March 27th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Today's continuing series include MoMA's ongoing Auteurist History of Film, the concluding The Complete Hitchcock at Film Forum, and Auteurs Gone Wild at Anthology Film Archives. Today's continuing weather can blow me. And not in the way it intends. The rep circuit skullduggery as follows;
MoMA
RAVEN'S END (1963) Dir; Bo Widerberg
Film Forum
FRENZY (1972) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
THE MANXMAN (1928) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Anthology Film Archives
YOU AND ME (1938) Dir; Fritz Lang
THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1933) Dir; Frank Capra
BowTie Chelsea Cinemas
LAURA (1944) Dir; Otto Preminger
Today's Pick? Were either the Hitchcock bill at Film Forum or the Lang/Capra back-to-backer a two-fer today I'd be more tempted by either, but I've just chosen an entry by The Mahstah and made YOU AND ME my Pick a little over a week ago. So today I'm going for the one-fer of Otto Preminger's noir masterpiece LAURA, screening at the BowTie Chelsea Cinemas as part of their Classic Thursdays series. Yes, they offer BluRay projection and not 35mm or DCP, but they give a damn about their programming, often digging through the crates to present lost gems of Hollywood antiquity, and furthermore I dig the somewhat perverse thrill of catching a genuine classic from the studio era nestled between theaters occupied by Veronica Mars and Kermit. Show these film fanatics a little love, whydon'tchya?
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 be safe and sound and make sure the next knucklehead is too. Excelsior!
-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 the 2012 hurricane. Be a mensch.
