[KineJapan] Eigei Best and Worst Ten 2023

[Jasper Sharp]

Basically the two films that are going to be seen by the most people around the world are in the top 3 worst!


The Creeping Garden<http://www.creepinggarden.com/> - A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp.
Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow Films<https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435>.
The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia Publishing<http://www.alchimiapublishing.com/creeping-garden/>.
"A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/movies/review-the-creeping-garden-on-the-wonders-of-the-slime-mold.html>.
"An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter<https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/creeping-garden-fantasia-review-724416>.
"Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film>.

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Subject: [KineJapan] Eigei Best and Worst Ten 2023

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:

Best Ten:
1) Hanakutashi (Arai Haruhiko)
2) Fukudamura Jiken (Mori Tatsuya)
3) Sekai no Okiku (Sakamoto Junji)

Worst Ten
1) Tsuki (Ishii Yuya)
1) Kaibutsu (Koreeda Hirokazu)
3) Godzilla Minus One (Yamazaki Takashi)
(Tsuki and Kaibutsu received the same number of worst votes)

The full results will be available in the issue of Eiga Geijutsu available from January 30.

https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/558452


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