October 15th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Tuesday night's debate winner? Easy. The Los Angeles Dodgers. Don't you people follow politics at all?
New and continuing series this day include Modern Matinees: In the Beginning at MoMA, The Waking Dreams of Wojciech Has at BAM Cinématek, Hitchcocktober at City Cinemas Village East, and Halloween at Nitehawk at the beloved Nitehawk Cinema. The emulsified ebullience be thus;
Film Forum
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (1960) Dir; Luchino Visconti
MoMA
Modern Matinees: In the Beginning
THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (1924) Dir; Ernst Lubitsch
BowTie Chelsea Cinemas
POLTERGEIST (1982) Dir; Tobe Hooper
BAM Cinématek
The Waking Dreams of Wojciech Has
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (1972) Dir; Wojciech Has
City Cinemas Village East
Hitchcocktober
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Nitehawk Cinema
ALONE IN THE DARK (1982) Dir; Jack Sholder
Today's Pick? NxNW really is one of those films you never really appreciate til you've seen it screened large, but I've seen it thus a number of times. I was lucky enough to attend last week's unveiling of the new 4K resto of ROCCO, so troppo presto! Lubitsch tempts, as does the memorably weird slasher flick from my youth unspooling in 35mm at the 'Hawk. But nah, I'm going with the film I've never seen by a filmmaker I only recently even heard of. Hey, he's a Marty guy, you think I'm taking sides against Scorsese?
1973's THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM unspools its digital 1's and 0's in its brand new resto to kick off BAM Cinématek's 14-film trib The Waking Dreams of Wojciech Has. I know he's touted as Polish cinema's master surrealist, but I'm betting even he never dreamed up anything like the seventh inning of last night's Jays/Rangers Game 5. Who knows, I'll find out tonight.
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!
