January 8th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Well, last night I got to personally witness William Friedkin as he introduced and discussed his all-time fave and raison d'être, a little sumptin' titled CITIZEN KANE. Top THAT, remaining days of 2015!
New and continuing series this day includes
Film Forum's trib to cinema provocateur Orson Welles, MoMA's trib to onscreen vixen Joan Bennett, the Film Society's hosannah to John Huston, and the Nitehawk's resurrection of damp overcoats and lewd intentions. The colorful cacophany is as follows;
Film Forum
CITIZEN KANE (1941) Dir; Orson Welles
MoMA
WEDDING PRESENT (1936) Dir; Roy Del Ruth
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Let There Be Light: The Films of John Huston
ACROSS THE PACIFIC (1942) Dir; John Huston
THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA () Dir; John Huston
BowTie Chelsea Cinema
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) Dir; Billy Wilder
Nitehawk Cinema
STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1980) Dir; Michael Laughlin
Today's Pick? Just about every screening on the sked today tempts. Joan Bennett entices, Babz Stanwyck enthralls, and Mary Astor, well, she enthuses. Sorry, that last bite of the steak misrepresented the meal. No offense, Astor estate. While this listing represents a most promising Some of the Threes, Mary Astor notwithstanding, I defer to a choice which emboldens behavior much less approved. A film begat by the influences of unwelcome, marginal and downright taboo cinema from the 40's, 50's and 60's, boasting parentage monickered H. G. Lewis, John Waters, and Douglas Sirk in equal measure. A film that purposed a trilogy, and which ended sadly short of that mark, providing two exhibits amply evident of a third's production. Let's dig what remains to be dug, however, shall we?
Michael Laughlin's STRANGE BEHAVIOR unspools tonight in glorious 35mm at the Nitehawk Cinema this eve as part of their monthly exaltation of Times Square's glory Grindhouse era, The Deuce! I won't call my parents if you don't call yours!
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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!
