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How did Wesley Crusher turn into a time-traveling space god on 'Star Trek?'

Dr. Crusher's eldest son on "Star Trek" has come a long way since hanging out on the Enterprise.

Space

Monster review – multifaceted mystery from Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Japanese director of Shoplifters uses different takes on a single story to tell the fraught tale of two troubled boys

The Guardian - UK

Monster review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s subtle, smart and beautiful work is up there with Shoplifters

This deals with very modern themes in a far more real way than many of its Western counterparts

Evening Standard

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A new Japanese thriller with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a quietly searing depiction of childhood

Big Screen Spotlight | Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest explores the tenderness and cruelty of childhood with a Rashomon-style narrative structure

Total Film

Postcard from Cannes #2 : If I could turn back time

There was high emotion at the Cannes Film Festival with Harrison Ford receiving an honorary Palme d’Or award on Thursday. The 80-year-old American actor was in town for the premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny". As with several films in Cannes, it takes the notion of time…

Radio France Internationale

Japanese cinema 'must change' to help young directors, Kore-eda says

Tokyo (AFP) - Acclaimed director Hirokazu Kore-eda fears that Japan's underfunded, inward-looking cinema industry is putting off young talent, so he's taken matters into his own hands by mentoring up-and-coming filmmakers for a new Netflix series.

AFP

Asia's biggest film festival back in top form in 2022

Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - Movie stars, directors and fans descended on South Korea's port town of Busan Wednesday as Asia's largest film festival returned at full power post-pandemic, with an Iranian film opening the event.

AFP

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Cannes 2022: South Korea scoops record awards haul

Parasite star Song Kang-ho becomes first South Korean male to win an acting prize, while director Park Chan-wook wins for Decision to Leave

The Guardian - AU

Famed Directors Denounce Sexual Abuse in Japanese Filmmaking

A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry. A petition signed by top names, including Cannes’ Palme d’Or-winning Hirokazu Kore-eda, Cannes Jury Prize winner Koji Fukada and “Under the Sky” director Miwa Nishikawa, expresses outrage over sexual abuse. “These acts are unforgivable,” the statement said, calling for such…

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