’Verse Jumping with Daniels

Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24); The Death of Dick Long (A24); Swiss Army Man (A24); Drunken Master II (Warner Bros./Park Circus); The Grandmaster (Lionsgate); Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Paramount Pictures); Holy Motors (AGFA / Shout! Factory); Mister Lonely (IFC Films); Mind Game (TK); The Matrix (Warner Bros./Park Circus); Fight Club (Fox/Disney); Kung Fu Hustle (Sony Pictures); Princess Mononoke (© 1997 Studio Ghibli; GKIDS); Songs From the Second Floor Janus Films); The Rider (Sony Pictures Classics); Tampopo (Janus Films); and Paris Is Burning (Janus Films)
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In little over a decade, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (better known by their joint film credit, Daniels) have established a formidable, consistently surprising body of work that has catapulted them to the foreground of popular American cinema. Their willfully odd, wildly entertaining films—works of deranged maximalism with an unabashed sincerity—offer propulsive thrills alongside absurdist humor and deftly combine the aesthetics of music videos, video games, interactive storytelling, and animation into a style that has become unmistakably their own. Daniels’ knack for resonating with present-day anxieties emerged in full force with their 2016 debut feature, the uncategorizable Swiss Army Man, and most recently with their widely celebrated Everything Everywhere All at Once, which jumps through its own intricate multiverse of film references—from kung fu and Hollywood actioners to experimental animation to nonfiction cinema. This February, Film at Lincoln Center is pleased to present Daniels’ features, plus a curated selection of films, music videos, and 35mm movie trailers handpicked by the directors themselves, who will appear in person for Q&As for their features. Daniels will also introduce two films from the series: Leos Carax’s unclassifiable Holy Motors; and the Hong Kong Cut of Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster.
Additional selections from the series include Daniel Scheinert’s The Death of Dick Long, a darkly funny thriller set in the Deep South; Hayao Miyazaki’s modern-day masterpiece Princess Mononoke; Masaaki Yuasa’s postmodern cult animation Mind Game, based on the Robin Nishi manga; The Rider, director Chloé Zhao’s compassionate depiction of the hardscrabble economy of America’s rodeo country; the disarmingly sweet Mister Lonely, directed by Harmony Korine after an eight-year hiatus from filmmaking; Jeff Tremaine’s vulgar, unapologetically crude hidden-camera comedy Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa; Jennie Livingston’s landmark documentary Paris Is Burning, made over seven years; Jûzô Itami’s Tampopo, a hilarious take on food, love, and a tribute to spaghetti Westerns and chambara films; and Songs from the Second Floor, Roy Andersson’s reckoning with the melancholic norms and anomalies of modern life.
Two enthralling 35mm double features will be a part of the Daniels’ selections: director Lau Kar-leung’s transcendent partnership with Jackie Chan, Drunken Master II, followed by David Fincher’s hyper-stylized Fight Club; and Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle, a hilarious send-up of kung fu and American cinema followed by The Matrix, the Wachowskis’ revolutionary reimagination of cinematic visualization, considered to be one of the most influential movies of all time.
Additionally, FLC will present “An Evening of Shorts with Daniels,” a jam-packed block of short films, internet and music videos, animation tests, and more—a rare glimpse into the tempo and form of their restlessly inventive combined consciousness, which will be introduced by the filmmaking duo.
Organized by Florence Almozini, Tyler Wilson, and Daniels.
Friday, February 3
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Saturday, February 4
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Sunday, February 5
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Monday, February 6
Walter Reade Theater
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Tuesday, February 7
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Walter Reade Theater
Wednesday, February 8
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
Thursday, February 9
Walter Reade Theater
Walter Reade Theater
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Q&A with Daniels on Feb. 3
In the gag-a-minute, gleefully maximalist second feature from Daniels, Michelle Yeoh delivers a career-defining performance as a first-generation Chinese-American who is plunged into a multiversal war of “’verse jumpers” that places the fate of every universe in her hands.Swiss Army Man
Q&A with Daniels on Feb. 4
Daniels announced themselves with this unequivocally weird, frequently hilarious debut feature, which won the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and remains one of the most original films of that year, due in no small part to the impeccably balanced performances from Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe.The Death of Dick Long
Q&A with Daniel Scheinert on Feb. 5
Between Swiss Army Man and Everything Everywhere All at Once, native Alabamian Scheinert stepped aside to direct this darkly funny thriller set in the Deep South.The Grandmaster [HK Cut]
Holy Motors
An Evening of Shorts with Daniels
Princess Mononoke
Mister Lonely
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Paris Is Burning
Jennie Livingston’s iconic documentary offers an at once dazzling, dynamic, and intimate portrait of the Harlem drag balls of the 1980s, celebrating how African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender New Yorkers created a world of survival and joy.
Tampopo
A cowboy-hatted truck driver (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his sidekick (a young Ken Watanabe) stop at a small noodle shop and help its meager business in Juzo Itami's "ramen western"—a hilarious take on food and love that also functions as a tribute to spaghetti westerns and chambara films.
Songs from the Second Floor
35mm Double Feature: The Drunken Master II + Fight Club
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing for Drunken Master II + Fight Club on Feb. 8; discount automatically applied in cart.
Drunken Master II
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing with Fight Club
Filmed at the peak of Jackie Chan’s prime, 16 years after his breakout turn in Drunken Master, this transcendent pairing of classic Shaw Brothers director Lau Kar-leung and Chan resulted in what many claim is the greatest martial arts film ever made.Fight Club
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing with Drunken Master II
A nameless yuppie insomniac (Edward Norton) and a glamorous soap salesman (Brad Pitt) process late 1990s angst through bare-knuckled therapy in David Fincher’s ultra-sleek coming-of-age film for thirty-somethings.35mm Double Feature: Kung Fu Hustle + The Matrix
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing for Kung Fu Hustle + The Matrix on Feb. 9; discount automatically applied in cart.
Kung Fu Hustle
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing with The Matrix
Writer-director-actor Stephen Chow’s hilariously bonkers homage to/send-up of kung fu and American cinema displays an audacious blending of genres and tones that turned the 2004 feature into an instant modern classic.The Matrix
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing with Kung Fu Hustle
A revolutionary reimagination of cinematic visualization that paved the way for three sequels, a spin-off anime, video games, and endless parodies and think pieces, The Matrix isn’t just one of the most influential movies of all time—it changed how the mainstream responded to reality itself.Tickets are now on sale!
Tickets are $17 for the General Public; $14 for Students, Seniors, and Persons with Disabilities; and $12 for FLC Members.
See more and save with a 3+ Film Package (discount automatically applied in cart) or a $99 All-Access Pass, limited quantities available.
Special 2-for-1 double feature pricing for Drunken Master II + Fight Club on Feb. 8 and Kung Fu Hustle + The Matrix on Feb. 9; discount automatically applied in cart.
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