January 1st 2014. Happy New Year's Pick of the Day.
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Oh lordy, last night must'a been New Year's Eve. I don't associate this kinda hurt with anything else, having never sat through a nuclear holocaust.
The rep circuit sheningans be as follows;
IFC Center
MY NEIGHBOR TORTORO (1988) Dir; Hiyao Miyazaki
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
Film Forum
THE KID (1921) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
THE GOLD RUSH (1925) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
THE CIRCUS (1928) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
CITY LIGHTS (1931) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
MODERN TIMES (1936) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) Dir; Charlie Chaplin
Film Society of Lincoln Center
GIRLS ABOUT TOWN (1931) Dir; George Cukor
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954) Dir; George Cukor
THE MODEL AND THE MARRIAGE BROKER (1951) Dir; George Cukor
LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (1975) Dir; George Cukor
THE CORN IS GREEN (1979) Dir; George Cukor
MoMA
HUD (1962) Dir; Martin Ritt
Today's Pick? Chaplin. Any Chaplin. ALL Chaplin, if you can spare the entirety of this January 1st in the indulgence of Charlie's feature film magnificence. As this retrospective, courtesy of the Film Forum, specifically concerns the auteur's most famous alter ego, perhaps the most famous alter ego in film history, latter efforts like MONSIEUR VERDOUX, LIMELIGHT and A KING IN NEW YORK are not to be found, so this is not to be considered a full overview of the filmmaker's work; rather it is an appreciation of his beginnings and his stride, mirroring the timeline of the medium itself. So if you really want to celebrate new beginnings on this day that welcomes such fruitful trib, or if you just want to watch a master developing his particular artistic mien, and in so doing contribute majorly to the formative language of cinema itself, you could do worse than plant yourself in a seat at that holy Cinegeek temple on West Houston for a film or six. I highly recommend you do just that.
For more info on this and all NYC's new classic screenings in 2014 click on the interactive calender on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! Back tomorrow with the second new Pick of the year, til then I hope last night found ya drunk and disorderly but not in the eyes of the law, and that you wake in safety and comfort nursing a proper hangover to kick off your new year! Excelsior, Knuckleheads!
-Joe Walsh
