April 8th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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For those keeping count, I am now exactly three weeks away from attending and live-blogging the 27-hour Marvel Movie Marathon. Those of you who have long gambled good cash money on the date of my demise, this might be your best and most imminent shot at the win. Those of you who believe in my ability to stay conscious during superhero movies, stay tuned. I have a proposition shortly forthcoming for yaz.
Continuing series this day include the manscaping of Joel McCrea at MoMA and the Bergmanesque strawberry wilding of Dick Miller at Anthology Film Archives. The 4-perf foofaraw be thus;
Film Forum
IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) Dir; Douglas Sirk
MoMA
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1931) Dirs: Ernest B. Shoedsack & Irving Pichel
Anthology Film Archives
Dick Miller: On Screen and In Person!
A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1957) Dir; Roger Corman
Today's Pick? Let's go the full lizard brain on this tempestuous, primordial April aft. Shoedsack and Pichel's adap of the seminal man-hunting-man Richard Connell short story, both bearing the title THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, screens as part of MoMA's excellent new series Acteurism: Joel McCrea! Katniss? Schmatniss.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in April '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!
