Anime
Anime impacts you in a way traditional films can’t. The stories are able to push boundaries beyond Hollywood or mainstream Japan’s norms, and the visuals aren’t constrained by the confines of expensive CGI, so anything is possible. Open yourself up to the experience of Japanese Animation on our screen, you will be thankful.
Akira
- Today Sep 18
- Thu Sep 19
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Today Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm: A pre-show performance by Pitt Gamelan will accompany this screening. Read More ›Thu Sep 19 @ 9:15 pm: Row House Science On Screen Series is tackling the classic “Akira". *Tickets are regularly priced; Row House Film Club Members may use their free film pass! Akira's future has finally become present day! The 1988 film predicts life in Tokyo in 2019. Join us for a discussion with Professor Molly Wright Steenson from Carnegie Mellon University, who will be exploring the potential of Akira's science fictions becoming reality. Sit back and enjoy watching the film with all that you've learned in mind! Read More ›
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo Run Time: 124 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Hiroshi Ôtake, Kazumi Tanaka, Kôichi Kitamura, Mami Koyama, Michihiro Ikemizu, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Tesshô Genda, Yuriko Fuchizaki
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Ghost In The Shell
- Today Sep 18
- Thu Sep 19
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Mamoru Oshii Run Time: 83 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Language: Japanese w English Subtitles
Starring: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Metropolis
- Thu Sep 19
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Rintaro Run Time: 108 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Scott Weinger, Toshio Furukawa, Yuka Imoto
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Thu Sep 19
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Mamoru Hosoda Run Time: 98 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Language: Japanese w English Subtitles
Starring: Ayami Kakiuchi, Mitsutaka Itakura, Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
