September 19th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series this day include the fête of filmmakers Ozu and De Sica, at IFC Center and Film Forum respectively, the centennial celebration of the seemingly diaphonous Ingrid Bergman at BAM, and See It Big: New York on Film! at Museum of the Moving Image. Zap us with yer sirens, man!
IFC Center
GOOD MORNING (1959) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982) Dir; George Miller
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) Dirs; George Ogilvy & George Miller
ALIENS (1986) Dir; James Cameron
Film Forum
Vittorio De Sica: Attore, Regista, Seduttore
BICYCLES THIEVES (1948) Dir; Vittorio De Sica
MIRACLE IN MILAN (1951) Dir; Vittorio De Sica
Museum of the Moving Image
ON THE BOWERY (1956) Dir; Lionel Rogosin
BAM Cinématek
NOTORIOUS (1946) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
JOURNEY TO ITALY (1954) Dir; Roberto Rossellini
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
REAR WINDOW (1954) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Today's Pick? I still got time to delve into the De Sica festa at Film Forum, and I can't in good conscience advocate waking up early on a Saturday to catch an Ozu flick. Sorry Yaz. More importantly, however, I do like t make double bills out of films seemingly coincidentally booked at different venues. So today let's give that Metrocard a workout and make the puddle-hop betwixt counties Kings and Manhattan. While the weather's on our side still, this is the kind of jaunt a Cinegeek lives for. Well, at least the kind of jaunt a Cinegeek pays increasingly maddening NYC rents for. Its sorta the same thing.
Big Al's NOTORIOUS and REAR WINDOW screen respectively at BAM Cinématek, as part of their Ingrid Bergman hallelloo, and midnight at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, just coz it be cool. Jetting between the two venues is simple stuff, just hop on the B train at the Atlantic Avenue/Barclay's Center station and take it to the Broadway-Lafayette stop in Manhattan. From there you can either make the short walk east or transfer to the F and take that to the 2nd Avenue stop, which leaves you virtually in front of the Sunshine Cinema. The late screening of the Bergman is 6:30pm, which leaves you plenty of time to catch the Stewart perv-fest at midnight, time to enjoy the waning September summer and the local merchants who provide spectacular food and booze in our fair city. Have I mentioned The Grafton Pub & Grill is a mere 5 minute walk from the Sunshine? And that that's a completely unbiased suggestion? Yeah?
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!
