All We Imagine as Light (courtesy of Janus Films)Museum’s annual series features some of the best film and TV work of the past year

January 2025, with The First Batch currently underway this December

Astoria, New York, December 13, 2024 — With its Curators’ Choice: The First Batch currently underway, Museum of the Moving Image today announced the remaining titles in its annual survey of favorite films of the year featuring a diversity of great cinema—and television. The series will continue to run January 4–26 and includes 17 feature films and three works of television, many of which have been receiving great acclaim this awards season.
 
Guest appearances include Annie Baker with Janet Planet, Mohammad Rasoulof with The Seed of the Sacred Fig, RaMell Ross with Nickel Boys, Karren Karagulian with Anora, Aaron Schimberg with A Different Man, Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen with Somebody Somewhere, Ken Leung with Industry, Josh Kriegman with Couples Therapy, and filmmakers with Sugarcane.
 
In addition to films that have been receiving year-end awards recognition, such as All We Imagine as Light and Hard Truths, the Museum series features some of the year’s critical darlings, including Rosine Mbakam’s Mambar Pierrette, Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Pictures of Ghosts. See the complete list below.
 
Please also note that guest appearances have been added to The First Batch: on December 27, Dune: Part Two (in 70mm) will be followed by a discussion with editor Joe Walker, and on December 28, Challengers will be followed by a discussion with writer Justin Kuritzkes.
 
Programs are subject to change without notice; additional titles may also be added as they are confirmed. The full program is available online at movingimage.org/series/curators-choice-2024
 
 
CURATORS’ CHOICE 2024 JANUARY PROGRAM INCLUDES:
 
Evil Does Not Exist 
Saturday, January 4, 1:00 p.m.
Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi.  2023, 106 mins. Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP. Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani.
 
Hard Truths 
Saturday, January 4, 3:30 p.m.
Dir. Mike Leigh. 2024, 97 mins. U.K. DCP. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett.
 
All We Imagine as Light 
Sunday, January 5, 1:00 p.m.
Dir. Payal Kapadia. 2024, 114 mins. India. In Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles. DCP. With Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Cchaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon.
 
Nickel Boys 
With RaMell Ross in person 
Tuesday, January 7, 6:30 p.m.
Dir. RaMell Ross.  2024, 140 mins. U.S. DCP. With Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
 
The Seed of the Sacred Fig 
With Mohammad Rasoulof in person 
Wednesday, January 8, 6:30 p.m.
Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof. 2024, 168 mins. Iran/Germany/France. In Persian with English subtitles. DCP. With Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki.
 
Anora 
With Karren Karagulian in person 
Thursday, January 9, 6:30 p.m.
Dir. Sean Baker.  2024, 139 mins. U.S. With Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov. 
 
Somebody Somewhere
Season 3, Episode 4: “What If It Spreads?”  
With creators, writers, and executive producers Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen in person   
Friday, January 10, 6:30 p.m. 
Dir. Jay Duplass. 2024, 30 mins. U.S. DCP.
 
Sugarcane 
With filmmakers in person
Friday, January 10, 7:00 p.m.
Dir. Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat. 2024, 107 mins. U.S./Canada.
 
Industry
Season 3, Episode 7: “Useful Idiot” 
With actor Ken Leung in person  
Friday, January 10, 8:00 p.m. 
Dirs. Mickey Down, Konrad Kay. 2024, 62 mins. U.S. DCP. With Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Ken Leung, Conor MacNeill, Sagar Radia, Kit Harington.
 
Dahomey 
Saturday, January 11, 1:00 p.m.
Dir. Mati Diop. 2024, 67 mins. Benin/France/Senegal. In English and French with English subtitles. DCP. 
 
Janet Planet 
With Annie Baker in person 
Sunday, January 12, 6:00 p.m.
Dir. Annie Baker. 2024, 113 mins. U.S. With Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Sophie Okonedo.
 
Last Summer 
Saturday, January 18, 6:30 p.m.
Dir. Catherine Breillat. 2023, 104 mins. France.  In French with English subtitles. DCP. Léa Drucker, Olivier Rabourdin, Samuel Kircher, Clotilde Courau.
 
Pictures of Ghosts 
Saturday, January 18, 4:30 p.m.
Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho. 2023, 93 mins. Brazil. In Portuguese with English subtitles. DCP.   
 
Youth (Hard Times) 
Saturday, January 18, 12:30 p.m.
Dir. Wang Bing. 2024, 226 mins. China. In Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP. 
 
Youth (Homecoming) 
Sunday, January 19, 12:45 p.m.
Dir. Wang Bing. 2024, 160 mins. China. In Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
 
Mambar Pierrette 
Sunday, January 19, 6:00 p.m.
Dir. Rosine Mbakam. Cameroon, Belgium. 2023, 93 mins. In French, Bamileke, Cameroon Pidgin with English subtitles. DCP. 
 
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 
Saturday, January 25, 3:00 p.m.
Dir. Radu Jude. 2023, 163 mins. Romania. In Romanian and English with English subtitles. DCP. With Ilinca Manolache, Nina Hoss, Uwe Boll.
 
A Different Man 
With Aaron Schimberg in person 
Saturday, January 25, 6:00 p.m.
Dir. Aaron Schimberg. 2024, 112 mins. U.S. DCP. With Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson.  
 
Couples Therapy
Season 4 (2 episodes) 
With executive producer Josh Kriegman in person 
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Two episodes from Season 4 will be presented, followed by a conversation with executive producer Josh Kriegman.  

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Pictured: All We Imagine as Light (courtesy of Janus Films) | Press gallery