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Red Post on Escher Street (2021)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats | 4.8 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Canon Nawata | Mala Morgan | Matsuri Kohira | Roku Kurokouchi | Sen Fujimaru | Tatsuhiro Yamaoka

Red Post on Escher Street

Michael says: It’s been a while since I’ve seen a film that just grabbed me by the lapels and shook me, taking me completely by surprise, making me cry and laugh simultaneously with the ballsy abandon of the batshit crazy, but

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Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Bill Moseley | Charles Glover | Nick Cassavetes | Nicolas Cage | Sofia Boutella | Tak Sakaguchi | Young Dais

Prisoners of the Ghostland
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Tag (2016)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Erina Mano | Mariko Shinoda | Reina Triendl | Yuki Sakurai

Tag

Jason says: “TAG is the most recent of three films at the festival by Sion Sono, who is having an absurdly productive year (four films total released in 2015!), and there are points where it seems like this frantic pace

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Shinjuku Swan (2015)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Erika Sawajiri | Gou Ayano | Nobuaki Kaneko | Takayuki Yamada | Yusuke Iseya

Shinjuku Swan

Jason says: “Like a lot of movies adapted from long-running manga, SHINJUKU SWAN shows a lot of telltale signs of screenwriters Rikiya Mizushima and OsamuSuzuki trying to cram a lot of storylines and fan-favorite characters into a couple hours. It’s

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Love & Peace (2015)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sion Sono

Love & Peace

Jason says: “The first of three Sion Sono films being shown at this year’s festival is a joyous, crazy delight, piling whimsy ever-higher even while Sono reveals a darkness behind it. The great bit, though, is that the pieces that

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Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sion Sono

Why Don’t You Play in Hell?

Jason says: “So it’s come to this:  The festival program describes Sion Sono’s latest as an ode to 35mm cinema, and while ‘ode’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘requiem’, it’s often not far off.  Fortunately, even if this is a eulogy for

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Love Exposure (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Atsuro Watabe | Hikari Mitsushima | Makiko Watanabe | Sakura Andô | Takahiro Nishijima

Love Exposure

Jason says: “I recommend LOVE EXPOSURE, rather highly, in fact, but be warned:  Maverick Japanese director Sion Sono has a rather singular vision, and his previous feature, the more or less mainstream horror-comedy Hair Extensions, only gives audiences a glimpse

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