April 14th 2015. Pick of the Day.

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The Marvel Movie Marathon looms, 11 films in 27 hours. Locked into a movie seat for a full spin 'round the sun and change. An experiment in bio-dome geekdom heretofore unprecedented. Many enter, only a fraction come out.

Okay I'm joking 'bout that last part, we're all coming out, but will we emerge from the darkened environs as what might still be considered human, even a borderline definition?

Okay okay, I'm joking again, we're all still gonna be human when we emerge, only a few of us will have resorted to cannibalism right I'll stop now.

 

Continuing series this day include Strictly Sturges at the Film Forum and Haute Couture on Film at the French Institute/Alliance Française. The repertory rigmarole be thus;

 

Film Forum

Strictly Sturges

THE GOOD FAIRY (1935) Dir; William Wyler

THIRTY-DAY PRINCESS (1934) Dir; Marion Gering

 

French Institute/Alliance Française

Haute Couture on Film

BAY OF ANGELS (1962) Dir; Jacques Demy

 

Today's Pick? A limited bill of fare, to be sure, but choice cuts all. The Sturges foofaraw at the Forum boasts two of his scripts from before his auteur period, one helmed by none other than master craftsman William Wyler, he of the MRS. MINIVER and BEN-HUR accolades. Tempting, and yet so many more entries are yet to unspool in this great series, titles perhaps more deserving of a mosh pit hoist. Also, just slightly uptown, a series is just getting started at one of my fave screening spaces, one that is followed by perspicacious film discussion and, perhaps more importantly, a free wine reception. So it is in this spirit of hands-across-the-water that I shine my Kliegs on a Gallic tribute to fashion in film.

 

Jacques Demy's BAY OF ANGELS, featuring an unforgettable lead perf from the iconic Jeanne Moreau, screens tonight in a new DCP restoartion at the French Institute/Alliance Française, as part of their new CinéSalon series Haute Couture on Film. I know the film's going to be fantastic, I'm just hoping they allow the Chateauneuf-du-Pape a good twenty minutes to breath. It's all about the last bite of the steak, ya know?

 

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!

 

JoeW@NitrateStock.net

 

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