Lots to keep the movie mad in our metropolis occupied today. Even a movie called METROPOLIS. Today we might indulge in Fritz Lang's silent SciFi masterpiece, Akira Kurosawa's epic treatise on the noble warrior, and Steve McQueen's still iconic '68 Mustang car chase.

Choice offerings this day include Howard Hawks's first western, Elio Petri's defining work of the cinema of paranoia, and the perfect screen iteration of Hal Foster's immortal comic strip knight.

Again the choices are few but wholly worthwhile today. Ongoing series include MoMA's Auteurist History of Film and Anthology Film Archives' John Zorn Selects. The full mishegoss as follows;

Film Forum

ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (1947) Dir; Jacques Becker

MoMA

THE JOB (1961) Dir; Ermanno Olmi

Anthology Film Archives

Excruciatingly few choices for the film fanatic this brisk (TOO brisk if ya ask me) third day of Autumn, yet what's on display is masterpiece material indeed. No ongoing series, but the auteur title fight today features a malevolent Brit mastermind in one corner facing off against an equally potent cinematic cerebellum from The Bronx. Here's the short but sweet;

Film Forum

THE KILLING (1956) Dir; Stanley Kubrick

NORTHERN LIGHTS (1978) Dirs; John Hanson & Rob Nilsson

BAM Cinematek

REAR WINDOW (1954) Dir; Alfred Hitchcock

As is usually the case the month's final week finds the classic film fan's choices slimming considerably. Choices today include Terry Gilliam's (co-) directorial debut, Stanley Kubrick's first critical and commercial success, and a couple of other flicks I know precious little about. You get honesty at this website. Today's only ongoing series is Anthology Film Archives' Middle Ages on Film. Here's the meager rundown;

Film Forum

THE KILLING (1956) Dir; Stanley Kubrick

Classic film awesomeness this day includes George Cukor's perhaps definitive take on a Dickens perennial, Howard Hawks' prophetic warning for vegans from any galaxy, and Akira Kurosawa's tribute to the service, sacrifice and search for honor that defined his country's past. Ongoing series include Film Forum Jr., Moving Image's Complete Howard Hawks, and Anthology Film Archives' Middle Ages on Film.

Choices for the classic film fan this day include George Romero's quirky take on RenFair culture, David Cronenberg's lone adap of Stephen King, and the only masterpiece of the 30's gangster cycle not to be made at Warner Brothers. Ongoing series today consist of Moving Image's Complete Howard Hawks and Anthology Film Archives' Middle Ages on Film.

Choice rep screenings today include Stanley Kubrick's 1st box office success, the 2nd of only four films to star Bogie and Bacall, and John Boorman's definitive cinematic telling of the Arthurian legend.

Classic screening choices this day include Roman Polanski's seminal noir homage, the middle film in Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy, and the meet-cute of two of Universal Pictures' greatest horror icons. Ongoing series include MoMA's Auteurist History of Film, Anthology Film Archives' John Zorn Selects, and BAM's tribute to screenwriter Alfred Hayes. The entire shebang as follows;

Film Forum

CONTEMPT (1963) Dir; Jean-Luc Godard

MoMA

A TASTE OF HONEY (1961) Dir; Tony Richardson

Anthology Film Archives

Selections for the cinematically obsessed in our fair metropolis include melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's last collaboration with leading man Rock Hudson, a battle of wills between Katherine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor, and a classic example of Japanese Yakuza crime cinema.