Pop’s Cult Theater Double Feature | Pop’s Art Theater

Pop’s Cult Theater is here! Every month, we’ll be curating a double feature featuring flicks that are a little bit weird, a little bit different, and a whole lot of good. For our first month, we’re bringing two recently restored Japanese “Pink Films” to the screen on Sunday, November 30th starting at 7pm.

The first film, Bye Bye Love (1974), is about a fast, unlikely romance between a nihilistic drifter and femme shoplifter who both end up on the lam for murder. The Japanese queer landmark explores societal malaise, free love and gender fluidity in rapidly evolving 1970s Japan. Next, Looking for an Angel (1999) follows Shinpei, a country boy newly arrived to Tokyo, who is processing the murder of Takachi, a gay performer. Reckoning with this death against the backdrop of a deeply nostalgic, blue-hued city shot in a variety of formats ranging from 8mm to video, the viewer begins to piece together Takachi’s desire-laden story, in a free-associative and completely independent film.

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