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Hallo my Halloween Hungry Stockahz! I'm back with your last weeknd roundup of October '16! Lord how this month has flown past, mebbe solely because as much as we want time to slow the hell down a patch, we also can't wait to get to the day of the year when candy is free and we get to dress up like the thing that scares us most. No election jokes, please.
I've added a day to the Pick list and cut off the usual look forward to the week to come, only because November 1st falls on this upcoming Tuesday, when the new interactive rep calendar will be going live, and the Overview of the this year's 11th month will be following shortly after. So let's close this month out clean and start the next just as cleanly. The hijinks are aplenty this 4-day span, so let's get to it.
New and ongoing series this weeknd include Kurosawa & Mifune at IFC Center, Modern Matinees: B is for Bogart and Tomu Uchida: A Retrospective at MoMA, 13 Cats at BAM Cinématek, Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z, Trouble Every Day: Halloween at Metrograph and Old & Improved at Metrograph, The Medium is the Massacre and The Genre Terrorist: Lucio Fulci at Anthology Film Archives, Krzysztof Kieslowski: A Complete Retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image, and the tyke-terrifying Film Forum Jr. at, well, Film Forum. The heebies and the jeebies be thus;
Friday October 28th
IFC Center
RASHOMON (1950) Dir; Akira Kurosawa
Film Forum
TAMPOPO (1985) Dir; Juzo Itami
SAFETY LAST! (1923) Dir; Fred Newmeyer & Sam Taylor
MoMA
Modern Matinees: B is for Bogart
SABRINA (1954) Dir; Billy Wilder
THE KURODA AFFAIR (1956) Dir; Tomu Uchida
THE MASTER SPEARMAN (1960) Dir; Tomu Uchida
BAM Cinématek
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) Dir; Hayao Miyazaki
KURONEKO (1968) Dir; Kaneto Shindô
Metrograph
NIGHT MOVES (1975) Dir; Arthur Penn
Trouble Every Day: Halloween at Metrograph
STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1981) Dir; Michael Lauhglin
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE (1990) Dir; John Harrison
Anthology Film Archives
RAPTURE (1979) Dir; Iván Zulueta
ANGUISH (1987) Dir; Bigas Luna
The Genre Terrorist: Lucio Fulci
MASSACRE TIME (1966) Dir; Lucio Fulci
A STRANGE TYPE (1962) Dir; Lucio Fulci
Museum of the Moving Image
Krzysztof Kieslowski: A Complete Retrospective
THREE COLORS: BLUE (1991) Dir; Krzysztof Kieslowski
New York Historical Society
NETWORK (1976) Dir; Sidney Lumet
Syndicated
THE WITCHES (1990) Dir; Nicolas Roeg
THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) Dir; Frank Oz
HAUSU (1977) Dir; Nobuhiku Obayashi
Nitehawk Cinema
CREEPSHOW (1982) Dir; George A. Romero
Today's Pick? Kaneto Shindô's shimmering, shadowy ghost story/revenge tale KURONEKO, unspooling in glorious 35mm at BAM Cinématek as part of their All Hallow's themed series 13 Cats. Let this film be a lesson to everyone behind the whole bodega cats ban in NYC. Just a warning.
Saturday October 29th
IFC Center
RASHOMON (1950) Dir; Akira Kurosawa
Nitehawk Cinema
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) Dir; Charles Barton
PSYCHO (1960) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
A NITE TO DISMEMBER 2016:
THE EXORCIST (1973) Dir; William Friedkin
THE BLACK CAT (1934) Dir; Edgar G. Ulmer
UNDER THE SHADOW (2016) Dir; Babak Anvari
THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1974) Dir; John Hough
NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988) Dir; Joe Augustyn
Metrograph
Trouble Every Day: Halloween at Metrograph
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) Dir; Roger Corman
STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1981) Dir; Michael Laughlin
Film Forum
TAMPOPO (1985) Dir; Juzo Itami
Syndicated
SUSPIRIA (1977) Dir; Dario Argento
HELLRAISER (1985) Dir; Clive Barker
MoMA
SWORDS IN THE MOONLIGHT (1957) Dir; Tomu Uchida
SWORDS IN THE MOONLIGHT PART TWO (1958) Dir; Tomu Uchida
SWORDS IN THE MOONLIGHT PART THREE (1959) Dir; Tomu Uchida
Museum of the Moving Image
REDS (1981) Dir; Warren Beatty
BAM Cinématek
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) Dir; Hayao Miyazaki
CAT PEOPLE (1942) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
CAT PEOPLE (1982) Dir; Paul Shrader
Anthology Film Archives
DEMONS (1985) Dir; Lamberto Bava
DEMONS 2 (1986) Dir; Lamberto Bava
The Genre Terrorist: Lucio Fulci
THE CONSPIRACY OF TORTURE (1969) Dir; Lucio Fulci
CONQUEST (1983) Dir; Lucio Fulci
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980) Dir; Lucio Fulci
ZOMBIE (1979) Dir; Lucio Fulci
Today's Pick? What else? My beloved Nitehawk Cinema, and their now legendary all-night fright-fest A Nite to Dismember, now celebrating its 4th go-'round, replete as usual with all the spooky accoutrements: costume contests, trivia, and the complimentary breakfast just to complete the whole bloody affair. Plus: you can pretend the root beer is blood and the tater tots are eyeballs. Or you can probably just buy the real thing a few blocks nearby and just sneak 'em in. It's still Brooklyn, after all.
