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Interrogating Care: Authors Fine Gråbøl and Katie Kitamura discuss AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, and Gråbøl's WHAT KINGDOM. What Kindom is Fine Gråbøl's debut novel. Gråbøl has previously published a collection of poetry, Knoglemarv lavendel (Bone-marrow Lavender, 2018), together with the poetry collective BMS – consisting of Dorte Limkilde, Mette Kierstein, Ronja Johansen, and Gråbøl. And in late April, Gads forlag will publish Gråbøl's second novel, Hundrede børn. What Kingdom won Denmark’s most prestigious award for debut fiction, Bogforum’s Debutantpris. An Angel at My Table "Janet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janet's discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim." Conversation with authors Fine Gråbøl and Katie Kitamura following screening.
Interview and Roxy Cinema present: Any study of Beethoven, portrayed here by Wolfgang Reichmann, tends to avoid the extraordinarily miserable and pathetic character of the man, a personality so petty, mean, and spiteful that he was incapable of habitation amongst ordinary people. With no real enemies in world, he created them, becoming his own worst enemy and a victim of his imagination, obsessions, and misanthropy. Using Beethoven’s own words (Morrissey insisted that the screenplay, co-authored with Mathieu Carrière, conform strictly to historical truth), Beethoven’s Nephew turns a cynical, respectful eye on the composer who made it his life’s duty to take away from his sister Johanna (Jane Birkin) her only son Karl (Dietmar Prinz). “We must get used to the idea that genius has nothing to do with everyday life. It exists on another level. Great artists seldom have noble souls.” – Paul Morrissey
Michael M. Bilandic & Screen Slate co-present the world theatrical premiere of Larry Clark's Driggling! "Driggling is something that i have done for almost ten years. It's just what i do. One part dribbling, one part juggling, one part speed skating. With the help of director Larry Clark and some other good friends i have finally put it on film." -Morgan Lane Bennett A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much. Intro by Michael M. Bilandic 5/6
"An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil" If you think THAT sounds crazy then nothing can prepare you for what might be the most weirdly entertaining and fun 70's Italian BIZZARE-FESTS! Featuring a KILLER soundtrack, tripped out visuals and starring John Huston, Shelly Winters, Lance Henriksen and Franco Nero as a wacko-blonde Jesus! (108MIN) Preceded by our Satan approved Psycho-notic-a-go-go pre-show! You don't want to miss this! (30MIN)
City Dudes is the new monthly “blindfolded” screening series at the Roxy Cinema New York curated and hosted by the American cinematographer Sean Price Williams and the American writer Nick Pinkerton. Might could be they’ll have the occasional Exciting Guest on-hand as well.
Rfor strong violent content, bloody/disturbing images, and language throughout.
In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating civil war that has engulfed the entire nation.
Amidst a period of unprecedented world events, an eighteen-year-old girl’s life is placed on hold. Isolated in her bedroom, she falls under the spell of the mysterious vlogger Patricia Coma. As time carries on, the lines between her dreams, fears, hopes, and reality begin to blur into one another. From French master Bertrand Bonello (The Beast, Zombi Child, Nocturama), COMA is “a neo-Lynchian slow burn masterpiece” (International Cinephile Society) that creates a dream-like representation of our present. A “delirious marvel” (The Playlist) that breaks apart boundaries of genre, filmmaking, and storytelling, COMA bravely confronts the anxieties of today in order to imagine the possibilities of the future.
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Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.
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An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
Celebrating the second anniversary of Tomberlin’s album I Don’t Know Who Needs To Hear This with a screening of a new film by director Ryan Schnackenberg. Made during her 2022 tour in Europe and the UK with Angel Olsen, Lost Film follows Tomberlin through the everyday monotony and brief moments of joy as a solo artist and opening act on unfamiliar ground. It is a meditation on place, time, and memory. An attempt at seeing. Additionally screening are the accompanying music videos from the latest album by Michelle Yoon, Ryan Schnackenberg, and Sarah Beth Tomberlin, followed by a brief Q+A and live performance.
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Sol is an aspiring young rapper and musician, struggling to fund his studio sessions and living with his best friend Wesley’s family. When he meets a group of touring hip-hop musicians, Sol decides to take a chance, leaning into his creative dreams and impulsively joining them on a road trip through Texas. Leaving all that he knows behind, Sol embarks on a musical odyssey across the state, finding instant creative chemistry with his new companions and discovering his own identity as an artist. However, the world of opportunity is not all it appears to be, and soon Sol is forced to make some life changing decisions. Q&A with director Katherine Propper, producers Andres Figueredo and Juan Carlos Figueredo, and cast members Malachi Mabson and Alex Brackney following 5/3 + 5/4 screenings.
Rfor violence and grisly images, sexual content, nudity, language throughout and drug use.
From Director Rose Glass comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
A young sailor is attracted to a mysterious mermaid performing at a carnival, but soon suspects that the girl is actually a siren who draws men to their watery deaths during the full moon. NIGHT TIDE was restored in 2017 by Hiventy in Paris, France from the severely degraded original 35mm camera negative, and 35mm preservation fine grain print produced by Academy Film Archive in 2008 with the participation of director Curtis Harrington and supervised by Mark Toscano.
New 4K Restoration! NOSTALGHIA is Andrei Tarkovsky's brooding late masterpiece, a darkly poetic vision of exile. It was the first of his features to be made outside of Russia, the home to which he would never return. Tarkovsky explained that in Russian the word "nostalghia" conveys "the love for your homeland and the melancholy that arises from being far away." This debilitating form of homesickness is embodied in the film by Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky, The Mirror), a Russian intellectual doing research in Italy. He becomes obsessed with the Botticelli-like beauty of his translator Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano), as well as with the apocalyptic ramblings of a self-destructive wanderer named Domenico (Erland Josephson, The Sacrifice). Written with frequent Michelangelo Antonioni collaborator Tonino Guerra (L'Avventura), NOSTALGHIA is a mystical and mysterious collision of East and West, shot with the tactile beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide. As J. Hoberman wrote, "NOSTALGHIA is not so much a movie as a place to inhabit for two hours."
