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Sunday 11/ 9 | Monday 11/ 10 | Tuesday 11/ 11 | Wednesday 11/ 12 This program of 10 rollicking shorts takes inspiration from the freedom of the first years of cinema to bring a boundary-smashing brawl and a creative revolution for women to the screen. It kicks off with Karen Pearlman’s BREAKING PLATES (2023), a contemporary docudrama inspired by...  [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow...  Sidney Poitier stars as Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia homicide detective passing through rural Mississippi and wrongly detained by bigoted sheriff Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) on a murder charge. Once cleared, he helps the sheriff solve the case. Poitier and Steiger electrify the screen as their...  Oscar®-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. (Note courtesy of...  [英雄本色] A BETTER TOMORROW is the tale of two brothers: Sung Tse Ho (Ti Lung), a successful senior-ranking Triad counterfeiter, and the younger Sung Tse Kit (Leslie Cheung), a fledgling graduate of the Hong Kong police academy. A schism forms when Kit learns his brother...  Oscar®-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. (Note courtesy of...  [SHICHININ NO SAMURAI] [七人の侍] Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, SEVEN SAMURAI has spawned imitations, including THE WILD BUNCH and 1960’s THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, but remains unsurpassed in its virtuosity — due in large part to filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s star and... | Thursday 11/ 13This program of 10 rollicking shorts takes inspiration from the freedom of the first years of cinema to bring a boundary-smashing brawl and a creative revolution for women to the screen. It kicks off with Karen Pearlman’s BREAKING PLATES (2023), a contemporary docudrama inspired by... [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow...  [KUMONOSU-JŌ] [蜘蛛巣城] Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” stars Toshirō Mifune as Taketoki Washizu, a victorious warlord in feudal Japan who becomes obsessed with — and ultimately enslaved by — his quest for power. When he becomes lost in a labyrinthine forest,... Oscar®-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. (Note courtesy of... Sidney Poitier stars as Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia homicide detective passing through rural Mississippi and wrongly detained by bigoted sheriff Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) on a murder charge. Once cleared, he helps the sheriff solve the case. Poitier and Steiger electrify the screen as their... [英雄本色] A BETTER TOMORROW is the tale of two brothers: Sung Tse Ho (Ti Lung), a successful senior-ranking Triad counterfeiter, and the younger Sung Tse Kit (Leslie Cheung), a fledgling graduate of the Hong Kong police academy. A schism forms when Kit learns his brother... Oscar®-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. (Note courtesy of... | Friday 11/ 14 What begins as an oddball farce — a privileged young man buys a tenement building, intending to convert it into a psychedelic bachelor pad — evolves into something much more complex as the naïve Elgar (Beau Bridges) spends time getting to know the African American...  In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,... [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow...  PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily...  [刀馬旦] During the turbulent period following the 1911 Revolution, Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a general’s daughter, joins a guerilla movement that would depose her father. She crosses paths with opera troupe member Bai Niu (Sally Yeh) and fleeing courtesan Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung). The three...  [YŌJINBŌ] [用心棒] Tough guy Sanjūrō (Toshirô Mifune), an out-of-work, down-on-his-luck samurai, wanders into a lawless town beset by gang warfare and quickly finds his services much in demand by both factions. His response is to cynically play each side against the other — strange for...  Harold Lamb, a naïve, wide-eyed freshman, heads off to Tate University hoping to emulate his movie idol, The College Hero, and springboard himself to popularity. He even makes the football team — as a combination water boy/tackling dummy. But he gets his chance to make...  [KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN AKUNIN] [隠し砦の三悪人] The fastest and funniest of Akira Kurosawa’s many samurai pictures combines terrific action with broad comedy captured in breathtaking widescreen cinematography — the director’s first foray into the format that would become his signature visual style. Two luckless peasants... | Saturday 11/ 15What begins as an oddball farce — a privileged young man buys a tenement building, intending to convert it into a psychedelic bachelor pad — evolves into something much more complex as the naïve Elgar (Beau Bridges) spends time getting to know the African American... [YŌJINBŌ] [用心棒] Tough guy Sanjūrō (Toshirô Mifune), an out-of-work, down-on-his-luck samurai, wanders into a lawless town beset by gang warfare and quickly finds his services much in demand by both factions. His response is to cynically play each side against the other — strange for... PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily... [刀馬旦] During the turbulent period following the 1911 Revolution, Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a general’s daughter, joins a guerilla movement that would depose her father. She crosses paths with opera troupe member Bai Niu (Sally Yeh) and fleeing courtesan Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung). The three...  