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The Eel (Blu-ray, Japan, 1997; Dir: Shôhei Imamura; Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô)
“A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.” Read more…
Yokohama BJ Blues (Blu-ray, Japan, 1981; Dir: Eiichi Kudô; Starring: Yûsaku Matsuda, Hyôe Enoki, Mari Henmi)
“When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city’s underground gay and biker scenes, and even his past.” Read more…
New Foreign
The Cat (Blu-ray, Germany, 1988; Dir: Dominik Graf; Starring: Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Joachim Kemmer)
“Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realize is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.” Read more…
Back Catalog
Choose Me (Blu-ray, 1984; Dir: Alan Rudolph; Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren)
“Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.” Read more…