May 23rd 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Forgive for these next ten days, Stockahz. I'm absolutely swamped with work and can only provide the barest semblence of a self whilst providing you the rep circuit rundown you've come to love and cherish. Well, perhaps those two terms are more embellishment than practical description. Let's just say the rep circuit shenanigans you've come to observe. That leaves you with a safe distance from my lunacy. To the sked!
Ongoing series this day include Deneuve X 8 at IFC Center, The Apu Trilogy at Film Forum, Titanus: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinema at the Film Society, Portraying the Human Condition: The Films of Masaki Kobayashi and Tatsuya Nakadai at Moving Image, and "Written" by Philip Yordan at Anthology Film Archives. The b-roll befuddlery be thus;
IFC Center
THE LAST METRO (1980) Dir; François Truffaut
BLUE VELVET (1986) Dir; David Lynch
Nitehawk Cinema
DR. STRANGELOVE: or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) Dir; Philip Kaufman
Film Forum
APUR SANSAR (1959) Dir; Satyajit Ray
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Titanus: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinema
THE FIANCES (1963) Dir; Ermanno Olmi
BANDITS OF ORGOSOLO (1961) Dir; Vittorio de Seta
EVIL'S COMMANDMENT (1957) Dir; Riccardo Freda
Museum of the Moving Image
Portraying the Human Condition: The Films of Masaki Kobayashi and Tatsuya Nakadai
THE INHERITANCE (1962) Dir; Masaki Kobayashi
STRIKE A LIFE FOR NOTHING (1971) Dir; Masaki Kobayashi
Anthology Film Archives
EDGE OF DOOM (1950) Dir; Mark Robson
THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE (1984) Dir; John Carr
NO DOWN PAYMENT (1957) Dir; Martin Ritt
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
THE SHINING (1980) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
Today's Pick? AFA's series, focusing on a particular scribe who might've been the era's biggest "front" for his fellow scribblers, takes top honors today.
Mark Robson's EDGE OF DOOM, John Carr's THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE, and Martin Ritt's NO DOWN PAYMENT, screen back-to-back today, though sadly not as a three-fer (we gotta talk, AFA!), as part of the series "Written" by Philip Yordan at Anthology Film Archives. If you get there early you can share the mattress with the guy who brings his.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in May '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 seem to be entering, finally, the warm cuddle of the sun's friendlier disposition, 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!
