April 15th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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If all goes according to plan, I'll be recording the brand new version of the Nitrate Stock podcast this eve. It'll represent a full format change, still observant of the local repertory film doings but a dialogue rather than a monologue, and a focus on the remainder of the month's rep calendar, which can get lost once the lunar cycle has lost the sheen of its advent. Or maybe not. If you know me by now you know I dunno. But I always keep trying.
Continuing series this day include Strictly Sturges at Film Forum and Acteurism: Joel McCrea at MoMA. The four-perf frivolity be thus;
Film Forum
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948) Dir; Preston Sturges
THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949) Dir; Preston Sturges
MoMA
BARBARY COAST (1935) Dirs; Howard Hawks/William Wyler
Tarrytown Music Hall
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) Dir; Richard Lester
Today's Pick? Hard as it is to take sides against both Sturges and mah boy Howard, I must select a film that proved a game-changer, if not or that reason then because it's one of the great performance movie musicals, by which I mean the music is a performance within the film and not an otherwise antic leap of reality. What's most special about tonight's screening is that it takes place in a concert venue, an especially antiquated one, which has hosted many a film screening in the past but is mostly revered for its status as legendary live music space. The opportunity to catch the Fab Four in such a hallowed hall, in a piece that captures them in the glow of their initial breakout success, is simply unmissable. Plus Paul's grandpa. Clean. You'll see.
Richard Lester's A HARD DAY'S NIGHT screens tonight in its brand new 4K DCP resto at the Tarrytown Music Hall. Be sure to change Metro-North trains several times to avoid your legions of screaming teenage fans. Oh just pretend, whydon'tchya?
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!
