January 26th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Continuing series today include IFC Center's sadly expiring The Way He Was: Early Redford, Film Forum's baby-stroller-friendly Film Forum Jr., and MoMI's flaunting of its excellent, recently renovated screening space; the ostentatiously titled See It Big!: Musicals. The cinematic wim wam as follows;
IFC Center
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) Dir; Alan J. Pakula
Film Forum
THE KING AND I (1956) Dir; Walter Lang
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946) Dir; John Ford
Nitehawk Cinema
THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) Dir; John Hughes
Museum of the Moving Image
LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932) Dir; Rouben Mamoulian
GIGI (1958) Dir; Vincente Minnelli
Anthology Film Archives
THERE WAS A FATHER (1942) Dir; Yasujiro Ozu
THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939) Dir; Jean Renior
THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS (1950) Dir; Roberto Rossellini
Today's Pick? Ya may think it a bitter, arduous task to traverse twixt the boroughs on this biblically unpleasant day, but a single reasonably-priced ticket gains you admission to Astoria's cinematic shrine, as well as both of the films it offers on its beautiful big screen today! So jump on the N train and curse existence for the five block walk to the Museum of the Moving Image for their See It Big!: Musicals series, today offering up Rouben Mamoulian's LOVE ME TONIGHT and Vincent Minnelli's GIGI. Should'ya prove brave enough to attend take the opportunity to explore the entirety of the museum while you're there. Whether you're a casual film fan that'll get a kick seeing the dentrifice Brando employed for his puffy-cheeked perf as Don Corleone, or a fanatic who'll obssess over the original Zoetropes and magic lanterns on display, it's one of the true treasures NYC has to offer. And as the American film industry kinda sorta began here, it's entirely appropos.
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. Back with a brand new Pick tomorrow, til then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
-Joe Walsh
