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Strongman Ferdinand

by Ed M. Koziarski August 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Alexander Kluge’s 1976 satire of Cold War paranoia, “Strongman Ferdinand,” screens tonight at The Nightingale.

Kanikôsen

by Ed M. Koziarski October 19, 2009August 19, 2021

Takiji Kobayashi’s subversive novel about insurrection aboard a Japanese imperial crab fishing ship gets a film adaptation from goofy surrealist Sabu in “Kanikôsen,” screening Monday 10/19 and Tuesday 10/20 in the Chicago International Film Festival.