Encore Screenings added!
The Future Was Here: Sci-Fi in Anime is a collection of 6 prime examples of anime Sci-Fi films that invite us to explore deep and difficult philosophical topics (nature of consciousness, artificial intelligence, war..) in beautifully crafted futuristic worlds only limited by the artist’s imagination. All the films are big screen must-sees and will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Friday, September 16, 2016
AKIRA (1988) – 9:00pm (AT RUSH) (a rush lin...
Encore Screenings added!
The Future Was Here: Sci-Fi in Anime is a collection of 6 prime examples of anime Sci-Fi films that invite us to explore deep and difficult philosophical topics (nature of consciousness, artificial intelligence, war..) in beautifully crafted futuristic worlds only limited by the artist’s imagination. All the films are big screen must-sees and will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Friday, September 16, 2016
AKIRA (1988) – 9:00pm (AT RUSH) (a rush line will be available for unclaimed seats, on a first-come-first-serve basis)
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Paprika (2006) – 7:00pm (35mm) AT RUSH) (a rush line will be available for unclaimed seats, on a first-come-first-serve basis)
Ghost in the Shell (1995) -9:00pm (AT RUSH) (a rush line will be available for unclaimed seats, on a first-come-first-serve basis)
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Robot Carnival (1987) – 3:30pm
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 5:30pm
Metropolis (2001) – 8:00pm (35mm)
ENCORE SCREENINGS
Monday, September 19, 2016
Ghost in the Shell (1995) -9:15pm
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
AKIRA (1988) – 7:00pm
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Paprika (2006) – 9:30pm (35mm)
Want to see all SIX? Buy a festival pass for $60 to have access to all 6 films (if you get one, your pass will be held at the box office.) PASSES ARE SOLD OUT.
FREE OR DISCOUNTED FOR ROXIE MEMBERS.
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Friday, September 16, 2016
AKIRA (1988) – 9:00pm AT RUSH
Encore screening on Tuesday, September 20 at 7pm
In 1988, the landmark Anime film AKIRA, by director Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world. By today’s standards, Akira remains the pinnacle of cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed animation and its intensely violent saga of power and corruption.
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. Written by Katsuhiro Otomo and Izo Hashimoto. 124min. In Japanese with English subtitles. HD Digital.
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Saturday, September 17, 2016
Paprika (2006) – 7:00pm (35mm)
Encore screening on Thursday, September 22 at 9:30pm
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon. 91 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. 35mm print.
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Ghost in the Shell (1995) -9:00pm AT RUSH
Encore screening on Monday, September 19 at 9:15pm
Sci-fi animation rarely rises to the heights reached here by the great Mamoru Oshii. One of the most effective cyberpunk narratives ever put on screen, GHOST IN THE SHELL follows the cyborg cop Motoko as she and her partner pursue a sinister hacker known as the Puppet Master both on- and offline. A stunning depiction of a digital future that seems closer all the time.
Directed by Mamoru Oshii. 83min. In Japanese with English subtitles. HD Digital.
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Robot Carnival (1987) – 3:30pm
A unique collection of Japanese short animations by artists considered the rising stars of anime in the late 80s, this rare and wondrous compilation was a high-budget project centered around the themes of robots, electronic music and incredibly intricate artwork.
Various directors. 91 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. Digital.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 5:30pm
Hayao Miyazaki's epic masterpiece, Nausicaa is considered by many to be his masterwork — and there are few films, animated or otherwise, of such sweeping scope and grandeur.
Directed by Hayao Miyasaki. 118 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP.
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Metropolis (2001) – 8:00pm (35mm)
This mature work by veteran animator Rintaro cuts across anime and film history in its pedigree and references: based on a screenplay by Katsuhiro Otomo of Akira fame, it is also an adaptation of a 1949 manga comic by legendary cartoonist Osamu Tezuka’s, with debts as well to Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 dystopian urban epic of the same name. A dazzlingly visualized futurist city is the backdrop for revolution and robot-human drama that recalls the preoccupations of Tezuka’s own canonical early anime work in Astro Boy.
Directed by Rintaro. Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. 113min. In Japanese with English subtitles. 35mm print.
Want to see all SIX? Buy a festival pass for $60 to have access to all 6 films. (if you get one, your pass will be held at the box office.) PASSES ARE SOLD OUT
FREE OR DISCOUNTED FOR ROXIE MEMBERS.