October 17th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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New and continuing series this day include Film School 101: Canon Fodder at IFC Center, Halloween at Nitehawk at the Nitehawk Cinema, Kon Ichikawa: Restorations at the Japan Society, and The Waking Dreams of Wojciech Has at BAM Cinématek. The Technicolor turpitude be thus;
IFC Center
THE SEARCHERS (1956) Dir; John Ford
Nitehawk Cinema
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1931) Dir; Rouben Mamoulian
RE-ANIMATOR (1985) Dir; Stuart Gordon
Film Forum
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (1960) Dir; Luchino Visconti
Japan Society
HER BROTHER (1960) Dir; Kon Ichikawa
AN ACTOR'S REVENGE (1963) Dir; Kon Ichikawa
BAM Cinématek
The Waking Dreams of Wojciech Has
THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (1965) Dir; Wojciech Has
Today's Pick? Well, I gotta admit freely that I'm probably not kicking myself awake for the early screenings of Ford's SEARCHERS and Mamoulian's JEKYLL/HYDE, no matter how much I love both films, and Gordon's radical and hysterical take on Lovecraft's most-celebrated Miskatonic alum screens on a fairly regualr basis, not that there's a single thing wrong with that. Today really comes down to a contest between a pair of foreign masters, and as I just very recently hoisted Wojciech Has uponst me shoulders, I feel like a filmmaker from a clime nearly halfway roundst tha globe is deserving of some love this day, especially due to the fact that a double bill of his best unspools. Full disclosure: I've yet to view his work firsthand. Tonight, I hope to correct this oversight.
Kon Ichikawa's HER BROTHER and AN ACTOR'S REVENGE unspool in magnificent new 35mm iterations tonight as part of a trib to the director from the Japan Society. I hope to pass the trials in order to be worthy of attending this screening. Which, y'know, pretty much boils down to whether I grab a pair of tiks this elusive from the box office. Hey, you decide which is the more rigorous process.
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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!
