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Basically the two films that are going to be seen by the most people around the world are in the top 3 worst!</div>
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<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><b><i><a href="http://www.creepinggarden.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The
Creeping Garden</a></i></b></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i> </i>- A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435" title="https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435
Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Arrow
Films</a></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The book,
<i>The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds </i>is out now from
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="http://www.alchimiapublishing.com/creeping-garden/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Alchimia Publishing</a></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">"A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold,
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/movies/review-the-creeping-garden-on-the-wonders-of-the-slime-mold.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The
New York Times</a></i></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">"An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore,
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/creeping-garden-fantasia-review-724416" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Hollywood Reporter</a></i></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">"Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw,
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The Guardian</a></i></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">.</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> 26 January 2024 04:45<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [KineJapan] Eigei Best and Worst Ten 2023</font>
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<div class="">The magazine Eiga Geijutsu announced their Best and Worst Ten Japanese films of 2023, based on a poll of critics and film-related professionals. Here are just the top three results:</div>
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<div class="">Best Ten:</div>
<div class="">1) Hanakutashi (Arai Haruhiko)</div>
<div class="">2) Fukudamura Jiken (Mori Tatsuya)</div>
<div class="">3) Sekai no Okiku (Sakamoto Junji)</div>
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<div class="">Worst Ten</div>
<div class="">1) Tsuki (Ishii Yuya)</div>
<div class="">1) Kaibutsu (Koreeda Hirokazu)</div>
<div class="">3) Godzilla Minus One (Yamazaki Takashi)</div>
<div class="">(Tsuki and Kaibutsu received the same number of worst votes)</div>
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<div class="">The full results will be available in the issue of Eiga Geijutsu available from January 30.</div>
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