YABU NO NAKA NO KURONEKO; aka BLACK CAT
Japan | 1968 | Kaneto Shindo

Sengoku period. A woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. Guest curated by Film Inquiry Editor-In-Chief Kristy Strouse. “Kuroneko possesses a spellbinding quality that is both timeless and graceful—unsettling, yet undeniably gorgeous,” Kristy Strouse, guest curator. Subtitles. 100 min.

http://www.janusfilms.com/films/1393

Special admission $14; members, CIA/CSU I.D. holders, age 25 & under $11; no passes.