By Joe Walsh
Fri, 05/08/2015 - 7:23am
By Joe Walsh
Thu, 05/07/2015 - 6:47am
Y'know, on second bounce, Whedon's AGE OF ULTRON might actually be the better of his two AVENGERS flicks. It's denser, it's weighed with more exposition regarding not just itself but the entirety of the upcoming Phase Three, it's got messier resolutions. So much the better, not just for Marvel fans in particular, popcorn cinema fans in a wider circle, but cinema in general. It proves that there's still room for craftsmanship, if not singular signature filmmaking on the mega-budget level, to properly shine. Shpiel concluded, now to the classics.
Continuing series today include Acteurism: Joel McCrea and Japan Speaks Out! Early Japanese Talkies, both unspooling at MoMA. The silver halide hijinks be thus;
By Joe Walsh
Wed, 05/06/2015 - 7:30am
One more Cinco de Quatro has come and gone. Micheladas were imbibed. Quesadillas were masticated. A-Rod was booed. All in all, a satisfying eve. Not that A-Rod has anything to do with the Mexican celebration of their victory over French aggression, I just wish him ill. And plenty of it. Vive Mejico!
Continuing series today include Acteurism: Joel McCrea and Japan Speaks Out! Early Japanese Talkies at MoMA. The sprocket scallywaggery be thus;
By Joe Walsh
Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:31am
I believe I have emerged fully intact from both last week's Marvel Movie Marathon and the subsequent juice purge/24-hour blood transfusion to ensure the continuance of my mortal coil. Docs say my diabetes has now reached a curable plateau, my liver has regenrated from its pâté status, and as it turns out the parts of my brain that I lost I never really needed to begin with. So that makes me feel alarm clock broccoli preponderance snagjvknvowe4rfdjknciuh;oweioe'ovicn'orthgo5ihg'o5
Today's lone series is CinéSalon: Haute Couture on Film over at the French Institute/Alliance Française. The thin but delicious movie menu be thus;
By Joe Walsh
Sat, 05/02/2015 - 9:57am
Hallo Stockahz! Welcome to the May '15 overview of the NYC repertory film circuit! I hope what the great George Harrison once referred to as this "long cold lonely winter" hasn't so deepened the crevices in the harder parts of your hearts to the extent that the prospect of greener and warmer memories yet to be made affects you not in the slightest. We've got the best of the year in classic screenings to come, from deep-cut career retrospectives, to outdoor projections, to, and this is best of all, multi-borough travel from venue to venue that's so amazingly more tolerable compared to what these last few winters have offered. The year in NYC repertory film has, to a certain degree, just now begun. so let's get to it.
By Joe Walsh
Wed, 04/29/2015 - 7:01am
Taking a break from the usual business this site normally prioritizes, a focus on and rallying cry for classic repertory cinema screening large, preferably in an almost wholly antiquated celluloid format, in order to bang the gong for the event I will be attending today. And tomorrow. Today and tomorrow. Actually it's going to be like one whole long day. A 27-hour, 11-film day, what me and my geek cronies laughingly referred to back in the wake of the 2012 AVENGERS marathon as the too-ridiculous-to-ever-rationally-be-considered sequel marathon. Except somebody not only considered it rational, they programmed it. Mebbe they ain't too rational, come to think...
By Joe Walsh
Tue, 04/28/2015 - 7:21am
As some of you may know, I'm gearing up for my imminent date with the Marvel Movie Marathon, kicking off tomorrow and releasing us inmates sometime about 10pm the following evening. As some of you may also know, I've decided to make some actual use of the 11-film, 27-hour endurance test to raise some cash for several noble causes. Should you be interested in sponsoring my mighty feat of eyelid parting, or simply want more details regarding the whole shebang, feel free to head over to my Facebook event page here! And to clarify, this is not a call for your physical attendance, but a sponsoring of my endurance, film-by-film, of the entire unthinkable proposition, for whatever cause you deem most worthy. Give it a look, whydont'chya?
Continuing series this day include CinéSalon: Haute Couture on Film at the French Institute, and The Vertigo Effect at BAM Cinématek. The tomfoolery be thus;
By Joe Walsh
Sat, 04/25/2015 - 6:55am
Now is the Spring of our discontent made inglorious chaff by this f***ing Winter that WON'T EVER GO AWAY! Again, I'm completely willing to sacrifice A-Rod in a Wicker Man up at the Cloisters to get the job done. The jail time is minimal, I'm told.
Continuing series today include The Vertigo Effect at BAM Cinématek and Art of the Real 2015 at the Lincoln Center. The zoetrope zaniness be thus;
By Joe Walsh
Fri, 04/24/2015 - 7:30am
For those of you what may be unawares, I've not only committed to an 11-film, 27-hour Marvel Movie Marathon next week, one that concludes with the premiere of THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, I've also made a charity fundraising drive out of the whole mishegoss. Should you be interested in the exacts regarding how to sponsor me and where to donate, I direct you to the Facebook Event page here. From all others, I will accept nothing less than your utter confusion, so successfully does it help to pave my road in this world. Geek LIFE, suckahz!
New and continuing series this day include Acteurism: Joel McCrea at MoMA, the kickoff of the 42nd Chaplin Award at the Film Society, Justice in Film at the New York Historical Society, Beyond Cassavetes: Lost Legends of the New York Film World at Anthology Film Archives, and the eternally swank Cabaret Cinema at the Rubin Museum. The Bell & Howell brouhaha be thus;
By Joe Walsh
Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:11am
In perfect concert with today's Pick, I get to finally present the following article.
I was lucky enough to recently attend a screening of Orson Welles' CITIZEN KANE as part of a comprehensive tribute to the filmmaker this past January. I was luckier still to have a real-live honest-to-goodness auteur in attendance to discuss the one-time greatest film ever made (yer wrong about VERTIGO, Sight & Sound!). Discuss being the key word here, as master filmmaker and New Hollywood legend William Friedkin, who made a graceful afford of his time and experience and insight, remained quite insistent that a Q&A was impossible, as the only legit A in that equation would be Orson himself. So he proffered the notion of a back and forth between himself and the audience, as fans of the film engaging in conversation over a beloved classic, as equals. Here is a partial transcript of that evening;
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