Chantal Akerman’s ALMAYER’S FOLLY will kick off Museum of the Moving Image’s “First Look” series on Friday night
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria
January 6-15, opening night $15, all other films free with museum admission, series pass $40
718-777-6800
www.movingimage.us
Curators Dennis Lim, Rachael Rakes, and David Schwartz have put together an impressive lineup of films for the Museum of the Moving Image’s inaugural “First Look” series, amassing a wide range of international works from established and emerging directors. The thirteen-film festival gets under way January 6 at 7:00 with Chantal Akerman on hand to screen and talk about her latest, Almayer’s Folly (La folie Almayer), based on Joseph Conrad’s first novel, followed by a reception. Other screenings that will be presented by filmmakers include Mark Jackson’s psychological thriller, Without (January 7, 5:00), with star Joslyn Jensen and photojournalist Jessica Dimmock joining him; Gonçalo Tocha’s It’s the Earth Not the Moon (January 8, 2:30), shot on the remote island of Corvo; Philippe Grandrieux’s It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi and Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s Palaces of Pity (Palácios de Pena) (January 8, 7:00, Schmidt in person); Valérie Massadian’s Nana and Lisandro Alonso’s Untitled (Letter to Serra) (January 14, 5:00, Massadian in person); Gastón Solnicki’s Argentine family portrait Papirosen (January 15, 2:30); and Raya Martin’s Buenas Noches, España, Ars Colonia, and Boxing in the Philippine Islands (January 15, 7:30). All screenings include access to the museum’s exhibits, which currently feature “Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer,” “Ming Wong: Persona Performa Panorama,” “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World,” and the permanent shows “Behind the Screen” and “Tut’s Fever, 1986-88.”