August 23rd 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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LOTS going on today in the world of rep cinema screenings. Ongoing series include Film Forum's massive yet soon to wind down Son of Summer Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror fest, MoMA's Auteurist History of Film series, and Anthology Film Archives' collective Hallelloo to the godfather of the Nudie Cuties, the gloriously batshit Russ Meyer. The lineup today as follows;
Film Forum
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) Dir; Don Siegel
THE SERVANT (1963) Dir; Joseph Losey
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) Dir; Phil Kaufman
BODY SNATCHERS (1993) Dir; Abel Ferrara
MoMA
SHADOWS (1959) Dir; John Cassavetes
BAM
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) Dir; Robert Wise
Anthology Film Archives
SUPERVIXENS (1975) Dir; Russ Meyer
OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME (1964) Dir; Joseph P. Mawra
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970) Dir; Russ Meyer
Intrepid Air & Space Museum
THE KARATE KID (1984) Dir; John G. Avildsen
Nitehawk Cinema
CADDYSHACK (1980) Dir; Harold Ramis
NEW YORK RIPPER (1985) Dir; Lucio Fulci
IFC Center
EL TOPO (1970) Dir; Alejandro Jodorowsky
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982) Dir; Colin Higgins
Today's Pick? Don Seigel's INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS! Duh! Screens all day at Film Forum. You're next.
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-Joe Walsh
