How I Ended This Summer
Directed by Alexei Popogrebsky Immersing us in the frozen wilds of the Russian Arctic, writer/director Alexei Popogrebsky makes an impressive addition to the canon of films about man’s extraordinary ability to cope with harsh nature and extreme isolation. Young Pavel (Grigory Dobrygin) arrives at a remote research station for a summer ...
The Red Chapel
Directed by Mads Brügger Denmark launches an all-out attack on North Korea in this has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed documentary that ventures into territory somewhere between Michael Moore and Borat. Bankrolled by Lars von Trier’s Zentropa production company, the aptly named Mads Brügger travels to Pyongyang on a feigned mission of cultural exchange, bringing a ...
La Pivellina
Directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel Looking for her lost dog, a middle-aged circus worker, Patti (Patrizia Gerardi), instead finds an abandoned two-year old child in a playground. In this engaging unsentimental tale of human decency and solidarity, the little orphan finds home and family with circus folks in a ...
I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)
Directed by Xavier Dolan Additional screening Thursday, April 1 added by popular demand! Director Xavier Dolan’s cri de coeur bracingly exposes the limits of love. Dolan himself plays the lead character, Hubert, a fiery creature full of lust and venom. His burgeoning (homo)sexuality is distinctly and intensely at odds with his ...
Last Train Home
Directed by Lixin Fan Each year the largest migration of people in human history happens over New Year’s in China, when city workers leave en masse for their hometowns in the countryside, often traveling days by train. For the first half of this remarkable documentary, you’ll wonder how the filmmaker even ...
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New Directors/New Films ends this Sunday! Remember that there are 30 $7.50 Rush Tickets available for every screening (except closing night). For day-of screenings at MoMA, please go straight to the Film Desk to buy your tickets.
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The first ever New Wave special event held last night, Thursday April 1st, was a smash hit, featuring a screening of Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother, with director Q & A and after-party in Alice Tully Hall Patron’s Lounge.
Party-goers enjoyed the spring weather while sipping cocktails on the outdoor patio, and mixed it up with other young film-lovers, as well as getting a chance to talk with Xavier about his film.
Learn more about New Wave. And don’t forget there are still tickets available to the Closing Night screening of I Killed My Mother.
