November 22nd 2014. Pick of the Day.
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As of today, we've been privileged beneficiaries of nearly three-quarters of a century of Terry Gilliam. I can't wait to see what he's working on when he reaches the centennial mark. Happy Birthday, sir.
Continuing series today include Jean Grémillon at Museum of the Moving Image, and To Save and Project: The 12th MoMA Festival of Film Preservation at MoMA. Once more into the flicker;
Film Forum
LE JOUR SE LEVE (1939) Dir; Marcel Carné
Museum of the Moving Image
THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS (1929) Dir; Jean Grémillon
LA PETITE LISE (1930) Dir; Jean Grémillon
MoMA
To Save and Project: The 12th MoMA Festival of Film Preservation
UNDERCRANKING: THE MAGIC BEHIND THE SLAPSTICK (Various Dates) Presented by Ben Model
CHAPLIN RESTORED: THE BANK, A NIGHT AT THE SHOW, and EASY STREET(1915-17) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
MY GRANDMOTHER (1929) Dir; Kote Mikaberidze
Landmark Jersey Loews
DARK VICTORY (1939) Dir; Edmund Goulding
NINOTCHKA (1939) Dir; Ernst Lubitsch
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
PURPLE RAIN (1984) Dir; Albert Magnoli
Today's Pick? Two giants of the French Old Wave duke it out today on both sides of the East River; Astoria's Moving Image offering two from Jean Grémillon, THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS and LA PETITE LISE, as part of their trib to that filmmaker, while Manhattan's Film Forum presents a brand new 4K spitshine of Marcel Carne's LE JOUR SE LEVE. Were you an intrepid soul I'd advocate your borough-hop today in order to catch all three. However, I can't ignore the monthly miracle that is classic big screenings at our most precious and easily accessable movie palace. So the PATH train bests the R line today. Every day, actually, but today the Hudson rail is aided by a pair of gems from Hollywood's golden year.
Edmund Goulding's DARK VICTORY and Ernst Lubitch's NINOTCHKA, both from 1939, unspoool in glorious B&W 35mm tonight at the Landmark Jersey Loews! $10 snags you double feature tix! A buck snags ya a box of popcorn or a soda, two bucks snags ya both, ya cheap bastid! This remains an event unmissable, a virtual time machine, consistently transportive. Miss this at your Cinegeek cred peril.
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P. S. We're fully entwined in winter's embrace, 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!
