https://yukamurakami.com Yuka Murakami Thu, 14 May 2026 16:51:32 +0000 https://yukamurakami.com en https://yukamurakami.com/Header Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:04:06 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Header 村上夕佳Yuka Murakami is a New York-based filmmaker and writer. Her work uses close observation to explore systems of performance across history, linguistics, labor, and ritual.&nbsp; She is a graduate from the California Institute of the Arts’s MFA in Film Directing, where she was awarded the Alison Doerner Fund for Women Pioneers in Filmmaking and the Lillian Disney Critical Reader Scholarship. She was a recipient of an Emmy Award as a producer on the documentary&nbsp;Masters of Modern Design in 2020. She currently works at Metrograph in the programming department.yuka.murakami@icloud.com&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://yukamurakami.com/Why-Because Thu, 14 May 2026 16:51:32 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Why-Because Why? Because... with Jean-Pierre Gorin 2026 Programming <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0cbdab7ad5180b800db371366bb207889582ce1bcd6b6144e294c344ac12ceb/toni-1.jpeg" data-mid="248295538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0cbdab7ad5180b800db371366bb207889582ce1bcd6b6144e294c344ac12ceb/toni-1.jpeg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a635ae394c3267b2ef33871fc521734d947ebeb52b443a16d488a1bcbddb3f9d/JLG-JPG.png" data-mid="248295535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a635ae394c3267b2ef33871fc521734d947ebeb52b443a16d488a1bcbddb3f9d/JLG-JPG.png" /><img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9d1d573477823dc19fac6983cfbd5fc67ac8259a96619466f9ff0764eb65de0/Lumiere-dete.jpeg" data-mid="248295536" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9d1d573477823dc19fac6983cfbd5fc67ac8259a96619466f9ff0764eb65de0/Lumiere-dete.jpeg" /><img width="1296" height="841" width_o="1296" height_o="841" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d740731b921f6fc87d72b3192c1ae0ba14cdabe514e8ccabc671b1d99630c259/617e2762-037e-4412-897c-4f08e96b1aae.jpg" data-mid="248295567" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d740731b921f6fc87d72b3192c1ae0ba14cdabe514e8ccabc671b1d99630c259/617e2762-037e-4412-897c-4f08e96b1aae.jpg" /> Filmmaker and theorist Jean-Pierre Gorin’s long-awaited return to New York City — screenings across L’Alliance, Roxy, and e-flux, including Gorin’s carte-blanche selections and his own Southern California Trilogy. https://yukamurakami.com/Maborosi Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:22:18 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Maborosi Maborosi (1995) 2026 Text <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5067e348b3d27adc97d7147079899c80533c61fd3c6d09c543577d53acbdb98a/MABOROSI_4-copy.jpg" data-mid="243384233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5067e348b3d27adc97d7147079899c80533c61fd3c6d09c543577d53acbdb98a/MABOROSI_4-copy.jpg" /> On Maborosi (1995) by Hirokazu Kore-eda&nbsp;for Screenslate https://yukamurakami.com/Nina-Menkes-interview Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:21:32 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Nina-Menkes-interview Nina Menkes 2026 Interview <img width="2857" height="1600" width_o="2857" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/357946490af35580e54684f66728534ec19b14b58df4be9e0b55cb1f8d1872f7/images-1.jpeg" data-mid="244778621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/357946490af35580e54684f66728534ec19b14b58df4be9e0b55cb1f8d1872f7/images-1.jpeg" /> Interview with filmmaker Nina Menkes for the Metrograph Journal https://yukamurakami.com/Letter-to-Jane Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:36:27 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Letter-to-Jane Letter to Jane (1972) with Jean-Pierre Gorin 2025 Moderation <img