Chicago – The Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) of Chicago is highlighting their past program line up of award-winning and culturally important films with “Audience Choice Winners Rewind” – an event that allows streaming the films on specific dates throughout the next several weeks. All it takes to access the films for Free is to register at the Apuc website on the day the film is scheduled to stream.

Films from Japan are in the spotlight coming up. Friday, May 22nd is “Melancholic” (click here for details) which involves two old high school chums, Kazuhiko and Yuri, who run into each other at a Japanese bathhouse. Kazuhiko starts working there, and finds out secrets that change everything. Sunday, May 24th is “Round Trip Heart” (click here) and it’s Hachiko’s story … she excels at her menial job as a snacks server onboard a Japanese “Romancecar” train service, and that safe world gets...