Interviews
A Gust of Wind: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on “Creepy”
An interview with Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa about his latest, Creepy.
Simon Abrams is a native New Yorker and freelance film critic whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Village Voice, and elsewhere.
Simon started his career as an arts critic in high school, writing comics reviews for The Comics Journal. He conducted the cover interview with writer Robert Kirkman in issue #289. After writing film reviews for The New York Press and Slant Magazine, Simon wrote film reviews for the Voice, contributing feature interviews and capsule reviews for six years. He's currently working on a couple of book projects, including a history of movie gore (with his Guillermo del Toro's Devil's Backbone co-author Matt Zoller Seitz).
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An interview with Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa about his latest, Creepy.
An interview with director Joe Dante about "The Movie Orgy" and his film series currently running at BAMcinématek.
A preview of Japan Society's upcoming 2016 Japan Cuts film program in New York City.
A preview of the 2016 New York Asian Film Festival, including Sammo Hung's "My Beloved Bodyguard" and Yee-sum Luk's "Lazy Hazy Crazy."
One of our critics looks at what "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" says about life in 2016.
An interview with actor/writer/director Larry Fessenden.
An interview with legendary animator Ralph Bakshi.
An overview of Ralph Bakshi's masterful career in animation.
The fat lady sings again and again.
With another Police Story film opening this week, 30 years after the original, Simon Abrams offers a primer.