An Okinawan photographer, Mao Ishikawa spent her early 20s working as a barmaid in establishments catered specifically to African American GIs stationed in Okinawa. “There was love,” as the tagline reads, her photography book, 『Red Flower – The Women of Okinawa』 captured the diaristic intimacy of friendships, love affairs, and wild nights shared amongst her social circle of that time.

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
6.8/10

Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
2013
7.6/10

Finding Vivian Maier
2014
7.6/10

Heart of a Dog
2015
6.5/10

Baraka
1992
8.2/10

Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.1/10

Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.2/10

The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
7.3/10

I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4/10

WHAM!
2023
7.4/10

Life in a Day
2011
7.2/10

The Last Waltz
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7.6/10

Bettie Page Reveals All
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
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7.4/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10

Space Station 3D
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6.4/10

Love, Marilyn
2013
6.6/10

Maria by Callas
2017
7.3/10

To Be Takei
2014
7.3/10
Hergé: In the Shadow of Tintin
2016
7.5/10