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  1. Last Life in the Universe
    September 8, 2026

    Last Life in the Universe @ The Cinematheque

    Last Life in the Universe marks Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s first collaboration with cinematographer Christopher Doyle and actor Asano Tadanobu. Against the neon-lit backdrop of early 2000s Bangkok, Kenji (Asano), a fish-allergic Japanese librarian with a quiet death wish, meets Noi (Sinitta…

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We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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