October 23rd 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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I'm just gonna go ahead and skip to the continuing series today, which include Film Forum's Jacques Demy huggery, MoMA's ongoing Auteurist History of Film and annual To Save and Project, and BAM's heartfelt trib to the recently departed Karen Black. The rollcall commencement;
Film Forum
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) Dir; Jacques Demy
TOKYO STORY (1953) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
Film Society of Lincoln Center
GRANDEUR AND DECADENCE (1986) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
BRITISH SOUNDS (1969/70) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard
MoMA
KNIFE IN THE WATER (1962) Dir; Roman Polanski
OF STARS AND MEN (1964-70) Dir; John Hubley
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (1951) Dir; Laszlo Benedek
CITY OF WOMEN (1980) Dir; Federico Fellini
BAM Cinematek
COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1982) Dir; Robert Altman
Today's Pick? Like I'm gonna take sides against an on-the-lam criminal mastermind? Polanski's KNIFE IN THE WATER at MoMA bests all competitors today, if not because it announced to the world a major new cinematic voice then for the simple reason that he may know where I live, and he's already beaten the law once...
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-Joe Walsh
