June 26th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series today include IFC's three-month trib to filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, the held-over Apu Trilogy at Film Forum, Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond at MoMA, and the eternally swank Cabaret Cinema at the Rubin Museum. The nitrate numbskullery be thus;
IFC Center
THE ONLY SON (1936) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
Film Forum
PATHER PANCHALI (1955) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APARAJITO (1956) Dir; Satyajit Ray
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
MoMA
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
DOWN ARGENTINE WAY (1940) Dir; Irving Cummings
THE GANG'S ALL HERE (1943) Dir; Busby Berkeley
BowTie Chelsea Cinema
MOMMIE DEAREST (1981) Dir; Frank Perry
Anthology Film Archives
STRIKE (1924) Dir; Sergei Eisenstein
Columbus Park
THE LAST DRAGON (1984) Dir; Michael Schultz
Rubin Museum
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) Dir; Georges Franju
Today's Pick? Yes, the 4K DCP resto of the greatest film ever made kicks off a two-week run today, but that's all the more reason to be selective regarding the day I make it my Pick. Or the days. We'll see. Ray's Apu Trilogy was my Pick just some weeks ago, and I've dipped into MoMA's Technicolor well way too often this month. Eisenstein's STRIKE is a fairly common screening in our movie-mad burg, as is Faye Dunaway's onscreen meltdown/notorious biopic. So it's clear I've only one choice tonight, and I'm glad it's an opportunity to fete one of the only African-American auteurs of the 70's. His output during that decade includes the essential teen coming-of-age dramedy COOLEY HIGH, the urban musical CAR WASH, and the undersung biopic GREASED LIGHTNING. But he may perhaps be best remembered for his 80's martial arts mash-up, a gem fondly regarded by the teen audience that grew up in that decade, regardless of ethnicity. Plus, it's an outdoor screning in June. There can only be one.
Michael Schultz's THE LAST DRAGON screens tonight in downtown Manhattan's Columbus Park at sunset. Come feel the beat of the rythym of the yeah I'm not gonna finish it. Nope. Ain't gonna.
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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!
