July 23rd 2016. Pick of the Day.
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New and continuing series this day include Les Durs at Film Forum, Four More Years: An Election Special at BAM Cinématek, Seriously Funny: The Films of Leo McCarey at MoMA, Cassavetes/Rowlands at the Metrograph, Eternity and History: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos at Museum of the Moving Image, and an intriguing revival as part of Japan Cuts 2016 at the Japan Society. The flabbergasting flatbed flicker be thus;
Film Forum
PORT OF SHADOWS (1938) Dir; Marcel Carné
THE BURGLARS (1972) Dir; Henri Verneuil
LA BETE HUMAINE (1938) Dir; Jean Renoir
GRAND ILLUSION (1937) Dir; Jean Renoir
THE SICILIAN CLAN (1969) Dir; Henri Verneuil
BAM Cinématek
Four More Years: An Election Special
THE CANDIDATE (1972) Dir; Michael Ritchie
MEDIUM COOL (1969) Dir; Haskell Wexler
MoMA
Seriously Funny: The Films of Leo McCarey
HAL ROACH SOUND SHORTS PROGRAM (1929) Dirs; Various
THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937) Dir; Leo McCarey
LAUREL & HARDY PROGRAM (1928-29) Dirs; Various
Metrograph
MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (1971) Dir; John Cassavetes
SHADOWS (1959) Dir; John Cassavetes
FACES (1968) Dir; John Cassavetes
Museum of the Moving Image
Eternity and History: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos
VOYAGE TO CYTHERIA (1984) Dir; Theo Angelopoulos
Japan Society
BURST CITY (1982) Dir; Gakuryu Ishii
Today's Pick? Well-conflicted this day. So much to consider, and to be honest if even one of these venues were offering discounted tiks for multiple screenings they'd steal my vote! As it is I must either choose a single title or suggest the purchase of tickets a'plenty. So I'm taking a left-field turn, an Eastern turn to be precise, all the way to 80's Japan. I've never heard of this film, but it's been referred to as the Japanese REPO MAN. So that's all I need to know. McCarey, Cassavetes, Angelopoulos, take heed: Japo-Cyberpunk has bested you this day. Pray it never happens again. (Sheaths sword. Uploads persona.).
Gakuryu Ishii's BURST CITY, which seems like some combo of Philip K. Dick & Sergio Leone, on a budget that might translate to a week's diet of ramen, unspools tonight at the Japan Society as part of their Japan Cuts 2016 program. Your guess is as good as mine, unless and even if you've seen this gem previously. But the promise of discovery/rediscovery is too great. And I haven't shown the JS nearly enough love. So here we come.
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P. S. Summer's canine dusk-til-dawn's have soundly parked themselves over our fair metropolis like the giant saucers from INDEPENDENCE DAY, but warmer weather notwithstanding 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!
