Vital Tuesday October 23, 2018 6:30 PM Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, 2004, RATED R 86 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles Get chilled to the bones with the upcoming film series that explores dark and macabre themes as well as the … Continue reading →
Sayaka Murata has a very important question that she asks in all of her work: What is normal? And how does normal become normal? Her first novel to appear in English, Convenience Store Woman, is no exception to this line of thematic inquiry. In … Continue reading →
Nightmare Detective Tuesday October 30, 2018 6:30 PM Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, 2006, RATED R 106 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles Get chilled to the bones with this film series that explores dark and macabre themes as well as the … Continue reading →
Tetsuo The Iron Man Thursday November 1, 2018 6:30 PM Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989, RATED R 67 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles Get chilled to the bones with this film series that explores dark and macabre themes as well … Continue reading →
Tidal Wave 日本沈没 Tuesday November 6, 2018 6:30 PM Directed by Shiro Moritani, 1975 86 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles and English dubs Get spooked with these 70's and 80's films that explores some dark, apocalyptic and mysterious themes coming … Continue reading →
KORE-EDA + KIKI This series celebrates the accomplishments of master filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and also the prolific actress Kirin Kiki who sadly passed away in September. We will be screening three films by Kore-eda - two of which includes Kirin Kiki … Continue reading →
An Afternoon with Bam and Kero Join us for an exciting afternoon with Yuka Shimada, the author and illustrator of the beloved Bam and Kero children’s book series. Enjoy three Bam … Continue reading →
Nov 18 - Silent Revue presents one of the master Japanese filmmaker’s earliest and greatest masterpieces—1931’s TOKYO CHORUS directed by Yasujiro Ozu.
Special Co-presentation with The Revue Cinema House ハウス Monday November 19, 2018 9:15 PM Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977 88 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles Get spooked with these 70's and 80's films that explores some dark, apocalyptic and mysterious … Continue reading →
In the early 1970s Japan was in the grip of an “occult boom” that exploded across popular media. This was a fad, but also something more: A popular media theory that tried to come to terms with a new media … Continue reading →
