Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010

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The quirky Argentinian comedy-drama Luisa (2009; pictured) is screening at Shibuya’s Eurospace (1-5 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku; www.eurospace.co.jp) from October 16. The film tells the story of a lonely 60-year-old widow in Buenos Aires who lives by a very strict routine—until her life is turned upside-down when her beloved cat dies and she loses her job on the same day.

Bring earplugs to the latest edition of the Bakuon Film Festival, where the projectionist at Yokohama’s Jack and Betty Cinema (3-51 Wakabamachi, Naka-ku; www.jackandbetty.net) will be turning the volume up to 11. The lineup includes The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), with live music from experimental duo Dowser, and the British sci-fi flick Fiend Without a Face (1958).

The “master of montage,” Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, will be honored in an all-night screening at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro (3F, 1-43-5 Higashi-Ikebukuro Toshima-ku; www.shin-bungeiza.com) on October 23. Eisenstein was an influential film theorist who revolutionized the way movies are edited. The program includes the propaganda film Strike (1924) and a restored print of The Battleship Potemkin (1925).

Unless noted, Japanese films screen without English subtitles. Non-English-language films are shown with Japanese subtitles only