An escaped convict surfaces in Tatesville, Georgia, where he passes himself off to the local populace as Rev. Isaiah T. Jenkins and sets about bilking the congregation of their hard-earned money. Paul Robeson is magnetic in his screen debut — the only film he made... In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,...  Co-presented by The Red Circle of Washington, DC In 2024, the BFI National Archive launched a major new project to restore Stoll Pictures’ epic Sherlock Holmes film series which ran from 1921–1923 and produced 45 shorts and two features, all starring Eille Norwood (Sir Arthur... [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow...  100th Anniversary | Restored 4K DCP GO WEST (1925) Heeding the expansionist call of Horace Greeley, an idealistic young man (Buster Keaton) known only as “Friendless” hops a freight train westward to meet his destiny, landing at a cattle ranch in Arizona. His attempts at...  [喋血雙雄] John Woo’s third film collaboration with Chow Yun-Fat launched Woo to international acclaim and caught Hollywood’s eye in the process. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, a hit man exhausted by bloodshed and looking to retire. During what is supposed to be his final job,... |
Sunday 11/ 16[KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN AKUNIN] [隠し砦の三悪人] The fastest and funniest of Akira Kurosawa’s many samurai pictures combines terrific action with broad comedy captured in breathtaking widescreen cinematography — the director’s first foray into the format that would become his signature visual style. Two luckless peasants... In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,...  Warren Beatty had kicked around the idea of a movie about a stud hairstylist as early as the mid-1960s, but in its long gestation from gag character to fully formed script and 1975 release, SHAMPOO acquired the hard-earned wisdom of post-60s disillusionment. Set on the... [喋血雙雄] John Woo’s third film collaboration with Chow Yun-Fat launched Woo to international acclaim and caught Hollywood’s eye in the process. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, a hit man exhausted by bloodshed and looking to retire. During what is supposed to be his final job,... [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow... [YŌJINBŌ] [用心棒] Tough guy Sanjūrō (Toshirô Mifune), an out-of-work, down-on-his-luck samurai, wanders into a lawless town beset by gang warfare and quickly finds his services much in demand by both factions. His response is to cynically play each side against the other — strange for... PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily... | Monday 11/ 17Warren Beatty had kicked around the idea of a movie about a stud hairstylist as early as the mid-1960s, but in its long gestation from gag character to fully formed script and 1975 release, SHAMPOO acquired the hard-earned wisdom of post-60s disillusionment. Set on the... [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow... In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,... What begins as an oddball farce — a privileged young man buys a tenement building, intending to convert it into a psychedelic bachelor pad — evolves into something much more complex as the naïve Elgar (Beau Bridges) spends time getting to know the African American... PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily... [喋血雙雄] John Woo’s third film collaboration with Chow Yun-Fat launched Woo to international acclaim and caught Hollywood’s eye in the process. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, a hit man exhausted by bloodshed and looking to retire. During what is supposed to be his final job,... [KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN AKUNIN] [隠し砦の三悪人] The fastest and funniest of Akira Kurosawa’s many samurai pictures combines terrific action with broad comedy captured in breathtaking widescreen cinematography — the director’s first foray into the format that would become his signature visual style. Two luckless peasants... | Tuesday 11/ 18[یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow... In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,... PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily... [YŌJINBŌ] [用心棒] Tough guy Sanjūrō (Toshirô Mifune), an out-of-work, down-on-his-luck samurai, wanders into a lawless town beset by gang warfare and quickly finds his services much in demand by both factions. His response is to cynically play each side against the other — strange for... [刀馬旦] During the turbulent period following the 1911 Revolution, Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a general’s daughter, joins a guerilla movement that would depose her father. She crosses paths with opera troupe member Bai Niu (Sally Yeh) and fleeing courtesan Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung). The three... What begins as an oddball farce — a privileged young man buys a tenement building, intending to convert it into a psychedelic bachelor pad — evolves into something much more complex as the naïve Elgar (Beau Bridges) spends time getting to know the African American...  