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One Grand Film Society presents: Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead.
PGfor some language, partial nudity and smoking.
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Rfor some sexual content, full nudity and bloody images.
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them. Starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, acclaimed directors David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter) bring you the greatest Bigfoot story ever told.
Raymond (Saul Williams) is a young Black performance poet living in Washington, D.C. who is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge. Danger lurks around every corner, but nothing can stop him from establishing his identity, strength, and voice. In jail, Raymond meets a prison gang leader (Bonz Malone) and a writing teacher (Sonja Sohn) who inspires him to use the power of creative expression to fight for his freedom and avoid becoming another victim of the racist criminal justice system. Featuring sublime poetry and heart-wrenching realism, Slam is a testament to the importance and impact of artistic expression. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival and the Caméra d'Or (Best First Feature) at the Cannes Film Festival. Slam has been digitally restored from the 35mm interpositive, and a new DCP created in collaboration between Sundance Institute, the Academy Film Archive, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Lionsgate.
Raymond (Saul Williams) is a young Black performance poet living in Washington, D.C. who is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge. Danger lurks around every corner, but nothing can stop him from establishing his identity, strength, and voice. In jail, Raymond meets a prison gang leader (Bonz Malone) and a writing teacher (Sonja Sohn) who inspires him to use the power of creative expression to fight for his freedom and avoid becoming another victim of the racist criminal justice system. Featuring sublime poetry and heart-wrenching realism, Slam is a testament to the importance and impact of artistic expression. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival and the Caméra d'Or (Best First Feature) at the Cannes Film Festival. Slam has been digitally restored from the 35mm interpositive, and a new DCP created in collaboration between Sundance Institute, the Academy Film Archive, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Lionsgate. Q&A following screening.
Raymond (Saul Williams) is a young Black performance poet living in Washington, D.C. who is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge. Danger lurks around every corner, but nothing can stop him from establishing his identity, strength, and voice. In jail, Raymond meets a prison gang leader (Bonz Malone) and a writing teacher (Sonja Sohn) who inspires him to use the power of creative expression to fight for his freedom and avoid becoming another victim of the racist criminal justice system. Featuring sublime poetry and heart-wrenching realism, Slam is a testament to the importance and impact of artistic expression. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival and the Caméra d'Or (Best First Feature) at the Cannes Film Festival. Slam has been digitally restored from the 35mm interpositive, and a new DCP created in collaboration between Sundance Institute, the Academy Film Archive, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Lionsgate. Q&A with Marc Levin, Liza Jesse Peterson, Bob Holman and Bonz Malone following screening.
In an effort to bring unity and equality to African-Americans, an interstellar traveler and musician lands on earth and duels with an evil overlord for the souls of people.
Interview and Roxy Cinema present: Welcome to Bensonhurst, a nice Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn. A place for families (it takes care of its own), a place with traditions and rules: “family” rules that are not made to be broken. Taking a satirical look at the rise of an ambitious street kid and amateur boxer, Spike Fumo, played with gusto by Sasha Mitchell (Kickboxer), Morrissey’s comedic portrayal of the erosion of traditional values shows how something as dependable as organized crime is getting very confusing. When asked by the failing New York Times how he could portray the Mafia with such sympathy, an organization that keeps drugs out of its own neighborhood, but has no qualms flushing them into others, Morrissey replied, “Hey, it’s better to have double standards than no standards. . .”
Bertrand Bonello’s opium-soaked, time-collapsing fever dream of a Parisian brothel caught between the 19th and 20th centuries emerges like the lovechild of Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flowers of Shanghai and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Screening on 35mm for the first time in years, House of Tolerance is, among other things: one opulent image after another, a supreme and startling use of music, and his most loving lens on the female form. A shocking mutilation, a gleefully anachronistic dance to the Moody Blues, drugs and sex and astonishing split-screens and flights of fancy that climax with an entirely unprecedented final minute––Bonello captures all with both inebriated detachment and total precision, cementing his place among the greatest living filmmakers. -Nick Newman
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Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War. Introduced by Michael Mann Facts 5/5 !
In a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.
An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight. Introduced by Michael Mann Facts 5/5 !
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him. Touch makes its US blu-ray debut in an all new 4K restoration from Cinématographe. Now on sale, and available for purchase at screening!
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him. Q&A with director Paul Schrader and Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty following screening. Touch makes its US blu-ray debut in an all new 4K restoration from Cinématographe. Now on sale, and available for purchase at screening!
Casting Double and Simone Films present two films by Argentinian filmmaker Agustina Comedi. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Agustina and Charlotte Wells (Aftersun) moderated by Julia Solomonoff. PLAYBACK. ENSAYO DE UNA DESPEDIDA (PLAYBACK) / Agustina Comedi / 14 min / 2019 / Argentina Memories woven through unique footage were the actresses of "Kalas Group", who resist to trans genocide using the stage as a place of resistance. EL SILENCIO ES UN CUERPO QUE CAE (SILENCE IS A FALLING BODY) / Agustina Comedi / 76 min / 2017 / Argentina The film follows Agustina as she finds the videotapes that her father Jaime recorded before the accident that took his life. The family secrets surrounding Jaime push Agustina to get involved; her search will reveal a story marked by sexuality and political activism.