January 5th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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To every Cinegeek in our fair metropolis who has somehow maintained the ability to open their frozen eyelids, ongoing series today include Film Forum's celebration of the centennial of Chaplin's Little Tramp, the last gasps of the Film Society's trib to ace studio-era helmer George Cukor, IFC Center's self-explanatory The Way He Was: Early Redford, and MoMA's Dante Ferretti huggery. The celluloid tomfoolery as follows;
Film Forum
THE GOLD RUSH (1925) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
CHAPLIN AT MUTUAL, PART TWO
THE KID (1921) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
IFC Center
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) Dir; Sydney Pollack
Film Society of Lincoln Center
A WOMAN'S FACE (1941) Dir; George Cukor
HER CARDBOARD LOVER (1942) Dir; George Cukor
WILD IS THE WIND (1957) Dir; George Cukor
MoMA
AND THE SHIP SAILS ON (1983) Dir; Federico Fellini
Today's Pick? At the risk of sounding like a broken record, which probably means nothing to anyone reading this born after 1987, I'm sticking with Sir Charles for another day, and choosing the Forum's CHAPLIN AT MUTUAL, PART TWO. This rare opportunity to witness the evolution of The Little Tramp on a big screen simply trumps all other screenings this day, and inspires even my weather-cowardly self to brave the inhumanly low temps to walk the seven blocks to the Rep Circuit Church of West Houston.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in January '13 click any day on the interactive calendar on the upper right side of the page. And be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! Back tomorrow with a new Pick, til then bundle up, push plenty of Vitamin C and make sure the other kids are prepped for winter! Exclesior, knuckleheads!
-Joe Walsh
