Tony G. Huang

Spitting into water from a bridge.

[Tony G. Huang @Tghuang]

@swen_ryan thanks Ryan!

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

If you're in the mood for some Oscars counter-programming, In Plain Sight has you covered. Our contributors Tony G. Huang and Aret Frost share their top ten films of 2025 and discuss their respective years in film. https://t.co/HIU8EIFz5G

[Will Sloan @WillSloanEsq]

TIFF has a Mikio Naruse retrospective starting today at its movie theatre

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With SENTIMENTAL VALUE, what at first appears to be a milquetoast drama becomes more compelling due to a bold structural gambit. Tony covers the latest film by Joachim Trier for this week’s review. https://t.co/lX8BDkCOkg

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

With INVENTION, Courtney Stephens frames her improvised grief narrative around an investigation into the objects, ideas and memories a deceased father left behind. Aret covers this innovative collaboration between Stephens and actress Callie Hernandez. https://t.co/JJu0YLPBqa

[Tony G. Huang @Tghuang]

@swen_ryan Thanks Ryan!

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

On this week’s episode we discuss FLOATING CLOUDS (1955), a peak of Naruse’s career, and A WANDERER’S NOTEBOOK (1962), a biopic about Fumiko Hayashi, the author of the novel FLOATING CLOUDS is based on. These are two of Naruse’s six Hayashi adaptations. https://t.co/GsZWVV1A5Q

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On today’s podcast, we discuss SUMMER CLOUDS (1958), Naruse’s first color film and also his first in CinemaScope. We then discuss his great final film, SCATTERED CLOUDS (1967). These films both screen at @Metrograph this weekend. https://t.co/N9422swKEe

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

.@Metrograph added encore screenings of these films to the Naruse series schedule! If you’re in NYC and missed the films, or just want to see them again, make sure to attend these screenings and then listen to our podcast on FLOWING and LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS linked below :)

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

In case you missed it, on our latest podcast episode we talked about two Naruse films that screened at Metrograph yesterday. Stay tuned for our upcoming podcast on SUMMER CLOUDS, which screens Saturday, and SCATTERED CLOUDS, which screens Sunday.

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

On this week’s podcast, we discuss FLOWING (1956) and LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (1954), which both depict the lives of current and former Geishas as their way of life is threatened by cultural and economic forces. These films screen tomorrow in NYC @metrograph. https://t.co/5qHXYbgXKU

[Japan Society Film @js_film_nyc]

"Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us", co-organized w/@JF_NewYork & @Metrograph, continues at Metrograph this wknd w/Part II, feat. Naruse’s postwar classic WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS, SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN, FLOATING CLOUDS and THE WHOLE FAMILY WORKS: https://t.co/AMEhGAkXZi

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

RIP Michael Roemer. We recommend NOTHING BUT A MAN and VENGEANCE IS MINE, which are both on Criterion Channel. And make sure to read @middlemanchette and @_edwardmc’s great interview with Roemer below!

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

You can now find the first three episodes of our podcast on Apple Podcasts, in addition to Spotify and our Substack Podcasts tab. We plan on bringing the podcast back in conjunction with the retrospective, so stay tuned for more news on that! https://t.co/JTjYf0UsvM

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

NYC, make sure to attend this retrospective of the films of director Mikio Naruse starting this Friday! The series starts at @js_film_nyc and migrates to @Metrograph on June 5. Naruse is the director we chose to focus on for the first episodes of the In Plain Sight podcast.

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APRIL presents a mix of striking dramatic and symbolic elements that don’t quite congeal into a satisfying whole. Aret covers the second feature film from director Dea Kulumbegashvili. https://t.co/H5caY7WoX8

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For this week's review, Tony covers Season 3 of THE WHITE LOTUS and dissects the stumbling blocks that prevent the series from fully succeeding as an aesthetically coherent auteur-driven TV project. https://t.co/uTzTu6rI4Q

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

It’s time for the monthly roundup of capsules on recent viewings. Aret covers Michael Almereyda’s NADJA (1994) and David Cronenberg’s STEREO (1969). Tony discusses two films by Jun Ichikawa — DYING IN A HOSPITAL (1993) and TOKIWA-SO NO SEISHUN (1996). https://t.co/fJg9JGWuwG

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On the occasion of LOVE HOTEL's restoration and theatrical release, Tony explores how Shinji Somai meets the strict demands of the pink film while asserting his singular directorial vision. https://t.co/vw3fUqXJ7Y

[In Plain Sight Film @IPS_Pod]

In EEPHUS, a film about the final game at a soon-to-be-demolished baseball field, Carson Lund's direction conveys a warmth and grandeur that the grumbling and stumbling of the players cannot undermine. Aret covers Lund's feature directorial debut. https://t.co/V9YfRJUCnb