Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The reason Ebikawa matters here is that the Metal Build toys of ...

There’s off-kilter appeal but not much in the way of hilarity or point to “The Arbalest,” a droll curiosity about a fictive toy magnate that takes place in the late 1960s and ’70s. Located at the ...

A movie about puzzle-making, “The Arbalest” is appropriately tough to figure out, but not for the right reasons. Stiffly paced and marred by a cerebral tone that stymies the intriguing nature of its ...

A toy inventor reflects on his obsession with a woman who dislikes him. Adam Pinney’s “The Arbalest” won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at this year’s South by Southwest. Now, the ...