The Toru Takemitsu series continues at the Trylon with perhaps the most famous selection of the bunch, Harakiri, playing all weekend along side The Face of Another. I have yet to see the latter, but the former is a wonderfully constructed story about the toll poverty and joblessness take on the psyche, even for those as disciplined as a samurai. I'd say it's Kobayashi at his finest, but admittedly I haven't seen any other Kobayashi. But you can believe The Human Condition is somewhere on my must-watch list.
The Face of Another
The Trylon
Fri May 13 7:00
Sat May 14 9:35
Sun May 15 7:00Sun May 15 4:25
St Anthony is showing a couple of favorites from the recently finished MSPIFF. Illegal tells the story of a Russian mother thrown in jail after it's learned she's been living illegally in Bulgaria for eight years. Aftershock was a domestic blockbuster in China this past year. It starts with the 1976 Tangshen earthquake, that claimed 240,000 lives, and continues to tell the story of China's economic rise until the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. You can find the NYT review here.
The Walker's Terrence Malick retrospective begins today with his debut feature Badlands. While a great movie, I prefer Days of Heaven, if only for its strikingly rich color palette. In the movie, a couple looking for seasonal labor work in north Texas try to con an old farmer. Great performances by Richard Gere and Brooke Adams. Both play this weekend, while his more recent works play the following weekend:
Badlands - Friday, May 13, 2011 7:30 pm
Days of Heaven - Sunday, May 15, 2011 3:00 pm
You can also check out Win Win at the Heights, Cedar Rapids at the Parkway, and this Sunday only you can watch The Outsiders at Loring.
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