July 26th 2014. Pick of the Day.
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Ongoing series today include Original Gangsters at IFC Center, Femmes Noirs at Film Forum, Star Presence on Screen at Museum of the Moving Image, and Lady in the Dark: Crime Films from Columbia Pictures 1932-57 at MoMA. To the hijinks!
IFC Center
HIGH SIERRA (1941) Dir; Raoul Walsh
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 2 (1988) Dir; Robert Zemeckis
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Dir; Steven Spielberg
Nitehawk Cinema
THE DRIVER (1978) Dir; Walter Hill
THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982) Dir; George Miller
Film Forum
KISS ME DEADLY (1955) Dir; Robert Aldrich
THE KILLING (1956) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) Dir; Richard Lester
Museum of the Moving Image
THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984) Dir; Frank Oz
BLONDE VENUS (1932) Dir; Joseph von Sternberg
DAY OF WRATH (1943) Dir; Carl Theodore Dreyer
THE SEARCHERS (1956) Dir; John Ford
MoMA
WALK A CROOKED MILE (1948) Dir; Gordon Douglas
DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (1954) Dir; Richard Quine
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949) Dir; Max Ophuls
Today's Pick? The trip-bill at Astoria's Moving Image: von Sternberg's BLONDE VENUS, Dreyer's DAY OF WRATH, and Ford's THE SEARCHERS, all unspooling or uncompressing as part of their Star Presence on Screen series. The same $12 fare gains you admission to all three flicks, plus the entire museum that surrounds the screening space. Trust me, if you haven't been here yet, it's Wonkaville for Cinegeeks. Just ask Veruca Vingar Syndrome. And keep it clean.
For more info on these and all NYC's classic film screenings in July '14 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. For the monthly overview and other audio tomfoolery check out the podcast, and follow me on SoundCloud! For reviews of contemporary cinema and my streaming habits (keep it clean!) check out my Letterboxd 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 safe, sound, make sure the next knucklehead is too. Excelsior, Stockhaz!
-Joe Walsh
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