Retro Reels

Discovering new favorites as I return to the filmography of Hou Hsiao-Hsien this month.

It can't all be about my dad, can it. My son's dad should have his day, too. So this week is Aaron's choice.

Zatoichi the blind swordsman is one of Japan's longest running film series, and a favorite of my father's.

The kinda movie so sad I think I never wanna see it again. Happy Father's Day, I guess.

It was hard to pick just one movie to represent the Marx Brothers, but Duck Soup will have to do.

I did Mother's Day all month in May so for July let's do the same for the dads. I never knew until this year that my father was such a fan of musicals — sometimes these old fellas can still surprise you.

For the hundreth episode of Retro Reels, let's watch a movie that's turning a hundred years old this year. You can watch The General right here on YouTube.

For the last episode of this year's Pride Month series, Hanna spotlights some of Japanese-American director Gregg Araki's earlier work, which paved the way for the Queer New Wave.

I saved this particular film by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul just for pride month.

A sad love story featuring some very unexpected sexual and political content when you consider it was a Chinese production.