October 30th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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The November rep calendar is nearly whole. The podcast copy mere scribbles from completion. Everything seems a solid GO for this year's looming All Saint's Day post. Of course, there's always the scenario that finds me downed by trick-or-treat candy overindulgence, but it's been decades since that's been an issue. Honestly, years and years since devourance of suspect-gotten confectionery booty has waylaid me from my appointed rounds. A full presidential election cycle separating me from sugar-induced hibernation and the alert postman you know now. An entire entry into the STAR TREK film franchise standing between me and candy corn snoozery. A complete 52-minute episode of the BLACKLIST my remove from okay screw this ya got me gimme my goddam Mallomars before I cut you!!!!
Ahem.
Continuing series today include Acteurism: The Emergence of Ann Sheridan, 1937-43 and To Save and Project: The 12th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation at MoMA, Industrial Terror at Anthology Film Archives, Chelsea Classics at the BowTie Chelsea Cinemas, and Queer Pagan Punk: The Films of Derek Jarman at BAM Cinématek. Half a league onward, ride the god knows how many;
Film Society of Lincoln Center
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959) Dir; Alain Resnais
Film Forum
VERTIGO (1958) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959) Dir; Alain Resnais
MoMA
Acteurism: The Emergence of Ann Sheridan, 1937-43
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940) Dir; Raoul Walsh
To Save and Project: The 12th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
THE IRON MASK (1929) Dir; Allan Dwan
THE GOLDEN BOAT (1989) Dir; Raul Ruiz
Anthology Film Archives
NORTHVILLE CEMETERY MASSACRE (1976) Dirs; William Dear & Thomas L. Dyke
THE SATANIST (1968) Dir; Zoltan G. Spencer
BowTie Chelsea Cinemas
HALLOWEEN (1978) Dir; John Carpenter
BAM Cinématek
Queer Pagan Punk: The Films of Derek Jarman
JUBILEE (1978) Dir; Derek Jarman
Nitehawk Cinema
THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1927) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Today's Pick? I'm cutting straight to the chase. As it were. John Carpenter's modern masterpiece of boogah boogah HALLOWEEN, unfolding at the BowTie Chelsea Cinemas on the eve of said supernal celebration as part of their Chelsea Classics series. Aside from offering our fealty to the great Carpenter, let's show this cineplex a little love, specifically concerning its ongoing support for this repertory series. They care about the programming, and they care about the attendance. Let's celebrate the night He came home properly, in the communal dark, the way it was intended. Mind ya, first weird noise and I'm out the emergency exit. Y'know, the one where the friendly usher wearing the sheet and spectacles is waiting to escort me. What's unnerving about that?
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P. S. We're swiftly returning to the winter climate, and believe it or not some of our fellow NY'ers have still yet to be made whole in the wake of the 2012 storm. Should you be feeling charitable please visit the folks at OccupySandy.net, follow their hammer-in-hand efforts to restore people's lives, and donate/volunteer if you have the inclination and availability. Be a collective mensch, Stockahz!
