July 29th 2015. Pick of el Dia.
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Continuing, returning, and concluding series this day include True Crime! at Film Forum, Mexico at Midnight: Film Noir from Mexican Cinema's Golden Age and Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond at MoMA, Indie 80's at BAM Cinématek, and This is Celluloid 35mm: Encore at Anthology Film Archives. The anamorphic antics be thus;
Film Forum
THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) Dir; Brian De Palma
SUGARLAND EXPRESS (1974) Dir; Steven Spielberg
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
MoMA
Mexico at Midnight: Film Noir from Mexican Cinema's Golden Age
MAY GOD FORGIVE ME (1948) Dir; Tito Davison
ANOTHER DAWN (1943) Dir; Julio Bracho
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
ARTISTS AND MODELS (1955) Dir; Frank Tashlin
BAM Cinématek
THE BALLAD OF GREGORIO CORTEZ (1982) Dir; Robert M. Young
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986) Dir; John MacNaughton
Anthology Film Archives
This is Celluloid 35mm: Encore
FEEL MY PULSE (1928) Dir; Gregory La Cava
THE KISS BEFORE THE MIRROR (1933) Dir; James Whale
Dyker Beach Park
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) Dir; Penny Marshall
Target Brooklyn Community Garden
THE BIG SLEEP (1946) Dir; Howard Hawks
Today's Pick? I've held off on selecting this series until the Queen of the Película Negra was fully fêted, and today she fittingly closes the program out. What better way for a femme fatale to reward her spell-cast than to provide their finale? Dear lord what we forgive of wicked dames worldwide. Gleefully.
The darkly luminous Mariá Félix headlines two ace potboilers, Tito Davison's MAY GOD FORGIVE ME and Julio Bracho's ANOTHER DAWN , the closing entries in MoMA's essential series Mexico at Midnight: Film Noir from Mexican Cinema's Golden Age. I know yer Ma told ya never to fiddle with broads like this. While that advice might be sound, practical and solvent, ignore it at all costs and nestle into MoMA's darkness today.
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!
