Films Week of Friday, October 25, 2024-Thursday, October 31, 2024
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan Through September 15, 2024
Masterpieces from Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912) reveal the profound cross-cultural impact of Japan’s developing relationships with the wider world.
26 Oct Sat / 2024
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3 Women
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Robert Altman claims the idea for 3 Women came to him in a dream. Shelley Duvall won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for arguably her best role as Millie, the vain chatterbox roommate to teenaged coworker Sissy Spacek’s naive Pinky, with whom she appears to exchange identities.
27 Oct Sun / 2024
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The Shining
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.In Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado. He settles in along with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and his psychic son (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by horrific premonitions.
31 Oct Thu / 2024
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Exhuma (Pamyo)
7 p.m.—9:15 p.m.A renowned shaman and her protégé are hired by a wealthy family to investigate the disturbing supernatural illness affecting only the firstborn of each generation. With the help of a mortician and a geomancer, they soon trace the affliction’s origin to a long-hidden family grave located on sacred ground.
