This weekend, 92YTribeca will host a three-film series showcasing the brilliant cinematography of William Lubtchansky. No one has transformed a Parisian staircase or a mattress in an otherwise empty room into icons of immediately nostalgic romance as well as Lubtchansky. Regular Lovers (one of his two recent B&W collaborations with Phillippe Garrel that are among his best work), which screens on Friday, is the story of a 1968 romance between a pouty poet (Louis Garrel) and an arguably smarter sculptress. It’s brilliantly airheaded and affective, creating hypnotic and nuanced rhythms with images alone. Garrel said of working with Lubtchansky on this film: “We worked together like musicians, really. We had dialogues, like a jazz band that keeps improvising. Whoever felt like playing played first.”

New York Press says of Duelle, the second film in the series: “A rarely screened film by Jacques Rivette is cause for celebration. Go out and see why this Saturday at 6pm at the 92YTribeca.” This first collaboration between Lubtchansky and Rivette is one of the greatest color fantasies in contemporary cinema and a peak point for both filmmakers, yet has only screened in New York in faded-to-pink prints in recent years. To remedy this situation we’ll be screening this unsubtitled imported print with soft titles.