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MERYL STREEP

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 2, 2022
¡®Don¡¯t Look Up¡¯: Tick, tick, kablooey
Adam McKay wants you to know that it¡¯s the end of the world and you should absolutely, unequivocally not feel fine. (But do laugh.)
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2017
¡®Suffragette¡¯: The strength of women
Believe it or not, ¡°Suffragette¡± is the first feature film out of Britain to focus exclusively on the suffragette movement. What took the country so long? Completed last year, it has finally made it to Japan, and in the light of all that¡¯s happening in Western politics, it couldn¡¯t be coming out at a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 25, 2017
Helen Pankhurst: The suffragettes were just the beginning
As women march to protest Donald Trump¡¯s presidency and ¡°Suffragette¡± is released in Japan, the words of Helen Pankhurst, activist and British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst¡¯s great-granddaughter, should resonate with many filmgoers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 8, 2016
Meryl Streep pipes up on doing what you love
One of the best lines uttered in Stephen Frears¡¯ film ¡°Florence Foster Jenkins¡± comes from Meryl Streep in the role of Florence ¡ª which the actress gracefully repeats for me during her interview for The Japan Times.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 30, 2016
¡®Florence Foster Jenkins¡¯: Not quite a nightingale
¡®Florence Foster Jenkins¡± is a fairy tale of glorious optimism and unclouded love. The titular lady (a real-life New York heiress and socialite during the 1940s) goes chasing after her dream of becoming an opera singer with a mountain of passion but zero talent. To say that Florence (played by the ever-brilliant...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 26, 2016
Meryl Streep is off key and on point as ¡®Florence Foster Jenkins¡¯ opens TIFF
In her newest movie, ¡°Florence Foster Jenkins,¡± Meryl Streep can barely carry a tune as she squeaks and squawks her way through classic opera music. But she wouldn¡¯t necessarily consider that an insult.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 25, 2016
Stars come out for Tokyo film festival opening
The 29th Tokyo International Film Festival marked its opening Tuesday afternoon with a traditional red carpet ceremony that was heavy on Asian stars and filmmakers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 24, 2016
Meryl Streep as a runaway rocker in ¡®Ricki and the Flash¡¯
It has been seven long years since Jonathan Demme came out with what is popularly known as a ¡°woman¡¯s movie¡± (don¡¯t say ¡°chick flick¡± ¡ª there¡¯s a difference) with ¡°Rachel Getting Married.¡± In many ways, ¡°Ricki and the Flash¡± feels like the sequel to that earlier film. Both movies examined the behavioral...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 4, 2015
Into the Woods: ¡®mashed up Brothers Grimm and hammy performances¡¯
The fairy-tale reboot trend continues with ¡°Into the Woods,¡± Disney¡¯s big-screen version of the Stephen Sondheim musical that debuted on Broadway in 1987. Set in and around a creepy forest that looks like a leftover ¡°Harry Potter¡± stage, ¡°Into the Woods¡± mashes up a bunch of well-known Brothers Grimm...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 1, 2013
It¡¯s never too late to go in search of forgotten love
Filmmaker David Frankel has an ear for what women say ¡ª to each other, to their men and to themselves, though the last is not necessarily made audible to others.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 16, 2012
¡®The Iron Lady¡¯
In 1990, Ian (my brother¡¯s friend from Sheffield, England) came over to the house and showed us a fax that had been sent by his family. There was only one sentence, and it said: ¡°You can come home now, she¡¯s gone.¡± And that was how we learned of the political demise of British Prime Minister Margaret...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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