PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Om Shanti Om (2007). Image of a woman and a man, the woman putting a bracelet onto the man's wrist.

Film still from Parasite (2019). Image of a young boy speaking over a walkie talkie, looking up at the sky, holding a pair of sunglasses up.

Film still from The Making of a Japanese (2023). Image of a young Japanese boy in uniform with his arm up.

OM SHANTI OM (2007)*
Directed by Farah Khan
Hindi and Urdu, 162 min.

Dance

In 1970s Bollywood, aspiring actor Om is murdered while trying to save superstar Shanti Priya, the woman he loves. Decades later, Om is reincarnated as a modern-day superstar and begins to piece together the fragments of his past life, setting out on a quest for justice and revenge.

Wednesday, April 8th — 5:00PM Lecture

Wednesday, Apr. 8 — 5:35PM
Thursday, Apr. 9 — 7:10PM
Friday, Apr. 10 — 5:00PM
Saturday, Apr. 11 — 11:30AM

PARASITE (2019)
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Korean, 2019, 132 min.

Miscellaneous

This Palme d’Or winning social thriller has taken the cinema world by storm with its representation of the social strata in South Korean society. The Kim family infiltrates the wealthy Parks’ home by systematically taking each household job until their ruse erupts into shocking violence along class lines.

Wednesday, Apr. 8 — 8:40PM
Friday, Apr. 10 — 2:30PM
Friday, Apr. 10 — 8:00PM
Saturday, Apr. 11 — 4:30PM
Saturday, Apr. 11 — 9:00PM

THE MAKING OF A JAPANESE (2023)
Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Japanese, 99 min.

Childhood

Intimately picturing one school year from the perspective of 1st and 6th graders, The Making of a Japanese captures the magic of childhood with precious moments of joy, tears, and discovery as the students learn the traits necessary to become part of Japanese society.

Thursday, Apr. 9 — 5:00PM
Thursday, Apr. 9 — 10:15PM
Saturday, Apr. 11 — 9:30AM
Saturday, Apr. 11 — 2:35PM
Saturday, Apr. 11 — 7:05PM

Upcoming Faculty Lecture

"Cinema, Rebirth, and Memory in Om Shanti Om."
By Michael Easterling

Professor Michael Easterling teaches Interdisciplinary Humanities classes in the BYU Department of Comparative Arts and Letters. A doctoral student at Kansas State University, his research explores the Guru-Shishya Parampara, focusing on how oral traditions and iconography shape spiritual identity and pedagogy.

A SCREENING OF
Om Shanti Om
(Farah Khan, Hindi and Urdu, 2007, 162 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00PM
Film @ 5:35PM

Wednesday, April 8
250 KMBL

Next Week's Showtimes

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