November 13th 2013. Pick Of The Day.
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You thought yesterday was lean regarding rep cinema screenings? Not only does today boast an even slimmer sked but it's friggin' FREEZING! I don't know why I'm taking this tone with you, it must be the hypothermia! We're still cool, right?
New and continuing series today inlcude MoMA's ongoing Auteurist History of Film and BAM's trib to Czech New Wave pioneer Jan Nemec. The doings be thus;
Film Forum
SIDEWALK STORIES (1988) Dir; Charles Lane
THE FRESHMAN (1925) Dirs; Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
MoMA
LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) Dir; Peter Brook
BAM
DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT (1964) Dir; Jan Nemec
Regal Union Square Stadium 14
RISKY BUSINESS (1983) Dir; Paul Brickman
Today's Pick? I'm going with Peter Brook's stark, austere and masterful adap of William Golding's seminal high school read LORD OF THE FLIES, screening at MoMA. Not just because I've picked Harold Lloyd's FRESHMAN and Jan Nemec's DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT already, but yeah kinda sorta because I've already chosen the Lloyd and the Nemec who'm I foolin'. And I'll be damned if I'm advising anyone to catch a Tom Cruise flick, even if it's the only one I can stand him in. No, Brook's expert screen translation of Golding's novel, the tale of schoolboys abandoned on a deserted island, an examination of the ephemerality of civilizing influence and the ultimate supremacy of the lizard brain, takes my Pick today. What better way to kick off a potentially brutal Winter '13/'14 and a probable soul-killing Knicks season than with an uplifting dose of utter savagery? Kill the pig, indeed.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic screenings in November '13 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Back tomorrow with more of what ya love, til then dress warm and suggest others do likewise. Cheers!
-Joe Walsh
P. S. Now would be a really good time to check in with the folks at Occupy Sandy to see if you might still be able to donate/volunteer. The storm's well over a year old but some of our NY family still need our help.
