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Substack featuring weekly film writing from an auteurist perspective. Podcasts on Spotify and Substack. Contributors: Tony G. Huang (@Tghuang) and Aret Frost.
Joined October 2022
More Naruse episodes are on the way! Here are the links to our podcast pages on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. We’ll pin this post for future reference. Spotify: Apple:
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FLOATING CLOUDS opens Harvard Film Archive’s Naruse retrospective tonight at 7:00pm. The film also screens tomorrow (Sunday) at 3:00pm. Not to be missed if you’re in the Boston area!
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On this week’s episode we discuss FLOATING CLOUDS (1955), a peak of Naruse’s career, and A WANDERER’S NOTEBOOK (1962), a biopic about Fumiko Hayashi, the author of the novel FLOATING CLOUDS is based on. These are two of Naruse’s six Hayashi adaptations.
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Tony deems 28 YEARS LATER a feature-length advertisement for its sequels. The commercial requirements of the film prove to be an obstacle that Danny Boyle cannot circumvent.
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RT @edogoesboating: Dear New York, a friendly PSA that tonight is your last chance (for the foreseeable future) to see Naruse's FLOWING in….
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RT @js_film_nyc: Mikio Naruse, Yoko Tsukasa and Yuzo Kayama during the filming of SCATTERED CLOUDS (1967).
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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.
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With MATERIALISTS, Celine Song’s writerly conceptualizations threaten to sap the film’s dramatic charge. Tony covers Song’s directorial follow-up to PAST LIVES.
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.@Metrograph added encore screenings of these films to the Naruse series schedule! If you’re in NYC and missed the films, or just want to see them again, make sure to attend these screenings and then listen to our podcast on FLOWING and LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS linked below :)
On this week’s podcast, we discuss FLOWING (1956) and LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (1954), which both depict the lives of current and former Geishas as their way of life is threatened by cultural and economic forces. These films screen tomorrow in NYC @metrograph.
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In case you missed it, on our latest podcast episode we talked about two Naruse films that screened at Metrograph yesterday. Stay tuned for our upcoming podcast on SUMMER CLOUDS, which screens Saturday, and SCATTERED CLOUDS, which screens Sunday.
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On this week’s podcast, we discuss FLOWING (1956) and LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (1954), which both depict the lives of current and former Geishas as their way of life is threatened by cultural and economic forces. These films screen tomorrow in NYC @metrograph.
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For more information on the retrospective and other upcoming @AcropolisCinema screenings, check the Acropolis website.
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With the Roberto Minervini retrospective currently underway in LA via @AcropolisCinema, Aret covers the second and third films of Minervini’s Texas trilogy — LOW TIDE and STOP THE POUNDING HEART. These films screen at @BRAINDEADLA on June 21.
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While Wes Anderson’s latest film is not a departure from his recent maximalist approach, it does demonstrate a more purposeful deployment of his trademark aesthetic. Aret reviews THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME and reflects on Anderson’s late career.
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The Roberto Minervini retrospective in LA starts on Friday via @AcropolisCinema with a screening of Minervini’s latest, THE DAMNED. Below you’ll find Aret’s review of the film. The retrospective spans from this Friday June 13 to June 23. More details —
Roberto Minervini, a filmmaker know for blurring the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, presents a compellingly unique approach on how to make a Civil War period film in his latest feature, THE DAMNED.
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LIGHTNING does not have an official US home release, so we were happy to discover that the film can be viewed in its entirety on Internet Archive. Here’s the link.
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On this week’s episode of the podcast, we continue our Mikio Naruse season with a discussion of LIGHTNING (1952), one of Naruse’s best films. We will be back with more Naruse episodes as the New York retrospective migrates to Metrograph starting tomorrow!
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DESERT OF NAMIBIA evokes the messy truths of life through its inventive formal play. Tony finds cause for celebration in encountering an exciting new voice in writer-director Yoko Yamanaka.
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A big thank you to Ryan for all his help in getting our podcast up and running! We couldn’t have done it without him and we are happy to have him on the team as the podcast’s Consultant!.
The In Plain Sight podcast is finally back! I’m not producing it anymore but very glad to still be an official Consultant on it.
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The In Plain Sight podcast is returning! Episode 4 is now live. On this episode we discuss THREE SISTERS WITH MAIDEN HEARTS and WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE, two films from 1935 that screened at @js_film_nyc for the Mikio Naruse retrospective in NYC.
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