August 22nd 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Ongoing series today include the slowly winding down Ozu trib at IFC Center, See it Big: 70mm! at Museum of the Moving Image, the Val Lewton skullduggery that lurks within the Scorsese Screens program at MoMA, the celebration of American International Pictures at Anthology Film Archives, and the closing entries in the Indie 80's sked at BAM. The 4-perf foofaraw be thus;
IFC Center
TOKYO TWILIGHT (1957) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990) Dir; Steve Barron
BLUE VELVET (1986) Dir; David Lynch
Museum of the Moving Image
WEST SIDE STORY (1960) Dirs; Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Dir; David Lean
MoMA
CAT PEOPLE (1942) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
Anthology Film Archives
American International Pictures
PANIC IN YEAR ZERO (1962) Dir; Ray Milland
A BUCKET OF BLOOD* (1959) Dir; Roger Corman
THE TOMB OF LIGEIA** (1964) Dir; Roger Corman
*Director/Producer Roger Corman in attendance for a live post-screening Q&A
**Director/Producer Roger Corman and star Elizabeth Shepard in attendance for a live post-screening Q&A
BAM Cinématek
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (1984) Dir; Louis Malle
Nitehawk Cinema
SHAOLIN AND WU TANG (1983) Dir; Gordon Liu
Today's Pick? What possible other choice could there be on this rep film calendar? The seminal thinkin'-cat's gabfest that spawned an entire sub-sub-sub-genre, the tete-a-tete twixt fellow actor/writer/directors and friends Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, clears the field today and firmly clasps the brass ring on a day that NAH I can't keep it up any longer!!! Of course I'm goin' with the Price & Poe pas-de-deux! Suck it, pretentiousness! Actually I love Malle's work and this film in particular, and agree regarding its ranking in the annals of indie film. But for today's purposes, NYEH ARTHOUSE!!!
Roger Corman's THE TOMB OF LIGEIA unspools in glorious 35mm as part of their trib to that most essential independent production house, American International Pictures! It's figurehead, the man most responsible for the introduction of the talent that would eventually create the New Hollywood of the 70's, one Mr. Roger Corman, will be in attendance to chew the fat about his little magnum opus, as well as the film's star Elizabeth Shepard. It'll be a hard ticket to snag, so get on that right away! And hey, if you're lucky the guy who brings his own mattress might say a word or two about the screening. No promises.
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!
