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A black and white photo of a Japanese man and woman standing on the shore of a beach, looking off, as lines of children in formation in the background of the shot face the water

Introspection Tower

This collection of vignettes set in the titular rural hilltop reformatory might be the most soberly realistic of Shimizu’s many films about children.

A black and white photo of two men in hats and uniforms standing and facing each other in a field of grass amidst other children figures who surround and watch them.

A Star Athlete

Shimizu’s episodic sports comedy is a favorite among film historians for its virtuoso passages of camera movement, including a sublime 40-shot march along a country road that’s pure back-and-forth axial motion.

A black and white photo of a woman in classical Japanese clothing holding an elaborate parasol.

The Masseurs and a Woman

Shimizu’s most eccentrically personal film, screening 5/12, follows a pair of blind masseuses who come across a variety of characters whose dilemmas range from tragic to comic.

A test pilot in orange and aviator sunglasses standing in front of an airplane
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The Right Stuff

Kaufman’s mammoth adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestseller about the selection and lift-off of NASA’s first astronauts, known as the Mercury Seven, is a singular Hollywood epic. Screens 5/18 and 5/25.

A black and white photo of a woman in traditional Japanese clothes, seen from the back, leaning over a table setting on the floor, which human figures out of focus in the background.

Notes of an Itinerant Performer

Largely due to its atypical period setting in the late Meiji era and its theme of female self-sacrifice, Shimizu’s film has drawn comparison to similar works by Kenji Mizoguchi.

A black and white image of a group of Japanese children and two adults standing in front of a STOP sign at the side of the road looking at the camera forlornly

Children of the Beehive

The most celebrated of Shimizu’s postwar films, screening 5/19, is a momentous work depicting the shattered state of reconstruction-era Japan.

A silly-looking skeleton-faced martian with a huge brain reaches out its hand to shake the hand of a hesitant human man in a brown suit with a map of the world behind them
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Mars Attacks!

On 5/24, Tim Burton's gleeful riff on 1950s sci-fi schlock, about an invasion of ray-gun-wielding Martians, kicks off our wide-ranging summer series See It Big at the '90s Multiplex.

A test pilot in orange and aviator sunglasses standing in front of an airplane
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The Right Stuff

Kaufman’s mammoth adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestseller about the selection and lift-off of NASA’s first astronauts, known as the Mercury Seven, is a singular Hollywood epic. Screens 5/18 and 5/25.

Four soldiers in fatigues and helmet crouch in a field of tall grass
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The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick’s World War II epic marked not only a professional comeback after 20 years of silence but also a major turning point in the filmmaker’s art.

Four soldiers in fatigues and helmet crouch in a field of tall grass
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The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick’s World War II epic marked not only a professional comeback after 20 years of silence but also a major turning point in the filmmaker’s art.

A man and woman in matching white robes sit on a couch
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Defending Your Life

Albert Brooks’s captivating romantic comedy about the afterlife, screening 6/1 and 6/2, is a perfect showcase for the inimitable writer-director-star's mix of caustic social observation and emotional warmth. 

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Joe Versus the Volcano

After winning the Oscar for writing Moonstruck, Shanley got the greenlight for his ambitious, surreal comedy about a hypochondriac workaday schlub (Tom Hanks) who finds out he has a fatal “brain cloud” and dumps his soul-sucking office job to embark on a final adventure.