Tickets are limited to four per reservation and are not a guarantee of admission. You must be seated at least 15 min. prior to showtime. Seating is limited, so please arrive early. Empty seats will be released to standby line guests. SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE... [喋血雙雄] John Woo’s third film collaboration with Chow Yun-Fat launched Woo to international acclaim and caught Hollywood’s eye in the process. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, a hit man exhausted by bloodshed and looking to retire. During what is supposed to be his final job,... | Wednesday 11/ 19[یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow... In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,... PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily... [刀馬旦] During the turbulent period following the 1911 Revolution, Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a general’s daughter, joins a guerilla movement that would depose her father. She crosses paths with opera troupe member Bai Niu (Sally Yeh) and fleeing courtesan Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung). The three... [YŌJINBŌ] [用心棒] Tough guy Sanjūrō (Toshirô Mifune), an out-of-work, down-on-his-luck samurai, wanders into a lawless town beset by gang warfare and quickly finds his services much in demand by both factions. His response is to cynically play each side against the other — strange for...  Come see the winning short films from this year's 48 Hour Film Science Fiction Horror Project, all made by local filmmakers in just 48 hours! Awards will be given in a number of categories, culminating in Best Film. Program approx. 120 min. For more information,... | Thursday 11/ 20Warren Beatty had kicked around the idea of a movie about a stud hairstylist as early as the mid-1960s, but in its long gestation from gag character to fully formed script and 1975 release, SHAMPOO acquired the hard-earned wisdom of post-60s disillusionment. Set on the... In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day — including Allen Ginsberg,... [یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow... PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily... [KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN AKUNIN] [隠し砦の三悪人] The fastest and funniest of Akira Kurosawa’s many samurai pictures combines terrific action with broad comedy captured in breathtaking widescreen cinematography — the director’s first foray into the format that would become his signature visual style. Two luckless peasants... What begins as an oddball farce — a privileged young man buys a tenement building, intending to convert it into a psychedelic bachelor pad — evolves into something much more complex as the naïve Elgar (Beau Bridges) spends time getting to know the African American... [喋血雙雄] John Woo’s third film collaboration with Chow Yun-Fat launched Woo to international acclaim and caught Hollywood’s eye in the process. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, a hit man exhausted by bloodshed and looking to retire. During what is supposed to be his final job,... [刀馬旦] During the turbulent period following the 1911 Revolution, Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a general’s daughter, joins a guerilla movement that would depose her father. She crosses paths with opera troupe member Bai Niu (Sally Yeh) and fleeing courtesan Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung). The three... | Friday 11/ 21 “Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch...  “I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” SUNSET BOULEVARD is regarded by many as the best film ever made about Hollywood — and by others as audacious treachery. In flashback, recently deceased screenwriter/kept man Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates his tormented, mutually exploitative...  4K Restoration DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature, Lee Grant’s exploration of Reagan-era America takes us from the heartland, where farms that have fed the U.S. for a century are being dismembered by local banks, through to...  In this gripping political thriller from Sydney Pollack, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), code-named “Condor,” enters his clandestine CIA office in New York City to find all his co-workers murdered. In his ensuing struggle to evade the same fate, Condor forcibly recruits a woman (Faye Dunaway)...  [倩女幽魂] Ning Tsai-Shen (Leslie Cheung) takes shelter in an abandoned rural temple where he meets the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing (Joey Wong) and becomes instantly smitten. Unfortunately for them both, Hsiao-Ting is a ghost trapped in the human world by a vengeful tree spirit. This discovery... | Saturday 11/ 22 [TENGOKU TO JIGOKU] [天国と地獄] Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of American crime master Evan Hunter’s novel “King’s Ransom” makes for a thriller of the highest order: intellectually rich, pulse-pounding entertainment. Wealthy businessman Kingo Gondo (Toshirō Mifune) receives a ransom letter for his son, only to discover the... “Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch... 4K Restoration DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature, Lee Grant’s exploration of Reagan-era America takes us from the heartland, where farms that have fed the U.S. for a century are being dismembered by local banks, through to...  [TSUBAKI SANJŪRŌ] [椿三十郎] “You tired of being stupid yet?” After the enormous popularity of YOJIMBO, Akira Kurosawa followed with this sequel, pushing even further into all-out comedy. Toshirō Mifune reprises his role as the in-it-for-himself swordsman, this time happening upon a town torn between two...  [喋血街頭] Three close friends (played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung and Waise Lee) flee the police in Hong Kong and abscond to Vietnam with dreams of profiting off the war as drug smugglers. Amid the turmoil of the war, the three men find their... |
Sunday 11/ 23 In her theatrical directorial debut, Lee Grant, working with screenwriters Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle, adapts Tillie Olsen’s O. Henry Award-winning novella as a moving meditation on aging and coming to terms with the past. Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova star as elderly Midwestern Jewish... “Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch... [TENGOKU TO JIGOKU] [天国と地獄] Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of American crime master Evan Hunter’s novel “King’s Ransom” makes for a thriller of the highest order: intellectually rich, pulse-pounding entertainment. Wealthy businessman Kingo Gondo (Toshirō Mifune) receives a ransom letter for his son, only to discover the... “I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” SUNSET BOULEVARD is regarded by many as the best film ever made about Hollywood — and by others as audacious treachery. In flashback, recently deceased screenwriter/kept man Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates his tormented, mutually exploitative... | Monday 11/ 24“I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” SUNSET BOULEVARD is regarded by many as the best film ever made about Hollywood — and by others as audacious treachery. In flashback, recently deceased screenwriter/kept man Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates his tormented, mutually exploitative... [TSUBAKI SANJŪRŌ] [椿三十郎] “You tired of being stupid yet?” After the enormous popularity of YOJIMBO, Akira Kurosawa followed with this sequel, pushing even further into all-out comedy. Toshirō Mifune reprises his role as the in-it-for-himself swordsman, this time happening upon a town torn between two...  An enigmatic band of ramen ronin guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe. Jūzō Itami’s rapturous “ramen western” — presented in a beautiful 4K restoration — serves up a savory broth of culinary adventure, seasoned with offbeat... In her theatrical directorial debut, Lee Grant, working with screenwriters Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle, adapts Tillie Olsen’s O. Henry Award-winning novella as a moving meditation on aging and coming to terms with the past. Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova star as elderly Midwestern Jewish... [倩女幽魂] Ning Tsai-Shen (Leslie Cheung) takes shelter in an abandoned rural temple where he meets the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing (Joey Wong) and becomes instantly smitten. Unfortunately for them both, Hsiao-Ting is a ghost trapped in the human world by a vengeful tree spirit. This discovery... | Tuesday 11/ 25“Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch... In her theatrical directorial debut, Lee Grant, working with screenwriters Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle, adapts Tillie Olsen’s O. Henry Award-winning novella as a moving meditation on aging and coming to terms with the past. Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova star as elderly Midwestern Jewish... “I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” SUNSET BOULEVARD is regarded by many as the best film ever made about Hollywood — and by others as audacious treachery. In flashback, recently deceased screenwriter/kept man Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates his tormented, mutually exploitative... [喋血街頭] Three close friends (played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung and Waise Lee) flee the police in Hong Kong and abscond to Vietnam with dreams of profiting off the war as drug smugglers. Amid the turmoil of the war, the three men find their... [TSUBAKI SANJŪRŌ] [椿三十郎] “You tired of being stupid yet?” After the enormous popularity of YOJIMBO, Akira Kurosawa followed with this sequel, pushing even further into all-out comedy. Toshirō Mifune reprises his role as the in-it-for-himself swordsman, this time happening upon a town torn between two... | Wednesday 11/ 26 There is no better time to revisit this timeless classic, filled with enduring songs and enchanting imagery, than on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Cinderella is forced to live in squalor as a servant for