson

  The four-hour whatsit Love Exposure reappears in New York and San Francisco.

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  01 Jun 11

  Wrapping Cannes 2011. Directors' Fortnight

  To follow up on yesterday's roundup of Un Certain Regard remainders... "The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow

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  23 Sep 10

  TIFF 2010. Vanguard

  David Hudson

  Let's start this one with Bob Turnbull: "Fearless. Absolutely fearless filmmaking. Sion Sono takes no quarter, doesn't deal with compromises and doesn't hold anything back. He goes by

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  09 Jul 09

  Upskirts for Christ: A Discussion About "Love Exposure"

  Joe Bowman

  Two critics explore Sion Sono’s insane Love Exposure in dialog.

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