May 2019 Calendar New Releases Festivals & Events

Film atLincolnCenterMay 2019CalendarNew ReleasesKnock Down the HouseNon-FictionToo Late to Die YoungWar and Peace special encoreFestivals& EventsThe 26th New York AfricanFilm FestivalEster Krumbachová: UnknownMaster of the CzechoslovakNew WaveSneak Preview: The SouvenirSilent Cinema: The Faithful Heart(Coeur fidéle)Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center144 W 65th Street New York NYWalter Reade Theater165 W 65th Street New York NYTickets: filmlinc.org

LETTERFROM THEEXECUTIVEDIRECTORThe world of cinema is continually advancing and transforming. For more than 50 years,this organization has grown and changed to reflect the state of the art, the realities ofthe film industry, and the culture of New York City. We are proud of the films that havescreened here; of the filmmakers from all over the world we have welcomed into ourtheaters; of our series, festivals, and talks; of Film Comment, which speaks to the livelydebate and discussion around film that is an essential part of movie culture. We are alsoproud of our ever-expanding core of loyal audiences, who have allowed themselves todiscover so much through our programming. There are so many ways that people can seefilms now, but we believe that the curation we bring—the careful consideration of what wepresent and how we present it—keeps us at the heart of the culture.For half a century, we have been privileged to be part of the fabric of the New YorkCity cultural landscape and a part of the greater Lincoln Center project. As we move intothe future, we plan to bring what we do to more people even beyond these environs, andto have positive impact on ever-larger audiences. We are also excited to unveil our newname—Film at Lincoln Center—and branding, which give us the opportunity to look aheadto the future. My sincere gratitude to everyone who has made this institution possible, andwho will continue to do so in the years to come.Sincerely,Lesli KlainbergPhoto by Scott Pasfield

Photo by Agatha A. NiteckaSPECIAL EVENTSSilent Cinema: The Faithful Heart(Coeur fidéle)with live score by the Alloy OrchestraJean Epstein, France, 1923, 87mThis lyrical, fleet-footed melodrama tellsa deceptively simple story of star-crossedlovers in sun-soaked Marseilles. Gina Manèsplays Marie, a foundling raised to adulthoodby the unloving married owners of a docksidecafé. Marie is in love with Jean (Léon Mathot),but has instead been promised to Petit Paul(Edmond van Daële), a hot-headed youngdrunk. The Faithful Heart is stylistically rootedin the tradition of French impressionist cinema,and narratively anticipates the full-fledgedpoetic realism of the 1930s. We are delightedto welcome back the Alloy Orchestra, performing an original score that brings JeanEpstein’s beautifully restored silent masterwork to life with the help of found objects,synthesizers, and handcrafted instruments.Thursday, May 2, 7:30pmSneak Preview: The SouvenirJoanna Hogg, UK/USA, 2019, 119mThe much-anticipated follow-up to her 2013feature Exhibition finds Joanna Hogg miningher own autobiography to craft a portrait of theartist as a young woman in early 1980s London.Caught between her dreams of becominga filmmaker and her commitment to a toxicromance, 24-year-old Julie (an excellentHonor Swinton Byrne) comes home each nightfrom film school to the Knightsbridge apartment owned by her mother (Tilda Swinton)only to discover some new, unpleasant surpriseproffered by her boyfriend, Anthony (TomBurke), a dandyish junkie whose sophisticatedaura masks an abyss of selfishness anddesperation. An eminently refined and movingbildungsroman about the ties that inexplicablybind, The Souvenir—as its title suggests—isalso an absorbing evocation of a time, place,and national mood. An A24 release. Tuesday,May 7, 7:00pm (Q&A with Joanna Hogg, HonorSwinton Byrne, and Tilda Swinton)Film Comment Free Talk:Mary HarronMary Harron’s disturbing new film, CharlieSays, looks past the mythology of the MansonFamily murders to focus on the experiences ofthree women under his spell, both at the timeand later in prison. An independent-film avatar,Harron is also the director of I Shot Andy Warholand American Psycho, as well as the MargaretAtwood miniseries Alias Grace. For CharlieSays she again joins forces with screenwriterGuinevere Turner. We are proud to welcomeHarron for our latest Film Comment Free Talk,which will encompass both Charlie Says andher groundbreaking career in American film.Wednesday, May 8, 7:00pmLincoln Center Block Party: Free 50th Anniversary ProgrammingThe year 2019 marks Film at Lincoln Center’s 50th anniversary, and our year-long celebration continues with a day of free programming that commemorates this illustrious history. If you were unable to attend the 50th Anniversary Gala on April 29, we invite you to join us in the Elinor Bunin Munroe FilmCenter Amphitheater for a look back at rare and iconic moments of cinema history. This event is taking place as part of Lincoln Center’s campus-wideblock party, featuring live music, dance presentations, food trucks, tours, and more. Saturday, May 4, 10:00am–2:30pm@FILMLINC

