PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Akshay Khanna

Movies 2023Polite SocietyNida Manzoor

Movies · 2023

Polite Society

PEOPLE / 2 WORKS

Andrea Bang

Movies 2022Stay the NightRenuka Jeyapalan

Movies · 2022

Stay the Night

Movies 2019Celeste and Moulee Till the End of the WorldCeleste Koon

Movies · 2019

Celeste and Moulee Till the End of the World

PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Andy Goddard

TV 2018Altered CarbonLaeta Kalogridis

TV · 2018

Altered Carbon

Dropped

PEOPLE / 2 WORKS

Munetaka Aoki

Also credited as 青木崇高

Movies 2026The Samurai and the PrisonerKiyoshi Kurosawa

A gorgeous film, I loved most of this, but agree with others it started to drag a little in the end. What it does well is identifying that the core of a samurai movie is that the samurai way of life is a belief system, in much the way religion is. And I think the movie knocks it out of the park in that regard. The samurai can accept and often crave death, while the peasants fear it. Their code of honor and belief is stronger than any paltry religion. And that's great! I think the core problem with the ending is that it has some wonderful ambiguity, and a terrible literalness. End the film a few frames earlier and we've got an all time banger.

Movies · 2026

The Samurai and the Prisoner

Movies 2023Godzilla Minus OneTakashi Yamazaki

A godzilla movie that strips out subtext in favor of flashing neon lights screaming the themes of the film. And it really works, setting the movie right after ww2 and having the trauma, guilt, and shame of the war front and center creates a unique but very good monster movie.

Movies · 2023

Godzilla Minus One