November 8th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Today's Pick comes courtesy of the film-obssessed entity known only as the Ding Man, scourge of the cinematically corrupt, stalwart of the celluloid-starved. Despair, all ye who defend Godard and tempt his wrath. DESPAIR, sez I!
Ahem.
Continuing series today include 1939 - Hollywood's Golden Year at IFC Center, Fassbinder: Romantic Anarchist, Part 2 at the Film Society, To Save and Project: The 12th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation at MoMA, Rouben Mamoulian Weekend at Museum of the Moving Image, and Queer Pagan Punk: The Films of Derek Jarman at BAM Cinématek. The wimwammery be thus;
IFC Center
1939 - Hollywood's Golden Year
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) Dir; Victor Fleming
REEFER MADNESS (1936) Dir; Louis J. Gasnier
Nitehawk Cinema
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) Dir; Sergio Leone
SUSPIRIA (1978) Dir; Dario Argento
BASKET CASE (1982) Dir; Frank Henenlotter
Film Forum
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939) Dir; Howard Hawks
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Fassbinder: Romantic Anarchist, Part 2
CHINESE ROULETTE (1976) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
MOTHER KUSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN (1975) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
SATAN'S BREW (1976) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1979) Dir; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
MoMA
To Save and Project: The 12th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
LAUERL & HARDY: THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN (1931-33) Dirs; James Parrott, Lloyd French
BERT WILLIAMS' LIME KILN CLUB FIELD DAY (1913-2014) Dir; Bert Williams
JOE BULLET (1971) Dir; Louis de Witt
Museum of the Moving Image
APPLAUSE (1929) Dir; Rouben Mamoulian
DOCTOR JEKYLL & MISTER HYDE (1931) Dir; Rouben Mamoulian
SILK STOCKINGS (1957) Dir; Rouben Mamoulian
BAM Cinématek
Queer Pagan Punk: The Films of Derek Jarman
CARAVAGGIO (1986) Dir; Derek Jarman
Anthology Film Archives
THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939) Dir; Jean Renoir
THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS (1950) Dir; Roberto Rossellini
I WAS BORN, BUT... (1932) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
Today's Pick? It's been a long, arduous week, with much-needed respite promisingly within reach, so let's not bogart the anwer; Louis J. Gasnier's REEFER MADNESS, screening at midnight at IFC Center. I'll be the pleasingly aroma'ed diaphanous haze in the back row. I mean, I'll be on the lookout for any suspicious behavior from the crowd. You can count on me, IFC Center! Pal!
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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!
