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Series • November 09 - 11, 2018

My First Film Fest

This November, we’re pleased to present a weekend-long showcase of classic and new cinematic works that speak to the experiences and curiosity of young people.

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New Release

In first-time director Paul Dano’s impressive debut, a carefully wrought adaptation of Richard Ford’s 1990 novel (co-written by Zoe Kazan), a family comes apart one loosely stitched seam at a time. Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan star as the parents; Ed Oxenbould is the adolescent son trying to hold the center.

Directed by Paul Dano

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Series • November 16 - 18, 2018

Wang Bing: The Weight of Experience

One of the great documentarians working today and an intrepid chronicler of the human tribulations underlying modern China’s social and economic transformation, Wang Bing makes films that are epic in duration yet precise in scope.

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New Release • Opens November 23, 2018

Shoplifters

Japan's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Entry

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner is a heartrending, profoundly human portrait of a most unusual “family”: a collection of societal cast-offs united by petty crime and a fierce love for one another. An NYFF56 selection. A Magnolia Pictures release.

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

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Film • Opens November 28, 2018

The House That Jack Built

Matt Dillon in person · One night only North American Premiere screening of Lars von Trier's director's cut

Boundary-pushing cinematic visionary Lars von Trier (Antichrist) returns with one of his most daring, masterfully provocative works yet.

Directed by Lars von Trier

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New Release • Opens December 21, 2018

Cold War

Poland's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Entry

Academy Award–winner Paweł Pawlikowski follows up his box-office sensation Ida with this bittersweet, exquisitely crafted tale of a tempestuous love between a pianist and a singer as they navigate the realities of living in both Poland and Paris, in and outside of the Iron Curtain.

Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

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New Release • Opens March 15, 2019

Ash Is Purest White

Jia Zhangke’s extraordinary gangster melodrama begins by following Qiao (a never better Zhao Tao) and her mobster boyfriend Bin as they stake out their turf against rivals and upstarts in 2001 Datong before expanding out into an epic, three-part narrative of how abstract forces shape individual lives.

Directed by Jia Zhangke

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