Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 20, 2018

My first day of the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival was a varied and long, starting with a Secret Festival screening at the Egyptian Theater (that’s all I can say about that) and traveling through time, from feudal Japan to 1960s France. I didn’t know anything about San   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on January 4, 2016

Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Written by Fuji Yahiro and Yoshikata Yoda from a short story by Ogai Mori 1954/Japan Daiei Studios Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #290 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Mizoguchi’s tale of misery and mercy is truly a c   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on October 29, 2008

Sansho the Bailiff is one of cinema’s most depressing pieces. I don’t think, after about twenty minutes into the film, there’s a single positive moment. Good things happen–occasionally–but they only lead to bad things (or the revelation of bad things). The film opens w   read more