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CLOUD Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s New Film Premieres Next Week [Video]

Without a doubt Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the Anarchists’ favorite directors, ours collectively. Excelling at presenting thrillers and horrors that ooze with dread or drip with atmosphere we have really appreciated their films over the years. Their new thriller, Cloud, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival next week. The following week it will have its north american premiere here at TIFF in Toronto. 

The official trailer is down below for your viewing pleasure. 

The film centers on Ryosuke Yoshii, played by Masaki Suda, who works at a factory and makes money on the side as a reseller operating under the pseudonym “Ratel.” He deals in medical devices, handbags, figurines… anything he can flip to make a profit. Buying low, selling high. Quitting his day job, he moves with his girlfriend, Akiko, played by Kotone Furukawa, to a lakeside house outside the city, and starts a …

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103-year-old veteran honored at Greensboro parade [Video]

IN GREENSBORO, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY WILL BE HONORED. A LITTLE BIT EARLY. TOMORROW IS THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PARADE, AND THIS YEARS GRAND MARSHAL IS A 103 YEAR OLD ARMY VETERAN. WXII 12 CHRIS PETERSEN MET UP WITH THOMAS FOSSETT AND HIS WIFE TODAY, WHO SHARED A STORY OF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE. THOMAS FOSSETT SPENT HIS LIFE SERVING HIS COUNTRY AND HIS COMMUNITY, AND NOW GREENSBORO IS HONORING HIM. HE WAS A HANDSOME GENTLEMAN. THOMAS FOSSETT JOINED THE ARMY ON MARCH 8TH, 1943, AT THE AGE OF 21. THREE BRONZE SERVICE STARS. FOSSETT SERVED IN THE ARMY BEFORE HE MET HIS WIFE OF 54 YEARS, ELIZABETH. SHE SAYS SHE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS IN WORLD WAR TWO UNTIL YEARS AFTER THEY HAD MARRIED. AT 103 YEARS OLD. ITS HARD FOR THOMAS TO SHARE HIS STORY OF SERVICE. I WASNT AWARE THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE SERVICE AND SO IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE I REALIZED I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH PAPERWORK. YOU KNOW, IN MY FILE. AND I LOOKED, I SAID, OH MY GOD, HE WAS IN THE SERVICE. ELIZABETH DISCOVERED THAT THOMAS WAS STATIONED IN ITALY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE FROM 1943 TO 1945. LOADING AND UNLOADING SHIPS. AFTER SHE FOUND HIS PAPERWORK, IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE SHE RECEIVED HIS MEDALS. AFTER THE WAR, FOSSETT SPENT 40 YEARS WORKING FOR THE POST OFFICE. BUT IN GREENSBORO, HES FAMOUS FOR SERVING THE STUDENTS OF PECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FOSSETT WAS A CROSSING GUARD THERE FOR 36 YEARS, RETIRING THIS PAST JUNE, AND HE ALWAYS ASKED, WHO AM I GOING TO WORK? NO. YOURE FINISHED. YOU ARE FINISHED. BUT HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. FOSSETT FLEW TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH THE TRIAD HONOR FLIGHT IN OCTOBER. HE AND OTHER VETERANS TOURED THE WORLD WAR TWO MEMORIAL AND VISITED THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. ELIZABETH HAS THIS MESSAGE FOR HER HUSBAND AND ALL VETERANS. ITS JUST AN HONOR TO BASICALLY HAVE A LIVE WITH A PERSON THAT HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW? AND IF IT WASNT FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDNT HAVE THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE NOW. THE PARADE STARTS AT NOON AND RUNS THROUGH DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO. ITS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HONOR THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE CAROLIN