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In MYSTERIOUS SKIN, an unlikely director takes on an even more unlikely lead actor and crafts a deeply felt coming-of-age tale that pulsates with the scalding beauty of tragedy. The director, Gregg Araki, whose over-the-top, gay melodramas have been criticized as largely empty provocations, proves himself here to have great sensitivity. Yet it is the lead actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, best known for his work on the alien sitcom THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN, whose unforgettable, nuanced performance makes...

This biographical film stars the baseball legend himself in a dramatic story about the player who integrated major league ball. The story begins with Jackie Robinson's early years, profiling the successful young athlete who excelled in various collegiate sports. It then follows him to his momentous meeting with Branch Rickey of the no less legendary Brooklyn Dodgers who brought Robinson in as a professional player to the previously all-white sport.

Shot in lush, noir-ish black and white, this dark, brooding, and beautiful film has been unavailable in the west since its release in 1998. It is nonetheless widely considered to be a masterpiece of hugely influential cult director, Shinya Tsukamoto. Goda, played with great poignancy by the director himself, is a middle-aged salaryman who comes home one day to find his world turned upside down. His girlfriend of 10 years has committed suicide, using a gun she was holding for a friend. Despairing...