November 28th-30th 2014. Thanksgiving Weekend Picks!
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I'm blaming tryptophan.
To be fair, I'm always blaming tryptophan.
In this specific instance, however, I'm honestly and accurately blaming tryptophan for my desire to take a few days off from posting, as I've ingested enough turkey to transform me into John Vernon. It is Thanksgiving weekend after all, y'all, and I think I deserve respite slight. So to qualify this oncoming internet silence, I offer the following three-day rep circuit itinerary and my Picks according. The nutsy kookoo be thus;
Friday November 28th
Film Forum
BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (1959) Dir; Mario Monicelli
BAM Cinématek
CHINATOWN (1974) Dir; Roman Polanski
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (1988) Dir; Robert Zemeckis
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Nastassja Kinski: From the Heart
MARIA'S LOVERS (1984) Dir; Andrei Konchalovsky
PARIS TEXAS (1984) Dir; Wim Wenders
EXPOSED (1983) Dir; James Toback
Anthology Film Archives
SUNRISE (1927) Dir; F. W. Murnau
Rubin Museum
SALO: or, THE120 DAYS OF SODOM (1977) Dir; Pier Paolo Pasolini
Nitehawk Cinema
CHILD'S PLAY (1988) Dir; Tom Holland
The Pick? F. W. Murnau's SUNRISE at Anthology Film Archives. Because 1,000x is never enough.
Saturday November 29th
Nitehawk Cinema
DIE HARD (1988) Dir; John McTiernan
PRETTY IN PINK (1987) Dir; Howard Deutch
CHILD'S PLAY (1988) Dir; Tom Holland
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Nastassja Kinski: From the Heart
THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE (1984) Dir; John Irvin
TESS (1979) Dir; Roman Polanski
BAM Cinématek
IN A LONELY PLACE (1951) Dir; Nicholas Ray
STRAIGHT TIME (1978) Dir: Ulu Grosbard
Film Forum
THE NEW MONSTERS (1977) Dir; Mario Monicelli
Museum of the Moving Image
DAINAH LA MATISSE (1932) Dir; Jean Grémillon
REMORQUES (1941) Dir; Jean Grémillon
The Pick? The Jean Grémillon pogramme double at Museum of the Moving Image. Because the single admission tik grants you access not only to these essential screenings, but the museum entire. Indulge, Cinegeeks!
Sunday November 30th
Film Forum
OUR HOSPITALITY (1923) Dir; Buster Keaton
THE ORGANIZER (1959) Dir; Mario Monicelli
FOR LOVE AND GOLD (1966) Dir; Mario Monicelli
Nitehawk Cinema
DIE HARD (1988) Dir; John McTiernan
PRETTY IN PINK (1987) Dir; Howard Deutch
Mid-Manhattan Library
THE NANNY (1965) Dir; Seth Holt
Museum of the Moving Image
JUNE 6TH AT DAWN (1945) Dir; Jean Grémillon
L'ETRANGE MONSIEUR VICTOR (1938) Dir; Jean Grémillon
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Nastassja Kinski: From the Heart
Paris, Texas (1984) Dir; Wim Wenders
Q&A wih star and retrospective subject Nastassja Kinski.
The Pick? The single greatest product of the labors of that most delightful madman of stage and screen, one Klaus Kinski; a daughter feted by the Film Society today, who may boast through this retrospective not merely an ethereal beauty but an otherworldy capacity for empathy, one that still strikes deep into a modern, jaded viewer's core.
Nastassja Kinski classes up the Walter Reade Theater Sunday the 30th, post-screening of Polanski's TESS, the filmmaker's apologia/flaunt of his alleged pedophile status, and the actresses' debut. The artist who stars, and serves as subject of this retrospective, will be handily on hand today, to engage in lively discourse regarding this film in particular and her career in general. Exactly what screening, on its best day, could best this opportunity, measks ye?
Back on the first of December with the new calendar, a new podcast, and a new resolve for rep circuit drum-beating. Once I fulfill this nap's requirements.
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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!
