Fujikawaguchiko (merci Olivier!) and Tokyo week two: Harajuku, Omotesando, Shibuya, Kōenji & Kichijoji (thank you Ako!), Shinjuku, Togoshiginza, Jiyugaoka, Kurumae and so much more. I will never get bored of this city and can not wait to go back.
Yomohama was beautiful. Thanks so much to Nobu for the meet and our talk and for his beautiful recommendations in music, food and -of course- clothing. Thanks to Temporal Drift for their research for my little Hiroshi Yoshimura pilgrimige to his Kankyō Ongaku (environmental music) ìn and throughout the city. Thanks to Minton House for their wonderful Kissavibes (lots of love and thoughts for Oidon, get well soon 🤞) and to Sankei-en for the rest to plan the rest of my trip.
𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲 - 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 (𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸)
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 is the new short film by Charlie Kaufman (director of 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬, writer of 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘩 and Oscar winner for 𝘌𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥). Ella’s beautiful soundtrack is available on streaming platforms and on vinyl on Snowstar Records. Watch the film on the Criterion Channel.
Last year was dark, this year was grey. So next year will be light, right?
I saw a lot of beautiful moving pictures this year for sure. What I enjoyed most of anything perhaps was The Studio, go see that if you haven’t. Furthermore, my favorite films of 2025:
1. Sirat
2. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
3. One Battle After Another
4. Sinners
5. The Brutalist
6. Left-Handed Girl
7. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
8. 11 Rebels
9. Nouvelle Vague
10. Weapons
11. Sorry Baby
12. Drømmer
13. The Baltimorons
14. No Other Choice
15. Sentimental Value
My favorite documentaries of 2025:
1. Videoheaven
2. Fortuyn: On-Hollands
3. No Other Land
4. The Perfect Neighbor
5. 2000 meters to Andriivka
6. Louis Theroux: The Settlers
7. Sean Combs: The Reckoning
8. Secret Mall Apartment
9. Videotheek Marco
10. Tardes de Soledad
11. Empire Skate
12. Feis Forever
13. The Python Hunt
14. Predators
15. Cover-Up
And yes, my favorite series of 2025: The Studio
Happy NYE!
Perfect Days - Wim Wenders (2023)
One of my favorite films by one of my favorite directors. It gets better every time I see it. Of course Flash Disc Ranch (the record store in the film) in Shimokitazawa was the first record store we entered this trip to Japan again and I bought some J-Jazz there. However this tiny restaurant in an underground metrostationcorner in Asakusa turned out to be surprisingly unchanged over the past years...
Next on the list will be more of the beautiful Tokyo Toilet Project since now we only visited Shigeru Ban's coloured transparent glass ones in Yoyogi Park. Can't wait to go back already!
