September 12th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Apologies, Stockahz! My Dreamweaver software went the full verklempt yesterday morn and I was rendered unable to inform you of the daily sked and my personal Pick. I'd love to boast this kind of thing has never happened to me before, bebeh, but we'd both know I was a damn liar. Ahem. Let's sally forth, shall we?
New and continiung series this day include Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road at IFC Center, Vittorio De Sica: Attore, Regista, Seduttore at Film Forum, Hasse Ekman: The Other Swede in the Room at MoMA, and a marathon screening of The Apu Trilogy at BAM Cinématek. The 24 fps tomfoolery be thus;
IFC Center
Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road
WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) Dir; Wim Wenders
THE STATE OF THINGS (1982) Dir; Wim Wenders
PARIS, TEXAS (1984) Dir; Wim Wenders
HOWARD THE DUCK (1986) Dir; Willard Hyuck
THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982) Dir; George Miller
Film Forum
Vittorio De Sica: Attore, Regista, Seduttore
GOLD OF NAPLES (1954) Dir; Vittorio De Sica
MoMA
Hasse Ekman: The Other Swede in the Room
THE BANQUET (1948) Dir; Hasse Ekman
THE FIRST DIVISION (1941) Dir; Hasse Ekman
BAM Cinématek
PATHER PANCHALI (1955) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APARAJITO (1956) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APUR SANSAR (1959) Dir; Satyajit Ray
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
BLADE RUNNER (1982) Dir; Ridley Scott
Today's Pick? Because it might be our last collective chance for a spell, I'm going with BAM Cinématek's back-to-back-to-backing of Satyajit Ray's influential neo-realist Apu Trilogy; 1955's PATHER PANCHALI, 1956's APARAJITO, and 1959's concluding chapter APUR SANSAR. I'd love to say the Cinématek offered some kind of discounted ticket pricing for viewers eager to take in all three in one shot today, but alas they aren't as progressively priced as some other venues. Still, the opportunity far outweighs the cost, the chance to witness Ray's opus, a tale of childhood's arc into manhood complete with all the dirt and anger and poor choices a life of poverty might guarantee, yet blessed with an optimism that the New World dangled and the Old World could never fully understand. I'm new to Ray's CV, but already having seen gems like THE MUSIC ROOM, THE BIG CITY, and this trilogy, he's become one of my most fascinating new discoveries. I hope the journey is as fulfilling as promised, and no, I'm not quoting Indian scripture.
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!
