THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — THE BALCONETTES
With their original story THE BALCONETTES—a blend of farce, gender-politics, and full blown gore—filmmakers Noémie Merlant and Céline Sciamma have conjured the perfect comedic horror confection for a Halloween night screening at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF).
AFI FEST 2024 — SECOND CHANCE
Writer-director Subhadra Mahajan presents her feature debut SECOND CHANCE—starring Dheera Johnson—on the closing day of AFI Fest 2024. Both will be on hand for a post-screening conversation.
AFI FEST 2024 — SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
Johan Grimonprez’s remarkable new film SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT is a vividly expressionistic overview of the early years of African autonomy and the birth of international Black Power. Interpolating texts, photographs, audiovisual clips, and performances by jazz giants, this
AFI FEST 2024 — THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Shot in secret and made under extreme duress—its creator hit with the announcement of a prison and flogging sentence during its very production—THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG has, in a sense, escaped the shackles of its context and is
21 & OVER — PERFORMANCE ART MUSEUM AT CATCH ONE
Following the brilliance of the opening week events, join hosts Miss Barbie-Q (October 22) and Dynasty Handbag (October 29) for weeks two and three of 21 & OVER, the Performance Art Museum’s presentation at Catch One.
ACID-FREE LITE BOOK FAIR
Join DoPe Press at Marta in Silver Lake for ACID-FREE LITE, the 2024 edition of the Acid-Free art book market and bazaar.
KLARA LIDEN — VERDEBELVEDERE
For her new exhibition of work at Reena Spaulings, Klara Liden has turned to the rooftops of New York, installing “rough, oblong slices of silver-painted tar paper collected from various building sites” around town.
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
At the beginning of September, I brought my five-year-old daughter to an evening performance of “Le Carnaval des animaux” / “Carnival of the Animals,” by Camille Saint-Saëns. This seemed the perfect opportunity to introduce her to a masterpiece, with Gustavo
JACQUES ROZIER — AN AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE RETROSPECTIVE
What better way to close out the season than a series of films by Jacques Rozier, the “chronicler of summer”?* Presented by the American Cinematheque, this retrospective of 4K restorations includes all five features by the filmmaker whose 1957 short,
TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY — THE BROTHERS SIZE
Told in rich and agile narrative shorthand, McCraney’s THE BROTHERS SIZE dramatizes a series of episodes about a pair brothers in a small bayou town in Louisiana. Ogun Size (Sheaun McKinney), earnest and responsible, owns a car repair shop. Oshoosi