Persistence of Vision: Animated Masterworks
Grave of the Fireflies
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In January 2023, The Roxy curated one of our most beloved series, a 15-film journey through the 2022 list of the greatest films ever made, curated by the journal Sight & Sound. This month, we return to the canon with SIGHT & SOUND: REDUX, another dazzling array of the world's best movies. Best of all, every ticket purchased to one of these films is an entry into a drawing to win subscriptions to Sight & Sound and the Criterion Channel. Happy New Year--we hope your resolution includes watching plenty of extraordinary movies!
1/1 - THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Liberated World Cinema)
1/6 - SUNSET BOULEVARD (Essential Cinema)
1/6 - 1/8 - MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
1/8 - DAYS OF HEAVEN (MTFF Presents)
1/9 - 1/11 - RIO BRAVO
1/11 - Sight & Sound Shorts: LA JETEE, UN CHIEN ANDALOU, and MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
1/14 - THE CONFORMIST
1/15 - THE WILD BUNCH (Knockout Cinema)
1/16 - 1/18 - THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1/18 - WINGS OF DESIRE
1/21 - STALKER
1/22 - PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Out at The Roxy)
1/23 - 1/25 - JOHNNY GUITAR
1/25 - NEWS FROM HOME
1/27 - BREATHLESS
1/28 - YI YI
1/29 - GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Persistence of Vision: Animated Masterworks)
1/30 - 2/1 - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
Grave of the Fireflies: When an American air raid kills their mother in the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his 4-year-old sister Setsuko are left to fend for themselves in the devastated Japanese countryside. After falling out with their only living relative, Seita does his best to provide for himself and his sister by stealing food and making a home in an abandoned bomb shelter. But with food running short, the siblings can only cling to fleeting moments of happiness in their harsh reality. Based on the personal accounts of survivor Nosaka Akiyuki, Grave of the Fireflies is hailed as one of the most stunning contributions to animation and cinematic history. Deftly depicting the beauty of the human spirit as well as its devastating cruelty, Grave of the Fireflies is a singular work of art from Academy Award-nominated director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata.