June 23rd 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series this day include The Apu Trilogy at Film Forum, CinéSalon - Jean-Claude Carrière: Writing the Impossible at the French Institute, and Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond at MoMA. The unhinged unspoolery be thus;
Film Forum
APARAJITO (1956) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APUR SANSAR (1959) Dir; Satyajit Ray
GOODFELLAS (1990) Dir; Martin Scorsese
French Institute/Alliance Française
CinéSalon - Jean-Claude Carrière: Writing the Impossible
VALMONT (1989) Dir; Milos Forman
MoMA
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
Today's Pick? Apu's been picked, Henry, Jimmy and Tommy are sticking around Film Forum for a coupl'a more days, and I'd really feel like the well needed a break were I to return to MoMA's Technicolor series for the 7th time in 23 days. For these reasons and a more important one, the fact that I rank this verison of Les Liaisons Dangereuses a peg or two higher than Stephen Frears' own excellent adap, I single this gem out today. Plus there's a free wine reception/chatfest immediately following the screening. The Frogs just know how to hop, y'know?
Milos Forman's VALMONT unspools in spectacular 35mm, showcasing master DP Miroslav Ondrícek's luminous cinematography, as part of the French Institute's wonderful ongoing CinéSalon series! Women know this film by an altogether different title; COLIN FIRTH BEGINS.
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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!
