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15 (SHIWU)
Director: Royston Tan
Singapore 2003, 93 mins
SAT 03.06 | 930PM PFA | FIFT06 | Purchase Tickets>>
MON 03.08 | 930PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
TUES 03.09 | 730PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
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| Tan's irreverent first feature dredges up the underbelly of teen drop-outs, druggies, and dead-enders in Singapore. With mock video games, crazed captions and frantic karaoke, it's high-velocity angst in an artificial eden. More info>> |
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THE ADVENTURE OF IRON PUSSY
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand 2003, 90 mins
SAT 03.06 | 700PM Castro | ADVE06 | Purchase Tickets>>
WED 03.10 | 900PM PFA | SOLD OUT
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| 7-Eleven clerk by day, glamorous superheroine by night, the transvestite secret agent Iron Pussy tackles an undercover assignment filled with karaoke love songs and kitschy outfits. An outrageous genre-and-gender-bending musical western, from the director of BLISSFULLY YOURS. More info>> |
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BRIGHT FUTURE (AKARUI MIRAI)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan 2003, 92 mins
SUN 03.07 | 730PM PFA | SOLD OUT
TUE 03.09 | 700PM Kabuki | BRIG09 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| Tadanobu Asano (GOHATTO, ICHI THE KILLER) stars in this eerie chiller of "no-future" Japanese youth. A young man hopes to unleash poisonous jellyfish into Tokyo's waterways. Part science fiction thriller, male bonding melodrama and youth rebellion film, with great outfits. More info>> |
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COME DRINK WITH ME (Special Screening of New Print)
Director: King Hu
Hong Kong 1965, 94 mins
SAT 03.06 | 915PM Castro | COME06 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| A special screening of this 1965 wuxia (martial chivalry) classic, considered one of the finest Hong Kong martial arts films ever made. Directed by Ang Lee's favorite filmmaker. A renowned swordswoman teams up with a town drunk to rescue her brother from a gang of toughs. More info>> |
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DEKADA '70
Director: Chito S. Roño
Philippines 2002, 135 mins
FRI 03.05 | 645PM Kabuki | DEKA05 | Purchase Tickets>>
SAT 03.06 | 400PM Kabuki | DEKA06 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| An intimate and powerful look at how one family copes with the shifts and uncertainties of the first decade of the Marcos dictatorship. A matriarch's inner strength surfaces as she brokers her family's pursuits against the realities of the time. More info>> |
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DOLLS
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Japan 2002, 113 mins
WED 03.10 | 700PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
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| A tale of doomed lovers in a traditional Bunraku puppet play inspires three interwoven tales of human characters as unable to affect their own fate as puppets on a string. Takeshi Kitano offers up a bittersweet love story set against the stunning backdrop of Japan's four seasons. More info>> |
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A GOOD LAWYER'S WIFE
Director: Im Sang-soo
South Korea 2003, 104 mins
SAT 03.06 | 700PM PFA | SOLD OUT
TUE 03.09 | 930PM Kabuki | GOOD09 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| Korean gender politics hit the blender when a husband's affair causes his wife to look for love anywhere, especially from the high-school boy next door. Moon So-ri (award-winning actress of OASIS) stars in this provocative Korean box-office success. More info>> |
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HERO (YINGXIONG)
Director: Zhang Yimou
China 2002, 93 mins
THU 03.04 | 700PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
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| Master director Zhang Yimou's highly anticipated swordplay film features ravishing cinematography and an all-star cast (including Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi and Donnie Yen) as mythical assassins who attempt to stop the King of Qin from conquering all of China. More info>> |
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JUST ONE LOOK (YAT LUK CHE)
Director: Riley Ip
Hong Kong 2002, 97 mins
WED 03.10 | 930PM Kabuki | JUST10 | Purchase Tickets>>
SUN 03.21 | 530PM Camera | JUST21 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| A nostalgic, coming-of-age tale set in the heyday of 1970's Hong Kong cinema. Fan and best friend Fishball are only interested in movies until they meet two mysterious girls who show them the joys and heartaches of first love. More info>> |
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KAL HO NAA HO
Director: Nikhil Advani
India 2003, 187 mins
SUN 03.07 | 830PM Castro | KALH07 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| Much-anticipated Bollywood extravaganza from the makers of KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI, filmed in New York City. Visual spectacle, melodrama, and a catchy soundtrack follow an undying friendship-love triangle. Through it all, two boys and a girl learn to live for the moment. More info>> |
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PURPLE BUTTERFLY (ZI HUDIE)
Director: Lou Ye
China/France 2003, 127 mins
FRI 03.05 | 915PM Castro | PURP05 | Purchase Tickets>>
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| The fates of a young Chinese woman and her Japanese ex-lover are entwined in the anti-Japanese resistance movement of 1930's China. Zhang Ziyi (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) stars in this passionate, sumptuous period piece from the director of SUZHOU RIVER. More info>> |
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TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS
Director: Khyentse Norbu
Bhutan 2003, 108 mins
SAT 03.06 | 430PM Castro | TRAV06 | Purchase Tickets>>
SUN 03.07 | 500PM PFA | SOLD OUT
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| The first feature film from the remote kingdom of Bhutan, this modern-day fable mixes the ordinary realities of Bhutanese life with the mysticism of fairy tales. From the director of THE CUP. More info>> |
