March 7, 2019 – March 21, 2019
3 Faces
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Long banned from making films by the ruling regime in Iran, master filmmaker Panahi has nonetheless defiantly continued to produce …
Ash is Purest White
Directed by Jia Zhangke
Jia’s 11th feature is a piercing tale of lost love, following Qiao (Zhao Tao, in one of the year’s fiercest …
Donbass
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Loznitsa continues his vital explorations of the conflict raging in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region, a hotly contested area marked by …
First Night Nerves
Directed by Stanley Kwan
Hong Kong’s Stanley Kwan returns to the director’s chair after a six-year hiatus with this soapy theatre-world drama about two …
Hotel by the River
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
While Hong’s often mischievous films are largely an acquired taste, their charms often lie both directly on the surface and …
La Ciénaga
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel’s feature debut heralded the arrival of a major talent on the world cinema circuit; La Ciénaga is a …
Maya
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
In this gently-plucked-from-the-headlines, warmly intimate film, war reporter Gabriele (Roman Kolinka) returns to France, along with his colleague Frédéric (ever-reliable …
Non-Fiction
Directed by Olivier Assayas
Assayas’ (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) latest is perhaps best explained by its original French title, which roughly translates …
Our Time
Directed by Carlos Reygadas
One of contemporary world cinema’s greatest visual poets, with Our Time Carlos Reygadas turns the camera on himself in this …
Shadow
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Zhang’s return to the wuxia (martial arts epic) genre also marks an important return to form for the veteran director, …
The Headless Woman
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel’s third feature, premiering in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, divided critics from the start, owing to …
The Holy Girl
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Set in the confines of a small, modest Salta (northern Argentina) hotel, Martel’s sophomore feature—following her unforgettable debut La Ciénaga—bristles …
The Image Book
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
A new film by the legendary Jean-Luc Godard is always cause for celebration, and with The Image Book, the 88-year-old …
The Wild Pear Tree
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Continuing in the long-take, deeply intimate and conversational vein of much of his previous work, Ceylan’s latest is one of …
Transit
Directed by Christian Petzold
Adapted from Anna Seghers’ 1944 masterpiece novel, with Transit Petzold transports the story of those fleeing the Nazis during WWII …
Zama
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Appearing on myriad best-of-2018 lists and nearly ten years in the making, Martel’s fourth feature is an adaptation of Antonio …