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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT our brief Hal Hartley retro continues with his sophomore feature, 1990's TRUST, at 7:00pm! Reteaming with The Unbelievable Truth star Adrienne Shelly, between those two films we see Hartley beat down a path later followed by Anderson, Baumbach, Stillman, etc. OOP on physical! Hard to stream!

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 5d

TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:00pm we're showing the new near-future surveillance dystopia coming-of-age charmer HAPPYEND from Japanese director Neo Sora, son of legendary musician Ryuichi Sakamoto! This has been a stealth critical favorite so far this season.

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HAPPYEND (2024) | Trailer | Neo Sora

YouTube video by Film Movement

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT at 7:00pm is THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, the first of three Hal Hartley classics we're running before we premiere his new one next week. Unbelievable is a key text in the 90s American independent cinema boom (despite being from 1989...) and unavailable to legally stream. Don't miss your chance!

Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 13d

October calendar!

FIRST RUN:
10/4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl
10/10-12: Happyend
10/24-26: My Undesirable Friends

HAL HARTLEY:
10/9: The Unbelievable Truth
10/14: Trust
10/16: Henry Fool

FIRST RUN HAL HARTLEY:
10/17-19: Where to Land

SCARY (?):
10/23: Thirst (Chan-wook Park)
10/31: The Greasy Strangler

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 18d

TONIGHT and TOMORROW Hong Sangsoo's current release BY THE STREAM returns for its final two shows! With Kim Minhee and Kwon Haehyo. Showtime 7:30pm. Consensus from our Hong regulars after last week's preview is that this one is one of his best ever--everyone was aglow after the screening.

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 26d

TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday we're showing the Singaporean surveillance thriller STRANGER EYES at 7:30pm! Co-starring Tsai Ming-liang favorite Lee Kang-sheng as its possible villain; Lee was the slow-walking man in a monk's robes in last week's Abiding Nowhere.

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Stranger Eyes (2024) | Trailer | Yeo Siew Hua

YouTube video by Film Movement

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you to our Half Pie sponsor, the Webster University Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social!

Learn more: webster.edu/film-series

Text graphic: The Webster University Film Series, St. Louis' cinematic alternative since 1979, is a nationally known and recognized year-round film exhibition program. The Midwest's premiere hosting venue for American and foreign features, documentaries, classic and experimental cinema, and national and international artists presenting their work, the Series represents a genuine cinematic alternative in the St. Louis community.

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 27d

TONIGHT is our preview show of current Hong Sangsoo release BY THE STREAM! Showtime 7:30pm, starring the usual Hong gang, including Kim Minhee. After tonight, By the Stream will return September 27-28. See it early! Impatience is good!

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By the Stream - Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Cinema Guild

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Sep 13

TONIGHT and TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're showing Film Series favorite Tsai Ming-liang's newest "Walker" film, ABIDING NOWHERE, at 7:30pm! This is a "pay what you wish" event. That means: You want in free? Fine! You want to pay the usual? Great! You want to donate food to our food pantry? Hooray!

Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Sep 12

Heavy-hitter docs playing here soon:

Oct 4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl (yes, about Leni)

Oct 24-26: My Undesirable Friends, Part I: Last Air in Moscow
(independent Gen Z Russian journalists as Russia invades Ukraine)

Nov 22-23, 25, 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Palestine doc from Cannes 2025)

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Sep 11

TONIGHT & TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're running Italian writer/director Giovanni Tortorici's debut feature, DICIANNOVE, at 7:30pm! This campus-set film is produced by Luca Guadagnino; come see it before Luca G's own campus-set After the Hunt opens in a few weeks.

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Diciannove - Official U.S. Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD

YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Sep 5

TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:30pm we're showing the first feature film from the Quay Bros in almost 20 years, SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS! A gothic stop-motion/live-action hybrid that is the specialty of the Quays, a real treat on the big screen!

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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Trailer)

YouTube video by KimStim Films

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Sep 2

September calendar!

