Film at Lincoln Center Announces Spring 2024 Lineup
Upcoming programming includes 12 new releases and revivals, featuring several 61st New York Film Festival selections; seven series and festivals, including three new editions of annual series such as the 53rd New Directors/New Films; and live performances by multi-instrumentalist composer Eiko Ishibashi
[New York, NY- March 12, 2024] Film at Lincoln Center has announced its lineup of festival, repertory, and new release programming for the 2024 spring season, from March through June.
This spring, FLC is pleased to present a number of first run titles that debuted in the 61st New York Film Festival, including Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast, Joanna Arnow’s The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, Hong Sangsoo’s In Our Day, Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped, Annie Baker’s Janet Planet, Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer, and Angela Schanelec’s Music. Peter Kass’s Time of the Heathen, long thought lost and newly restored in 4K, will also be presented in its first-ever New York theatrical run. Edward Yang’s A Brighter Summer Day and will return after sold-out screenings during FLC’s “Desire/Expectations: The Films of Edward Yang,” a retrospective of the pioneering filmmaker’s work this past holiday season.
FLC will also present several series and retrospectives dedicated to important facets and faces of cinema:Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative Collection, a selection of films giving an alternative vision of one of the most filmed and photographed metropolises on earth; Sophia Loren: La signora di Napoli, a celebration of the iconic Italian star’s unmatched career, featuring many new restorations of her most enduring films; and Angels and Puppets: The Stage on Screen with Annie Baker, an eclectic selection of films handpicked by Baker herself, occasioned by the release of her debut feature film, Janet Planet.
In anticipation of the release of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, multi-instrumentalist composer Eiko Ishibashi, who scored Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car (NYFF59), will perform live with the North American premiere of Hamaguchi’s silent film GIFT. This performance and the release of Hamaguchi’s latest film will be preceded by Hamaguchi I & II, an opportunity for New York audiences to catch up with some of the acclaimed director’s most remarkable films, from his short films and debut feature Passion, to the beguiling and mysterious love story Asako I & II, and the 2021 double-hitter of Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Oscar winner Drive My Car.
New editions of annual film series and festivals will also be returning to FLC, including New Directors/New Films, New York African Film Festival, and Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.
In addition to this abundant lineup of new releases, revivals, series, and festivals, on April 22 Film Comment will present a double-feature program of two features shot by Indian cinematographer Navroze Contractor- Duvidha, and Sanjiv Shah’s unique musical satire Love in the Time of Malaria (1992), which will screen theatrically in the U.S. for the first time-along with an extended conversation with Contractor’s partner, director Deepa Dhanraj.
For more information, visit the Film at Lincoln Center website.
Originally published at http://behindtherabbitproductions.wordpress.com on March 12, 2024.
