December 15th 2015. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series this day include Women Crime Writers at Film Forum, the Lynch/Rivette compare/contrast at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Antonio Pietrangeli retro at MoMA, and American International Pictures, Part 2: Bikers, Drugs and Rock & Roll, unspooling at he maddeningly brevity-obsessed Anthology Film Archives. The halide hijinks be thus;
IFC Center
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Dir; Frank Capra
Film Forum
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1950) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977) Dir; Wim Wenders
Film Society of Lincoln Center
WILD AT HEART (1990) Dir; David Lynch
PARIS BELONGS TO US (1961) Dir; Jacques Rivette
ERASERHEAD (1978) Dir; David Lynch
MoMA
Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective
THE MAGNIFICENT CUCKOLD (1964) Dir; Antonio Pietrangeli
Anthology Film Archives
American International Pictures, Part 2: Bikers, Drugs and Rock & Roll
THE SAVAGE SEVEN (1968) Dir; Richard Rush
THE WILD ANGELS (1966) Dir; Roger Corman
Today's Pick? Although two other exceptional series are coming to a close soon, Film Forum's inky-black Women Crime Writers and AFA's AIP trib, I gotta go quite frankly with the three-fer that comes with a discount. And fantastic popcorn. And creepy magi- realist ultra-violence. Think you get that combo everyday, do ya?
The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents David Lynch's ERASERHEAD and WILD AT HEART, as well as kindred spirit Jacques Rivette's PARIS BELONGS TO US, as part of their unfolding Lynch/Rivette program. The purchase of more than 2 tix in any series provides a specially reduced entrance fee, and lord knows there's no surreal paranoid fever dream like a bargain surreal paranoid fever dream. Post-screening psychotherapy at a small additonal cost.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in December '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!
