October 28th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing and returning series this day include The Apu Trilogy at Film Forum, Modern Matinees: In the Beginning at MoMA, Hitchcock/Truffaut at Lincoln Center, and Celluloid Dreams at IFC Center. The flickering foofaraw be thus;
Film Forum
PATHER PANCHALI (1955) Dir; Satyajit Ray
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (1960) Dir; Luchino Visconti
MoMA
Modern Matinees: In the Beginning
BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919) Dir; D. W. Griffith*
*Live piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin
INSIANG (1976) Dir; Lino Brocka
Film Society of Lincoln Center
THE MANXMAN (1929) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
SABOTEUR (1942) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
FRENZY (1972) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
IFC Center
STAR 80 (1983) Dir; Bob Fosse
Nitehawk Cinema
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Dir; George A. Romero*
*Live musical accompaniment by Morricone Youth
Today's Pick? Romero's seminal zombie begetter is, alas, sold out, and the combo of film and live score really made this a winner. Satyajit Ray's winning, winsome, sincerley crafted ode to youth coming of age in an India on the verge of modernization can go F*@# itself already! Ya know how friggin' annoying it is to keep track of how the various venues who've presented the trilogy have scheduled it?!?!?! Okay, I'm mostly kidding, but yo. Enuff. Go buy the BluRay. Brocka's INSIANG is a breakout work of Phillipino New Wave cinema from the 70's, and Griffith's tale of racial injustice is always an essential watch. However they just don't meet the Ghoultide season's requirements. So, as is usually the case, I turn to Big Al.
Three by the Mahstah unspool today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Francesca Beale Theater; 1929's THE MANXMAN, his penultimate silent; 1942's SABOTEUR, his successful Americanization of THE 39 STEPS; and 1972's FRENZY, his final British film. All three can be had for a specially discounted tik, so my advice to you is to run betwen the raindrops, snag that stub, and nestle into a seat you deign yer fave for the duration of the dread and suspense. Plus, the popcorn's top notch. Just don't dig to the bottom of the bag what is that mushy thing I feel it sure isn't popcorn lemme brush some of these popped kernels aside and GAAAHHH IT'S AN EYEBALL!!! Nah, just kiddin', they don't include eyeballs with the popcorn at Lincoln Center. Where do you think they are, Staten Island?
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!
