Film

Veteran New York filmmaker Jem Cohen (We Have an Anchor, Next Wave 2013; Museum Hours, BAMcinemaFest 2013) is a master at evoking the fabric of urban life with richly textured combinations of sound and image. His latest work weaves 15 chapters—including snapshots of New York, Moscow, Istanbul, and more of the world’s metropolises—into a tapestry that captures a range of ephemeral moments with an elegiac tenderness, from street protests to flickering lights and the movement of clouds across the sky. Cohen, who has noted that the film initially began in response to the death of cine-essay pioneer Chris Marker, emerges as both rigorous documentarian and consummate flaneur. A Cinema Guild release.