NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2024 (Apr. 3-Apr. 14)

[Chris Knipp]

GRACE (Ilya Povolotsky 2023)

A father and daughter travel around almost wordlessly over vast prts of remote Russia in a road picture that has echoes of Tarkovsky.

Grace/Blazh, 119 mins., debuted at Cannes May 2023; screened for this review as part of the Apr. 3-14, 2024 FLC-MoMA New Directors/New Films series. Showtimes:
Tuesday, April 9
8:30pm, FLC Walter Reade Theater
Wednesday, April 10
5:45pm, MoMA T2

[Chris Knipp]

A GOOD PLACE/EIN SCHÖNER ORT (Katharina Huber 2023)

A vaguely apocalyptic sci-fi film. Fans of German cinematic oddity may be interested.

A Good Place/Ein schöner ort,, 108 mins., in German, English, and Italian, debuted at Locarno Aug. 9, 2023. Screened for this review as part of the Apr. 3-14, 2024 New Directors/New Films series at MoMA and FLC. Showtimes::
Thursday, April 4
8:15pm, MoMA T2 (Q&A with Katharina Huber)
Sunday, April 7
1:00pm, FLC Walter Reade Theater (Q&A with Katharina Huber)

[Chris Knipp]

OF LIVING WITHOUT ILLUSION (Katharina Lüdin 2023)


Of Living without Illusion explores a dry, neurotic world. Viewers, especially German-speaking ones, may relate to the neuroticism (and the dryness) because it is presented with intelligence and clarity and is, unfortunately, the way people do sometimes behave. Someone asked on Letterboxd why the first Lesbian relationship in a German film has to be such a dysfunctional one.

Of LIving Without Illusion/Und dass man ohne Täuschung zu leben vermag, 110 mins., debuted at Locarno Aug. 10, 2023, and was screened for this review as part of the Apr. 3-14, 2024 joint MoMA/FLC New Directors/New Films series. Showtimes:
Sunday, April 7
3:45pm, FLC Walter Reade Theater
Monday, April 8
5:45pm, MoMA T2