KURONEKO opens at Landmark's Nuart Theatre November 19, 2010

KURONEKO (BLACK CAT)
Little Seen Japanese 1968 Suspense Film presented in new 35mm print
Presented at the Nuart Friday, November 19, 2010 – Thursday, November 25

Landmark’s Nuart Theatre: 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles. (310) 281-8223
Showtimes (valid 11/19 – 11/25): Fri – Sun at 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 & 9:50; Mon – Wed at 5:10, 7:30 & 9:50; Thurs at 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 & 9:50
Tickets available at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets and theatre box office.



In war-torn medieval Japan, a demon haunts the Rajomon Gate, ripping out the throats of samurai in the grove beyond. The governor sends a war hero to confront the spirit, but what the man finds are two beautiful women who look just like his lost mother and wife. Both a chilling ghost story and a meditation on the nature of war and social hypocrisy, Black Cat is the second horror triumph from director Kaneto Shindo (Naked Island, Onibaba), who mixes stunning visuals, an evocative score, and influences from Noh theater to create an atmospheric, haunting, and emotionally devastating masterpiece.

Released to great acclaim in 1968, KURONEKO is loosely based on the Japanese folktale The Cat’s Return and will be presented with a new 35mm print.
http://www.janusfilms.com/kuroneko

"NYT CRITICS' PICK - Grabs hold of you fast and tight right from start ... As it slides between realism and extreme artifice, using cinematic and theatrical devices, Kuroneko becomes increasingly, pleasurably difficult to predict. It’s alternately abstract and down to earth, recognizable and strange, and consistently surprising." - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"DON'T MISS THIS MASTERPIECE OF JAPANESE CINEMA! A powerful, haunting, and almost unbearably tense film, part ghost story, part Samurai movie, and part revenge melodrama." - New York Magazine

"FOUR STARS - A MUCH DESERVED REVIVAL! Feels remarkably in tune with the last few waves of supernatural J-horror ... This tale of vengeful ghosts will cast a spell on you." - David Fear, Time Out NY

"Nippo-Gothic horror fables have a long tradition of proto-feminist outrage ... Kaneto Shindô’s Kuroneko (1968), finally making its New York premiere, may take the cake." - Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice

The film’s running time is 99 minutes; it is not rated. In Japanese; fully subtitled in English.