High Life and Beyond

Published: March 20, 2019, 6:06 p.m.

b'High Life, the new movie from Claire Denis, comes to theaters on April 5. With a cast featuring Film Comment cover subject Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, and Andr\\xe9 Benjamin as members of a group of death-row convicts trapped on an experimental, interstellar journey, High Life tells a story of intimacy, isolation, and taboo. Though it touches on themes of family and group identity that may be familiar to fans of Denis, the film\\u2019s setting and nods to science fiction make it a both a continuation and a complication of many of the ideas, feelings, and sensations that she\\u2019s explored before. For the occasion, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold welcomed FC contributing writer Nick Pinkerton (author of the March-April issue\\u2019s High Life cover story) and Madeline Whittle of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, to discuss both High Life and one other Denis film chosen by each guest.\\n\\nDenis and Pattinson will sit down for a Film Comment Free Talk on Thursday, April 4, at 5:30pm. The seating will be first-come, first-served, and doors will open at 4:30pm. Don\\u2019t miss what\\u2019s sure to be an enlightening, exciting conversation. For more information, visit filmlinc.org.'