 To talk about ANIME now is to talk about the iconic film AKIRA at some point. KATSUHIRO OTOMO's film began as a Manga in 1982 and went on to break down doors until the film was made in 1988 with a massive budget and came to define the genre for the western world. The Cyber-punk Neo-noir Tokyo has been copied endless times and remains a thrilling storytelling experience that is entirely HAND DRAWN cell animation. After quite a long wait the 4K remastered version of AKIRA hits the screen this week and could not possibly come with a more emphatic recommendation! Get tickets HERE!  JOHN BOORMAN may not be a household name director to most average folks but you, dear reader are no average fan. In recent years his films POINT BLANK and EXCALIBUR have both had resurgent popularity that caused cinephiles to look through his catalog, finding DELIVERANCE... "wait it's THAT guy?... AND ZARDOZ?" Yes, he's that guy. JOHN BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL outlines a good part of the career of a solid journeyman director who took BIG swings and landed himself one of the most precarious sequels in cinema history, THE EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, which plays this week on 35MM to give you all the deep learning activities you deserve. For a slightly deeper dive fans of ENYS MEN may want to catch the newest offering from director MARK JENKIN, ROSE OF NEVADA starring GEORGE MACKAY and MR DUA LIPA. Since MICHAEL MANN's THIEF and WALTER HILL's WARRIORS hits this week too so it's safe to say we'll see you this week ! -- JR 
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