Devotion
An aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the inspirational true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots who helped turn the tide in the most brutal battle in the Korean War.
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ParaNorman
ParaNorman was LAIKA Studios’ second feature after Coraline and combines a handmade stop-motion texture with groundbreaking technical innovation. Screens November 11–20.
The Cotton Club: Encore
Coppola’s directorial vision truly pops in The Cotton Club Encore, painstakingly reconstructed from the director’s found lost negatives and featuring restored sound and image. November 11–12.
What’s Old Is New Again: Confronting the Circumstances of Our Time
On November 11, we present films by Vanessa Renwick and Glenn Belverio, this program spans more than 30 years, presenting a satirical, confrontational approach to coping with the absurd, often backwards political and societal machinations of the modern moment.
ParaNorman
ParaNorman was LAIKA Studios’ second feature after Coraline and combines a handmade stop-motion texture with groundbreaking technical innovation. Screens November 11–20.
On the Road: A Document
On November 12, MoMI kicks off its rare Noriaki Tsuchimoto retro with this stunning and explorative adventure in cinematography and docufiction.
The Cotton Club: Encore
Coppola’s directorial vision truly pops in The Cotton Club Encore, painstakingly reconstructed from the director’s found lost negatives and featuring restored sound and image. November 11–12.
Exchange Student Chua Swee-Lin
Tsuchimoto’s first independently produced film focuses on a captivating Malaysian expatriate student (seeking refuge at Japan’s Chiba University) whose political outspokenness has raised the specter of deportation.
The World of the Siberians
In 1967, Tsuchimoto embarked on a five-month journey from the Soviet port city of Nakhodka (on the coast of the Sea of Japan) to Moscow, documenting life amidst the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
Prehistory of the Partisans
A remarkably lived-in and focused document of the era of student revolutions that swept Japan and the world toward the end of the 1960s.
Taxi Driver
On November 13, title designer Dan Perri—the subject of a new exhibition at MoMI—will join us to discuss his work on Scorsese’s dark, savage view of New York. Perri will also appear that day with a screening of the iconic New York adventure The Warriors by Walter Hill.
The Shiranui Sea
On November 26, scholar Aaron Gerow will introduce the film, widely regarded as Tsuchimoto’s supreme masterpiece.