January 23rd 2014.Pick of the Day.
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There are no ongoing series to speak of this day. There is no warmth. No light. No heat. No conditions that would support life in our grand metropolis whatsoever. There is only January, my oldest and most annoying foe, and his spiking of biz at Starbucks and deep chiller of bones over the age of 40. The latter of which I'm only speculating about. Really. No, honest! I have this friend who gets these aches when the cold OH FUCK YOU WINTER!!! WILL YOU LURK OFF INTO YOUR SEASONAL GRAVEYARD AND DIE ALREADY?!?!?
Ahem. The rep circuit doings this molecularly immoble day be thus;
Film Forum
BOY (1969) Dir; Nagisa Oshima
BowTie Chelsea Cinema
WORKING GIRL (1988) Dir; Mike Nichols
Kaufman Music Center
THE GODDESS (1934) Dir; Yu Wonggang/THE GARAGE (1920) Dir; Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Nitehawk Cinema
CAT PEOPLE (1982) Dir; Paul Schrader
Today's Pick? Only Nastassja Kinski is hot enough to tempt me out of my house tonight, let alone to cross a river and visit follically festooned Williamsburg. So let's go with the combo of Paul Schrader's CAT PEOPLE, the Nitehawk's exceptional tater tots and root beer, and the deep burn in my loins all three may simultaneously conjure. I never thought I'd be writing this letter to Penthouse Forum, but...
For more info on these and all NYC's classic screenings in January '14 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. And be sure to follow me on both Facebook, where I provide further info and esoterica on the rep film circuit and star birthdays, and Twitter, where I provide a daily feed for the day's screenings and other blathery. Also please take a second to check with the good folks over at Occupy Sandy to see if you can donate/volunteer to a good cause. Some of our fellow NY'ers have yet to be made whole post-Sandy, more than a year later, and temperatures like these remind those of us more fortunate that we can still help our less fortunate neighbors. In any case please be especially attentive to your local charity of choice during these brutal next few days. Back with a brand new Pick tomorrow, til then be safe and sound and make sure the next knucklehead is too! Excelsior!
-Joe Walsh
