Looking for an Angel (1999) follows Shinpei, a country boy newly arrived to Tokyo, who is processing the murder of Takachi, a gay performer known for his porno tapes. Reckoning with this death against the backdrop of a deeply nostalgic, blue-hued city shot in a variety of formats ranging from 8mm to video, the viewer begins to piece together Takachi’s desire-laden story, in a free-associative and completely independent film described by director Akihiro Suzuki himself as “neither straight, gay, queer, bisexual, asexual or pornographic, but anti-heterosexist.”

Get tickets for Looking for an Angel only for Pop’s Cult Theater Double Feature alongside Bye Bye Love.