width="800" height="633" width_o="800" height_o="633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c66cb39e44667487d5fb2403a871a16eb43e59da31d51fd44482c9d5d1103cb/MV5BZWZkNzViMmItM2YxYy00OTBiLWJiYmUtMzI1NTE2ZDg2MDRmXkEyXkFqcGc._V1_.jpg" data-mid="241033131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/2c66cb39e44667487d5fb2403a871a16eb43e59da31d51fd44482c9d5d1103cb/MV5BZWZkNzViMmItM2YxYy00OTBiLWJiYmUtMzI1NTE2ZDg2MDRmXkEyXkFqcGc._V1_.jpg" /> Q&amp;A moderation with Jean-Pierre Gorin on Letter to Jane (1972) at e-flux&nbsp; https://yukamurakami.com/Back-Home-2025 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:21:04 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Back-Home-2025 Back Home (2025) 2025 Review <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4196587b4fbfa8fd781cfe4709b72ed434dfd26cf3eaeb2172159af50f5feb9d/back-home.jpeg" data-mid="240048503" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4196587b4fbfa8fd781cfe4709b72ed434dfd26cf3eaeb2172159af50f5feb9d/back-home.jpeg" /> On Back Home (2025) by Tsai-Ming Liang for the Millenium Film Journal https://yukamurakami.com/Mary-Stephen-Interview Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:20:17 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Mary-Stephen-Interview Mary Stephen on Ombres de Soie (1978) and Palimpsest (2025) 2025 Interview <img width="1200" height="751" width_o="1200" height_o="751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8538d5e6563b1a8a6b7f41b8a378b8d77cbb578d639708893ad6d563c9fe7082/Ombres-de-soie_NYFF63_01.jpeg" data-mid="239842836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8538d5e6563b1a8a6b7f41b8a378b8d77cbb578d639708893ad6d563c9fe7082/Ombres-de-soie_NYFF63_01.jpeg" /> Interview with filmmaker and editor Mary Stephen for Film Comment https://yukamurakami.com/Chinese-Roulette Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:26:11 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Chinese-Roulette Chinese Roulette (1976) 2025 Text <img width="1860" height="1044" width_o="1860" height_o="1044" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28271cef8270519edb977f5a8649ff9b2a09922adaa5bf4cf03a7f848e204a6f/Chinese-Roulette-HERO.jpg" data-mid="239298430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28271cef8270519edb977f5a8649ff9b2a09922adaa5bf4cf03a7f848e204a6f/Chinese-Roulette-HERO.jpg" /> On Chinese Roulette (1976) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder&nbsp;for Screenslate https://yukamurakami.com/Mediterranee-and-Bassae Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:20:26 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Mediterranee-and-Bassae Méditerranée (1963) and Bassae (1964) 2025 Text <img width="1000" height="735" width_o="1000" height_o="735" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d5516c6ec277927576399b16170156e1a371ac8d8ddb8e141d63a44e47c693c/Pollet-Mediterranee.jpg" data-mid="227898940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d5516c6ec277927576399b16170156e1a371ac8d8ddb8e141d63a44e47c693c/Pollet-Mediterranee.jpg" /> On Méditerranée (1963) and&nbsp;Bassae&nbsp;(1964) by Jean-Daniel Pollet for Screenslate https://yukamurakami.com/Fata-Morgana Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:11:33 +0000 Yuka Murakami https://yukamurakami.com/Fata-Morgana Fata Morgana (1971) 2025 Text <img width="775" height="525" width_o="775" height_o="525" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e7a45e758dcdf89d1476a9cdb56877d9c4591bf0626bd90275a53e16243d7fe/Fata-Morgana.jpg" data-mid="238983916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/775/i/9e7a45e758dcdf89d1476a9cdb56877d9c4591bf0626bd90275a53e16243d7fe/Fata-Morgana.jpg" /> Widely regarded as idiosyncratically apart from the nonfiction oeuvre of Herzog’s filmography, Fata Morgana is a mesmerizing, photographic foray into the Sahara, marked by an insistent making of a mirage. Its visual commitment together with Lotte Eisner’s narration of the Mayan creation text, Popol Vuh, summons a reckoning with the primordial that descends into moments of dystopia, oddity, and charm. Transfixing, existential, austere, and defeating, the film sustains the inherent qualities of a myth in relating this telluric survey, full of ambivalence and contradiction.