A landmark of queer Asian cinema, Lan Yu returns to the big screen at Asia Society as part of its ongoing film programming. Directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Stanley Kwan, the 2001 drama tells the deeply moving story of a young architecture student and a wealthy businessman whose relationship unfolds...
Cheryl Dunye's groundbreaking 1996 debut feature remains one of the most important films in queer cinema history. Blending mockumentary, romance, and film history, The Watermelon Woman follows a young Black lesbian filmmaker researching a forgotten Black actress from the 1930s known only by the racist screen credit "The Watermelon Woman." As she...
Metrograph presents Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone, a haunting Gothic ghost story set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. Released in 2001, the film is widely regarded as one of the director's finest achievements, blending supernatural horror with political history, emotional depth, and a profound meditation on...
Metrograph presents A Bigger Splash, Jack Hazan's groundbreaking portrait of artist David Hockney and the creative world that surrounded him in the early 1970s. Neither a conventional documentary nor a traditional narrative film, Hazan's innovative hybrid work blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction, creating an intimate and emotionally revealing...
Metrograph presents a screening of Farewell My Concubine, Chen Kaige's sweeping masterpiece and one of the most celebrated films in the history of Chinese cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the film follows the lives of two Peking Opera performers over the course of five...
