September 1st 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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Look, September, I wanna clear something up. I got nothing against you, nothing against what you bring to the city. In fact, you're pretty awesome! You mellow out the weather, you oversee the final weeks of a contentious baseball season, you spur me on to make as many trips to the park to read, write and scope out the chicks before they start layering. You're the goods, and you hover over my hometown like a benevolent angel. No, I've got nothing against you at all.
It's your second cousin January that always follows you through the door that's caused this unease between us. So I'm just gonna lay it on the line. You're welcome anytime you wanna drop by, but January's gotta go. Some relationships are just toxic, y'know?
I'm glad we cleared that air. Ahem.
Ongoing series this day include the kicking off of MoMA's Auteurist History of Film Reprise, the J. Hoberman-curated Fun City: New York in the Movies 1967-75, and the last week of Son of Summer SciFi, Fantasy and Horror at the Film Forum. The full day's lineup as follows;
IFC Center
RIO BRAVO (1959) Dir; Howard Hawks
Film Forum
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1968) Dir; Roy Ward Baker
ALIEN (1979) Dir; Ridley Scott
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960) Dir; Wolf Rilla
ALIENS (1986) Dir; James Cameron
Museum of the Moving Image
THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (1971) Dir; Jerry Schatzburg
DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975) Dir; Sidney Lumet
MoMA
NEVER FEAR (1950) Dir; Ida Lupino
THE RIVER (1951) Dir; Jean Renoir
Landmark Sunshine Cinemas
TAXI DRIVER (1976) Dir; Martin Scorsese
IFC Center
THE WILD BUNCH (1969) Dir; Sam Peckinpah
My Pick today? Jean Renoir's first toe dipped into the Technicolor pool, his adap of Rumer Godden's THE RIVER, based on the Brit author's memoirs of a youth spent in Bangladesh and screening today at MoMA. Doubly important to the cinematic timeline for its employment of one Satyajit Ray as location scout, as Renoir's encouragement proved vital to the Indian auteur's baby steps into the cinematic world. That's priceless.
For the exacts on these and all of September '13's classic screenings feel free to click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter for further info and esoterica. Back tomorrow with more classic rep screening magic. Til then hope you're enjoying your long weekend, Stockahz! Be safe and sound!
-Joe Walsh
