July 21st-27th: Sayles' Brother, Wright's Heists, and Bava's Blood! Let's Go To The Artificially-Cooled Darkened Indoor Environments!

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New and continuing series this upcoming week include "Ford to City: Drop Dead!" NYC in the 70's! at Film Forum; Modern Matinees: The Impeccable Deborah Kerr and Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction at MoMA; Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z at Metrograph; Mondo Bava at the Quad Cinema; and Edgar Wright presents Heist Society at BAM Cinématek. To the dark auditoriums!

 

Friday July 21th

 

IFC Center

BEETLEJUICE (1988) Dir; Tim Burton

 

Film Forum

"Ford to City: Drop Dead!" NYC in the 70's!

ALL THAT JAZZ (1979) Dir; Bob Fosse

THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974) Dir; Joseph Sargent

THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) Dir; Sydney Pollack

CRUISING (!980) Dir; William Friedkin

 

MoMA

Modern Matinees: The Impeccable Deborah Kerr

BONJOUR TRISTESSE (1958) Dir; Otto Preminger

 

Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction

THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984) Dir; John Sayles

 

Metrograph

Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z

THREE WOMEN (1977) Dir; Robert Altman

 

BAM Cinématek

HUSBANDS (1970) Dir; John Cassavetes

 

Quad Cinema

Mondo Bava

RABID DOGS (1978) Dir; Mario Bava

THE WHIP AND THE BODY (1963) Dir; Mario Bava

5 DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON (1970) Dir; Mario Bava

 

LA CHINOISE (1967) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard

 

Cedar Grove Beach, Staten Island

JAWS (1975) Dir; Steven Spielberg

 

Pier One, Riverside Park, Manhattan

L'UMIERE D'ETE (1943) Dir; Jean Grémillon

 

Today's Pick? Air-conditioning. In the form of John Sayles' first great genre mash-up as writer/director, 1984's THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET, unspooling in cool 35mm at MoMA as part of their wonderfully eccentric series Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction. Joe Morton, he who would nearly create SkyNet in Cameron's T2, makes the most of his first starring role, evoking the silent grace of Chaplin in certain sequences, as the titluar visitor, a welcome respite from and compromise to the usual doey-eyed savior figure and/or the not-so-benevelont planet-hopper. If never seen, a must. Did I mention AC?

 

Saturday July 22nd

 

IFC Center

BEETLEJUICE (1988) Dir; Tim Burton

 

Film Forum

"Ford to City: Drop Dead!" NYC in the 70's!

MARATHON MAN (1976) Dir; John Schlesinger

MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) Dir; John Schlesinger

 

Quad Cinema

Mondo Bava

BARON BLOOD (1972) Dir; Mario Bava

DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS (1966) Dir; Mario Bava

FOUR TIMES THAT NIGHT (1972) Dir; Mario Bava

LISA AND THE DEVIL (1973) Dir; Mario Bava

 

LA CHINOISE (1967) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard

 

BAM Cinématek

Edgar Wright presents Heist Society

THE LADYKILLERS (1955) Dir; Alexander MacKendrick

THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) Dir; Peter Collinson

 

HUSBANDS (1970) Dir; John Cassavetes

 

Metrograph

Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z

THREE WOMEN (1977) Dir; Robert Altman

 

MoMA

Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction

COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (1970) Dir; Joseph Sargent

 

Today's Pick? While not a trad twin bill, meaning you'll have to pay the price of TWO-COUNT-'EM-TWO admissions per screening, the back-to-backer of Alexander MacKendrick's THE LADYKILLERS and Peter Collison's THE ITALIAN JOB, both works of grim-heist fiction buoyed by marvelous whimsical black comedy, unspool at BAM Cinématek as part of their BABY DRIVER-timed Edgar Wright presents Heist Society! Two much-lauded star turns from iconic Brit thesps Alec Guinness and Michael Caine respectively anchor both films. Did I mention BAM has ace AC?

 

Sunday July 23rd

 

IFC Center

BEETLEJUICE (1988) Dir; Tim Burton

 

Film Forum

"Ford to City: Drop Dead!" NYC in the 70's!

THE LANDLORD (1971) Dir; Hal Ashby

MANHATTAN (1979) Dir; Woody Allen

 

Quad Cinema

Mondo Bava

BLACK SABBATH (1963) Dir; Mario Bava

EVIL EYE (1963) Dir; Mario Bava

A HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON (1970) Dir; Mario Bava

BLACK SUNDAY (1960) Dir; Mario Bava

A BAY OF BLOOD (1971) Dir; Mario Bava

 

LA CHINOISE (1967) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard

 

MoMA

Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction

THE BED-SITTING ROOM (1969) Dir; Richard Lester

 

Mid-Manhattan Library

THE COURT JESTER (1955) Dirs; Noran Panama, Melvin Frank

 

Metrograph

Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z

TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) Dir; Seijun Suzuki

THREE WOMEN (1977) Dir; Robert Altman

 

BAM Cinématek

Edgar Wright presents Heist Society

THE GETAWAY (1972) Dir; Sam Peckinpah

 

Today's Pick? Listen to me very carefully here: I'm about to suggest my very first 5-fer on this site. At least as I remember it. Look, it's been five years, it's possible I've suggested a 10-FER at some point. Go directly to the newly-restored Quad Cinema and purchase tix for each of the following in their Mondo Bava series; 1963's BLACK SABBATH and EVIL EYE, 1970's A HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON, 1960's BLACK SUNDAY, and 1971's A BAY OF BLOOD. The day kicks off at 1pm and will eventually take you close to the witching hour, and most of the screenings are in glorius 35mm. Yes, the AC is working. Did you ask?

 

Other notable screenings upcoming this week include the 1st pairing of Rock Hudson & Doris Day in the absolutely wholesome sex romp PILLOW TALK, Monday at Bryant Park; the double feature of Barry Shears' ACROSS 110TH STREET and Aram Avakian's COPS AND ROBBERS, Tuesday at Film Forum as part of their series "Ford to City: Drop Dead!" NYC in the 70's!; Seijun Suzuki's trippy pop-gangster flick, i.e. Tarantino petri dish, 1966's TOKYO DRIFTER, Wednesday at Metrograph as part of their ongoing Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z; and Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, this Thursday outdoors at Corlears Hook Park, Manhattan. Oh outdoor screenings, why are you nearly 1/2 over???

 

Once again, there you have it, my picks and pontifications regarding your next 7 days' worth of rep filmgoing! We'll check in again a week from now, in the early days of a whole new spin 'round the sun, 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

 

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