September 5th 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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Today's series consist of MoMA's Auteurist History of Film Reprise, the museum's second chance afforded the lazy cinephile, and the end, sadly, of Film Forum's sublime Son of Summer SciFi, Fantasy and Horror. Creepy-crawlies from the beyond, we hardly knew ye. The full lineup as follows;
Film Forum
CAT PEOPLE (1942) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
CURSE OF THE DEMON (1958) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) Dir; John Carpenter
MoMA
SALVATORE GIULIANO (1961) Dir; Francesco Rosi
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) Dir; William Wyler
THE BAND WAGON (1953) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
BAM Cinematek
SERGE BROMBURG TREASURES
(A restored collection of Mutual and Essanay shorts featuring Charles Chaplin and Max Linder)
Chelsea Bowtie Cinemas
CASABLANCA (1942) Dir; Michael Curtiz
Today's Pick? I'm going for the 2-fer double bill two days running, choosing Jacques Tourneur's CAT PEOPLE and CURSE OF THE DEMON at the Film Forum. I do so not simply because of the haunting tone, silent tiptoe pace and dreadful atmosphere the ace filmmaker brought to these two masterpieces of the macabre, but also because I've fairly recently chosen most of the other selections from today's calendar. Regardless, the Jacquester deserves our Cinegeek love, so let us be unabashed in our effusive display of affection for the Frogteur! Vive le Boo!
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-Joe Walsh
