April 22nd 2015. Pick of the Day.
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As some of you might know, I've set up a charity fundraising drive to provide some worth regarding my attendance at next week's Marvel Movie Marathon. The full details can be found here, and I know that the otherwise myopic focus of this site is on older classic cinema, but in the hopes that a future classic is in the offing, perhaps you'd like to contribute to a good cause. Give it a look!
Continuing series this day include Strictly Sturges at Film Forum and Mad Men at the Movies at BAM Cinématek. The emulsified esoterica be thus;
Film Forum
THE GREAT MCGINTY (1940) Dir; Preston Sturges
THE GREAT MOMENT (1944) Dir; Preston Sturges
MoMA
DEAD END (1937) Dir; William Wyler
CITIZEN KANE (1941) Dir; Orson Welles
BAM Cinématek
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINES WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (1967) Dir; David Swift
Today's Pick? What the hell, I'm on a Joel McCrea roll! William Wyler's DEAD END unspoools in glorious B&W 35mm as part of MoMA's supoib series Acteurism! Throw in Bogart, Sylvia Sydney and the Dead End Kids, and you got a Wednesday night in the Bronx! Ah, home.
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!
