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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Passages + Ira Sachs | The First Slam Dunk | Jules and Jim (1962)

On Truth & Movies this week, a love tri­an­gle gets com­pli­cat­ed fast in Pas­sages and we spoke to it’s direc­tor Ira Sachs. Cel­e­brat­ed man­ga becomes cel­e­brat­ed ani­mé in The First Slam Dunk, and final­ly, for film club, we revis­it an ear­li­er love tri­an­gle in François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim.
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Review

The First Slam Dunk review – thrillingly choreographed basketball drama

by Esther Rosenfield

The man­ga that brought bas­ket­ball to Japan gets a new adap­ta­tion which thrilling­ly embod­ies the sport’s high-fly­ing action.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Home Ents

Gakuryu Ishii’s Punk Samurai is an anarchic take on an ‘unfilmable’ manga

by Anton Bitel

A ronin with lofty ambi­tions tells a white lie that quick­ly spi­rals out of con­trol in this riotous samu­rai flick.
Woman with red hair sitting on a sofa, looking upset and curled up on herself.
Home Ents

Discover this postmodern, manga-inspired meditation on authorship

by Anton Bitel

Tezuka’s Bar­bara is a meta ode to the director’s late father, the ​‘god­fa­ther’ of the Japan­ese graph­ic novel.
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Review

Archenemy

by Anton Bitel

Joe Man­ganiel­lo stars in this sort-of super­hero ori­gin sto­ry from direc­tor Adam Egypt Mortimer.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Festivals

What’s old is new again in Lupin III: The First

by Kambole Campbell

The clas­sic Japan­ese man­ga series makes the jump from 2D to 3D, and makes it look easy.
Two men in suits sitting on a blue motorcycle, one with his head in his hands.
Home Ents

Discover the punkish energy of manga-inspired coming of ager

by Anton Bitel

Toshi­a­ki Toyoda’s Blue Spring per­fect­ly cap­tures the fleet­ing excite­ment of youth.
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Review

Death Note

by Elena Lazic

Adam Wingard strips a clas­sic man­ga sto­ry of its cul­tur­al rel­e­vance in this regret­table adaptation.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Interviews

Hirokazu Koreeda: ‘Families are priceless but troublesome’

by David Jenkins

One of Japan’s best liv­ing direc­tors tells us about adapt­ing man­ga and mim­ic­k­ing Ozu.