June 11th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Another slight day on the NYC rep film circuit, but one that also offers some cherce cuts indeed. Today's continuing series include An Auteurist History of Film and Carte Blanche: MK2 at MoMA, and All Hail the King: The Films of King Hu at BAM Cinématek. Here be the goods;
Film Forum
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) Dir; William Wyler
MoMA
DEATH IN VENICE (1971) Dir; Luchino Visconti
MELO (1986) Dir; Alain Resnais
AMC Loews Kips Bay 15, AMC Empire 25
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1978) Dir; John Badham
Nitehawk Cinema
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) Dir; John Carpenter
BAM Cinématek
ALL THE KING'S MEN (1983) Dir; King Hu
Today's Pick? I haven't shown nearly enough love to BAM's King Hu retrospective, but it does screen til the 17th, so there's still time. I chose Wyler's masterful BEST YEARS just yesterday, so my double-dip rule is in strict effect. And as tempting Visconti's VENICE might be a combo of director and locale, an even more inviting pairing screens tonight, an entry into the 70's dystopian future genre I simply cannot take sides against. Oh hell let's just get to it.
John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK screens tonight at the Nitehawk Cinema as part of Film Feasts, a series that offers unique specialty menus designed as pairing with a particular screening. So tonight you get No Escape Oysters, Twin Tower Dogs, and Duke's Deep Dish as compliment to Snake Plissken's shenanigans. For dessert they're serving charred magnetic audio tape ba dum I'm here all week try the veal.
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-Joe Walsh
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