I Love Beijing

“At the turn of the millennium, bicycles are making way for cars on clotted streets surrounded by high-rises under perpetual construction. Freshly divorced taxi driver Dezi roves through this transitional landscape picking up passengers and trying to pick up women; girls love men with cars, but as one of Dezi’s colleagues complains, cab drivers are nothing special anymore. Venturing from Beijing’s crass nightclubs, plush restaurants, and glossy retail complexes to its less glitzy margins, Ning evokes the layering of realities in a city with a vanishing past and a rapidly arriving future. The title may or may not be ironic.”—Juliet Clark, Celluloid Dreams.

Free for members or with Museum admission. Film only: $8 general, $7 students and seniors.

Whitsell Auditorium