How A Former Senior Netflix Staffer Launched One Of Japan’s Buzziest Indie Cinemas
Director Lee Chang-dong's beautiful genre mash-up, Possible Love; Dario Argento's Giallo classic, Suspiria; and Sophy Romvari's accomplished debut, Blue Heron, are some of the titles Japanese cinephiles can catch this week at Cineyama, one of the country's buzziest new indie cinema venues. Located in Yamanashi Prefecture, just outside Tokyo, CineYama is a unique proposition in Japan's indie film scene: The venue sits at the site of a former kindergarten, and its founder, Matt Kelson, is American. He is also a former senior Netflix staffer. Yuriko Gamo Romer & Marc Smolowitz On The 12 Year Journey Behind Their Japanese-U.S. History Baseball Doc 'Diamond Diplomacy' - Tokyo Bill Kramer Says AMPAS Plans To Expand List Of Festivals That Can Serve As Qualifiers For The International Oscar Category Milcho Manchevski Talks 'Sister Brother Manhole Cover', His Second Feature Of 2026 & Exposing…