April 1st 2016. Fool's Day Pick!
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New and continuing series this day include Classic IFC Center and Stephen King on Film at IFC Center, Modern Matinees: Six New York Independents and Her Man: A Forgotten Masterwork in Context at MoMA, Bring Me the Head of Sam Peckinpah at Lincoln Center, Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z at the Metrograph, and the eternally swank Cabaret Cinema at the Rubin Museum. The April aperture amazeballs be thus;
IFC Center
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) Dir; Mel Stuart
CARRIE (1976) Dir; Brian de Palma
Film Forum
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975) Dir; Chantal Akerman
MoMA
Modern Matinees: Six New York Independents
THE SMALL HOURS (1962) Dir; Norman C. Chaitin
Her Man: A Forgotten Masterwork in Context
ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932) Dir; Tay Garnett
HER MAN (1930) Dir; Tay Garnett
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Bring Me the Head of Sam Peckinpah
THE WILD BUNCH (1969) Dir; Sam Peckinpah
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962) Dir; Sam Peckinpah
STRAW DOGS (1971) Dir; Sam Peckinpah
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974) Dir; Sam Peckinpah
Metrograph
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) Dir; George A. Romero
Japan Society
STRAY DOG (1949) Dir; Akira Kurosawa
New York Historical Society
Justice in Film
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964) Dir; John Frankenheimer
Rubin Museum
CONTEMPT (1963) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
Nitehawk Cinema
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1979) Dir; Ruggero Deodato
Today's Pick? Short and to the point, in much the same manner the filmmaker regarded his own body of work. I'm going with Akira Kurosawa's STRAY DOG, what I consider the first true Kurosawa flick, unspooling at the Japan Society in pristine 35mm as part of their Monthly Classics series. Arigato.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in April '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 seems to have loosened on our fair metropolis, but milder weather aside 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!
