June 6th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series this day include Deneuve X 8 at IFC Center, The Apu Trilogy and the trib to legendary DP Gabriel Figueroa at Film Forum, Black & White 'Scope: International Cinema at BAM Cinématek, A Road 300 Years Long: Cinema and the Great Migration and Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond at MoMA, and This is Celluloid: 35mm! at Anthology Film Archives. The halide hooliganism be thus;
IFC Center
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969) Dir; François Truffaut
BLUE VELVET (1986) Dir; David Lynch
EL TOPO (1969) Dir; Alejandro Jodorowsky
Nitehawk Cinema
INTO THE NIGHT (1985) Dir; John Landis
ANNIE HALL (1977) Dir; Woody Allen
SCANNERS (1981) Dir; David Cronenberg
Film Forum
PATHER PANCHALI (1955) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APARAJITO (1956) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APUR SANSAR (1959) Dir; Satyajit Ray
ENAMORADA (1946) Dir; Emilio Fernández
ANOTHER DAWN (1943) Dir; Julio Bracho
VICTIMS OF SIN (1951) Dir; Emilio Fernández
GUN CRAZY (1949) Dir; Joseph H. Lewis
BAM Cinématek
Black & White 'Scope: International Cinema
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961) Dir; Alain Resnais
LOLA (1961) Dir; Jacques Demy
MoMA
A Road 300 Years Long: Cinema and the Great Migration
THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941) Dir; Spencer Williams
THE SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED (1920) Dir; Oscar Micheaux
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
MANCHU LOVE (1929) Dir; Elmer Clifton
THE SULTAN'S JESTER (1930) Dir; Edward Lankow
FOLLOW THRU (1930) Dir; Lloyd Corrigan
Anthology Film Archives
MOONFLEET (1955) Dir; Fritz Lang
HOPPITY GOES TO TOWN (1941) Dir; Dave Fleischer
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) Dir; Roger Corman
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) Dir; Richard Lester
Today's Pick? A wealth presents itself today, but I'm cutting to the chase: a particular series found deep resonance within my burgeoning film fanaticism whence but a tyke, a fresh-faced youth racing home to catch the afternoon TV fare. Chief amongst these offerings was the 4:30 Movie on channel 7, WABC. Most weekly programming arrived with a theme, more often than not centered around what we didn't yet know was termed Kaiju cinema. The other perennial was Roger Corman's Poe cycle, and when it made its routine appearance on our cathode tubes we shivered with creepy delight. THE TOMB OF LIGEIA, THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM. These were amongst the finest works of Corman's underrated directorial career.Tthey were opulent melodramas on a tight budget, delivering grandiose gruesome for the young awestruck audience, yet providing enough depth and artistry to hold up into our adult years. they have since been come to be regarded as greta works of cinematic art, and while today's selction has been castigated somewhat for cribbing some of Bergman's greatest early hits, it remains the finest 2 hours, if you ask me, of its maker's career. So settle back and let Rog read your cards.
Corman's THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH unspools tonight in glorious 35mm as part of Anthology Film Archives' series dedicated to the media format. Vincent Price shines in one of his best screen turns. Nicolas Roeg makes the most of the minimalism and the lush Pathécolor. And the midget makes the most of his opportunity to burn his tormentor alive. Banned in Australia. Still.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in June '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. The warm cuddle of the sun's friendlier disposition seems finally to have arrived, 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!
