August 27th 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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I celebrate every August 27th one more year wherein my cinematic obsession found its indulgence, and look forward with great anticipation to tonight's screening of my Pick, one of my all-time faves in what promises to be a stunning 35mm print. Before we get to that, today's notable series include the Nitehawk Cinema's VICE Presents the Film Foundation, the imminent exhaustion of That's Sexploitation! at Anthology Film Archives, and the still thriving Son of Summer Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror over at Film Forum. The lineup as follows;
Film Forum
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) Dir; Eugene Lourie
THE SERVANT (1963) Dir; Joseph Losey
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961) Dir; Cy Endfield
SWAMP THING (1982) Dir; Wes Craven
Anthology Film Archives
STREET CORNER (1948) Dir; Albert H. Kelley
OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME (1964) Dir; Joseph P. Mawra
Nitehawk Cinema
THE RED SHOES (1948) Dir; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Today's Pick? You really need to ask?
THE RED SHOES, that most magical examination of artistic passion told through the prism of glorious Technicolor, screens tonight at the Nitehawk Cinema in beautiful bustling Billyburg! Powell and Pressburger, collectively known as The Archers, made many a masterpiece during the tenure of their extraordinary collaboration, but none may leave quite the sting of heartbeak as this modern updating of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale. Simply, one of the all-time greats, and this might possibly be one of the last times we get to view this perfect a celluloid print in so welcome a setting. Maybe I see you there!
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-Joe Walsh
