December 26th 2013. Pick of the Day.
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Welcome back from the Yuletide festivities, Stockahz. I hope the Xmas morrow finds you filled with fine grub, the love of your family and friends, and, in the case of my Irish-American brethren, no more homicidal animosity towards that same said group than you can handle. We got a whole new long 2014 ahead to sort these things out once more.
If you're at all like myself, and there are ways I wish that sentiment upon ye and others I daren't hope to curse you with, yesterday's shenanigans left you once more not merely a proud survivor of an annual holiday gathering, but a ravenous Cinegeek with renewed hunger, ready for the classic screening hunt. The wild game in season today as follows;
IFC Center
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Dir; Frank Capra
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
Film Forum
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) Dir; Mitchell Leisen
MoMA
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) Dir; Richard Lester
Film Society of Lincoln Center
LET'S MAKE LOVE (1960) Dir; George Cukor
GASLIGHT (1944) Dir; George Cukor
THE ACTRESS (1953) Dir; George Cukor
A LIFE OF HER OWN (1950) Dir; George Cukor
Today's Pick? How exactly can I steer you toward else but the Film Society's special discount package, what I believe is Nitrate Stock's second ever 4-COUNT-'EM-4-FER! For the grand bargain of $25 American today's entire George Cukor bill may be had, and these are no lesser tier knockoffs being pushed like three-day-old fish! The offerings in the Film Society's trib today include Marylin Monroe's penultimate role (LET'S MAKE LOVE), Ingrid Bergman's second Oscar-winning effort (GASLIGHT), Jean Simmons' essaying of Ruth Gordon's autobiographical script (THE ACTRESS), and a 50's Lana Turner melodrama NOT directed by Douglas Sirk (A LIFE OF HER OWN). A mighty challenge then for the Cinematically Insane, but one that offers a payoff that no other screening can approach today. For those keeping count at home the score now stands at 5-3, Cukor over Stanwyck. There's still time tho, knuckleheads.
For more info on these and all NYC's remaining classic screenings in 2013 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! Back tomorrow with a new selection, til then write them Thank You notes to Santa out neatly and help the other kids to do the same. Ho ho ho, Stockahz.
-Joe Walsh
