Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2014

Audrey Hepburn’s cinematic revival in Tokyo continues with the theatrical re-release of Mayerling (pictured), a rarely-seen 1957 black-and-white TV movie based on the true story of a romantic tragedy that more recently inspired The Illusionist. Hepburn costars with her then-husband Mel Ferrer. Screening from January 11 at the newish Cinema Qualite (3-37-12 Shinjuku; http://qualite.musashino-k.jp/)… The 10am Film Festival continues its morning screenings of digitally remastered classics at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills (6-10-2 Roppongi Minato-ku; www.tohotheater.jp). Take on HAL with 2001: A Space Odyssey from January 11, revel in the cross-cultural romance of Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) from January 25, give a damn about Gone With the Wind (1939) from February 8 and run to the theater in slow motion to catch Chariots of Fire (1981) that’s on from February 22  (asa10.eiga.com)… Australian director Cate Shortland takes on an ambitious project with Lore, a German-language film set just after the end of WWII. The title character was brought up as a member of the Hitler Youth but with the war over and her parents jailed, she has to accept help from a Jewish man to get her sisters to safety. Screening from January 11 at Ginza’s Cine Switch (4-4-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku ; www.cineswitch.com).