215 mins |
Rated
TBC
THE RED SHOES
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948, 133 min, NR, English)
“Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Trilby-based ballet film (1948) has been the cult property of dance freaks for far too long. A look beneath its lushly romantic surface reveals a dark, complex sensibility, and that surface, rendered in the somber tones of British Technicolor, reflects a fantastically rich cinematic inventiveness. Moira Shearer is the ballerina who, following the outlines of a Hans Christian Andersen tale, trades her life for her art; Anton Walbrook, as her impresario, is perhaps the most forceful embodiment of the shaman figures–magical, outsized, sinister–who haunt Powell and Pressburger’s work. The Red Shoes remains the best known of Powell and Pressburger’s 18 features, yet it’s only the tip of the iceberg–beneath it lies the most commanding body of work in the British cinema.” - Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
PERFECT BLUE
(Satoshi Kon, 1997, 81 min, R, in Japanese with English subtitles)
Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go…Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.
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THE RED SHOES
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948, 133 min, NR, English)
“Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Trilby-based ballet film (1948) has been the cult property of dance freaks for far too long. A look beneath its lushly romantic surface reveals a dark, complex sensibility, and that surface, rendered in the somber tones of British Technicolor, reflects a fantastically rich cinematic inventiveness. Moira Shearer is the ballerina who, following the outlines of a Hans Christian Andersen tale, trades her life for her art; Anton Walbrook, as her impresario, is perhaps the most forceful embodiment of the shaman figures–magical, outsized, sinister–who haunt Powell and Pressburger’s work. The Red Shoes remains the best known of Powell and Pressburger’s 18 features, yet it’s only the tip of the iceberg–beneath it lies the most commanding body of work in the British cinema.” - Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
PERFECT BLUE
(Satoshi Kon, 1997, 81 min, R, in Japanese with English subtitles)
Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go…Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.
