October 3rd 2015. Pick of the day.
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Continuing series today includes Film School 101: Canon Fodder at IFC Center, the waning days of the fantastic Vittorio De Sica: Attore, Regista, Seduttore at Film Forum, and Interesting Women, Interesting Lives at BAM Cinématek. Stockah umbrellas, ACTIVATE!
IFC Center
VERTIGO (1958) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Nitehawk Cinema
THE FLY (1958) Dir; Kurt Neumann
RABID (1978) Dir; David Cronenberg
Film Forum
Vittorio De Sica: Attore, Regista, Seduttore
TWO WOMEN (1960) Dir; Vittorio De Sica
THE SIGN OF VENUS (1955) Dir; Dino Risi
IL LEONE & LA RIFFA (1970/62) Dir; Vittorio De Sica
Mid-Manhattan Library
PSYCHO (1960) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
BAM Cinématek
Interesting Women, Interesting Lives
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (1985) Dir; Susan Seidelman
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) Dir; Tobe Hooper
Today's Pick? Gotta go with the unintended Hitch 2-fer; VERTIGO at IFC Center at 11am and the F train north to the Mid-Manhattan Library for a screening of his 1960 classic PSYCHO at 2pm. Yeah the latter is a BluRay screening, but the former is a DCP projection. Depending on the breaks, there might not be much diff, and wouldn't Big Al simply delight in the prospect of making you travel halfway through the island on such a weather spectacular day? So honor the weighty auteur thusly, whydonch'ya?
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in October '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!