NE W RELE A SE S & RE V I VAL RUNShowtimes at filmlinc.org Members save 5 on all tickets!Courtesy of Janus FilmsPlaying This MonthOP E N S M AY 1OP E N S M AY 3OP ENS M AY 2 4“A tribute to the energy of every womanwho pledged that in 2018 they would make adifference.”–Amy Nicholson, Variety“Sly and delightful . . . Olivier Assayas andJuliette Binoche deliver a timeless comedy.”–David Ehrlich, IndieWire“A singular feat of filmmaking that can neverbe repeated.”–Joshua Barone, The New York TimesKnock Down the HouseNon-FictionS P EC I A L E NC O R E S C R E E NI NG SOlivier Assayas, France, 2018, 106mSet within the world of publishing, OlivierAssayas’s new film finds two hopelessly intertwined couples—Guillaume Canet’s troubledbook executive and Juliette Binoche’s wearyactress; Vincent Macaigne’s boorish novelistand Nora Hamzawi’s straight-and-balancedpolitical operative—obsessed with the state ofthings, and how (or when) it will (or might)change. Is print dying? Has blogging replacedwriting? Is fiction over? But the divide betweenwhat these characters—and their friends, andtheir enemies, and everyone in between—talkabout and what is actually happening betweenthem, moment by moment, is what gives NonFiction its very particular charm, humor, andlifelike stabs of emotion. An NYFF56 selection.A Sundance Selects release.Sergey Bondarchuk, Soviet Union, 1968, 403mWe are pleased to present special encorescreenings of the new digital restoration ofSergey Bondarchuk’s seven-hour-plus adaptation of Tolstoy’s magnificent novel. Winner ofthe 1969 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film,Bondarchuk’s War and Peace sets the changingfortunes of several aristocratic families againstthe backdrop of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.On record as the most expensive Soviet film inhistory (more than 70 million after inflation),it is also perhaps the greatest epic ever made:an exquisite production of spectacle and realism, the political and personal, that enduresas a monumental achievement in filmmaking.A Janus Films release.Rachel Lears, USA, 2019, 86mRachel Lears’s remarkable documentaryfollows four female politicians as they challenged local Democratic incumbents in the 2018midterm elections.They include the new faceof the party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, thena struggling candidate from the Bronx no lesspassionate or charismatic than she is now; CoriBush, a former nurse inspired to run for officeshortly after the murder of Michael Brown; andPaula Jean Swearengin and Amy Vilela, bothmotivated to improve communities blighted byhealth problems and poverty. Observing a flashpoint in American history with confidence andunfettered access, Knock Down the House isan emotional portrait of the changing profile ofAmerica’s political hopefuls, which effectivelydetails all facets of the grassroots campaigntrail. Winner of two audience awards at the 2019Sundance Film Festival. A Netflix release.FOR TICKETS: FILMLINC.ORGWar and PeaceA presentation by Mosfilm Cinema Concern. A digital restorationimage by image of the picture and sound using a 2K scanner.Producer of the restoration: Karen Shakhnazarov.

Photo by Bai Linghai. Courtesy of Kino LorberPICK UP THEM AY – J U N E I S S U EOF FILM COMMENT,OP E N S M AY 31H E LD O V ER“A satisfying sensorial work, unmistakablygrounded in independent South Americancinema.”–Jay Weissberg, Variety“Staggering. A remarkable new kind offilmmaking experience.”–Eric Kohn, IndieWireToo Late to Die YoungBi Gan, China/France, 2018, 139mFollowing his knockout debut, Kaili Blues(ND/NF 2016), writer-director Bi Gan returnswith this immersive art-house sensation thatbroke box-office records in China. Long Day’sJourney Into Night is a noir-tinged film about asolitary man (Huang Jue) haunted by loss andregret, told in two parts: the first an achronological detective story, the second a nocturnaldream. Again centering around his nativeprovince of Guizhou in southwest China, thedirector has created a film like nothing you’veseen before, especially in the second half’shour-long, gravity-defying 3-D sequence shot,which plunges its protagonist—and us—througha labyrinthine cityscape. An NYFF56 selection.A Kino Lorber release.Dominga Sotomayor, Chile/Brazil/Argentina/Netherlands/Qatar,2018, 110mThe year 1990 was when Chile transitioned todemocracy, but all of that seems a world awayfor 16-year-old Sofia, who lives far off the gridin a mountain enclave of artists and bohemians.Too Late to Die Young takes place during thehot, languorous days between Christmas andNew Year’s Day, when the troubling realitiesof the adult world—and the elemental forces ofnature—begin to intrude on her teenage idyll.Shot in dreamily diaphanous, sun-splashedimages and set to period-perfect pop, thesecond feature from one of Latin Americancinema’s most artful and distinctive voices isat once nostalgic and piercing, a portrait of ayoung woman—and a country—on the cusp ofexhilarating and terrifying change. Winner ofthe Best Director award at the Locarno FilmFestival. An NYFF56 selection. A KimStimrelease.Long Day’s Journey Into NightF E AT U R I N G :Joanna Hogg’sThe SouvenirSpecial Section:50 Years ofFilm at Lincoln CenterOlivier Assayas’s Non-FictionLate Night and DiversityThe Lost Language of Lensesand more!Subscribe or learn more atfilmcomment.com@FILMLINC