“Japan’s Pop Art Renegade, a three-day series of five films by Nobuhiko Obayashi, opens on Friday evening at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a 35 mm print of House, the 1977 cult classic about the spooky, silly, and surreal adventures of seven schoolgirls in a house out in the countryside. On Saturday and Sunday, the Brattle will screen recent restorations of four popular coming-of-age movies Obayashi made in the 1980s—and all four will then head to Vancouver for a three-week run at the Cinematheque.” – David Hudson, Criterion Current
Japan’s Pop Art Renegade: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi x5 runs Fri, Jun 27 – Mon, Jun 30.