January 2 - January 6, 2026 Lav Diaz: An American Cinematheque Retrospective Series | MAGELLAN, WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE, MIRROR, PHANTOSMIA, NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY
ABOUT THE SERIES: A pioneering auteur in contemporary cinema, Lav Diaz creates films that challenge conventional narrative, offering audiences a profound engagement with time, memory, and moral complexity. Ahead of our screening of MAGELLAN, this retrospective highlights films that define his inimitable cinematic vision. Known for works that unfold over many hours, Diaz rewards patience with profound insights that conventional storytelling rarely reaches. In WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE presents a politically complex black-and-white epic, PHANTOSMIA meditates on the enduring effects of harm and the possibility of late-life redemption and NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY, a Cannes-selected masterpiece, explores the nature of evil through the intersecting lives of two men caught in a double murder. As part of the American Cinematheque’s ‘Transcendental Appointments’ series, Diaz will also screen MIRROR by Andrei Tarkovsky, a landmark work of cinema, resonating with Diaz’s own artistry.