October 31st 2015. Halloween Pick of the Day.
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New and continuing Ghoulies and Ghastlies this All Hallow's Eve include Film School 101: Canon Fodder at IFC Center, A Nite To Dismember: Midnight Halloween Marathon at the Nitehawk Cinema, both The Apu Trilogy and Classic 3-D! at Film Forum, and It Came From Within: A David Cronenberg Horror Weekend at Museum of the Moving Image. The nitrate stock nightmare be thus;
IFC Center
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Dir; Stanley Kubrick
Nitehawk Cinema
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) Dir; George A. Romero
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) Dir; Ivan Reitman
A Nite To Dismember: Midnight Halloween Marathon
POLTERGEIST (1982) Dir; Tobe Hooper
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) Dir; William Castle
MYSTERY FILM (?)
TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE (1971) Dir; Mario Bava
SCREAM (1996) Dir; Wes Craven
Film Forum
PATHER PANCHALI (1955) Dir; Satyajit Ray
APARAJITO (1956) Dir; Satyajit Ray
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock
HOUSE OF WAX (1953) Dir; Andre de Toth
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Elinor Bunin Monroe Ampitheater
FRANKENSTEIN (1931) Dir; James Whale
Museum of the Moving Image
It Came From Within: A David Cronenberg Horror Weekend
THE BROOD (1979) Dir; David Cronenberg
VIDEODROME (1982) Dir; David Cronenberg
RABID (1977) Dir; David Cronenberg
MoMA
INSIANG (1976) Dir; Lino Brocka
BAM Cinématek
THE UNKNOWN (1927) Dir; Tod Browning
BowTie Chelsea Cinema
MOMMIE DEAREST (1980) Dir; Frank Yablans
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) Dir; Wes Craven
Today's Pick? I'm cuttin' to the chase; the Cronenberg Horror Weekend at Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image, which boasts a trip-feat of the cracked Canadian's THE BROOD, VIDEODROME, and RABID, all accessible for the generous admission cost of $12 and which also grants you perusal rights to the museum proper betwixt frightmares. Should ya be seekin' extra cred this spoooooky eve you'll have plenty of time to hightail it back to Manhattan for a screening of Wes Craven's seminal wisecracking slasher A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema. At that point you should be so stuffed with popcorn and candy that the scariest proposition will be a scarcity of Pepto Bismol on the druggist's shelves. But hey, worry about November when it gets here, this is HALLOWEEN! Sin accordingly!
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in October '15 click on the interactive calendar on the upper right hand side of the page. 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 soon with new Picks 'n perks, til then safe, sound, make sure the next knucklehead is too!
P. S. The warmer, fiercer cuddle of the sun's sunnier disposition has begun its annual wane, but believe it or not some of our fellow NY'ers have still yet to be made whole in the wake of the 2012 storm. Should you be feeling charitable please visit the folks at OccupySandy.net, follow their hammer-in-hand efforts to restore people's lives, and donate/volunteer if you have the inclination and availability. Be a collective mensch, Stockahz!
