Master: The Horror of Deceptive Racial Politics in Academia
“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”

He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry spell that has reduced him to university teaching and magazine hackery. After divorcing his wife (Reiko Takashima) and leaving behind his teenage daughter (Shihori Kanjiya), he meets Fuyuka Irie (Shinobu Terajima), a housewife and mother of three who is a longtime fan.
“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”
“Reboot” can be crass and has much room to improve, but with investments of time and care, could flower out of the seed of a vision.
Remember Caroline from Vampire Diaries? Well, now she’s The Suitcase Killer, allegedly.
This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.
Remember when there was this amazing comedy titled "National Lampoon's Vacation"? To this day, it is a true classic of the genre and certainly put a new spin on precisely what KINDS of insanity could occur when taking the fam on the road. Then, like with so many successful films, there was the sequel (which for me was even MORE of a classic than the original!). However, the third film emerged....and then a fourth. Suddenly, the luster was gone and disappointment set in.
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.