Retro Reels

Hanna gets around to watching Takeshi Kitano's 1993 crime drama Sonatine, a refreshing departure from the typical crime drama fare.

For the final episode of the "evil babies" series commemorating the birth of her son, Hanna watches yet another movie about the son of Satan, The Omen, which rode the cosmic horror trend started by Rosemary's Baby to major box office success.

Hanna rewatches the classic psychological horror flick Rosemary's Baby, one of the first movies to successfully deploy demons and Satanism as a scare tactic.

As a way of celebrating(?) her foray into motherhood, Hanna kicks off a special series on movies about evil and accursed babies. First up is David Lynch's famously strange first movie, Eraserhead.

Hanna finishes her series on Taiwanese director Edward Yang with her personal favorite from his filmography. She also has a bit of a confession to make regarding what's really been going behind the scenes.

For this episode, Hanna takes on one of Edward Yang's most highly acclaimed films, A Brighter Summer Day, one of several extra long movies that she's now attempted to fit into a 20-minute program slot.

Hanna talks about Terrorizers, which strays a bit off the path of what one might typically expect from director Edward Yang.

In honor of his birthday month of November, Hanna finally has the opportunity to talk about a Taiwanese director — the one and only Edward Yang.

To finish out the Ozu series, Hanna covers An Autumn Afternoon, the last film he made before he died on his 60th birthday in 1963.

Hanna talks Ozu's 1953 movie Tokyo Story, which is widely considered the crowning jewel of his career and one of the greatest films in the history of cinema.