{"id":66414,"date":"2016-09-01T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=66414"},"modified":"2016-09-01T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:07:02","slug":"%e2%80%98kaili-blues%e2%80%99-from-china-and-%e2%80%98chronic%e2%80%99-starring-tim-roth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=66414","title":{"rendered":"\u2018KAILI BLUES\u2019 FROM CHINA AND \u2018CHRONIC\u2019 STARRING TIM ROTH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Museum of the Moving Image will present two acclaimed new films in limited theatrical engagements this September and October. From September 3 through 11, the Museum will present\u00a0Kaili Blues<\/em>, the stunning directorial debut from Chinese poet Bi Gan, in an exclusive New York return engagement after its successful Metrograph run. From\u00a0September 23 through October 1, the Museum will present\u00a0Chronic<\/em>, directed by Michel Franco and starring Tim Roth in a role\u00a0The Guardian<\/em> has called \u201cwhat may well be the performance of his career.\u201d This will be a New York premiere engagement (Chronic<\/em> also screens at Cinema Village).<\/p>\n

Kaili Blues<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dir. Bi Gan. 2015, 113 mins. Digital projection. With Chen Yongzhong, Zhao Daqing. In Mandarin and Kaili dialect with English subtitles. Chinese poet and first-time filmmaker Bi Gan has made an astonishing debut film that is at once mesmerizing and enigmatic, a dreamlike cinematic tour de force. The elusive narrative revolves around the journey of a doctor from the rain-drenched city of Kaili to look for his brother\u2019s abandoned child. As J. Hoberman writes in\u00a0The New York Review of Books<\/em>, \u201c[Bi\u2019s] full-throttle filmmaking manages to evoke Resnais, Tarkovsky, Hou Hsiao-hsien without ever seeming derivative.\u201d A Grasshopper Film release.\u00a0Event link<\/a>
\nSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 3:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M.
\nSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 3:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M.
\nSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2:00 P.M. AND 5:00 PM
\nSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 5:00 P.M.<\/p>\n

Chronic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dir. Michel Franco. 2015, 107 mins. Digital projection. With Tim Roth. In one of his most riveting performances, Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs<\/em>,\u00a0Lie to Me<\/em>) plays David, an in-home nurse who works with terminally ill patients, developing strong, even intimate, relationships with each person he cares for. But outside of his work, David is ineffectual, awkward, and reserved\u2014effects of his chronic depression\u2014and he needs each patient as much as they need him. Having long carried a burden of guilt and remorse, David must face his past in order to heal. Peter Bradshaw in\u00a0The Guardian <\/em>wrote that Tim Roth \u201cgives what may well be the performance of his career\u2014calm, studied, mysteriously impassive.\u201d A Monument Releasing release.\u00a0Event link<\/a>
\nFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 7:30 P.M.\u00a0With director Michel Franco in person<\/strong>
\nSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2:00 P.M. AND 6:30 P.M.
\nSATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2:00 P.M.
\nSUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 3:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $12 ($6 for select Museum membership levels).<\/strong> Advance tickets are available online at\u00a0http:\/\/movingimage.us<\/a>. Ticket purchase may be applied toward same-day admission to the Museum\u2019s galleries.<\/p>\n

All screenings take place in the Celeste and Armand Bartos Screening Room at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue in Astoria, Queens, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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