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A man sits in a restaurant looking concerned at a laptop screen open in front of him.

I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me

An engrossing dark comedy from Mexican director Frías (I’m No Longer Here), based on the novel by acclaimed writer Juan Pablo Villalobos. Followed by a Q&A with director Fernando Frías.

A black and white photo of a man in a cap polishes the side of the front wheel of a bus while a woman closely clutching her coat looks on.

Mr. Thank You

This charming road movie follows a genial local bus driver along his route as he transports a group of travelers from the far reaches of the Izu peninsula to the train station that links it to Tokyo.

Fertile Memory

Prismatic Ground kicks off its fourth edition with the Belgian Film Archive restoration of this mournful, poetic glimpse of everyday life in the occupied West Bank.

A black and white photo of three Japanese boys in white caps sitting forlornly with their chins in their hands on the edge of a house's front porch.

Children in the Wind

In Shimizu’s most renowned and adored film in Japan, the idyllic country life of two brothers is suddenly thrown into crisis one summer when their father is wrongly arrested for embezzlement.

A black and white photo of two Japanese women leaning against a wooden pole and looking hopefully into the camera from a high angle.

Sayon’s Bell

Shimizu's film draws on the then widely circulated story of a 17-year-old Taiwanese aboriginal girl whose patriotic zeal so gripped her that she drowned amid a storm while seeing off her Japanese teacher for the Chinese front.

A black and white photo of children in a tree wearing masks and looking down at the camera.

Four Seasons of Children: Spring/Summer

Singled out by several Shimizu scholars as a masterpiece, this two-volume sequel to Children in the Wind portrays the ongoing trials of boys Zenta and Sanpei as their family once again falls on hard times.

A black-and-white image from the 1930s of young Japanese boys dressed in school uniforms and caps standing amidst a sun-dappled field of wheat

Four Seasons of Children: Autumn/Winter

Singled out by several Shimizu scholars as a masterpiece, this two-volume sequel to Children in the Wind portrays the ongoing trials of boys Zenta and Sanpei as their family once again falls on hard times.

A black and white photo of a Japanese man and woman standing by a tree outside; he looks at her, she looks off past the camera.

Ornamental Hairpin

Shimizu’s plaintive romance turns on the encounter between a convalescing soldier (Ozu stalwart Chishu Ryū) and a young woman (the great Kinuyo Tanaka) fleeing her sordid past at a secluded mountain spa.

A black and white photo of a Japanese man and woman standing on the shore of a beach, looking off, as lines of children in formation in the background of the shot face the water

Introspection Tower

This collection of vignettes set in the titular rural hilltop reformatory might be the most soberly realistic of Shimizu’s many films about children.