What can’t Harris Dickinson do? He’s an actor, a Beatle, a babygirl, a author/director, and now a movie curator.
His function directing debut, “Urchin,” opens from 1-2 Particular in New York and Los Angeles on October 10 earlier than increasing nationwide on October 17. Forward of the IndieWire-raved movie starring Frank Dillane as a self-destructive London drifter, the Roxy Cinema in downtown Manhattan will host Harris Dickinson Selects. Dickinson himself curated the movie sequence to ask audiences “contained in the visible and emotional panorama that helped form his first function movie,” per the Roxy. IndieWire shares extra unique particulars beneath.
“Harris Dickinson has quietly constructed a popularity as one of the vital nuanced actors of his era.,” Roxy additionally wrote of the breakout “Triangle of Disappointment” and “Seashore Rats” actor. “With ‘Urchin,’ Dickinson steps behind the digicam, proving he’s simply as compelling a storyteller as he’s a performer. The movie follows a [young man] navigating life on the fringes of society in coastal Britain, balancing harsh realism with poetic introspection. It’s a deeply private work — one which feels each intimate and cinematically formidable.”
From IndieWire’s evaluate of “Urchin”: “Dickinson’s lithe and tetchy script solely feigns at a clear hero’s journey with a view to undercut it with the chaos of human habits, and what might need been a pleasant three-act story a few moppet on the mend sours into one thing far much less digestible or instructive.”
The sequence consists of movies by Agnès Varda, Andrei Tarkovsky, and extra. Extra particulars beneath.
“Vagabond” (dir. Agnès Varda)
A portrait of a younger girl’s solitary journey via rural France, informed with Varda’s trademark mix of realism and lyricism. Screening Wednesday, September 24 in 35mm.
“Nil by Mouth” (dir. Gary Oldman)
A uncooked, wrenching take a look at habit and violence in South London—gritty, unflinching, and deeply compassionate. Screening Thursday, September 25 in 35mm.
“Andrei Rublev” (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
An epic meditation on artwork, religion, and struggling. Dickinson cites it as a serious affect on his sense of rhythm and environment. Screening Friday, September 26 in 35mm.
“Manila within the Claws of Mild” (dir. Lino Brocka)
A politically charged neorealist masterpiece that follows a younger man navigating poverty, exploitation, and disillusionment in Nineteen Seventies Manila. Its stark magnificence and social urgency resonate deeply with the themes of Urchin. Harris will introduce the Thursday, October 9 screening.
Head to Roxy Cinema’s official web site for full particulars.