Joshua Chaplinsky
New York City, New York

Joshua Chaplinsky is the Managing Editor for LitReactor.com. He has also written for ChuckPalahniuk.net. He was a guitarist in the band SpeedSpeedSpeed, and is the poison pen behind thejamminjabber, although he's not so sure he should admit it.

MESRINE: L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n° 1 Reviews

[Our thanks to Joshua Chaplinsky for the following.] I recently had the “opportunity” to view both L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n° 1, neither of which has seen a stateside release at this time. The timing of the subtitles... More »
  

NYAFF 09 Review: WRITTEN BY

[Our thanks to Joshua Chaplinsky for the following review.] I’m a sucker for anything Kaufmanesque, that special brand of weirdness with a metaphysical edge. I am not, however, a sucker for Hong Kong style melodrama. How about a Hong... More »
  

NYAFF 09 Review: THE FORBIDDEN DOOR

[Our thanks to Joshua Chaplinsky for the following review.] I’m a sucker for anything Lynchian, that special brand of weirdness encompassing the dark and bizarre. Invariably, the eponymous term is slapped on as a selling point, and anything described... More »
  

BRONSON Review

[Because covering the New York Asian Fest for us apparently wasn't enough to keep him occupied, our thanks now go out to Joshua Chaplinsky for sending along this review of Nicholas Winding Refn's Bronson as well.] (The NY premiere... More »
  

NYAFF 09 Review: CRUSH AND BLUSH

[Our thanks to Joshua Chaplinsky for the following review.] Crush and Blush is the story of Yang Mi-sook, a deluded English teacher stalking her married co-worker. When she learns the object of her desire is having an affair with her... More »
  

NYAFF 09 Review: MAGAZINE GAP ROAD

"She'll come back. They always do." Or, she'll be back, according to the subtitles on the screener, but that doesn't seem like the ideal translation. A former Tokyo call girl and an alcoholic ex-cop attempt to help a young woman... More »
  

NYAFF 09 Review: THE CLONE RETURNS HOME

As I popped in the screener for Children of the Dark, I thought, why am I doing this to myself? Why, out of over fifty films did I pick one described by the NYAFF as containing more horrible things per... More »
  
 
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