November 24th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Well, Stockahz, one more strutting of Macy's inflated mascots looms yet again. As this November '15 winds to a close I must offer the following; THE HELL DID THIS YEAR GO?!?!? I mean, look, I know I routinely grump about time's increasingly rapid passage, it comes with the territory; getting on in age goes hand in hand with a nostalgia for things past, such as movies, therefore this website. But c'mon! C'MON! There's a point where it just gets plain ridiculous how fast the iCal's boxes gets highlighted. It doesn't help that one of the films that first made me a cinema fanatic is unleashing it's 7th iteration in about three weeks, which gives me ample and sometimes unwanted contrast with my 7-year old self. It is in this spirit that I face this upcoming December, and do my usual damndest to engage the curious, convince the lazy, and generally do my best to try and inspire, if not your attendance at a classic film screening, then at least your desire to talk about it. Don't mind me, I'll be okay once pitchers and catchers report in February.
Continuing series this day include To Save and Project: The 13th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation at MoMA, Turkeys for Thanksgiving at BAM Cinématek, and Sound and Fury: The Films of Cy Endfield at Anthology Film Archives. Make way for the emulsified ebullience;
Film Forum
FAT CITY (1972) Dir; John Huston
MoMA
To Save and Project: The 13th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
THE BRICK AND THE MIRROR (1965) Dir; Ebrahim Golestan
PAN (1922) Dir; Harald Schwenzen
BAM Cinématek
AT LONG LAST LOVE (1975) Dir; Peter Bogdanovich
Anthology Film Archives
Sound and Fury: The Films of Cy Endfield
TRY AND GET ME! (1950) Dir; Cy Endfield
CRASHOUT (1955) Dir; Lewis R. Foster
Today's Pick? The field is slim, yet cherce. I've recently made the Cy Endfield series my Pick, and I really can't bring myself to choose Petey Bogz's "musical" debacle. I got at least another day to exalt Huston's boxing flick, so I must direct my affections toward MoMA's special annual series, To Save and Project, as it finds itslef among its last days. Today we get not only one of the founding works of the "first" Iranian New Wave, Ebrahim Golestan's THE BRICK AND THE MIRROR, but also an offering from Norway's silent era, Harald Schwenzen's PAN, a feature that promises themes and techniques decades ahead of their time. As always, a museum membership allows you entrance not only to all film screenings, provided you're quick enough in certain cases, but also access to what I hear is an absolutely fantastic museum. I must investigate the latter promise sometime.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in November '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!
