Sunday August 29th, 21:30
Japan, 124 minutes, English introduction by Luuk van Huet
One of the most batshit crazy films that you will ever see in your life, Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims brings us the adventures of two gay, drug-addled, time-traveling samurai from Edo who go on a pilgrimage to the Ise Shrine to kick their habits. The two dapper lovers will travel through time, space, the fourth wall and death itself to be together in the same reality. Prepare to have your narrative expectations to be twisted like a pretzel in this outrageous Japanese comedy film that throws in everything AND the kitchen sink still firmly attached to the bathroom wall at you, just to make you laugh. Continue reading →
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SUNDAY AUGUST 22 , at 21:30
FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT
(FOX AND HIS FRIENDS/ FIST-FIGHT OF FREEDOM) 1975
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
123 minutes, In German with English subtitles. English introduction by Jeffrey Babcock.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder has long been considered the ‘enfant terrible’ of modern European cinema, a writer/director/actor who repeatedly has taken chances and because of his brutal honesty has succeeded in making a stream of astounding films. He was an expert at examining the psychology and sociology of modern life, and his analysis was never dull. Continue reading →
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Heb je dit weekend nog niets te doen, of wel, maar ben je op zoek naar iets leukers, kom dan naar het half leeg staand dorp Doel, vlakbij Antwerpen, waar er een fantastisch festival plaastvindt. In het centrum van dat dorpje zal er zich een spektakel van dichtkunst, muziek en feest afspelen. Dat wil je niet missen, dus pak de trein, bus of lift mee naar Doel! Aan de vredelievende voeten van een kerncentrale. Alles voor de kunst, ook als dat tot een ontploffing leidt.

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