July 6th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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I think the advent of another July 6th rollin' aboot absolves me from a lengthy intro paragraph once again. So I'll just get to the pertinent info. You may thank me later.
Ongoing series today include Time Regained: Cinema's Present Perfect at IFC Center, See It Big!: Science Fiction (Part Two) at Museum of the Moving Image, Big Screen Epics at BAM Cinématek's Harvey Theater, and the Sir Run Run Shaw trib as part of the 2014 New York Asian Film Fest at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Here be the ballyhoo;
Nitehawk Cinema
JAWS (1975) Dir; Steven Spielberg
Film Forum
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) Dir; Richard Lester
IFC Center
THE 400 BLOWS (1959) Dir; François Truffaut
STOLEN KISSES (1968) Dir; François Truffaut
BED AND BOARD (1970) Dir; François Truffaut
LOVE ON THE RUN (1979) Dir; François Truffaut
Symphony Space
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) Dir; Orson Welles
Mid-Manhattan Library
DIAL "M" FOR MURDER (1955) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
Museum of the Moving Image
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
Bam Cinématek - Harvey Theater
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Dir; Victor Fleming
Film Society of Lincoln Center
THE CHINESE BOXER (1970) Dir; Jimmy Wong Yu
Today's Pick? Although I didn't list it, because most short films, along with the bulk of documentaries and experimental cinema, don't meet the selective criteria of this cinematic retreat for the sophisticate, Truffaut's 1962 ANTOINE & COLETTE completes the Antoine Doinel Cycle unspooling as a series within a series today at IFC Center. For those bold souls entranced by the French Nouvelle Vague master's CV, the meager sum of $30 grants you the sovereign right to plant your ass in one of IFC's plush seats for the entire 5-film run today, the rare opportunity to witness the saga of Truffaut's screen alter ego unfold, from precocious anarchic youth to petulant stunted adolescent, in one sitting. All the reward of witnessing youth's journey to fractured adulthood wthout the criminal charges attached? What else need I say to sell this puppy?
François Truffat's Antoine Doinel Cycle, comprised of THE 400 BLOWS, ANTOINE & COLETTE, STOLEN KISSES, BED AND BOARD, and LOVE ON THE RUN, is offered today as a marathon screening as part of IFC Center's Time Regained: Cinema's Present Perfect. If you were French you'd know what to do with that $30 dollars. But you're American. So buy a ticket.
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-Joe Walsh
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