A Brighter Summer Day
Un Lac
Like You Know It All
This year's Film Comment Selects series runs from February 19-March 4, and I already have tickets for the following films:
Accident (Soi Cheang), an acclaimed Hong Kong action film from Johnnie To's Milkyway Productions;
Air Doll, the latest from Hirokazu Kore-Eda;
Un Lac, reportedly a dark, challenging experimental film by Philippe Grandrieux, who has been highly praised by many critics whose judgment I trust;
Persecution (Patrice Chereau), starring the great Charlotte Gainsbourg and Romain Duris; and best of all, the 4-hour restored version of a masterpiece by the late Edward Yang,
A Brighter Summer Day. I'm also looking forward to seeing Hong Sang-Soo's
Like You Know It All, Raul Ruiz's
Nucingen House, a program of rare short films by and about Jean-Luc Godard, and possibly Brillante Mendoza's Cannes prizewinning
Kinatay. This is a great chance to catch up on some of the best in current world cinema and a couple of outstanding revivals.
