Jeanne du Barry – Maiwenn (Director, Co-creenwriter, Producer), Marion Pin (co-screenwriter), Teddy Lussi-Modeste (co-screenwriter), and Nicolas Livecchi (co-screenwriter)

A new look at a woman scorned by History and pop culture When you visit Paris and the Versailles castle, you might notice how many Japanese tourists visit these locations; how they have a great interest for France's Pre-Revolution and the Revolution eras. What most might not know is that that fascination is due to …

Tiger and Dragon (タイガー＆ドラゴン) – Kankuro Kudo (宮藤官九郎) (screenwriter), Fuminori Kaneko (金子 文紀) (Director), Osamu Katayama (片山 修) (Director), Toshio Tsuboi (坪井敏雄) (Director)

Delightful family dramedy While browsing Netflix and its international shows available, I was delighted to find many Japanese productions. Some produced by the streaming service, others classics or popular shows made on channels like Tokyo Broadcasting System. Such as Ikebukuro West Gate Park; starring Junya Nakano whose performances impressed me. And from discovering that artist, …

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (伊藤潤二 (マニアック)) – Studio Deen (株式会社スタジオディーン) (studio), Shinobu Tagashira (田頭しのぶ) (Director), and Kaoru Sawada (澤田薫) (Screenwriter)

Lots of good points, lots of bad points If you follow manga culture and the horror genre, Junji Ito is among readers' top names. Known for his scary stories set in strange communities or sinister households, this mangaka is excellent at depicting the mysterious and the paranormal forces haunting our world. For more than thirty …

Jump, L’âge d’or du manga (Jump, the Golden Age of Manga) – Hiroki Goto (author)

Fascinating analysis of the evolution of Shonen Jump since its beginnings If you follow manga culture, you will notice how many series published in books or adapted into cartoons and video games come from the same magazine called Shonen Jump. For those who don't know, Shonen Jump is a weekly magazine launched in 1968; first …

Jump, L’âge d’or du manga – Hiroki Goto (auteur)

Fascinante analyse sur l'évolution du Shonen Jump depuis ses débuts Si vous suivez la culture manga, vous remarquerez comment beaucoup de séries publiées en livres ou adaptées en dessin animé et jeux vidéo proviennent d'un même magazine intitulé Shonen Jump. Pour ceux qui ne le savent pas, le Shonen Jump est une revue hebdomadaire lancée …

Majo no Jouken (魔女の条件) (Terms for a Witch) – Nobuhiro Doi (土井 裕泰) (Director), Kazuhiro Nanba (難波 一弘) (Director), Osamu Katayama (片山修) (Director), and Kazuhiko Yukawa (遊川和彦) (Screenwriter)

Excellent, provocative and a great debate instigator In manga and anime cultures, many series are set during high school years. Some involve academic life, others extra curricular activities (tennis, basketball, volleyball baseball, martial arts, board games like Go, etc.); and some explore romantic relationships between students. However, for the romance genre, another scope is explored; …

Ikebukuro West Gate Park (池袋ウエストゲートパーク) – Kankurō Kudō (Screenwriter) and Ira Ishida (Original novel series)

A great detective series for everyone; including non-fans of such shows In 2005, I discovered Ira Ishida's novel Ikebukuro West Gate Park; a series of stories set around the Ikebukuro neighborhood in Tokyo and the adventures that former High School delinquent Makoto Majima lives there as he resides with his mother and manages her fruit …

Midnight Diner (深夜食堂) and Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories – Joji Matsuoka (Director), Nobuhiro Yamashita (Director), Shotarou Kobayashi (Director), and Yaro Abe (Co-screenwriter and author of the original Manga)

A jewel within Netflix If you are new to Netflix, the monopoly of North American and British productions on it might overwhelm you. You can watch on it movies, tv series, mini series, cartoons, short films, and even documentaries; though that term is now very questionable as so many documentaries are becoming manipulative, tabloid, and …

Le Testament d’Orphée – Jean Cocteau (Réalisateur et scénariste)

"Un artiste peint toujours son propre portrait." - Cégeste Éclectique et créatif, Jean Cocteau a ravi le public avec sa poésie. Poésie de la littérature, de la peinture, du dessin, du théâtre et du cinéma. Pour ce dernier médium, des films qui ont séduit le monde. Dont il a écrit le scénario; ou écrit et …

Le Testament d’Orphée (The Testament of Orpheus) – Jean Cocteau (Director and Screenwriter)

"An artist always paints his own portrait." - Cégeste Eclectic and creative, Jean Cocteau has delighted audiences with his poetry. Poetry of literature, of paintings, of drawings, of theatre, and of cinema. In the latter, movies that have wowed the world. Which he wrote the script; or wrote and directed. And among those that he …