Janus Films Articles

"No other director of Oshima's generation has made more vital, inventive and challenging films, or taken more risks. He is a giant in contemporary cinema." – Tony Rayns "Plainly the greatest living Japanese filmmaker." – Jonathan Rosenbaum "Japan's greatest living filmmaker." – J. Hoberman Those in the Los Angeles area can judge for themselves as Nagisa Oshima is the subject of an eight-film series from [...]

Viridiana, Luis Buñuel's provocative 1961 Palme d'Or-winning classic proving that life is a bitch and then you play cards, will run at New York City's Film Forum from Friday, April 24, through Thursday, April 30. Inspired by a painting of Saint Viridiana kneeling on the floor before a crucifix and crown of thorns (and by Benito Pérez Galdós' novel Halma), co-written by Buñuel and Julio [...]