Sunday October 30th
IFC Center
RASHOMON (1950) Dir; Akira Kurosawa
Film Forum
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) Dir; Frank Oz
TAMPOPO (1985) Dir; Juzo Itami
Nitehawk Cinema
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) Dir; Charles Barton
PSYCHO (1960) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Syndicated
THE SHINING (1980) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
Museum of the Moving Image
Krzysztof Kieslowski: A Complete Retrospective
THREE COLORS: BLUE (1993) Dir; Krzysztof Kieslowski
THREE COLORS: WHITE (1994) Dir; Krzysztof Kieslowski
THREE COLORS: RED (1994) Dir; Krzysztof Kieslowski
Mid-Manhattan Library
THE MAN I LOVE (1946) Dir; Raoul Walsh
Metrograph
SUPERNATURAL (1933) Dir; Victor Halperin
AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980) Dir; Paul Schrader
PATTY HEARST (1988) Dir; Paul Schrader
BAM Cinématek
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) Dir; Hayao Miyazaki
THE BLACK CAT (1934) Dir; Edgar G. Ulmer
MoMA
THE MAD FOX (1962) Dir; Tomu Uchida
THE KURODA AFFAIR (1956) Dir; Tomu Uchida
Anthology Film Archives
POLTERGEIST (1982) Dir; Tobe Hooper
TERRORVISION (1986) Dir; Ted Nicolaou
The Genre Terrorist: Lucio Fulci
MY SISTER-IN-LAW (1976) Dir; Lucio Fulci
DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1972) Dir; Lucio Fulci
THE NEW YORK RIPPER (1982) Dir; Lucio Fulci
Today's Pick? I'm going off-book today, meaning I'm taking a break from horror films, even though it's Halloween weekend. And, of course, assuming you don't find European arthouse cinema scary. Uncle Floyd would. No, today's Pick is the rare opportunty to catch the THREE COLORS TRILOGY: BLUE, WHITE and RED, back-to-back-to-back in 35mm as part of Museum of the Moving Image's retropsective to the great Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. The only thing really scary about this prospect? Will the R train be running? WILL IT?!?!?
Monday October 31st
Halloween
Film Forum
TAMPOPO (1985) Dir; Juzo Itami
MoMA
CHIKAMATSU'S LOVE IN OSAKA (1959) Dir; Tomu Uchida
Metrograph
Trouble Every Day: Halloween at Metrograph
TALES FROM THE FARKSIDE (1990) Dir; John Harrison
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) Dir; Roger Corman
DEF BY TEMPTATION (1990) Dir; James Bond III
BAM Cinématek
ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) Dir; Charles Barton
HAUSU (1977) Dir; Nobuhiku Obayashi
Anthology Film Archives
The Genre Terrorist: Lucio Fulci
THE BEYOND (1980) Dir; Lucio Fulci
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1982) Dir; Lucio Fulci
CAT IN THE BRAIN (1990) Dir; Lucio Fulci
Japan Society
THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966) Dir; Hiroshi Teshigahara
Syndicated
HALLOWEEN (1978) Dir; John Carpenter
Today's Pick? A challenge: I'm proposing a makeshift double-feature, beginning with Corman's MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, screening at 7pm at our newest and sfiffiest rep house Metrograph at No. 7 Ludlow St., then hopping the J train out to bustling burg of Bushwick, Brooklyn, to catch Syndicated's 10:30pm screening of the one, the only, John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN. I asks ye, exists there a better way to end the haunted holiday than with its cinematic forebear?
So there ya have it, my advice for your weekend's best time expenditure, and I'll be back this week just as soon as the November '16 calendar goes live sometme in the AM of the 1st. And we'll check in again a week from now for the purposes of once more rummaging through the reels and making the tough yet wonderful choices regarding our chosen love. Til then be sure to follow me on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram, and be SURE to catch my new YouTube channel, Nitrate Stock TV, where I'll be checking in at screenings all over the city and giving my 2 cents on the film, the venue, the audience, any damn thing that comes to my mind. Which, as some of ya know, can be quite entertaining. Til next time Stockahz, remember: be safe, be sound, and make sure the next guy and gal are too. Excelsior!
- Joe Walsh
P. S. As you know I like to beat the drum for what I consider worthwhile causes. Lately the strain of xenophobia which, sadly has always been present in our countyr, mostly dormant, but at times very awoken and tangible. Sadly, the latter is the present case, and the subject of Syrain refugees has become a veritable powderkeg. To those of you who believe we can aid these people, our fellow human beings who are desperate for our help, I suggest the heroic efforts of the good men and women at www.DoctorsWithoutBorders.org. They're providing boots-on-the-ground relief, everything from surgery and medicine to clean water. It's a small something to be sure in this maelstrom of madness, but is is just that: something.
