March 4
The Love That Remains
Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
March 4
Anything That Moves
An avant-gutter psychedelic dream, Anything That Moves is an erotically charged, blood-soaked thriller set in the sticky corridors of Chicago. Shot on fleshy Super 16mm, director Alex Phillips' rust belt giallo continues on his trajectory of taboo-shattering horror cinema with this tense, funny, and absolutely twisted murder mystery.
March 5
Naruse Mikio Retrospective Tour: Repast (Meshi)
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
March 5
Naruse Mikio Retrospective Tour: Late Chrysanthemums (Bangiku)
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
March 6
The Love That Remains
Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
March 6
Naruse Mikio Retrospective Tour: When a Woman Ascends The Stairs (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, describes life’s vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she’s growing older.
March 6
Anything That Moves
An avant-gutter psychedelic dream, Anything That Moves is an erotically charged, blood-soaked thriller set in the sticky corridors of Chicago. Shot on fleshy Super 16mm, director Alex Phillips' rust belt giallo continues on his trajectory of taboo-shattering horror cinema with this tense, funny, and absolutely twisted murder mystery.
March 7
Naruse Mikio Retrospective Tour: Scattered Clouds (Midaregumo)
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man’s widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
March 7
The Love That Remains
Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
March 7
Naruse Mikio Retrospective Tour: Yearning (Midareru)
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband’s family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko’s in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
March 7
Anything That Moves
An avant-gutter psychedelic dream, Anything That Moves is an erotically charged, blood-soaked thriller set in the sticky corridors of Chicago. Shot on fleshy Super 16mm, director Alex Phillips' rust belt giallo continues on his trajectory of taboo-shattering horror cinema with this tense, funny, and absolutely twisted murder mystery.
March 8
Naruse Mikio Retrospective Tour: Floating Clouds (Ukigumo)
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn’t and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.