April 11th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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I don't wanna doubt Thomas Stearns, nor do I wanna jinx what seems to be weather favorable, but cruellest month? At least so far?
Ok I'll stop now. Today's lone continuing series include Strictly Sturges at the Film Forum and Dick Miller: Onscreen and In Person! at Anthology Film Archives. The playbill be thus;
Museum of the Moving Image
THE WIZARD OF OZ in 3D (1939) Dir; Victor Fleming
Film Forum
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1942) Dir; Preston Sturges
CHRISTMAS IN JULY (1940) Dir; Preston Sturges
Anthology Film Archives
Dick Miller: Onscreen and In Person!
SORORITY GIRL (1957) Dir; Roger Corman
WAR OF THE SATELLITES (1958) Dir; Roger Corman
Landmark Sunshine Cinemas
AKIRA (1988) Dir; Katsushiro Otomo
IFC Center
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (1982) Dir; Alan Parker
TAXI DRIVER (1976) Dir; Martin Scorsese
Today's Pick? I'm gonna eschew the normal hem 'n haw and cut to the chase, no matter the quality of the field this day. Can there really be a better option than Katsushiro Otomo's groundbreaking work of anime, a seminal piece of modrnized flipbook that helped usher in the new and glorious golden age of animation, alongside the efforts of MTV, Katzenberg's Disney unit and FOX TV, THE SIMPSONS in particluar? Especially whence it makes its occasional appearance on a big screen? Huh? Hm? Wha?
Didn't think so.
Katsushiro Otomo's AKIRA unspools tonight in a new and gloriously struck set of 1's and 0's as part of the Landmark Sunshine Cinema's Midnight Movie series. 'Nuff sed.
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!
