August 20th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Today's lone rep series is the magnificent if solitary Scorsese Screens at MoMA. The rest of the limited but luminous lenticular lunacy be thus;
MoMA
LE PLAISIR (!952) Dir; Max Ophuls
LEON MORIN, PRIEST (1961) Dir; Jean-Pierre Melville
McCarren Park
PRETTY IN PINK (1987) Dir; John Hughes
Hunter's Point Park
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) Dir; Rob Reiner
Today's Pick? As much as I like to go Old School with these here choosin's, I'm drawn to the last remaining outdoor screenings of the season. Not only that, but there's a screening today that, while perhaps not on the same artistic level as th works from French masters Ophuls and Melville, is not only set in Manhattan but features it as an honest-to-goodness character in the film. Yes, I mostly despise romcoms, yes I mostly despise Billy Crystal, and yes, I almost totally despise Harry Connick, which trifecta should rationally add up to me balling this one-sheet up and pitching it in the watesbasket. And yet, I'm always an honest broker of this rep circiut, and of my feeleings toward individual films, even one I'd LOVE to hate. So I'm not only admitting I love this iconic screen romance, I'm making it my Pick. And I'm asking for extra pepper on my paprikash. Stop me, just try.
Rob Reiner's buoyant and ebullient love letter to modern urban romance, the borough of Manhattan, and excellent Woody Allen rip-offs, 1989's WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, screens tonight at Hunter's Point Park in Queens. To even the most hard-hearted amongst my Stockah clan, who have resisted this film lo these 26 years, I defy you to attend this unspooling and not find yourself singing Surrey With the Fringe On Top. But, yes, it will be in front of Ira. Watch the movie and find out.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in August '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 warmer, fiercer cuddle of the sun's sunnier disposition has reached its zenith, 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!
