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10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition!

  Metrograph and Subway Cinema  In association with  Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan)  Proudly Present  10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition! April 21-30, 2023 Including US Premieres of THE KING OF WUXIA, THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN (Digital Restoration), and NIGHT ORCHID (2K…

Japan Society Film Announces: Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai, April 28 – May 13, 2023

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun © 1981 Kadokawa Corp. New York, March 22, 2023—Japan Society is pleased to announce the 2023 Globus Film Series, Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai. The first North American retrospective on one of Japan’s most neglected auteurs, this series will spotlight director Shinji Somai (1948-2001), who while widely…

First Look 2023, Museum of The Moving Image’s Festival of New And Innovative International Cinema, Announces Line-Up!

FIRST LOOK 2023, MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE’S FESTIVAL OF NEW AND INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL CINEMA, ANNOUNCES LINEUP Twelfth edition of the annual festival opens with Babak Jalali’s Fremont and closes with C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Mami Wata—both acclaimed films from Sundance March 15–19, 2023  PRESS IMAGES FOR FIRST LOOK 2023 Astoria, New York, February 10, 2023…

Film at Lincoln Center and UniFrance Announce the 28th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Festival, March 2-12

UNIFRANCE AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETE LINEUP FOR THE 28TH RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA, MARCH 2–12  Opening Night—Alice Winocour’s Revoir Paris starring Virginie Efira,with Winocour and Efira in person The annual French cinema showcase celebrates the latest from Arnaud Desplechin, Louis Garrel, Rachid Hami, Christophe Honoré, Cédric Ido, Patricia Mazuy, Dominik Moll, Rebecca Zlotowski, and…

Suzuki centennial series Feb. 3-11 at Japan Society

Japan Society and The Japan Foundation Present Seijun Suzuki Centennial Feb. 3-11, 2023 A Six-film Celluloid Series Celebrating 100 Years of Seijun Suzuki Kagero-za © 1981 presented by LittleMore Co., Ltd. New York, January 5, 2023—Celebrating 100 years of iconoclast director Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), a singular force in Japanese cinema whose radical stylistic vision and…

ACA Cinema Project Presents New Films From Japan at NYC’s IFC Center in February

NEW FILMS FROM JAPANAdds 5th film and filmmaker appearance (February 10-16) Kei Ishikawa’s A MAN is added to the lineup YAMABUKI’s Juichiro Yamasaki will attendduring the Opening weekend for Q&As             ACA Film Project and IFC Film Center bring 5 festival favoritesfrom around the world to New York City for one week in February     A MAN, Juichiro Yamasaki What:New Films from Japan series…

Japan Society Presents Love Letters: Four Films by Shunji Iwai

Japan Society Presents Love Letters: Four Films by Shunji Iwai Featuring the U.S. Premiere of Newly Remastered Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or Bottom? and a Rare 35mm Presentation of All About Lily Chou-Chou! Love Letter © FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK All rights reserved. New York, November 2022—Japan Society is pleased to announce…

Film At Lincoln Center : The Retrospective of Acclaimed Japanese Director Yoshimitsu Morita’s Films

And Then Yoshimitsu Morita 1985 Japan 130 minutes Japanese with English subtitles Morita’s award-winning first foray into period films is an adaptation of master of literary modernism Sōseki Natsume’s celebrated novel of the same title. Morita’s second and final collaboration with the iconic Yūsaku Matsuda (The Family Game), who stars alongside legendary actors like Chishū…

The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from Japan Cuts and Beyond

Riverside Mukolitta © 2021 ”Riverside Mukolitta” Film Partners THE FEMALE GAZE: WOMEN FILMMAKERS FROM JAPAN CUTS AND BEYOND Selected by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society THE FEMALE GAZE: WOMEN FILMMAKERS FROM JAPAN CUTS AND BEYOND Selected by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society November 11-20, 2022…

Museum of the Moving Image Presents ‘SEE IT BIG: EXTENDED CUTS!,’ Sixteen Films in Alternate Directorial Visions

MoMI PRESENTS ‘SEE IT BIG: EXTENDED CUTS!,’ SIXTEEN FILMS IN ALTERNATE DIRECTORIAL VISIONS The Museum’s signature screening series, co-presented with film journal Reverse Shot, offers a rare chance to see director’s cuts or otherwise re-edited versions of films in a big-screen theatrical setting Highlights include Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors, Elaine May’s Ishtar, Terrence…

Fall at Japan Society: Monthly Anime & Classics including Mamoru Oshii ‘s Angel’s Egg, Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill!

Japan Society Announces Fall Monthly Anime & Classics Lineup, including Oshii’s Angel’s Egg, Okamoto’s Kill! and more! Japan Society announced its fall lineup for Monthly Classics and Monthly Anime, kicking off on September 2, 2022 with a 35mm screening of Kihachi Okamoto’s satirical chambara, Kill!. 2006 anime classic Tekkonkinkreet will screen on September 16, featuring…