FF7 Rebirth’s ending left fans divided over whether it was a bold retelling, a convoluted mess, or just a disappointment, and that’s exactly the reaction director Naoki Hamaguchi wanted.

Hamaguchi says this process affords him greater objectivity. "I do my best to observe what we are shooting, but what I can say from my 20 years of making films is that I really cannot trust what I ...

Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi takes the title literally for a three-hour demonstration of bourgeois alienation. Japanese theater doyen Yusuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima), seen performing Waiting for Godot ...