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Opening today, Blade of the Immortal is a fun, raucous, bloody love letter to samurai cinema, as well as an introspective examination of that genre’s most popular tropes. Come for the stabbings, stay for the ponderous postmodern critiques: it’s all delicious.

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Animated film ‘Miss Hokusai’ is a contemplative, rather Zen experience.

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The Wind Rises is an easy recommendation, as Miyazaki caps his career with a straightforward tale which has much going on under the surface touching on various themes the director returns to once more including flight, love, and dreams.

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Fantastic Fest 2011: Reviews of LET THE BULLETS FLY and BOYS ON THE RUN

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