ANNIE SPRINKLE AND BETH STEPHENS — PLAYING WITH FIRE
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens are touring the country with their sui generis documentary PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY, the third their a series of ecosexual films.
DAVID PABLOS — EN EL CAMINO
A remarkable twist to the standard lovers-on-the-run genre, EN EL CAMINO—screening twice at the 2026 Hola Mexico Film Festival—is an explicit revelation of both the tenderness and extreme brutality of life on the road, laying bare a world where affinities
FILIPIÑANA
Meticulous in sound design and choreography, with a rich visual formality that gives fresh meaning to the term “sunshine noir,” a deliberate and inevitable sense of torpor overwhelms FILIPIÑANA’s mise en scène.
CARLA SIMÓN — ROMERÍA
In her third feature, Carla Simón once again draws a fictionalized veil over an autobiographical armature, paying gentle tribute to lives cut short and dreams unrealized.
MOZART — THE MAGIC FLUTE
Fresh. Spontaneous. Immediate. Like the silent films that inspired it, this production tells its story primarily through images, and reminds us that THE MAGIC FLUTE is not only an opera to be heard, but a dream to be seen.
DIVINE PORTRAIT OF COUNTRY
In HOLDING BLUE at Regen Projects, Catherine Opie embarks on a quintessential quest through Nordic territory in search of the blue hour. Part meditative, part symbolic, this series of mountain portraits—gigantic natural elements suspended between earth and sky—transports the viewer
NEW YORK CITY BALLET — THE TIMES ARE RACING
During New York City Ballet’s four-dance program, the opening night audience was treated to a marvelous demonstration of the company’s strengths—their exquisite grace and precision, even to the edge of abandon.
BRONFMAN RECITAL AT DISNEY HALL
Listening to Yefim Bronfman’s breathtaking recital at the Walt Disney Concert Hall this past March, one is led to wonder whether genius is inherited—embedded in one’s DNA—or whether it can emerge through discipline, labor, and profound artistic influences.
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK — 4K RESTORATION
Join filmmakers Harry Dodge, Silas Howard, and Steak House for special 4K restoration screenings of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, an essential missing link in cinema’s buddy-film genre.
SARA SACHS — LYING
An unusual visitation occurred this past week when Sara Sachs presented a rare public engagement of a performance work titled LYING, a “choreographed, singing sculpture” that found, for four nights, a suitable home at New Theater Hollywood.