The Midnight Meat Train to Georgia (The American Films of Ryûhei Kitamura)

Update: 2025-09-20

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THIS WEEK: The Midnight Meat Train (2008), No One Lives (2012), Downrange (2017) and The Price We Pay (2022)

What happens when a Japanese ADHD-addled wunderkind with zero interest in boring filmmaking minutiae like performance, pacing and screen geography heads to Hollywood? Redbox magic, baby!

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The Midnight Meat Train to Georgia (The American Films of Ryûhei Kitamura)

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The Midnight Meat Train to Georgia (The American Films of Ryûhei Kitamura)

The Midnight Meat Train to Georgia (The American Films of Ryûhei Kitamura)