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Screening—The Dragon Painter on 35mm at Overture Center

Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison, WI, United States

Get swept away by the haunting beauty of “The Dragon Painter.” Starring the incredible Sessue Hayakawa, this film tells the tale of Tatsu, a passionate artist who loses himself in his art—literally! Believing his beloved princess has been captured by a dragon, Tatsu’s obsession blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. This is more than […]

Online with SFFP—Unlocking Padlocked with Maria Fuentes

Presumed lost (as are many of director Allan Dwan’s silent films), Padlocked was restored in 2023 by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and Národní filmový archiv (Prague), where the only surviving print had lain unnoticed for decades. But what does such a restoration involve in the digital era? In this presentation, Maria Fuentes will […]

Screening—The Dragon Painter on 35mm at Japan Society

Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, CA, United States

On drum set and vibraphone, Shun Ishiwaka shows off his mastery in this film-screening “concert,” enlivening the silent movie The Dragon Painter, a quirky story of a brilliant, reclusive painter obsessed with the myth of a dragon princess. Starring Japanese matinée idol Sessue Hayakawa, the first actor of Asian descent to become a leading man in […]