August 24th 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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Summer 2013's definitely not going out with a whimper, at least not on the rep sreening circuit. Continuing series today include BAM's A Time For Burning; Cinema of the Civil Rights Movement, the J. Hoberman curated Fun City: New York in the Movies 1967-75 over at Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image, Anthology Film Archives' dual tribs to Russ Meyer in particular (The Glandscape Artist) and the grindhouse softcore genre of the 60's in general (That's Sexploitation!), and Film Forum's massive Son of Summer Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror! Today's full lineup as follows;
Nitehawk Cinema
THE JERK (1979) Dir; Carl Reiner
IT (1927) Dir; Clarence G.Badger
CADDYSHACK (1980) Dir: Harold Ramis
NEW YORK RIPPER (1985) Dir; Lucio Fulci
Film Forum
THE SERVANT (1963) Dir; Joseph Losey
THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967) Dir; Roman Polanski
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971) Dir; Robert Fuest
BLACULA (1972) Dir; William Crain
Museum of the Moving Image
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) Dir; William Friedkin
ACROSS 110TH STREET (1972) Dir; Barry Shear
Anthology Film Archives
HOT BLOODED WOMAN (1965) Dir; Dale Berry
MERRY MAIDS OF THE GAY WAY (1954) Dir; James R. Connell
MOTOR PSYCHO (1965) Dir; Russ Meyer
STRANGE COMPULSION (1964) Dir; Irving Berwick
DOUBLE AGENT 73 (1974) Dir; Doris Wishman
LET ME DIE A WOMAN (1977) Dir; Doris Wishman
FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1966) Dir; Russ Meyer
BAM Cinematek
NOTHING BUT A MAN (1966) Dir; Michael Roemer
2000 MANIACS (1964) Dir; Herschell G. Lewis
IFC Center
EL TOPO (1970) Dir; Alejandro Jodorowsky
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982) Dir; Colin Higgins
Today's Pick? William Friedkin's THE FRENCH CONNECTION over at MOMI. POPEYE'S HERE!!! And he's gonna nail ya fer pickin' yer feet in Astoria!
For the full details concerning these and all of August '13's classic screenings check the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! I gotta go, Frog One's headed for the subway!
-Joe Walsh
