IT HAPPENS IN BROOKLYN

The best movies of all kinds from all nations are shown on a regular basis at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Below, courtesy of the Academy, is just the tip of BAM's cinematic iceberg. For information about other attractions scheduled to play at BAMcinematek and BAM Rose Cinemas, visit www.bam.org/film.

MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 14


Far from being a unified, cohesive style, Japanese animé is full of different genres, each more interesting than the last. This series samples several types of animé from leading talents. All films in Japanese with English subtitles (when possible) or dubbed.


SPACE FIREBIRD 2772 (Hi no tori 2772 : Ai no kosumozon)
(1980) 116min
Wed, Mar 10 at 7:15, 9:30pm
Directed by Taku Sugiyama, Osamu Tezuka
In Tezuka’s dystopian future children are born in cubicles and educated by robots, as is our hero, who grows up to become one of the universe’s greatest pilots. With violent space battles, a female robot companion, and several layers of political allegory, this is ground-breaking animé that is decidedly not for children of all ages.

JIN ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE
(1998) 102min
Thu, Mar 11 at 4:30, 6:50, 9:10pm
Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura
Written by animé legend Mamoru Oshii, Okiura’s debut feature is a view of post-WWII Japan where the law is enforced by anti-terrorist police forces and their elite Wolf squadrons. “Technically, the movie is most remarkable for the limits to which it pushes traditional cell animation, strikingly replicating cinematic techniques to the point where you occasionally almost forget you're watching a cartoon." —Variety

METROPOLIS (Metoroporisu)
(2001) 107min
Fri, Mar 12 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10pm
Directed by Tarô Rin
Like Space Firebird, this film is also based on a comic by Osamu Tezuka; in this world, humans and robots live together, but not happily, and tensions arise as a young boy and his uncle meet a lost female robot. The film is a hallucinatory trip through a future world with eye-popping visuals and a stunning final climax scored to Ray Charles’ “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” “Metropolis, a hallucinatory tour de force of color, perspective and scale, virtually encapsulates the history of Japanese animation” —The New York Times

SPIRITED AWAY (Sen to Chichiro no kamikakushi)
(2002) 125min
Sat, Mar 13 at 3, 6, 9pm
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
One of the most successful films in Japanese history, Spirited Away is animation legend Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece to date. Bursting with visual wit, this is a modern-day Alice in Wonderland, as a young girl enters a strange new world of ghosts and animals, and must struggle to maintain her identity.

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
(1989) 103min
Sun, Mar 14 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10pm
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Set in a charming 1950s Europe (where WWII never happened), Kiki is a teenage witch-in-training who leaves home with her cat to find her way in life. A treat for both children and adults, Kiki features some of the most detailed background animation ever put on film, and brings real magic to the thrill of riding on a flying broomstick.