A disclaimer about the Arkansas Times Film Series screening on Tuesday night: It’s graphic. The Guardian reports that the film “caused some audience members to faint at the Toronto film festival, due to highly realistic depictions of bite marks and ‘lacerated extremities’.” If that’s not your thing, sit this one out and join us for our screening of Nagisa Ōshima’s “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
ARKANSAS TIMES FILM SERIES: ‘RAW’
TUESDAY 10/18. Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema. 7 p.m. $5.99.
A car is driving down a two-lane highway. On one side of the road is a row of trees planted in a parallel line. On the other there isn’t much, maybe a ditch and some shrubs. Suddenly a body falls onto the road, seemingly out of nowhere, causing the car to swerve and slam into a tree. We hear the horn of the car, a constant assault on our ears. Soon, the body gets up, walks to the car, and then we cut to black. That’s the opening to Julia Ducournau’s 2016 debut feature, “Raw.” Firmly in the genre of body horror (where Ducournau feels comfortable), the movie is ultimately about two sisters and their ability to treat each other humanely in the worst of circumstances. It’s the latest film in the post-pandemic revival of the Arkansas Times Film Series, curated by Film Quote Films. Mark your calendars for the final screening of the year on Tuesday, Dec. 20, when we’ll show Nagisa Oshima’s “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.”