Violence at Noon (Japan, 1966)
Two women fall in love with a serial killer in Nagisa Oshima’s film about life in post-war Japan. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 6.
Blithe Spirit (Britain, 1945)
A novelist is haunted by his dead ex-wife in this David Lean film that features an Oscar-winning script by Noel Coward. Cleveland Museum of Art Lecture Hall. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4.
Let the Right One In
This Norwegian vampire movie is a love story as much as it’s a horror flick, and Tomas Alfredson’s movie is so beautifully shot, the scenes of bloodsucking are almost transcendent. The story concerns Oskar (Kare Hedebrant), a shy 12-year-old who’s regularly bullied at school. When it turns out his new 12-year-old neighbor Leni (Lina Leandersson)…
Ballast (US, 2008)
When a poor black man commits suicide, his ex-wife (Tarra Riggs), son (JimMyron Ross) and twin brother (Micheal [sic] J. Smith Sr.) all have different ways of dealing with the tragedy. His twin withdraws, while his ex becomes enraged and fights to get the house and small storefront he owned put in her name. His…
The Catch (Japan, 1961)
Nagisa Oshima’s first film, about a black American airman captured by Japanese villagers, shows in a new 35 mm print. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6.
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (Japan, 1970)
A young Japanese filmmaker commits suicide in this Nagisa Oshima film. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 6:45 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Night and Fog in Japan (Japan, 1960)
Nagisa Oshima’s film about comrades who turn against each other during a wedding ceremony is an indictment of the Japanese left. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 8:40 pm. Sunday, March 8.
Wendy and Lucy
In a performance of such startling emotional clarity and directness that it takes your breath away, Michelle Williams plays Wendy, a young woman traveling from Indiana to Alaska with her only true friend, a terrier-retriever mix named Lucy. When bad things happen to Wendy — her car breaks down in a small Oregon town; she…
Two Lovers
Director James Gray (Little Odessa, We Own the Night) takes a break from his usual genre fare with this unexpectedly touching, beautifully played urban romance set in present-day Brooklyn. Joaquin Phoenix plays Leonard Kraditor, a bipolar young man who moves back in with his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov) after getting dumped by his…
