So I've been trying to watch The Sun by Aleksandr Sokurov since Alison loved it at the New York Film Festival. Sukorov is probably best known for Russian Ark, a ninety-six minute film shot in the Russian State Hermitage Museum...all in one continuous shot (the fourth take was the one). It's the third movie in a four-part series about persons of power (Hitler and Lenin came first). The Sun follows Emporer Hirohito as he's about to in a bunker underneath the Imperial Palace in Toyko, during the last days of World War II.

I missed it at BAM's Village Voice Best of 2005 Series, but it looks like it'll be back in town for indieWIRE's Undiscovered Gems Series, which features films that have not been picked up for distribution. Check out the other films here. I'll be watching it at Cinema Village in the East Village, but other locations include Buffalo, Tucson, San Rafael, Wilmington, Ft. Lauderdale, Lake Worth, Martha’s Vineyard, Lincoln, Tulsa, and Scranton.