OATH OF THE SWORD

*$3 off with code: AAAFF$3

Dir. unknown | Southwest Premiere of the recently restored and formerly lost 1914 film by a Japanese American production company.

October 14 | 7pm & 9pm screenings w/ live music performance

Celebrate Asian American film and culture at AFS Cinema On Monday, October 14th. Once thought to be lost, this 1914 historic silent film by the Japanese American Film Company was recently rediscovered by scholar Denise Khor at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. 

This black-and-white silent film will be accompanied by an original live performance by the Maru Haru ensemble, composed by James Tabata.

Q&A to follow with James Tabata

AAVCLUB @ Hyperreal Film Club

*Tickets are sliding scale $8-15

THE WEDDING BANQUET

Dir. Ang Lee | USA, 1993, 1h 46 min, DCP, In English and Mandarin with subtitles

• September 25 , doors 7pm| A gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.

AAVCLUB @ AFS Cinema

*$4 off with code: AAAFF$4

Applicable for additional showtimes of the films listed below as well. Check AFS Cinema schedule for most updated showtimes.

FAR FROM HOME

Dir. Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Germany, 1975, 1h 35min, DCP, In Turkish and German with English subtitles

• September 7, 8 | Turkish immigrant Husseyin (Iranian actor and director Parviz Sayyad) spends his days as a “guest worker” in ’70s West Berlin, diligently saving up in hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home while suffering the indignities of racism and failed attempts at intimacy. Released in the U.S. for the first time, a criminally underseen work from one of the most celebrated filmmakers in Iranian cinema, Sohrab Shahid-Saless (STILL LIFE).

TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE

Dir. by T.O.L. | Japan, 2003, 1h 32min, DCP, In Japanese with English subtitles

• September 13, 14, 15, 18 | Hello Kitty meets Thomas Pynchon in an Astro Boy-esque galaxy. Existential, cerebral, foul-mouthed, and so very cute — the title couldn’t be a more accurate description of this new millennium kitty tale. Newly restored.

FRESH KILL

Dir. by Shu Lea Cheang | UK/USA, 1994, 1h 20min, 35mm

• September 21| A lesbian couple living on Staten Island find themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving nuclear waste and killer cat food in this head-spinning eco-cyber-noia from multimedia artist Shu Lea Cheang. Combining stunning production design, gorgeous 35mm photography, and a soundtrack from Living Colour’s Vernon Reid to create a sense of information overload, FRESH KILL is very truly a film like no other. In 35mm. With writer-director Shu Lea Cheang in attendance.

DOGRA MAGRA

Dir. by Toshio Matsumoto | Japan, 1988, 1h 49min, DCP, In Japanese with English subtitles

• October 4, 5 | The fourth and final film from FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES-filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto is a surreal and unsettling adaptation of an unadaptable novel about a detective whose name translates to “person who always dreams,” yet here, only sees nightmares. Newly restored.