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A melodramatic tearjerker for the ages, Naruse’s MOTHER stars legendary actress-director Kinuyo Tanaka as a self-sacrificing working class matron as seen through the eyes of her naively adoring daughter. Screens Sat. 6/28 in imported 35mm: tinyurl.com/yhjm88xk

Shot in widescreen and verdant color, Naruse’s elegiac pastoral melodrama SUMMER CLOUDS concerns the conflicts that arise among a family of farmers as they adapt to the progressive economic policies of postwar Japan. Screens Sat. 6/28 in 35mm: tinyurl.com/dmbf7m5w

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On today’s podcast, we discuss SUMMER CLOUDS (1958), Naruse’s first color film and also his first in CinemaScope. We then discuss his great final film, SCATTERED CLOUDS (1967). These films both screen at Metrograph this weekend. open.spotify.com/episode/0OMaXQ…

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Naruse’s jam-packed ensemble melodrama, led by Aiko Mimasu, Setsuko Hara, and Hideko Takamine, DAUGHTERS, WIVES, AND A MOTHER depicts the ill fortunes of a widow and her five adult children. Screens Sun, 6/29 in imported 35mm. Introduction by Kent Jones! tinyurl.com/4ntust68

It's the final weekend "Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us", co-organized with Metrograph and The Japan Foundation, New York! Don't miss Naruse's late period color films including rarities SUMMER CLOUDS and DAUGHTERS, WIVES, and a MOTHER, screening today and tomorrow at Metrograph!

This 35mm print is straight 🔥. If you missed today, make sure to catch the holdover when it’s announced.

Mikio Naruse, Yoko Tsukasa and Yuzo Kayama during the filming of SCATTERED CLOUDS (1967).

New series IN SCOPE AND COLOR opens July 4th at Metrograph! 🎟️: metrograph.com/series/?vista_…

The Theater of the Matters presents… NICHOLAS RAY x VÍCTOR ERICE “Ray lived to film and filmed to stay alive.” - Erice A special, one-night-only double bill of WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES + THE DREAM OF LIGHT, both on 35mm. July 26 at @metrograph.

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Capsuled 15 of the 45 films screening in the HFA’s summer-long edition of the mammoth Mikio Naruse retrospective currently traveling the states. My favorites: Sudden Rain (1956), Hideko, the Bus Conductor (1941), Repast (1951), and Wife (1953). harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/float…

Big Beautiful Bill, indeed

Tickets available now ! Don’t miss out. July 26 at Metrograph. metrograph.com/category/dream…

Dear New York, a friendly PSA that tonight is your last chance (for the foreseeable future) to see Naruse's FLOWING in 35mm Metrograph. 🎞️🌊

RIP Michael Madsen, one of America's most soulful actors. He sometimes had the bearing of a latter day Mitchum. I loved him.

Also, Max Ophuls's final film, Lola Montès: whatever Lola wants, Lola gets (but can't keep, yet pays for it forever); also widescreen, also in 35mm., at Metrograph at 2:10pm (word x2: newyorker.com/culture/richar… newyorker.com/goings-on-abou…

Steve Macfarlane aka $M (℠) (🇵🇸)'s essay on ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE is now available on the Metrograph Journal! "Our heroine believes she has seen it all already—a jadedness that falls too easily into naiveté. metrograph.com/rosa-la-rose-f…

This Saturday afternoon, I will be moderating a Q&A with Lance Bangs following a screening of his Pavement doc SLOW CENTURY, as well as rare and unreleased footage from his archives, at Metrograph. It will be a killer time for all involved. Come through! metrograph.com/film/?vista_fi…