April 27th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Assembling the May interactive rep calendar, prepping my copy for the second podcast, trying to concurrently attend as many classic screenings as possible. Have I mentioned how much I love this task? And that there's not the merest invocation of irony in that statement? The circuit's about to blow up again, all the programming dreamt up in the sleepy months of January and February ready to bloom come spring and summer, along wth the myriad of outdoor screenings to coincide. So let's focus on April's closing weekend and the early bloom on the vine.
Today's ongoing series include American Hustlers at IFC Center, Anthony Mann: Mean Streets and Open Spaces at Museum of the Moving Image, Back with a Vengeance at BAM Cinematek, and Marco Bellocchio: A Retrospective at MoMA. The unspoolery as follows;
IFC Center
THE LADY EVE (1941) Dir; Preston Sturges
Film Forum
OTHELLO (1952) Dir; Orson Welles
Museum of the Moving Image
WINCHESTER '73 (1950) Dir; Anthony Mann
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948) Dir; Anthony Mann
Mid-Manhattan Library
SABOTAGE (1936) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
BAM Cinematek
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (1968) Dir; François Truffaut
MoMA
FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965) Dir; Marco Bellocchio
Today's Pick? The last day of Moving Image's Anthony Mann series, a 2-fer which offers not only WINCHESTER '73, the 1st of 5 collaborations with James Stewart on a series of groundbreaking psychological westerns; not merely HE WALKED BY NIGHT, an LA noir co-directed by Mann and featuring the ace DP work of genre specialist John Alton; but also access to the temple to all things cinematic that is attached to the screening space, the actual museum itself. $12 buys you all of this, on a Sunday that may well find itself closing out April's last weekend but is about as weather trustworthy for NYC moviegoers as Russell Crowe's temper is with bellhops. Why not duck into a truly remarkable venue for a day of stable atmosphere and magic moviemaking, and wait it out til May arrives properly. I mean, you can't wait it out there til May, that was more a figure of speech. Unless they offer some kind of rate for that. Hang on, I'll look into it.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in April '14 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. For the monthly overview listen in to the inaugural podcast! For reviews of contemporary cinema and my streaming habits (keep it clean!) check out my Letterboxd 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 safe, sound, make sure the next knucklehead is too! Excelsior!
-Joe Walsh
P. S. Should you be feeling charitable during this still 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.
