Our Media Center takes you inside Film at Lincoln Center with photos, videos, and podcasts from our screenings, talks, and events, plus announcements of upcoming programs and coverage of our artist and education initiatives.
Funuke, Show Some Love You Losers!
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May 29, 2015
Introduction by Daihachi YoshidaSeduction, persecution, prostitution, suicide, and more greet the Wago family’s three siblings who return home for their parent’s funeral after they’re killed while trying to save a kitten. Yoshida’s twisted, smart, and deftly handled first film is as black as a comedy can get, yet wrapped in a lighthearted exterior.
Full Strike
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May 29, 2015
U.S. PremiereRacquet sport becomes martial art when a down-and-out gang of has-beens form a badminton team to win back their self-respect in this hyperactive, totally surreal comedy from Derek Kwok, the co-director of Stephen Chow’s Journey to the West.
Full Alert
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May 29, 2015
Introduction by Ringo LamRingo Lam’s last great movie before his 12-year retirement is a dark, glittering gem of a police procedural that works both as a heist flick and as a tombstone for both pre-handover Hong Kong and the action genre.
A Fool
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May 29, 2015
North American PremiereChen Jianbin’s directorial debut is a harsh noir about an honest farmer’s efforts to help a young homeless man that instead set off a chain of disasters, serving as a reminder of man’s inhumanity when faced with greed.
Empire of Lust
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May 29, 2015
International PremiereA gorgeous period actioner set during the founding days of Joseon Dynasty in the early 14th century, Empire of Lust follows three men who engage in a power struggle within the palace walls, caught in the whirlwind of love, lust, greed, betrayal, and revenge.
Cops vs. Thugs
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May 29, 2015
Bunta Sugawara plays a cop so corrupt he’s basically a member of the yakuza—delivering witnesses to his criminal buddies and looking the other way when they murder rivals. But now a war is breaking out and this bad lieutenant is going to have to choose sides.
City on Fire
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May 29, 2015
Preceded by the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Ringo Lam; Q&A following the filmRingo Lam’s classic heist-gone-bad flick is the movie that made Chow Yun-fat (playing an undercover cop) a star and provided Quentin Tarantino with the basis for Reservoir Dogs. The film features heartbreak to spare for the little people trying to eke out a living at the end of a gun.
Chasuke’s Journey
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May 29, 2015
Centerpiece Presentation | North American PremiereQ&A with SabuAn angel descends to Okinawa in order to save a young girl, falls in with a gang of losers, enjoys ramen, finds a bit of celebrity, and fights against predestination written by heavenly hacks who steal from Hollywood blockbusters.
Cart
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May 29, 2015
Q&A with Boo Ji-young and producer Shim Jae-myungIn this pro-union flick, the 99% rise up after a bunch of female employees at a chain retail giant (think Wal-Mart) get laid off via text message. When they decide to go on strike, management calls in the thugs...
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
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May 29, 2015
Quite possibly the ultimate yakuza movie, Kinji Fukasaku’s dark, gritty classic stars Bunta Sugawara (in the role that made his career) as a former soldier who turns to organized crime and claws his way up the yakuza underworld in postwar Japan.