nowhere: film club

Nowhere Film Club is a space for films that don't belong. As a monthly screening series, NFC seeks to share overlooked and underseen films which highlight the joy, majesty, tragedy and romance of human life. We encourage robust engagement with cinema as an art form and resist elitism and obfuscation. Film is about enjoyment and love, so come along, bring your friends and open your hearts. Everybody knows this is nowhere, but nobody knows what you might find.

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On September 18th, Nowhere Film Club's is screening Nobuhiko Obayashi's overlooked masterwork His Motorbike, Her Island (1986). Despite the cultural ubiquity of Obayashi's 1977 horror-comedy classic House, almost all of the director's other work remains mired in obscurity. His Motorbikeis a stunning testament to love, as visually inventive as it is swooningly romantic. A robust exploration of gender, freedom and desire,His Motorbikefollows the romance between Ko, a motorbike enthusiast, and Miyo, the woman he teaches to ride whose inevitable crash Ko cannot help but imagine. The ensuing film is among Obayashi's most revered and most moving works.