FEAR(S) OF THE DARK

City Hall Arts Center
(Saturday, March 21)
(Monday, March 23)
Savoy Theater (Saturday, March 28)
“An emaciated French nobleman gleefully unleashes his slavering hounds on a succession of screaming victims. A traumatized Japanese girl is forced to return, again and again, to nightmares of a violent past. A socially repressed young man discovers that girls are even more terrifying when they like you than when they don’t. These tales, along with three others, make up FEAR(S) OF THE DARK, an animated anthology featuring six of today’s most talented graphic artists. Shot in luminous whites, pulsing blacks and gorgeous grays, the stories explore sexual insecurity, rural superstition and sociopolitical anxieties with an inventiveness that’s seldom scary but never less than mesmerizing.” (Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times) 85 minutes, in French with subtitles. Sponsored by Figrig Web Crafters. Community Partner: Center for Cartoon Studies. Post-film event: Writer and artist Steve Bissette will discuss the film after the Saturday, March 21, show. Review

• Saturday, March 21 2:00 pm
• Monday, March 23 4:15 pm
• Saturday, March 28 10:30 pm