Masters
Fresh from Toronto, Locarno, and other prestigious international film festivals, these are premieres and rediscoveries of works by the world’s best directors.
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BLIND MASSAGE
Lou Ye / Masters / China, France / 2014 / drama / 114 mins
Lou Ye' sensuous drama about love overlapping in a massage parlor run by the blind.BLIND MASSAGE
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Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 3:45 pm
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DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2
Johnnie To / Masters / Hong Kong / 2014 / romantic comedy / 113 mins
Ex-lovers meet again and fall into a farcical web of mistaken identities and commitment conundrums.DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2
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Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 7:40 pm
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FROM WHAT IS BEFORE
Lav Diaz / Masters / Philippines / 2014 / drama, experimental, historical / 338 mins
Lav Diaz's latest masterwork centers on a coastal town at the dawn of martial law.FROM WHAT IS BEFORE
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Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 11:20 amFROM WHAT IS BEFORE
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Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 12:00 pm
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THE GOLDEN ERA
Ann Hui / Masters / China, Hong Kong / 2014 / drama, experimental, historical / 178 mins
Ann Hui pays tribute to 1930s novelist Xiao Hong and the impossibility of ever really knowing her.THE GOLDEN ERA
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Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 6:30 pm
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JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Tsai Ming-liang / Masters / France, Taiwan / 2014 / experimental / 56 mins
A red-robed monk inches slowly through the streets of Marseilles.Preceded by: WALKER
JOURNEY TO THE WEST
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Mon, Nov. 10, 2014 8:40 pm
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THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS
Mami Sunada / Masters / Japan / 2013 / documentary / 118 mins
Animation legend Hayao Miyazaki prepares his final masterpiece at Studio Ghibli.THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS
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Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 4:55 pmTHE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS
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Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 8:05 pm
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LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH
Aditya Assarat, Royston Tan, Midi Zhao, Sun Koh, Tan Chui Mui, Tsai Ming-liang / Masters / Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand / 2013 / comedy, drama, experimental / 105 mins
Six short portraits of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH
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Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 7:45 pm
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OUR FAMILY
Yuya Ishii / Masters / Japan / 2014 / drama, family / 117 mins
When mother becomes sick, buried secrets surface and the family reins fall onto the children.OUR FAMILY
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Mon, Nov. 10, 2014 6:00 pmOUR FAMILY
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Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 5:00 pm
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STRAY DOGS
Tsai Ming-liang / Masters / Taiwan, France / 2013 / drama, experimental / 138 mins
Tsai Ming-liang's long, hard, and profoundly human stare at a drifter and his two children.STRAY DOGS
UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 6:40 pmSTRAY DOGS
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Thu, Nov. 13, 2014 8:00 pm
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THE VANCOUVER ASAHI
Yuya Ishii / Masters / Japan / 2014 / drama, historical, sports / 130 mins
On the eve of World War II, a Japanese Canadian baseball team bunts its way into history.VANCOUVER ASAHI
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Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 6:20 pmVANCOUVER ASAHI
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Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 6:00 pm
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VIVE L’AMOUR
Tsai Ming-liang / Masters / Taiwan / 1994 / drama, LGBT / 118 mins
New 20th anniversary transfer of Tsai Ming-liang's comic masterpiece on intimacy and vacancy.VIVE L’AMOUR
UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 4:20 pm
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