Sodalitas Filmicus Linguisticae

Join the SFL this Thursday for another recent release from the Land of the Rising Sun (film II of the series “Big in Japan“). “Linda Linda Linda” (Wikipedia, IMDB) from director Nobuhiro Yamashita (IMDB) is the story of a group of high school friends trying to put together a band for a school festival. Two days out, the guitarist and singer flake and the remaining members have to recruit a Korean exchange student (that barely speaks Japanese) as lead singer.

With a soundtrack by James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins and the acclaimed deadpan comic style of director Yamashita, “Linda” scores big with lovers of international cinema. Don’t miss it!

As always, expect delicious things.

WHAT: A film! “Linda Linda Linda” (2005) from Japan
WHERE: AP&M 4301 (Multimedia Room)
WHEN: Thursday, June 7, 6:30pm

Love,

The SFL.

Ok, so this a retroactive announcement. Sort of like a retrospective. If this retrospective had a name, it would probably be

Surviving SURVIVE STYLE: 2 days later

Anyway, it was a blast and I thank all you attendees. This insouciant film starred Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer, “Japan’s answer to Johnny Depp”) as the murderous husband and Reika Hashimoto as the vengeful bride. I was totally entranced by Hashimoto, who, it turns out, owes her stunning looks in part to a mixed Spanish-Japanese heritage. Survive Style 5+ was directed by Gen Sekiguchi, who hasn’t done any other feature-length films I can find. His style reminds me a bit of Michel Gondry, who, like Sekiguchi, established himself with shorter works like music videos.

Anyway, here’s the haunting Hashimoto about to open up a canna.

Douzo ogenki de,

SFL

A special thanks to Maria Anjarwala for this week’s poster!

Oh, England, you’ve given us so much. To your boundless largess we owe the Industrial Revolution, parliamentary democracy, and Lily Allen. But what treasure of the Empire’s bounty glimmers brighter than the Fab Four? Who among Her Majesty’s subjects can hold a candle to those lovable lads from Liverpool, the Beatles? We here at SFL say “nobody!” and we’re gonna pay homage the best way we know how — with a movie!

WHAT: “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964), starring The Beatles
WHERE: AP&M 4301, aka The Multimedia Room
WHEN: Thursday, May 10, mingle @ 6:45, movie @ 7

Join us in the Multimedia Room Thursday night for this, the final film of SFL’s inaugural series, “British Invasion, or Bretania!: a paean in three parts.” Come mod, come rocker, come one and all … and come sporting your favorite UK-inspired outfit and/or non-rhotic English dialect!

Cheerio,

the SFL

Habemus, uh … the next film!

WHAT: Edgar Right’s “Shaun of the Dead” (w/ Simon Pegg, Nick Frost)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 25, 7pm
WHERE: Multimedia Room, 4301 AP&M

Check out “Shaun of the Dead” at IMDB and Wikipedia.

Many thanks to all who attended the first meeting of the SFL! On Thursday, April 12 we kicked things off with “This is Spinal Tap.”

Stay tuned for updates on next week’s installment of the SFL!