Japanese Cinema June
May 29, 2024, 9:19 p.m.
In June we will continue to chip away at the backlog, this time returning to Kurosawa's High and Low (1963). The film, based on the 1959 American crime novel King's Ransom, centers on a plot to kidnap a rich man's son that goes awry when the kidnappers nab the son of the man's chauffeur instead. A departure in tone from last month's entry, the movie's twin dramas have police racing to solve the crime while the wealthy Gondo weighs whether to sacrifice his business to save a child who is not his. An upcoming English-language remake, helmed by director Spike Lee, is currently in production.
In lieu of trailers, a video essay on movement in Kurosawa's oeuvre will be shown before the film at 9pm or dark, Friday, June 14.
- john
Make-up May
May 5, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Summer movie nights are back! This year we're planning to show one movie a month, from May to September.
Since there are a few films we never got a chance to screen for one reason or another, this May we'll have a second chance screening for one of the pictures in our backlog.
Join us Friday, May 17 for a sweet romp about a team of college baseball players in Texas in the 80s. Critics' consensus: Nostalgic in the best sense, Everybody Wants Some!! finds Richard Linklater ambling through the past with a talented cast, a sweetly meandering story, and a killer classic rock soundtrack.
As usual, 2016-release trailers and movie will begin around 9:00pm or dark!
- john
Season's Greetings!
Dec. 25, 2023, 12:14 p.m.
- john