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.
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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.
The Warriors
Walter Hill’s vividly violentand giddily sensationalist vision of ’70s New York stirred up controversy upon release and endures as a beloved cult classic.
Good Night Oppy
Featuring photo-real special visual effects and animation by Industrial Light & Magic and the voice of Angela Bassett, Good Night Oppy charts Oppy’s unforgettable journey and an indescribable bond that formed as the rover searched for life on Mars.
ParaNorman
ParaNorman was LAIKA Studios’ second feature after Coraline and combines a handmade stop-motion texture with groundbreaking technical innovation. Screens November 11–20.
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
Noriaki Tsuchimoto's film, screening November 18 and 27, is a monumental achievement in documentary history.
Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut
Richard Kelly’s horror-tinged drama about a suburban kid (Jake Gyllenhaal) plagued by apocalyptic visions is one of the true cult classics of the 21st century. November 18–19.
Home for the Holidays
On November 19 and 25, join us for Jodie Foster's rollicking yet immensely moving comic drama, one of the most perceptive of all American films about the often unbearable dynamics of family.