Second Batch of Curators' Choice at the Museum of the Moving Image

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Published on Wednesday, 01 January 2025 21:25

Written by Brad Balfour

All We Imagine as Light

The Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Ave, Queens, NY) continues its Curators’ Choice series with more titles in their annual survey of favorite films and great works of television from 2024. The series will continue to run January 4 to the 26 and includes 17 feature films and three works of television, along with a plethora of special guest appearances

Guest appearances include Annie Baker with Janet Planet, Mohammad Rasoulof with The Seed of the Sacred Fig, RaMell Ross with Nickel Boys, Karren Karagulian with Anora, Aaron Schimberg with A Different Man, Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen with Somebody Somewhere, Ken Leung with Industry, Josh Kriegman with Couples Therapy, and filmmakers with Sugarcane.

Works being shown are:

Evil Does Not Exist

Saturday, January 4, 1:00 p.m.

Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi.  2023, 106 mins. Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP. Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani.

Hard Truths

Saturday, January 4, 3:30 p.m.

Dir. Mike Leigh. 2024, 97 mins. U.K. DCP. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett.

All We Imagine as Light

Sunday, January 5, 1:00 p.m.

Dir. Payal Kapadia. 2024, 114 mins. India. In Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles. DCP. With Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Cchaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon.

Nickel Boys

With RaMell Ross in person

Tuesday, January 7, 6:30 p.m.

Dir. RaMell Ross.  2024, 140 mins. U.S. DCP. With Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

With Mohammad Rasoulof in person

Wednesday, January 8, 6:30 p.m.

Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof. 2024, 168 mins. Iran/Germany/France. In Persian with English subtitles. DCP. With Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki.

Anora

With Karren Karagulian in person

Thursday, January 9, 6:30 p.m.

Dir. Sean Baker.  2024, 139 mins. U.S. With Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov. 

Somebody Somewhere

Season 3, Episode 4: “What If It Spreads?”  

With creators, writers, and executive producers Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen in person   

Friday, January 10, 6:30 p.m. 

Dir. Jay Duplass. 2024, 30 mins. U.S. DCP.

Sugarcane

With filmmakers in person

Friday, January 10, 7:00 p.m.

Dir. Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat. 2024, 107 mins. U.S./Canada.

Industry

Season 3, Episode 7: “Useful Idiot”

With actor Ken Leung in person

Friday, January 10, 8:00 p.m. 

Dirs. Mickey Down, Konrad Kay. 2024, 62 mins. U.S. DCP. With Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Ken Leung, Conor MacNeill, Sagar Radia, Kit Harington.

Dahomey

Saturday, January 11, 1:00 p.m.

Dir. Mati Diop. 2024, 67 mins. Benin/France/Senegal. In English and French with English subtitles. DCP. 

Janet Planet

With Annie Baker in person

Sunday, January 12, 6:00 p.m.

Dir. Annie Baker. 2024, 113 mins. U.S. With Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Sophie Okonedo.

Last Summer

Saturday, January 18, 6:30 p.m.

Dir. Catherine Breillat. 2023, 104 mins. France.  In French with English subtitles. DCP. Léa Drucker, Olivier Rabourdin, Samuel Kircher, Clotilde Courau.

Pictures of Ghosts

Saturday, January 18, 4:30 p.m.

Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho. 2023, 93 mins. Brazil. In Portuguese with English subtitles. DCP.   

Youth (Hard Times)

Saturday, January 18, 12:30 p.m.

Dir. Wang Bing. 2024, 226 mins. China. In Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP. 

Youth (Homecoming)

Sunday, January 19, 12:45 p.m.

Dir. Wang Bing. 2024, 160 mins. China. In Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.

Mambar Pierrette

Sunday, January 19, 6:00 p.m.

Dir. Rosine Mbakam. Cameroon, Belgium. 2023, 93 mins. In French, Bamileke, Cameroon Pidgin with English subtitles. DCP. 

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Saturday, January 25, 3:00 p.m.

Dir. Radu Jude. 2023, 163 mins. Romania. In Romanian and English with English subtitles. DCP. With Ilinca Manolache, Nina Hoss, Uwe Boll.

A Different Man

With Aaron Schimberg in person

Saturday, January 25, 6:00 p.m.

Dir. Aaron Schimberg. 2024, 112 mins. U.S. DCP. With Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson.  

Couples Therapy

Season 4 (2 episodes)

With executive producer Josh Kriegman in person

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Two episodes from Season 4 will be presented, followed by a conversation with executive producer Josh Kriegman.  

About Dry Grasses

Sunday, January 26, 5:00 p.m.

Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 2023, 197 mins. Turkey. In Turkish with English subtitles, DCP. With Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici.

To learn more, go to: https://movingimage.org/series/curators-choice-2024/

Curators’ Choice 2024: Second Batch
January 4 - 26, 2025

Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave, Queens, NY 11106

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