Video game movies won't work unless you break the rules, says Exit 8 director

"Video games aren’t very good source material for movie adaptations… I wanted to blur the boundaries between what movies and ...

‘Exit 8’ traps moviegoers in a video game’s puzzle — for good and ill

It's not impossible to translate a video game to the big screen, but Genki Kawamura's film version of a Japanese puzzle ...
The Columbian

Battle Ground students design video games, learn how to use AI

Students in Prairie High School’s video game design class often work on assignments using AI — without getting into trouble for it.
The New Yorker

“Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source

In Genki Kawamura’s infinity-loop thriller, “Exit 8,” a labyrinthine metro station becomes a metaphor for a life lived in ...
Filmmaker Magazine

Let’s Play: Genki Kawamura and Jirô Nagae on a New Kind of Video Game Cinema

With Exit 8 releasing in theaters, directors Genki Kawamura and Jirô Nagae discuss the future of cinematic adaptations of ...
IGN

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Review

We know what we’re in for when we sit down for a Hunger Games movie. Adapted from Suzanne Collins’ trilogy for young adults, they’re full of commentary-via-metaphor on class, politics, war, propaganda ...