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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke is a Belgian critic currently living in Japan. He solely focusing on Japanese cinema and provides in-depth reviews from a unique psychoanalytical perspective.

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Hibotan Bakuto: Hanafuda Shobu (1969) EDIT “With Red Peony Gambler 3: Flower Cards Game, Tai Kato delivers an impressive visual experience that develops the themes of the series in a meaningful way. ” – Psychocinematography Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% EDIT “Rental Family re-affirms Hikari’s talent for creating uplifting and touching filmic experiences.” – Psychocinematography Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Muromachi Outsiders (2025) EDIT “With Samurai Fury, Yu Irie delivers a samurai narrative that, while not able to match the masterpieces of the genre, offers everything fans have come to expect from the genre.” – Psychocinematography Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Rainy Blue (2025) EDIT “With Rainy Blue, Asuna Yanagi does not simply deliver a heartwarming coming-of-age narrative, but also a work that has the potential to inspire young people.” – Psychocinematography Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Blazing Fists (2025) EDIT “While the use of voice-over in film can be quite controversial – a sign of weak writing that complicates visual storytelling, it works extremely well in Blazing Fists.” – Psychocinematography Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Dollhouse (2025) EDIT “Yaguchi’s Dollhouse is as great as conventional J-horror can get.” – Psychocinematography Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Demon City (2025) 55% EDIT “With Demon City, Seiji Tanaka delivers a good action experience. He delivers many pleasing moments of action and violent brutality for the spectator to savour, yet struggles to craft an emotionally potent backbone.” – Psychocinematography Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Under Ninja (2025) EDIT “Under Ninja offers what it sets out to offer in spades: entertainment.” – Psychocinematography Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Bullet Train Explosion (2025) 67% EDIT “Bullet Train Explosion is a competent sequel that will please audiences. Higuchi utilizes all the necessary ingredients to deliver a cinematic experience that puts the spectator on the edge of his seat and succeeds in touching him emotionally.” – Psychocinematography Jan 10, 2026 Full Review Faceless (2024) EDIT “Faceless is a great thriller that beautifully shows the destructive role the image can play within the societal field.” – Psychocinematography Jan 5, 2026 Full Review Lumberjack the Monster (2023) 60% EDIT “Lumberjack The Monster is a great example of a filmic experience that is helmed by a director that is uninvested in the narrative material of the story and, consequently, merely does his bare minimum. ” – Psychocinematography Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Godzilla Minus One (2023) 99% EDIT “Godzilla Minus One is not only a triumphant return of the most beloved Kaiju of all, but also a deeply emotional experience that re-assessing the themes of the original Godzilla in a refreshing way.” – Psychocinematography Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Exit 8 (2025) 97% EDIT “With Exit 8, Genki Kawamura delivers an engaging and visually arresting psychological horror narrative. ” – Psychocinematography Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Golden Kamuy (2024) 100% EDIT “With Golden Kamuy, Shigeaki Kubo reaffirms that he has the skill and talent to bring action-driven narratives to life in a satisfactorily way. ” – Psychocinematography Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Undead Lovers (2024) EDIT “Ai Mikami delivers a surprisingly layered performance as Rino Hasebe.” – Psychocinematography Dec 12, 2025 Full Review A Girl Named Ann (2024) EDIT “A Girl Named Ann offers the spectator one of most upsetting confrontations with the way the societal and familial Other can fail the subject.” – Psychocinematography Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Cloud (2024) 93% EDIT “With his thriller Cloud, Kurosawa delivers a biting critique of way capitalism and consumerism has transformed our subjectivity and the way we interact with others.” – Psychocinematography Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Renoir (2025) 87% EDIT “With Renoir, Chie Hayakawa delivers an incredible moving experience that succeeds in exploring the difficulty for the subject to deal with death and the loss it introduces.” – Psychocinematography Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Happyend (2024) 98% EDIT “HappyEnd is an incredible tour-de-force that hits home.” – Psychocinematography Nov 22, 2025 Full Review My Sunshine (2024) 88% EDIT “Okuyama charms the spectator with a visual fabric that elegantly emphasize the beauty in wintery landscapes as well as the warmth of human interactions. ” – Psychocinematography Nov 19, 2025 Full Review The Gesuidouz (2024) EDIT “The Gesuidouz offers the spectator a barrage of quirky twists and light-hearted absurdities.” – Psychocinematography Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Teki Cometh (2024) EDIT “Teki Cometh offers the spectator a vivid and mesmerising experience.” – Psychocinematography Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Evil Does Not Exist (2023) 91% EDIT “With Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Evil Does Not Exist offers a highly meditative exploration of the position of violence within the natural real and the human symbolic.” – Psychocinematography Nov 7, 2025 Full Review The Valiant Red Peony Part 2 (1968) EDIT “Norifumi Suzuki delivers with Red Peony Gambler: Gambler’s Obligation another Ninkyo classic.” – Psychocinematography Nov 4, 2025 Full Review The Young Strangers (2024) EDIT “Uchiyama delivers a masterpiece that does not merely grab the spectator by his throat, but confronts him with the fundamental importance of the signifier in a heartrending way.” – Psychocinematography Oct 28, 2025 Full Review
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