Next wednesday we'll be screening Masaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan (1964), stated as "one of the most meticulously crafted supernatural fantasy films ever made, and one of the most unusual". Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1965, Kwaidan features four nightmarish stories, based on Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales, in which terror thrives and demons lurk. 

Shot almost entirely in enormous studio sets, with a completely post-synched and carefully controlled soundtrack, Kwaidan is about as far from moviemaking “realism” as it’s possible to go.

To our Rabbit fans,
our last MOVIES+JAMS summer event is happening this coming wednesday August 24th, with the 1974 psychedelic sci-fi ZARDOZ, cult film by John Boorman, and a live performance by V.L.A.D.R.M. AKA.

8 pm:
V.L.A.D.R.M. AKA, also known as Viva L'American Death Ray Music once described as "old west-meets-60's glam mercenary psych" is the brainchild of Memphis native Nicholas Ray (also a former member of Golden Triangle, ’68 Comeback and the Limes). The rock band has been chugging along since the late ‘90s, pushing against the walls of VU-inspired garage choogle into abstract

Dear Rabbit fans,

we are back for our monthly summer screening event MOVIES+JAMS, with the 1984 cult rock flick STREETS OF FIRE directed by Walter Hill (notably known for "The Warriors") and a live performance by the solo act of Lili Schulder, aka 51717.

8 pm:

51717  is Lili S, originally from the Washington, DC area.