April 17th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Today's series include the wrap up of Film Forum's excellent & exhaustive Tout Truffaut, as well as the closing night of MoMA's The Aesthetics of Shadow Part 2: Europe and America. The latter venue also offers the continuing Vienna Unveiled, and the ongoing An Auteurist History of Film. The thankfully sleetless proceedings as follows;
Film Forum
THE LAST METRO (1980) Dir; Francois Truffaut
MoMA
POINT BLANK (1967) Dir; John Boorman
JEWEL ROBBERY (1932) Dir; William Dieterle
OUT OF THE PAST (1947) Dir; Jacques Tourneur
REUNION IN VIENNA (1932) Dir; Sidney Franklin
BAM Cinematek
THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (1967) Dir; Jacques Demy
BowTie Chelsea Cinemas
A STAR IS BORN (1954) Dir; George Cukor
Today's Pick? I'm goin' with mah boy François, he of some of the most heartfelt and knowing cinema of the 20th century's latter half, with what some consider his final masterwork. 1980's THE LAST METRO concerns the travails of widowed actress Catherine Deneuve, struggling to carry out her thespian duties while assuming her late husband's task of running the theater, while a continuing nusiance referred to as the Nazi Occupation threatens to unravel her loosely sewn world. Then Gérard Depardieu arrives. Screens all day on the final day of Film Forum's comprehensive trib to the director's CV, Tout Truffaut. Quel dommage!
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in April '14 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. For the monthly overview listen in to the inaugural podcast! 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 everyone's got the latest updates on where we burn this year's Wicker Man, right? I mean, AHEM, here's to an end to this ugly winter weather.
-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 the 2012 hurricane. Be a mensch.
