Celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most brazen shockers of all time – Takashi Miike’s AUDITION (Wednesday, Decemebr 4, 2019 at 8 PM – 10 PM; The Royal Cinema; 608 College Street, Toronto). TICKET INFO
One of the most well-crafted, impactful and infamous J-horror films ever made returns to the big screen after far too long a break.
AUDITION was the turn-of-the-millenium flash point signaling the talent of Takashi Miike: a film artist twice as prolific as Fassbinder, a provocateur as multifaceted as Von Trier and a genre-bender as bent as David Lynch. Shocking arthouses worldwide with its white-knuckle finale and ingeniously Sirkian slow-burn leadup, AUDITION trailblazed a fresh Asian horror wave across American screens for which we’re eternally grateful.
Recent widower Shigeharu is advised by his son to find a new wife. On the advice of a film company colleague, they stage “auditions” for a new girlfriend that masquerade as an acting job. Shigeharu becomes enchanted with Asami: a spooky twentysomething responsive to his charms. But this is no ordinary FATAL ATTRACTION-style thriller, for it carefully pulls the audience through a wrenching exploration of deep male fears and the stereotype of submissive Japanese women.” (American Genre Film Archive)
Rue Morgue’s CineMacabre Movie Nights promise the best of classic and contemporary horror at The Royal Cinema – once a month, every month!
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Rue Morgue presents CineMacabre Movie Nights exclusively at Toronto’s Royal Cinema!
