January 15th 2016. Farewell Pick of the Day.
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New and continuing series this day include the tribs to living legend Charlotte Rampling and sadly departed legend Christopher Lee at IFC Center, the Shakes-lovin' Stratford-On-Houston at Film Forum, Modern Matinees: A Pioneer Cowboy at MoMA, and the impossibly cool Cabaret Cinema at the Rubin Museum. And yes, to the reception of much sorrow, the posthumous trib to a recently passed titan, Watch That Man: David Bowie, Movie Star, at the Walter Reade Theater. The Magick Lanternry be thus;
IFC Center
STARDUST MEMORIES (1980) Dir; Woody Allen
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968) Dir; Freddie Francis
ALIENS (1986) Dir; James Cameron
Film Forum
RICHARD III (1955) Dir; Laurence Olivier
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965) Dir; Orson Welles
MoMA
Modern Matinees: A Pioneer Cowboy
SHARK MONROE (1918) Dir; William S. Hart
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Watch That Man: David Bowie, Movie Star
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (1983) Dir; Nagisa Oshima
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976) Dir; Nicolas Roeg
Anthology Film Archives
THE MASK (1961) Dir; Julian Roffman
Rubin Museum
GRAND ILLUSION (1938) Dir; Jean Renoir
Today's Pick?
Bowie.
Nagisa Oshima's MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE & Nicolas Roeg's THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH screen free of charge today at the Walter Reade Theater as trib to the world's favorite starman. And that's that. Goodbye my friend.
For more info on these and all NYC's rep film screenings in January '16 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. Winter's icy grip seems to have finally taken hold of our fair city, and 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!
