March 17th 2014. All-Time Pick of the Day.
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Top o' tha mahrnin' to ya. Today's continuing series include The Complete Hitchcock at Film Forum, Vienna Unveiled: A City in Cinema at MoMA, Under the Influence: Scorsese/Walsh at BAM Cinematek, and Overdue: Richard Fleischer at Anthology Film Archives. The celluloid shenanigans on this Irishest of days be thus, ya wee stack o' spuds;
Film Forum
JE T'AIME JE T'AIME (1968) Dir; Alain Resnais
STAGE FRIGHT (1950) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1941) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
MoMA
FOUR IN JEEP (1951) Dir; Leopold Lindtberg & Elizabeth Montagu
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
BAM Cinematek
WHITE HEAT (1949) Dir; Raoul Walsh
Anthology Film Archives
CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984) Dir; Richard Fleischer
THE NEW CENTURIONS (1972) Dir; Richard Fleischer
Today's Pick? Greatest film ever made. Carol Reed's masterpiece THE THIRD MAN, screening as part of MoMA's Vienna Unveiled series. Because cuckoo clocks.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in March '14 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on both Facebook, where I provide further info and esoterica on the rep film circuit and star birthdays, and Twitter, where I provide a daily feed for the day's screenings and other blathery. Back tomorrow with a brand new Pick, til then don't be so glum, chum! You know what the fella said...
-Joe Walsh
P. S. Should you be feeling charitable during this harsh weather period please remember to check in with the good folks over at Occupy Sandy. Some of our NY neighbors are still feeling the effects of last year's hurricane. Be a mensch.
