As I’ve followed the general critical and commercial rise of East Asian animation as a fan, one notable film industry has been missing. While Japan, Korea, and mainland China have each had recent success with their animated film output, Hong Kong hasn’t released an animated film for international distribution in some time. Despite the industry being responsible for several modern live-action classics, Hong Kong animation has remained largely relegated to domestic markets. Another World, director...

Say what you will about Macon Blair, but he is a creative more than comfortable with the strange and off-putting. Whether he’s working as an actor, especially in collaboration with childhood friend Jeremy Saulnier, or directing his own projects, Blair goes in for the chaos. Idiots follows his Grand Jury-winning debut I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore (2017) and his fittingly wacky remake of Troma’s crown jewel The Toxic Avenger (2023). Like his preceding directorial efforts, Idiots give...

We read it. We watched it. It’s time for the receipts. For this month’s Read Receipts, we are going on an Odyssey. Or should we say a Pod-yssey? Welcome back to your favorite podcast for readers and watchers alike. If you’re new here, this is Read Receipts: A Big Screen Book Club from The Rolling Tape.
Every month, we read a book, watch its onscreen adaptation, then share our receipts. I am your Read Receipts host Kasey Dunifer. And this month we read none other than The Odyssey, the epic poem f...