July 28th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Ongoing series this day includes True Crime! at Film Forum, and the closing moments for both Mexico at Midnight: Noir from Mexican Cinema's Golden Age & Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond at MoMA. The silver halide hooliganism be thus;
Film Forum
LUCKY LUCIANO (1973) Dir; Francesco Rosi
THE MATTEI AFFAIR (1972) Dir; Francesco Rosi
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
MoMA
Mexico at Midnight: Noir from Mexican Cinema's Golden Age
ANOTHER DAWN (1943) Dir; Julio Bracho
TWILIGHT (1945) Dir; Julio Bracho
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
LADY IN THE DARK (1944) Dir; Mitchell Leisen
Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) Dir; Nicholas Meyer
Today's Pick? Love the Crime series at the Forum, but not swayed today, even though the wonderfully batshit Gian-Maria Volonte takes center stage in both flicks. I'm very tempted to choose MoMA's excellent and essential Mexican Noir series, but I feel I must wait until its greatest star closes out the shadowy mayhem. Instead, I'm going with one of the modern cinema's most venomous and vile villains, if only so I might utilize that alliteration. In other words, or more precisely in Shatner's words, KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicholas Meyer's STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN screens on the rooftop of the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center this glorious July dusk. Don't succumb to two-dimensional thinking, head over early and secure yer folding chair! And bring pizza! With some Romulan Ale!
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in July '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!
