Lists
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
Revisit the astonishing run of films that Rob Reiner made in his early career.
By Jasper Sharp
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
Jasper Sharp
All articles by Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great early Japanese colour films
By Jasper Sharp
Features
High and Low: the meticulous construction of Kurosawa’s kidnapping procedural
By Jasper Sharp
From the Sight and Sound archive
The ending of The Ballad of Narayama
By Jasper Sharp
Interviews
Shinya Tsukamoto on his new post-war film Shadow of Fire: “In order to portray the true horror of war, it was important to show the aftermath”
By Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great Japanese family dramas
By Jasper Sharp
Features
The Rashomon effect: a new look at Akira Kurosawa’s cinematic milestone of post-truth
By Jasper Sharp
Obituaries
Yoshishige Yoshida obituary: leading light of the Japanese New Wave
By Jasper Sharp
Features
Japanese documentaries from the Yamagata festival now streaming for free online
By Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great samurai films
By Jasper Sharp
In partnership with JNTO
A cinephile’s guide to Japan
By Jasper Sharp
In partnership with JNTO
Kawase Naomi: looking from the outside in
By Jasper Sharp
In partnership with JNTO
Eight new visions of Japan on screen in 2021
By Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great Japanese teen films
By Jasper Sharp
Lists
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
Lists
50 key anime films
By Nick Bradshaw, Darren Ashmore and others
In partnership with JNTO
Beyond anime: a short history of independent Japanese animation
By Jasper Sharp
Features
Tokyo Story: anatomy of a classic
By Jasper Sharp
One per year
A great Japanese film for every year – from 1925 to now
By Alejandra Armendáriz-Hernández, Kambole Campbell and others
The best film books, by 51 critics
By Geoff Andrew, Michael Atkinson and others
Lists
Yasujiro Ozu: 10 essential films
By Jasper Sharp
The web video of 2012: contributors s-t
By Jasper Sharp, Caspar Sonnen and others
Where to begin
Where to begin with Japanese musicals
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Robert Florey
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Josef von Sternberg
By Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great Japanese films of the 1990s
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Kaneto Shindo
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Japanese cyberpunk
By Jasper Sharp
Features
Washed away: lost films by female directors
By Isabel Stevens, Pamela Hutchinson and others
Interviews
Head trip: the animated worlds of Yamamura Kôji
By Jasper Sharp