her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. When the King invites... “Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch... [TENGOKU TO JIGOKU] [天国と地獄] Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of American crime master Evan Hunter’s novel “King’s Ransom” makes for a thriller of the highest order: intellectually rich, pulse-pounding entertainment. Wealthy businessman Kingo Gondo (Toshirō Mifune) receives a ransom letter for his son, only to discover the... | Thursday 11/ 27“Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch... [TENGOKU TO JIGOKU] [天国と地獄] Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of American crime master Evan Hunter’s novel “King’s Ransom” makes for a thriller of the highest order: intellectually rich, pulse-pounding entertainment. Wealthy businessman Kingo Gondo (Toshirō Mifune) receives a ransom letter for his son, only to discover the... “I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” SUNSET BOULEVARD is regarded by many as the best film ever made about Hollywood — and by others as audacious treachery. In flashback, recently deceased screenwriter/kept man Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates his tormented, mutually exploitative... [倩女幽魂] Ning Tsai-Shen (Leslie Cheung) takes shelter in an abandoned rural temple where he meets the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing (Joey Wong) and becomes instantly smitten. Unfortunately for them both, Hsiao-Ting is a ghost trapped in the human world by a vengeful tree spirit. This discovery... | Friday 11/ 28“Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog Toto and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch...  High schooler Max Goof pines for his classmate Roxanne and is desperate for her to notice him. With the help of his friends P.J. and Bobby, Max turns a routine school assembly into a rambunctious concert where he lip syncs and dances as everyone’s favorite...  “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!” zings Bette Davis in her most iconic role, first lady of the theater Margo Channing. But it is Margo who gets bumped, by her duplicitous protégée, the ambitious Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), a young starlet...  Jack Nicholson made his rogue/antihero reputation with the role of Randle P. McMurphy, who rallies his fellow psychiatric ward inmates against the authoritarianism of Louise Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched (#5 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains). The film was only the second movie to win...  “Attica! Attica!” Sidney Lumet’s ultimate exercise in realism was based on a real-life, only-in-New York incident. Amateur criminal Sonny (Al Pacino) and his accomplice, Sal (John Cazale), find their planned bank robbery quickly spiraling beyond their control into a hostage situation and media frenzy. As... | Saturday 11/ 29There is no better time to revisit this timeless classic, filled with enduring songs and enchanting imagery, than on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Cinderella is forced to live in squalor as a servant for her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. When the King invites... “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!” zings Bette Davis in her most iconic role, first lady of the theater Margo Channing. But it is Margo who gets bumped, by her duplicitous protégée, the ambitious Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), a young starlet...  [RASHŌMON] [羅生門] The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove are seen from four different perspectives. Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Akira Kurosawa’s meditation on the nature of “truth” transformed narrative cinema as we know...  Notable for writer and director Stanley Kubrick's painstaking evocation of 18th-century life, including the nighttime scenes illuminated only by candlelight, this film is a must-see on the big screen. In one of his best performances, 1970s heartthrob Ryan O’Neal plays callow striver Redmond Barry, a...  “It doesn’t suck.” Paul Verhoeven’s so-bad-it’s-good strippungsroman (alternatively, a knowing Hollywood satire; ALL ABOUT EVE set among exotic dancers) had a difficult commercial release. Savaged by mainstream critics, and to date the only NC-17 rated film to be released widely, it underachieved at the box... |
Sunday 11/ 30 Set in 1930s Austria, THE SOUND OF MUSIC — one of the most successful and best-loved movies in motion picture history — tells the story of Maria (Julie Andrews), a young novitiate who leaves her convent to work as a governess to a large family... Jack Nicholson made his rogue/antihero reputation with the role of Randle P. McMurphy, who rallies his fellow psychiatric ward inmates against the authoritarianism of Louise Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched (#5 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains). The film was only the second movie to win... “Attica! Attica!” Sidney Lumet’s ultimate exercise in realism was based on a real-life, only-in-New York incident. Amateur criminal Sonny (Al Pacino) and his accomplice, Sal (John Cazale), find their planned bank robbery quickly spiraling beyond their control into a hostage situation and media frenzy. As... |
