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GAMBIT: "Japanese cult filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi takes a final bow with 'Labyrinth of Cinema'"
Fans of the 1977 Japanese comedy horror film “House” (or “Hausu”) may recognize the name of director Nobuhiko Obayashi. In his first feature for a ...

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Slant Magazine: Review: Labyrinth of Cinema Is a Time-Swirling Trip Through Japanese History
"Forget style over substance. Ôbayashi Nobuhiko’s swan song, Labyrinth of Cinema, is style as substance. Part drama, part memoir, part essay on Jap...

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Variety: ‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Epic Statement About the Horror of War and the Magic of Movies
"The ne plus ultra of Japanese maverick Nobuhiko Obayashi’s work as a surrealist and staunch anti-war advocate, the cult “House” director’s dizzyin...

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Hyperallergic: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Cinematic Visions of Youth and Optimism
"Labyrinth of Cinema is a fitting capstone to Obayashi’s filmography, a riotous tour through various manifestations of Japanese war cinema as seen ...

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The Wrap: ‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Head-Spinning History Lesson
It's been so great to read the Labyrinth of Cinema reviews coming in from critics and causal movie-goers alike. The fact that Labyrinth is finding it's fans among North American audiences is inspiring to us at Crescendo House are will hopefully let us continue to bring underrepresented independent foreign film-making to theaters here and the introduce a wider audience to what these films have to offer. Dave White writes about the importance of the questions Nobuhiko Obayashi asks as well as the message he leaves for us.

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Film Comment Recommends: "Labyrinth of Cinema"
Welcome to Setouchi Kinema, please take a seat. It’s the last picture show for this theater in the backwater of Onomichi, Japan, and three young me...

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Busan premiere ‘Ode To The Goose’, ‘Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog’ find US home (exclusive)
We're super excited to finally announce some new titles! There will be more information about our plans for Ode to the Goose and Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog sometime soon, but for now check out this piece from Screen Daily.

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The Film Stage: Labyrinth of Cinema Review: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s Final Film is a Mammoth, Humbling Viewing Experience
"There are so many critical and theoretical entry points for discussing a film so dense as Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s Labyrinth of Cinema that it’s hard t...

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Japan Times: ‘Labyrinth of Cinema’: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final film is a colorful antiwar fantasy
"Nobuhiko Obayashi, who died on April 10 at age 82, finished directing two films after receiving a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer in 2016. “Hana...

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The Guardian: Labyrinth of Cinema review – cult Japanese director’s epic blitz of pop-culture hyperactivity
"Nobuhiko Ôbayashi is the Japanese film-maker who directed the cult 1977 horror Hausu, or House, and in his long and prolific career also specialis...

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Sight and Sound: Labyrinth of Cinema seeks peace through frenetic cinephilia
"Obayashi Nobuhiko’s three-hour swansong is a pop-art paean to pacifism and unity in the form of an exploration of Japanese film history and, in p...

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RogerEbert.com: "On his out way the door, Nobuhiko Obayashi left us wondering how he got all the way from 'House' to here without losing faith in humanity and his art"
As Labyrinth of Cinema finishes it's first run in Los Angeles today we could not be more excited about the reception the film has received so far o...

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