4K Restoration!
Featuring a Science on Screen® presentation on Trauma Focus Hypnotherapy with Bradley Mack, MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Registered Mental Health Intern at Lyon Counseling!
“One of the very best films by the extremely talented Kiyoshi Kurosawa…an absolute master of light, framing, and pacing” – Martin Scorsese
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s spellbinding international breakthrough established him as one of the leaders of the emerging new wave of Japanese horror while pushing the genre into uncharted realms of philosophical and existential exploration. A string of shocking, seemingly unmotivated murders—each committed by a different person yet bearing the same grisly hallmarks—leads Detective Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho, PERFECT DAYS, 13 ASSASSINS) into a labyrinthine investigation to discover what connects them, and into a disturbing game of cat and mouse with an enigmatic amnesiac (Masato Hagiwara) who may be evil incarnate. Awash in a mood of hushed, hypnotic dread, Cure is a tour de force of psychological tension and a hallucinatory journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind.
About the speaker: Bradley Mack has his MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he also earned his under graduate degree in Musical Theatre. Before going back to school for his masters, he performed professionally as an actor and singer, and was a teaching artist for several years. As a therapist, he incorporates person centered therapy, working together with patients to uncover what’s going on under the surface and bringing that to awareness. He also infuses solution focus to develop healthy coping mechanisms and to help clients rediscover who they are, and is trained in Trauma Focus Hypnotherapy. Bradley specializes in anxiety, depression, wellness, and complex trauma.
1997, 111 minutes, Japan, In Japanese with English subtitles, Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Rated R
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"'Cure' is a true masterpiece that transcends the borders of the J-horror by combining it with a number of philosophical comments, while Kurosawa's trait of creating imposing atmospheres finds its apogee here. A must-see for every fan of cinema."
– Panos Kotzathanasis, ASIAN MOVIE PULSE -
"Tone and atmosphere mirror subject to perfection in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's hypnotic trip into the lower depths of the human mind."
– David Rooney, VARIETY -
"A hauntingly intricate and deeply inquisitive thriller that questions the concepts of human morality, reason, and repression unlike any other film."
– Jack Gross, LOUD AND CLEAR