Film Articles

IDA: “An Exploration of Whiteness and the Flattering Illusions of History: Suzannah Herbert on her Tribeca-Winning ‘Natchez’”

https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/exploration-whiteness-and-flattering-illusions-history-suzannah-herbert-her-tribeca

The Hollywood Reporter: “‘Natchez’ Review: Shrewd Doc Explores a Southern City’s Struggle to Acknowledge History”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/natchez-review-documentary-suzannah-herbert-1236290712/

Los Angeles Times: “A beautiful town haunted by its own racism gets its close-up in ‘Natchez’”

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2026-02-06/natchez-review-documentary-mississippi-racism-suzannah-herbert

The Guardian: “Plantation weddings and pre-civil war fashion: the film that critiques the historical fantasy of ‘Natchez’”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/14/documentary-natchez-mississippi-plantation-tours

The New Yorker: “Challenging Official Histories in ‘Natchez’ and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/natchez-movie-review-mr-nobody-against-putin

The New York Times: “‘Natchez’: Histories Clash in a Complex Look at the City”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/movies/natchez-documentary.html

Variety: … gave me an even greater appreciation of how America’s pastime can transcend borders.”

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/luis-valdez-documentary-lavine-ken-burns-prize-1236555727/

Los Angeles Times : Shohei Ohtani highlighted in film about Japanese, U.S. baseball

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-10-19/shohei-ohtani-new-documentary-japanese-american-baseball-history

The Japan Times: More than a sports story, ‘Diamond Diplomacy‘ is a reflection on friendship, memory, and the ability of a simple game to transcend borders.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/16/baseball/baseball-film-yuriko-gamo-romer-japan-usa/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#Echobox=1760604873-1

Yomiuri Shimbun: 野球がつないだ日米の絆、ドキュメンタリー映画に…村上雅則さんやクロマティさんの物語を軸に構成

A bond between Japan and the United States forged through baseball becomes a documentary film — structured around the stories of Masanori Murakami and Warren Cromartie

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/mlb/20251127-OYT1T50088/

Variety: “Strand Releasing Acquires North American Rights to Yuriko Gamo Romer’s Baseball Documentary ‘Diamond Diplomacy’ (EXCLUSIVE)”

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/strand-acquires-diamond-diplomacy-1236738775/

Nichi Bei News: “Japanese baseball takes the lead in feature documentary ‘Diamond Diplomacy’”

https://www.nichibei.org/2026/04/japanese-baseball-takes-the-lead-in-feature-documentary-diamond-diplomacy/

Theater Articles

New National Theatre's 2025-26 overseas invitation performance "Nosebleed."

https://magazine.confetti-web.com/news/news-news/78726/

The New York Times: “‘The Nosebleed’ Review: Reconciling the Ghosts in the Attic”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/theater/the-nosebleed-review.html

The Washington Post: ‘The Nosebleed’ turns playwright’s introspection into communal catharsis”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2023/04/07/nosebleed-play-woolly-mammoth/