June 16th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series today include the closing day of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy and the trib to legendary DP Gabriel Figueroa at Film Forum, CinéSalon: Jean-Claude Carrière - Writing the Impossible at the French Institute, Glorious Technicolor and 3-D Summer! at MoMA, and Black & White 'Scope: International Cinema at BAM Cinématek. The 4-perf foofaraw be thus;
Film Forum
APUR SANSAR (1959) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APARAJITO (1956) Dir; Satyajit Ray
TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (1970) Dir; Don Siegel
LOS OLVIDADOS (1950) Dir; Luis Buñuel
NAZARIN (1958) Dir; Luis Buñuel
French Institute/Alliance Française
CinéSalon: Jean-Claude Carrière - Writing the Impossible
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF (1980) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
MoMA
THE STORY OF THREE LOVES (1953) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
THE PIRATE (1948) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
HONDO (1953) Dir; John Farrow
BAM Cinématek
Black & White 'Scope: International Cinema
SAMURAI REBELLION (1967) Dir; Masaki Kobayashi
PALE FLOWER (1964) Dir; Masahiro Shinoda
Today's Pick? I'm going with the double Minnelli bill at MoMA, a pair of spectacular specimens of Glorious Technicolor: 1953's THE STORY OF THREE LOVES and 1948's THE PIRATE! Should ye be a member the tix are free, as is any time ya care to spend in the museum that happens to be attached to the screening spaces. Should ye not be a member, become a member.
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!
