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Well, Stockahz, it's that time of decade again, where I get to tear myself away from the chores of daily life and expand my horizons by traveling by ferry to New Jersey and testing the elasticity of my stomach by ingesting as much deep fried what-have-ye as is humanly possible! You call it culinary debauchery, they call it Clamfest, I call it Elysium. So as I'll be away from any modern form of technology as we've become accustomed to (again: New Jersey!) I've once more decided to bulk-post this weekend's Picks, in order to still sate yer interest and feel like I haven't abandoned my peeps. So here goes.
Friday July 31st
IFC Center
EARLY SUMMER (1951) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
SUPERMAN III (1983) Dir; Richard Lester
EL TOPO (1970) Dir; Alejandro Jodorowsky
Film Forum
THE BRINK'S JOB (1978) Dir; William Friedkin
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) Dir; William Friedkin
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
MoMA
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Dirs; Various
Anthology Film Archives
American International Pictures
BLOOD AND LACE (1971) Dir; Philip Gilbert
DEMENTIA 13 (1963) Dir; Francis Ford Coppola
Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center
THE KARATE KID (1984) Dir; John G. Avildsen
WNYC Transmitter Park
LA COLLECTIONNEUSE (1967) Dir; Erich Rohmer
Rubin Museum
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) Dir; Brian De Palma
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984) Dir; Wolfgang Petersen
Nitehawk Cinema
ROAR (1981) Dir; Noel Marshall
Today's Pick? Easy. Brian De Palma has, in an otherwise mottled career, a few gems on his résumé; by my count three-yes-three as hack for hire, known to the ticket-buying public by the titles CARRIE, THE UNTOUCHABLES and CARLITO'S WAY. I concede him only one quality entry as autuer, and it it a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE screens as part of the Rubin Museum's eternally swank Cabaret Cinema series. Get there early to claim yer tik and yer real estate. And beware of caped revengers.
Saturday August 1st
IFC Center
EARLY SUMMER (1951) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
SUPERMAN III (1983) Dir; Richard Lester
EL TOPO (1970) Dir; Alejandro Jodorowsky
Film Forum
MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1948) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) Dir; William Friedkin
THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1970) Dir; Leonard Kastle
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
Museum of the Moving Image
STAGECOACH (1939) Dir; John Ford
MoMA
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
BAMBI (1942) Dirs; Various
FANTASIA (1940) Dirs; Various
Anthology Film Archives
American International Pictures
BLACK SABBATH (1962) Dir; Mario Bava
BOXCAR BERTHA (1972) Dir; Martin Scorsese
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984) Dir; Wolfgang Petersen
Nitehawk Cinema
ROAR (1981) Dir; Noel Marshall
Today's Pick? No joke, Mr. D takes top honors today, especially seeing as his work screens not as a kiddie re-realease, but as examination of his prowess artistic, celebrating not merely his brilliant use of the Kalmus' color film process, but the innovations he brought to both animated and live-action cinema for decades to come. Plus, he made a mountain out of Bela Lugosi. Even Lugosi couldn't've pulled that trick off.
Walt Disney's BAMBI and FANTASIA screen as part of MoMA's comprehensive, essential, and sadly concluding series Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond. Get smart and pick up yer tix early. Get even smarter and buy yerself a membership to this fantastic screening space. I even hear there's a dynamite museum attached to it. I must explore that rumor someday!
Sunday August 2nd
IFC Center
EARLY SUMMER (1951) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
Film Forum
LUCKY LUCIANO (1973) Dir; Francesco Rosi
SACCO AND VANZETTI (1971) Dir; Giuliano Montaldo
STAVISKY (1974) Dir; Alain Resnais
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Dir; Carol Reed
Museum of the Moving Image
THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT (1953) Dir; John Ford
MoMA
Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Dirs; Various
Anthology Film Archives
American International Pictures
A MATTER OF TIME (1976) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966) Dir; Curtis Harrington
BLOOD AND LACE (1971) Dir; Philip Gilbert
Today's Pick? Although they never offer a discounted two- or three-fer tik for special series, I can't in any sort of good conscience recommend anything other than Anthology Film Archivesmost welcome trib to perhaps the most important indie production house the American film scene ever proffered.
Minnelli's A MATTER OF TIME, Harrington's QUEEN OF BLOOD, and Gilbert's BLOOD AND LACE screen for separate admissions today, but as spiritual partners in Anthology Film Archives' essential trib to American International Pictures! Witches, bikers, LSD freakouts, teen werewolves, last survivors of the apocalypse, and Edgar Allan Poe. Miss this series at yer peril.
Back next week with the regular daily updates. Once I've awoken from my Inception-level food coma. Til then, I hope you fully enjoy these last weekends of a glorious summer '15, and that you show your devotion by spending them in a darkened space basking in the projector bulb's glow. That's how Uncle Fester got his tan.
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!
