Patrick Galvan
@pgalvan91
Film journalist specializing in Japanese and early Chinese cinema. Written for @Cineaste_Mag, @OurCultureOC, @TohoKingdom, @Offscreen2, @SYFYWIRE, @christandpc
After nine months of intensive work, I am happy to announce my biography on Shanghai film star Ruan Lingyu is now available in paperback on Amazon. amazon.com/Ruan-Lingyu-He…
Exciting developments for fans of Japanese cinema. We're at last getting a book on the films of Keisuke Kinoshita, and Akira Kurosawa's second memoir -- first published in Japan shortly after his death in 1998 -- has now been translated into English! Coming soon.
SRS is having a big sale & my sci-fi film "The iDol" is targeted for liquidation. 🥲 My (awesome) movie features a number of notable cameos: Yukijiro Hotaru, Takako Fuji, and Tomoo Haraguchi, with music by Kow Otani, & CG FXs by Takashi Yamazaki. srscinemastore.com/collections/li…
Akiko and Yosuke finally come face to face with the heroes behind Draco Azul. How will this encounter turn out? Find out in the latest chapter of #PrimalWarriorDracoAzul Gaiden: Hellfire! #WEBTOON #mecha #kaiju webtoons.com/en/canvas/prim…
My @OurCultureOC book review of Rick Wallach's "In Search of Godzilla: Myth, Stagecraft and Politics in Ishiro Honda's Masterpiece." Now available from @McFarlandCoPub. ourculturemag.com/2025/07/24/boo…
One of my latest research obsessions. In 1947, U.S. servicemen in Japan staged live “reports” of a sea monster attacking Tokyo. I imagine retellings of the hoax are a tad hyperbolic, but it’s a fascinating story — the time postwar Japan was besieged by a monster, before Godzilla!
Norman England's wonderful "Behind the Kaiju Curtain" is on sale now! Get it while it's 19% off and dive into the most in-depth look you could get at being an American on the set of Japanese Godzilla films and beyond! a.co/d/1z7rc3Z
Work on the Ifukube book's manuscript is coming along. I hope to be done with it in about a month and then it'll be sent to the publisher to undergo peer review. Very much looking forward to sharing with all of you new information and insights about Ifukube and his Godzilla…
Celebrate 3Godzilla’s 70th anniversary with this exclusive behind-the-scenes narrative and visual history of Japan’s King of the Monsters. Grab a copy of GODZILLA: THE FIRST 70 YEARS today! 🦖 @SteveRyfle bit.ly/44sWOEC
Some shots of the "Godzilla: The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History of the Japanese Productions" book out Tuesday. This book is BIG-432 PAGES! TONS of info and photos and I'll tweeting the order link for this one for a while. -Chris amazon.com/Godzilla-Offic…
My @OurCultureOC review of @SteveRyfle and Ed Godziszewski's latest info-packed book, "Godzilla: The First 70 Years," from @ABRAMSbooks. ourculturemag.com/2025/07/11/boo…
If you're going to @GFEST_GFAN this Saturday (7/12) swing by the Shinichi Wakasa panel at 12pm and the "Bringing #Godzilla Into Focus" panel with Ed Godziszewski and Steve Ryfle at 4pm---I'm moderating both and it should be an awesome time.
A new English language manga coming from my wife, Miyako!
More information on Miyako Cojima's HELL of the Living Girls coming this month. Maybe even pre-orders 👀👀
Dick Cavett was a huge proponent of Japanese cinema. Akira Kurosawa's first-ever TV appearance which came as a result of our '81 Kurosawa series—then noted as his 1st complete Eng-subbed retro—was on Cavett's show during his visit to Japan Society.
✨ Dick Cavett’s Closet Picks! ✨ The legendary television host reminisces about having Katharine Hepburn and Jean-Luc Godard on his show, shares that he “doesn't see how a movie would get any better” than Stagecoach, and celebrates David Lean and Noël Coward’s collaborations.
Michael Madsen, the rough-and-tumble actor best known for his work in the Quentin Tarantino films 'Reservoir Dogs,' 'Kill Bill: Vol. 2,' 'The Hateful Eight' and 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' has died. He was 67 bit.ly/4lv1y2N
Mikio Naruse, Yoko Tsukasa and Yuzo Kayama during the filming of SCATTERED CLOUDS (1967).
It's the final weekend "Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us", co-organized with @Metrograph and @JF_NewYork! Don't miss Naruse's late period color films including rarities SUMMER CLOUDS and DAUGHTERS, WIVES, and a MOTHER, screening today and tomorrow at Metrograph!
ARTICLES - The Showa Gamera Series: A Retrospective! By Patrick Galvan Explore Gamera's journey from 1965 to today. Read more at sakuracentral.net/the-showa-game…. #gamera #kaiju #daikaiju #turtlemeat #articles #sakuracentral
The Showa Gamera Series: A Retrospective 昭和ガメラについて、調べて書いていて素晴らしいです。参考文献の所に、知人のものがありました。そのインタビューもお手伝いしました sakuracentral.net/the-showa-game…
My @_sakura_central historical essay on the Showa Gamera movies -- covering the films, the man who directed most of them, and the studio -- that was also behind classics such as Mizoguchi's "Ugetsu" and Ozu's "Floating Weeds" -- that made them. sakuracentral.net/the-showa-game…
While in LA hanging with Steve Ryfle, I got to peruse his and Ed's upcoming Godzilla book. It's arguably the most important English-language book on Godzilla. Like my own book on Godzilla productions, it's sourced from the crew and cast—not just an FAQ of stuff found on the net.