James Balmont
@jbalmont.bsky.social
*probably posting about ambient music and foreign films* Music supervisor @ Nower Studio Writer @ BBC Culture, Time Out, Dazed, AnOther etc. Musician @ Swim Deep
Ahead of his return to the @barbican.bsky.social for a new theatre adaptation of a Haruki Murakami "cyberpunk" novel, I interview Battle Royale star Tatsuya Fujiwara about his career in film and on stage for @wallpapermag.bsky.social >>> www.wallpaper.com/art/tatsuya-...
Battle Royale’s Tatsuya Fujiwara returns to Barbican stage: behind the scenes
The star on appearing in the stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s cult 1985 novel, 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and End of the World'
wallpaper.com
Ahead of his return to the @barbican.bsky.social for a new theatre adaptation of a Haruki Murakami "cyberpunk" novel, I interview Battle Royale star Tatsuya Fujiwara about his career in film and on stage for @wallpapermag.bsky.social >>> www.wallpaper.com/art/tatsuya-...
Battle Royale’s Tatsuya Fujiwara returns to Barbican stage: behind the scenes
The star on appearing in the stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s cult 1985 novel, 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and End of the World'
wallpaper.com
Tonight!
James Balmont@jbalmont.bsky.social · 2w agoTOMORROW (MON) - A double bill of absurd Japanese horror-comedy obscurities screening at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social from 18:00 w/ myself and @thirdwindowfilms.com: CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668 COME THRU!
TOMORROW (MON) - A double bill of absurd Japanese horror-comedy obscurities screening at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social from 18:00 w/ myself and @thirdwindowfilms.com: CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668 COME THRU!
CRAZY LIPS (28 Sept) | The Nickel
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, Satomi Kurahashi desperately searches for a way to prove his innocence. She turns to a mysterious psychic for help, but the investigation quickly...
thenickel.co.uk
TOMORROW (MON) - A double bill of absurd Japanese horror-comedy obscurities screening at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social from 18:00 w/ myself and @thirdwindowfilms.com: CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668 COME THRU!
CRAZY LIPS (28 Sept) | The Nickel
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, Satomi Kurahashi desperately searches for a way to prove his innocence. She turns to a mysterious psychic for help, but the investigation quickly...
thenickel.co.uk
Excited to be back at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com on SEP 28th for a DOUBLE-BILL of obscure Y2K J-Horror works...! CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668
CRAZY LIPS (28 Sept) | The Nickel
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, Satomi Kurahashi desperately searches for a way to prove his innocence. She turns to a mysterious psychic for help, but the investigation quickly...
thenickel.co.uk
To mark the new @thirdwindowfilms.com releases of two Japanese horror comedy relics, I interviewed legendary J-Horror producer Takashige Ichise (Ring) and director Hirohisa Sasaki for LWL to learn why some of Japan’s Y2K horror experiments went global and others… didn’t lwlies.com/in-conversat...
The forgotten hybrids of Japan’s Y2K horror boom
With Crazy Lips and Gore From Outer Space resurfacing, we speak to J-Horror pioneer Takashige Ichise about the unruly side of Japan’s Y2K horror boom and…
lwlies.com
Legendary J-horror producer Taka Ichise and director Hirohisa Sasaki were interviewed @jbalmont.bsky.social in @lwlies.com to talk about Crazy Lips + Gore from Outer Space! lwlies.com/in-conversat...
To mark the new @thirdwindowfilms.com releases of two Japanese horror comedy relics, I interviewed legendary J-Horror producer Takashige Ichise (Ring) and director Hirohisa Sasaki for LWL to learn why some of Japan’s Y2K horror experiments went global and others… didn’t lwlies.com/in-conversat...
The forgotten hybrids of Japan’s Y2K horror boom
With Crazy Lips and Gore From Outer Space resurfacing, we speak to J-Horror pioneer Takashige Ichise about the unruly side of Japan’s Y2K horror boom and…
lwlies.com
11 days from now at THE NICKEL…!
James Balmont@jbalmont.bsky.social · 2mo agoExcited to be back at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com on SEP 28th for a DOUBLE-BILL of obscure Y2K J-Horror works...! CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668
Ahead of the world premiere of Korean-British horror production 'Nervous' at @frightfest.bsky.social this weekend, I caught up with director Abner Pastoll and Bong Joon-ho muse Ko Asung (The Host/Snowpiercer) for @anothermag.com www.anothermag.com/design-livin...
Nervous: A Nerve-Shredding Horror Haunted by Korean Cinema’s Old New Wave
Director Abner Pastoll and Ko Asung – star of Bong Joon Ho classics The Host and Snowpiercer – on the making of their fraught psychological thriller, which has its world premiere at FrightFest this we...
anothermag.com
This week, for @anothermag.com, I caught up with architect and author Naomi Pollock to discuss the "vanished" capsule hotels, sci-fi petrol stations, and utopian gymnasiums of her @thamesandhudson.bsky.social coffee table book 'Vanishing Japan': www.anothermag.com/design-livin...
