September 1st 2015. Pick of the Day.
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New-ish and continuing series this day include the tribs to filmmaker Wim Wenders and actress Ingrid Bergman, at IFC Center and MoMA respectively, Scorsese Screens also at MoMA, and the winding down salutes to One-Film Wonders and American International Pictures at Anthology Film Archives. The projection booth pajama party be thus;
IFC Center
Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road
THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY AT THE PENALTY KICK (1971) Dir; Wim Wenders
ALICE IN THE CITIES (1974) Dir; Wim Wenders
Film Forum
ARMY OF SHADOWS (1969) Dir; Jean-Pierre Melville
MoMA
Ingrid Bergman: A Centennial Celebration
INTERMEZZO (1936) Dir; Gustav Molander
NOTORIOUS (1944) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
THE LOST SQUADRON (1932) Dir; George Archainbaud
Anthology Film Archives
PINK NARCISSUS (1971) Dir; James Bidgood
LIMITE (1931) Dir; Mario Peixoto
American International Pictures
A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959) Dir; Roger Corman
THE AMAZING COLOSSOL MAN (1957) Dir; Bert I. Gordon
Today's Pick? I'm cutting to it today. Interesting field, but nothing bests the twin bill of the original Swedish INTERMEZZO, the film responsible for bringing star Ingrid Bergman to Hollywood, and NOTORIOUS, one of the star's finest turns, certainly her best work with director Alfred Hitchcock. Both unspool in glorious 35mm as part of the just-begun series Ingrid Bergman: A Centennial Celebration, which goes on for ten more days at MoMA before puddle-hopping west to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For a centennial or a millenium or eternity, we'll always have Ingrid.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in September '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 begun its annual wane, 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!
