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LOOKING FOR LOVE: THE FILMS OF IRA SACHS
Aug 25-Sep 4, 2012
in New York
Unless otherwise noted, screenings are included with Museum admission and take place at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue, in Astoria.
Conversation with Ira Sachs will follow each screening. All films are directed by Ira Sachs.
The Delta
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 5:00 P.M.
1996, 85 mins. With Shayne Gray, Thang Chan. Deep in Memphis, an unlikely romance emerges between an affluent white teenager and the immigrant son of a poor Vietnamese woman and black G.I.
Short Films by Ira Sachs
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 5:00 P.M.
Last Address
2009, 8 mins. With exterior images of the various houses, apartment buildings, and lofts where an entire generation of New York artists died of AIDS, Sachs’ pay tribute to the talent and lives lost over the last thirty years, and to their continuing influence on American culture.
Lady
1994, 28 mins. Starring Dominique Dibbell of The Five Lesbian Brothers, Lady plays with gender ambiguity, never specifying whether the central character is a woman playing a man or a lesbian playing a gay man playing a heterosexual woman.
Vaudeville
1992, 55 mins. Using primarily gay and lesbian performers, Vaudeville examines political and social issues of a community through a traveling theatrical troupe.
Forty Shades of Blue
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 5:00 P.M.
2005, 107 mins. With Dina Korzun, Rip Torn. Living a comfortable yet empty life with her older alcoholic boyfriend Alan, Laura experiences an emotional awakening when Alan’s son from a previous marriage comes to visit.
Married Life
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 5:00 P.M.
Dir. Ira Sachs. 2007, 90 mins. With Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, and Rachel McAdams. When he falls in love with a younger woman, Harry decides he must murder his wife to avoid making her suffer through a divorce, in a story narrated by Harry’s best friend Richard.
PREVIEW SCREENING:
Keep the Lights On
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 7:00 P.M.
Dir. Ira Sachs. 2012, 96 mins. With Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth. Following a decade-long relationship between a documentary filmmaker and a young, up-and-coming lawyer, Keep the Lights On is a strikingly honest portrait of love and addiction in New York City. Sachs’s quietly observant film offers a nonjudgmental and deeply moving romantic drama that is beautifully photographed in Super 16mm by cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis (Dogtooth). Like last year’s hits Weekend and Pariah, it is a gay-themed film that is universally resonant.
TICKETS: $15 public / $9 Museum members / Free for Silver Screen and above.
Conversation with Ira Sachs will follow each screening. All films are directed by Ira Sachs.
The Delta
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 5:00 P.M.
1996, 85 mins. With Shayne Gray, Thang Chan. Deep in Memphis, an unlikely romance emerges between an affluent white teenager and the immigrant son of a poor Vietnamese woman and black G.I.
Short Films by Ira Sachs
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 5:00 P.M.
Last Address
2009, 8 mins. With exterior images of the various houses, apartment buildings, and lofts where an entire generation of New York artists died of AIDS, Sachs’ pay tribute to the talent and lives lost over the last thirty years, and to their continuing influence on American culture.
Lady
1994, 28 mins. Starring Dominique Dibbell of The Five Lesbian Brothers, Lady plays with gender ambiguity, never specifying whether the central character is a woman playing a man or a lesbian playing a gay man playing a heterosexual woman.
Vaudeville
1992, 55 mins. Using primarily gay and lesbian performers, Vaudeville examines political and social issues of a community through a traveling theatrical troupe.
Forty Shades of Blue
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 5:00 P.M.
2005, 107 mins. With Dina Korzun, Rip Torn. Living a comfortable yet empty life with her older alcoholic boyfriend Alan, Laura experiences an emotional awakening when Alan’s son from a previous marriage comes to visit.
Married Life
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 5:00 P.M.
Dir. Ira Sachs. 2007, 90 mins. With Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, and Rachel McAdams. When he falls in love with a younger woman, Harry decides he must murder his wife to avoid making her suffer through a divorce, in a story narrated by Harry’s best friend Richard.
PREVIEW SCREENING:
Keep the Lights On
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 7:00 P.M.
Dir. Ira Sachs. 2012, 96 mins. With Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth. Following a decade-long relationship between a documentary filmmaker and a young, up-and-coming lawyer, Keep the Lights On is a strikingly honest portrait of love and addiction in New York City. Sachs’s quietly observant film offers a nonjudgmental and deeply moving romantic drama that is beautifully photographed in Super 16mm by cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis (Dogtooth). Like last year’s hits Weekend and Pariah, it is a gay-themed film that is universally resonant.
TICKETS: $15 public / $9 Museum members / Free for Silver Screen and above.
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Avenue, in Astoria
New York, NY
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