From March 3 – 9, new films from this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival are playing at BAM.

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AUTUMN ADAGIO (2009, Japan) – Tsuki Inoue directs this flick about a middle-aged nun who meets three different men. And it’s not a porno. (Read a review)

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Miyoko

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MIYOKO (2009, Japan) – a lush biopic about a manga artist, his mostly-naked model/muse and the boho 70’s lifestyle they lead. (Read a review)

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Mundane History…lookin’, well, mundane.

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MUNDANE HISTORY (2009, Thailand) – the director of the first Thai short film to be an official selection of Cannes makes her feature debut in this “metaphysical family drama about an elusive father, a paralyzed son and the male nurse hired to take care of him.” Huh. The reviews make it sound no less perplexing, but sort of interesting, too. (Read a review)

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MY DAUGHTER (2009, Malaysia) – a mother/daughter story. Mom is a hairdresser with a complicated love life. Her daughter is a teenager. Complications ensue.

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SUN SPOTS (2009, Hong Kong) – an HD feature described as “stylistically daring.” That sometimes means “incomprehensible.” But sometimes it means “really good.”

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Tickets and showtimes.

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