9/5-7: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Quay Bros)
9/11-12: Diciannove (Luca G. produces)
9/13-14: Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang; pay what you wish admission)
9/18 + 27-28: By the Stream (Hong Sangsoo)
9/19-21: Stranger Eyes (Singaporean surveillance thriller)

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 29

TONIGHT, tomorrow, Sunday we're showing a 4K restoration of Frank Ripploh's 1980 queer Berlin classic TAXI ZUM KLO! Featured in NYFF '81 and causing a sensation everywhere it went, TZK went on to influence everyone from Gus van Sant to Ira Sachs. 7:30pm, no trailers.

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Taxi zum Klo - Trailer (4K Restoration)

YouTube video by Altered Innocence

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 28

TONIGHT brings Michelangelo Frammartino's gorgeous debut, IL DONO, at 7:30pm! Frammartino has made just three features in his 20+ year career; this one, Le Quattro Volte, and Il Buco. He has a unique approach to slow cinema and is a singular voice. In Italian, left deliberately unsubtitled.

Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 26

TONIGHT we're doing a one-off show of En el Séptimo Día (ON THE SEVENTH DAY), an overlooked American independent gem from 2017, only now making its St. Louis theatrical debut! Shot in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Park Slope, and Gowanus, we focus on an immigrant community from Puebla.

Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 22

TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday we have the St. Louis premiere and exclusive run of the new French film SOULEYMANE'S STORY, about a Guinean immigrant seeking asylum in Paris. Diane Carson of @awfjorg.bsky.social calls it 'perfect.' Showtime 7:30pm each night.

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SOULEYMANE’S STORY – Review by Diane Carson – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 21

TONIGHT is our one-off show of Marva Nabili's THE SEALED SOIL, the earliest surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman! Newly restored in 4K to boot. Shot on 16mm, it had to be smuggled out of the country for developing and editing. Showtime 7:30 p.m.

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 15

TONIGHT, tomorrow, and Sunday we're showing King Hu's 1973 classic THE FATE OF LEE KHAN! 7:30 showtime each night. Starring the biggest female action stars of the time: Angela Mao (Enter the Dragon), Hsu Feng (A Touch of Zen), Shaw Brothers icon Li Li-hua, + more!

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The Fate of Lee Khan (1973) | Trailer | Li Hua Li | Roy Chiao | Feng Hsu

YouTube video by Film Movement

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 8

TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing Jem Cohen's newest, LITTLE, BIG, & FAR, at 7:30pm! Cohen was a guest of the Webster Film Series back in 2001 alongside the excellent doc Benjamin Smoke. LB&F is exec produced by Michael Stipe and Patti Smith.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoNT...

Little, Big, and Far | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Grasshopper Film

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Aug 1

TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're running the new doc DROP DEAD CITY at 7:30pm each night! A wonkish but entertaining look at NYC's 1975 financial crisis and how they got out of it, Variety praises how the film “charts how those pivotal months of 1975 unfolded like a thriller."

Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Jul 31

August!

1-3: Drop Dead City (NYC doc)
8-10: Jem Cohen's Little, Big, & Far
15-17: King Hu's The Fate of Lee Khan w/ Hsu Feng, Angela Mao
21: The Sealed Soil
22-24: Souleymane's Story
26: En el Séptimo Día / On the Seventh Day
28: Il Dono
29-31: Taxi zum Klo (new 4K restoration!)

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Alex McPherson @gdogmcp.bsky.social · Jul 25

Yeah, another masterpiece incoming. Screening this weekend @wufilmseries.bsky.social ! poplifestl.com/afternoons-o... #filmsky

'Afternoons of Solitude' Is a Fascinating, Unnerving Look at the Abyss - Pop Life STL

By Alex McPherson

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Jul 25

TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing French master Albert Serra's first foray into documentary filmmaking, the bullfighting doc AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE, at 7:30pm each night! Regardless your feelings about bullfighting, pro or con, you're likely to find this film to be incredible.

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · Jul 18

TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing the new Japanese film DESERT OF NAMIBIA at 7:30pm each night! Written/directed by 28-year-old Yôko Yamanaka + starring Yuumi Kawai, who appears in three films in the prestigious Japan Cuts fest in Manhattan this month.

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[Official Trailer] Desert of Namibia

YouTube video by Kani Releasing

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