February 14th 2014. Valentine's Pick of the Day.
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Okay, I gotta make this quick, because my cab sank to the bottom of a puddle at the corner of Houston and Broadway and the meter's still running. HANG ON SERGEI, I'M COMIN' TO GETCHYA!!!!
New and continuing series today include MoMA's Auteurist History of Film, BAM's Vengeance is Hers, the Film Society's Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, and Anthology Film Archives' Valentine's Day Massacre 2014. The slushy rewards be thus;
Film Forum
JE T'AIME, JE T'AIME (1968) Dir; Alain Resnais
MoMA
REPULSION (1965) Dir; Roman Polanski
BAM Cinematek
THE LADY EVE (1940) Dir; Preston Sturges
Anthology Film Archives
WE WON'T GROW OLD TOGETHER (1972) Dir; Maurice Pialat
MODERN ROMANCE (1980) Dir; Albert Brooks
Film Society of Lincoln Center
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (1973) Dir; Wojciech Has
BLIND CHANCE (1981) Dir; Krzysztof Kieslowski
New York Historical Society
AMERICAN MADNESS (1932) Dir; Frank Capra
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1964) Dir; Blake Edwards
Today's Pick? Albert Brooks' absolute masterpiece of lovesick cinema MODERN ROMANCE, screening as part of AFA's Valentine's Day Massacre 2014. 'Cause nothing quite defines this holiday like awkward nebbishly discomfort and neurotic obsession. Wait, right?
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in February '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 tomorrow with a brand new Pick, til then that ginormous puddle's turned into a strait, but I'm goin' in anyway! If you never hear from me again CURSE YOU DE BLASIO! CURSE YOU AND YOUR SNOW EMERGENCY PLAN!
-Joe Walsh
P. S. Should you be feeling charitable during this harsh weather period please remember to check in with the good folks over at Occupy Sandy. Some of our NY neighbors are still feeling the effects of last year's hurricane. Be a mensch.
