February 13th 2015. Pick of the day.
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New and continuing series this day include Screwball Romance at IFC Center, the Laughton and Boorman tribs at Film Forum, Acteurism: Ginger Rogers at MoMA, John Carpenter: Master of Fear at BAM Cinématek, the annual Valentine's Day Massacre at Anthology Film Archives, and the eternally swank Cabaret Cinema at the Rubin Museum. The hooliganism looks thus;
IFC Center
MY MAN GODFREY (1934) Dir; Gregory La Cava
BLUE VELVET (1986) Dir; David Lynch
Film Forum
THE BIG CLOCK (1948) Dir; John Farrow
THE SUSPECT (1944) Dir; Robert Siodmak
DELIVERANCE (1974) Dir; John Boorman
POINT BLANK (1967) Dir; John Boorman
MoMA
FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936) Dir; Mark Sandrich
BAM Cinématek
John Carpenter: Master of Fear
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) Dir; John Carpenter
Anthology Film Archives
WE WON'T GROW OLD TOGETHER (1972) Dir; Maurice Pialat
MODERN ROMANCE (1981) Dir; Albert Brooks
Rubin Museum of Modern Art
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975) Dir; Peter Weir
Nitehawk Cinema
SID & NANCY (1986) Dir; Alex Cox
Today's Pick? I'm cuttin' to the chase: it's been quite some time since I've had the pleasure of helping place focus on early Peter Weir, and months since I've had the opportunity to sing the praises of the Rubin Museum's ace efforts. Here I get the opportunity to shower praise upon both.
Peter Weir's PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK screens at the Rubin Museum as part of their exceptional series Cabaret Cinema. Happy to have it back.
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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!
