September 4th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Anybody wanna tell me what time of year it is right now? Hm? HM? I mean the whole post-BBQ back-to-work no-whites thing seems to have arrived on schedule, and yet July '14 seems to have suddenly bloomed in full. I want answers, people...
Continuing series today are limited to The Great War: A Cinematic Legacy at MoMA and Chelsea Classics at the BowTie Chelsea cinemas. Hie on, M'ludz!
Film Forum
THAT MAN FROM RIO! (1964) Dir; Philippe de Broca
THE CONFORMIST (1971) Dir; Bernardo Bertolucci
MoMA
The Great War: A Cinematic Legacy
A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932) Dir; Frank Borzage
HAT CHECK GIRL (1932) Dir; Sidney Lanfield
BowTie Chelsea Cinemas
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) Dir; Amy Heckerling
Today's Pick? Let's volunteer. Frank Borzage's Hemingway adap A FAREWELL TO ARMS, featuring the impossibly young Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. as part of MoMA's exceptional WWI series The Great War: A Cinematic Legacy. Join the fight, coward!
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-Joe Walsh
