March 15th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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March. Once more, month, you're living up to your name. Fine n' all, but ya might wanna slow the rapid cadence down just a step? 'Cause yer C.O. time itself is gettin' just a bit outta damn hand?
Ongoing series this day include Screenwriters and the Blacklist: Before, During and After - Part Three: Post-Blacklist at Anthology Film Archives, Black & White 'Scope: American Cinema at BAM Cinématek, and Required Viewing: MAD MEN's Movie Influences at Astoria's Moving Image. The four-walled fracas be thus;
Nitehawk Cinema
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) Dir; Milos Forman
Film Forum
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (1951) Dirs; Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
Anthology Film Archives
Screenwriters and the Blacklist: Before, During and After - Part Three: Post-Blacklist
FAIL-SAFE (1964) Dir; Sidney Lumet
M.A.S.H. (1970) Dir; Robert Altman
THE CHASE (1966) Dir; Arthur Penn
BAM Cinématek
Black & White 'Scope: American Cinema
BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965) Dir; Otto Preminger
ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962) Dir; Otto Preminger
Museum of the Moving Image
Required Viewing: MAD MEN's Movie Influences
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Today's Pick? Neither BAM nor AFA offer two- or three-fers today, and they are exceptional bills, but also recently chosen series on this site. In light of these eliminations I feel it also perhaps much to ask of you to borough-hop for either the very early pill-queue at the Nitehawk, Forman's NEST, as well as the sorta-okay-fine-by-me afternoon scheduling of Hitch's NORTHWEST. So I'm cancelling out all these screenings and arriving early at a most prized screening, a brand spankin' new 4K DCP resto courtesy of the BFI and Scorsese's Film Foundation, one I finally took in and in proper fashion; on the Walter Reade Theater's screen, and with Mr. S and the legendary Thelma Schoomaker in attendance and fine voice. I must admit it not a perfect film, its great moments and sheer brilliance front-loaded the piece, and yet it is a film that demands to be seen still, whatever my opinion. It is still chock-full of its makers' irreverance, innovative spirit and example, and buoyant passion for the arts, cinema first and foremost. Whatever flaws I found on my first viewing, and let's be fair they may very well likely disappear upon my second, I will argue the prevailing merits of the work, especially in its newly and gorgeously restored iteration, til my tongue wags itself limp.
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's THE TALES OF HOFFMANN unfolds today in its lavish new restoration at Film Forum, and will continue to do for the next four days barring a reprieve. Have I mentioned I'm the genius behind the hashtag #PnP4Evah?
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in March '15 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. For reviews of contemporary cinema and my streaming habits (keep it clean!) check out my Letterboxd page. And be sure to follow me on both Facebook, where I provide further info and esoterica on the rep film circuit and star birthdays, and Twitter, where I provide a daily feed for the day's screenings and other blathery. Back soon with new Picks 'n perks, til then safe, sound, make sure the next knucklehead is too!
P. S. We're mercifully feeling the loosening of winter's embrace, but 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!