Five Vanished Architectural Marvels from 20th Century Japan
A new book from Thames & Hudson remembers some of Japan’s most remarkable modern buildings, whose extraordinary designs couldn’t defy their inevitable extinction in the face of frequent natural and ma...
anothermag.com
Excited to be back at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com on SEP 28th for a DOUBLE-BILL of obscure Y2K J-Horror works...! CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668
CRAZY LIPS (28 Sept) | The Nickel
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, Satomi Kurahashi desperately searches for a way to prove his innocence. She turns to a mysterious psychic for help, but the investigation quickly...
thenickel.co.uk
Thanks for another great night at the most phantasmagoric cinema around! I’ll be back again to introduce some more @thirdwindowfilms.com gems at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social in September…
GEMINI sold out, still some tickets left for KILLING tonight!!
James Balmont@jbalmont.bsky.social · 2mo agoLast call for these two under-seen Shinya Tsukamoto highlights! TUESDAY, 4th AUG at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social, with introductions by myself, and in conjunction with @thirdwindowfilms.com: 18:00 GEMINI thenickel.co.uk/screening/559 20:15 KILLING thenickel.co.uk/screening/558 Don’t miss ‘em!
GEMINI sold out, still some tickets left for KILLING tonight!!
James Balmont@jbalmont.bsky.social · 2mo agoLast call for these two under-seen Shinya Tsukamoto highlights! TUESDAY, 4th AUG at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social, with introductions by myself, and in conjunction with @thirdwindowfilms.com: 18:00 GEMINI thenickel.co.uk/screening/559 20:15 KILLING thenickel.co.uk/screening/558 Don’t miss ‘em!
Last call for these two under-seen Shinya Tsukamoto highlights! TUESDAY, 4th AUG at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social, with introductions by myself, and in conjunction with @thirdwindowfilms.com: 18:00 GEMINI thenickel.co.uk/screening/559 20:15 KILLING thenickel.co.uk/screening/558 Don’t miss ‘em!
Last call for these two under-seen Shinya Tsukamoto highlights! TUESDAY, 4th AUG at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social, with introductions by myself, and in conjunction with @thirdwindowfilms.com: 18:00 GEMINI thenickel.co.uk/screening/559 20:15 KILLING thenickel.co.uk/screening/558 Don’t miss ‘em!
Tuesday, 4th August: i'll be introducing 2x lesser-seen Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: Iron Man) CLASSICS at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com. 18:00 GEMINI >> thenickel.co.uk/screening/559 20:15 KILLING >> thenickel.co.uk/screening/558 COME THRU!
Tuesday, 4th August: i'll be introducing 2x lesser-seen Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: Iron Man) CLASSICS at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com. 18:00 GEMINI >> thenickel.co.uk/screening/559 20:15 KILLING >> thenickel.co.uk/screening/558 COME THRU!
I'm back at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social on Aug 4th to introduce two of my favourite Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: Iron Man) films w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com! Come see GEMINI and KILLING: thenickel.co.uk
Tons of great Japanese films this August in London's coolest new hangout The Nickel Cinema. Aug 4 - Shinya Tsukamoto double bill of GEMINI + KILLING hosted @jbalmont.bsky.social Aug 27 - KAMIKAZE GIRLS / MERMAID LEGEND Aug 30 - LOVE EXPOSURE thenickel.co.uk
This wicked new Chusei Sone double-bill from @thirdwindowfilms.com - Blow the Night & Scars of the Sun - features my new video essay on juvenile delinquency, biker gangs and punk music in '80s Japan on disc 1. Had such a great time working on this! Out July 27th: thirdwindowfilms.com/films/scars-...
This wicked new Chusei Sone double-bill from @thirdwindowfilms.com - Blow the Night & Scars of the Sun - features my new video essay on juvenile delinquency, biker gangs and punk music in '80s Japan on disc 1. Had such a great time working on this! Out July 27th: thirdwindowfilms.com/films/scars-...
I'm back at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social on Aug 4th to introduce two of my favourite Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: Iron Man) films w/ @thirdwindowfilms.com! Come see GEMINI and KILLING: thenickel.co.uk
Wow, what a great reminder to revisit the classic that is 'Amores Perros' for first time since my university Film Studies course...! Thanks MUBI, see you on July 10th!
What a privilege to be invited to appear on @nhk-news.bsky.social (the Japanese BBC) this month to discuss the newfound popularity of Masayoshi Takanaka in the West and the wider explosion of interest in '70s and '80s Japanese pop music! 🎸 Check out the full featurette via NHK!
What a privilege to be invited to appear on @nhk-news.bsky.social (the Japanese BBC) this month to discuss the newfound popularity of Masayoshi Takanaka in the West and the wider explosion of interest in '70s and '80s Japanese pop music! 🎸 Check out the full featurette via NHK!
Our new Swim Deep album 'Hum' is out this weekend! Recommended in @theguardian.com today; 9/10 - NME; 9/10 - @indieisnotagenre.com; 8/10 - @readdork.com; Go stream/buy it!
Our new Swim Deep album 'Hum' is out this weekend! Recommended in @theguardian.com today; 9/10 - NME; 9/10 - @indieisnotagenre.com; 8/10 - @readdork.com; Go stream/buy it!