March 27th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Y'know, when February '15 kicked off with that Snowpocalypse that never was, I didn't mock, I didn't grumble, I didn't cry "f**kin' de Blasio". I remained steadfastly grateful that a major strom had passed us with nary a whimper of damage. So I believe I'm within my rights to absolutely lose my remaining composure at the mere suggestion that a day once promised to be mild and clear might now dump yet another few inches of the stuff Hunter Mountain craves on our stoops. At the end of March. In NYC. I'm officially willing to sacrifice a living organism in some bizarre tribal ritual in order to end this winter. By which I mean only one thing: where can I find A-Rod?
New and continuing series this day include the last of the Ginger Rogers heavy petting at MoMA, Justice in Film at the New York Historical Scoiety, The Killer Must Kill Again!: Giallo Fever, Part Two at Anthology Film Archives, The Most Beautiful: The War Films of Shirley Yamaguchi and Setsuko Hara at the Japan Society, Required Viewing: MAD MEN's Movie Influences at Museum of the Moving Image, and the persistently schmancy Cabaret Cinema at the Rubin Museum of Art. March's celluloid lamb begins its exit strut thusly;
Film Forum
FROM MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO (1940) Dir; Max Ophüls
MoMA
THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY (1956) Dir; Arthur Lubin
New York Historical Society
Justice in Film
AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (1987) Dir; Louis Malle
Anthology Film Archives
The Killer Must Kill Again!: Giallo Fever, Part Two
PHENOMENA (1982) Dir; Dario Argento
ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK (19720 Dir; Sergio Martino
Japan Society
The Most Beautiful: The War Films of Shirley Yamaguchi and Setsuko Hara
SONG OF THE WHITE ORCHID (1939) Dir: Kunio Watanabe
Museum of the Moving Image
Required Viewing: MAD MEN's Movie Influences
LES BONNES FEMMES (1960) Dir; Claude chabrol
Landmark Jersey Loews
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) Dir; Howard Hawks
Rubin Museum
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945) Dir; Albert Lewin
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
THE WARRIORS (1979) Dir; Walter Hill
Nitehawk Cinema
PARANOIA (1969) Dir; Umberto Lenzi
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986) Dir; Fred Dekker
Today's Pick? Are you kiddin'? Do you even know me?
Howard Hawks' TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT screens tonight as part of the usual end-of-the-month antics at that miracle of wrecking-ball's halt, that transport to another, more glamorous moviegoing experience, the Landmark Jersey Loews movie palace in Journal Square. The screen is towering, the venue's built-in Wonder Morton Organ will be in full effect, and you get the chance to witness an honest-to-goodness falling-in-love of one of Hollywood's most beloved couples. Plus popcorn's a buck. You may decide which is the deciding factor in your attendance.
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!
