March 2011
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WatchFlesh-eating zombies! Endless gore! High school girls with chainsaw swords! What more could you ask for?
Hell Driver (2010) screening on April 29th at Japan Society.
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there's just never enough yakuza eiga
among the 10,000 films we wished we’d screened (or wish to screen some day in the distant future): Kanto Street Peddlers 関東テキヤ一家
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Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) Elizabeth Taylor’s passing is impossible to ignore as she is often considered the icon of old Hollywood and glamor. Ms Taylor certainly was a legendary star in her own right but also introduced American cinema to many parts of the globe. She will be remembered.
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Thank You
Our Hardest Men in Town series concluded with a full house screening of Outrage on Saturday, ending with a few “bangs”, back-and-forth bloodshed, and perhaps some might have left with new fears of the dentist. But for those who had come to see earlier films like the ninkyo-eiga era of Ken Takakura or the rough street sagas of Bunta Sugawara or more contemporary flicks of crime, drugs,...
Yakuza Wives...
Yakuza Wives
Saturday, March 19, 5 PM
U.S. Premiere!
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“After watching this film’s opening ten minutes I sat in the theatre with my mouth agape. After watching the closing ten minutes my brain (or what was left of it) was looking feverishly for ways to cope with what I had just witnessed. Cinema doesn’t very often have that kind of effect, especially on those jaded by voracious filmic appetites.” - Tom Mes, Midnight Eye
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... wish you were here: Takashi Miike cancels!
Due to the catastrophic events in Japan, Takashi Miike has determined that he will be unable to attend the DEAD OR ALIVE screening tomorrow night and his upcoming (and MASSIVE) retrospective at FSLC, co-programmed by our Subway Cinema friends. He sends his sincere regrets.
Director Takashi Miike’s statement:
“March 11, 2011.
Japan was violently rocked, swallowed by the ocean as the lives of...
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Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
In the midst of our current film series, we acknowledge this sensitive and grief-stricken time and give our deepest sympathies to those affected by Friday’s disasters.
Japan Society has created a disaster relief fund to aid victims of the Tohoku earthquake in Japan. Over the years, Japan Society has partnered with several Japanese and American non-profits working on the frontlines of...
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