February 20th 2016. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series this day include Film Comment Selects at the Film Society, the femme phantasmogoric Witches' Brew at BAM Cinématek, and American International Pictures, Part Three at Anthology Film Archives. The cinematic surfeit be thus;
Film Society of Lincoln Center
THE DEVIL (1972) Dir; Andrzej Zulawski
ON THE SILVER GLOBE (1988) Dir; Andrzej Zulawski
Film Forum
CITY OF WOMEN (1980) Dir; Federico Fellini
BAM Cinématek
SUSPIRIA (1979) Dir; Dario Argento
THE WICKER MAN (1973) Dir; Robin Hardy
Mid-Manhattan Library
ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS (1964) Dir; Gordon Douglas
Anthology Film Archives
American International Pictures, Part Three
MASTER OF THE WORLD (1961) Dir; William Witney
HEAVY TRAFFIC (1973) Dir; Ralph Bakshi
CANNIBAL GIRLS (1973) Dir; Ivan Reitman
IFC Center
TOTAL RECALL (1990) Dir; Paul Verhoeven
Nitehawk Cinema
THE THING (1982) Dir; John Carpenter
Today's Pick? I really wanna go with one of today's wonderful series, but alas none offer the proposition of discounted package tix. The remaining prospects, therefore, would be a BluRay screener of the final Rat Pack flick at the Mid-Manhattan Library, plus midnight screenings of two boundary-testing genre classics from the age before CGI. So, as is so often the case, the answer is Fellini.
Federico Fellini's CITY OF WOMEN, the maestro's fantasia/nightmare envisioning a world populated and ruled entirely (perhaps) by the fairer, smarter sex, screens for a week at Film Forum in a brand-spankin' new DCP resto! General consensus has been that the director's considerable powers waned as the 70's grew into the 80's, but in truth anything he filmed is worth catching on the big screen. The filmmaker's alter ego, Marcello Mastroianni, once again steps into his boss' shoes, and as usual both enjoys the benefits of his indulgences and suffers the consequences for said. Grab your white scarf and fedora and steer your Vespa over to West Hosuton street. Ciao!
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in February '16 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. Winter's icy grip has finally taken hold of our fair city, and 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!
