anyone catch any new directors/new films titles (remote or in-person)?
― donna rouge, Monday, 3 May 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
i imagine i'm not the only one feeling a lot of emotional twinges, skimming back over this thread this particular morning. i miss the movies, i miss these theaters. when it's possible, we should all go see something. and raise some glasses afterwards.― Doctor Casino, Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:23 AM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:23 AM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Would anyone be interested in meeting up August 16 or 17 for something like this? (I'm making my Capitolfest [August 13-15] plans, and am trying to decide whether or not to come back via NYC and spend a few days.)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
I'm open to the 16th! Leaving town to house-sit on the 17th.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
some series notes:* check off any Bogart you're missing at Film Forum, second half of July: https://filmforum.org/series/bogart* next few days: Cinema Village doing a couple of Abel Ferrara films plus films picked by Ferrara, for five bucks a ticket. https://www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/abel-ferrara-s-cinema-village.html I caught El Topo the other night, might try and squeeze in The Projectionistanthology and metrograph are still closed. quad is open with some new releases, MOMI and MOMA with some appealing repertory choices, BAM with a mix of both, but no elaborate programs yet from any of the above. FSLC is showing what they would have shown for last year's NYFF plus a few new restorations. still hoping somebody gambles on an "in case you missed it" series running all the big 2020 movies i didn't get to see on the big screen. is anybody talking about that? a few of the oscar-honored movies got a brief boost in some of the chains, but NYC's theaters were barely even reopening at that time and they've since been replaced by F9, In the Heights, and two different horse movies for the whole family.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 5 July 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Wong Kar Wai at IFC all this month: https://www.ifccenter.com/series/the-world-of-wong-kar-wai/
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 10 July 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Would anyone be interested in meeting up August 16 or 17 for something like this? (I'm making my Capitolfest [August 13-15] plans, and am trying to decide whether or not to come back via NYC and spend a few days.)― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 8:44 AM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 8:44 AM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
In the event anyone had this on their calendar, I will not be swinging by NYC after all. But I do hope to visit later in the year, in memory of Morbs.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
Sure, please let us know.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
right on.
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
into it
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 July 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
Updates: Anthology re-opened last month without too much fanfare. Metrograph re-opens this Friday!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Metrograph re-opens this Friday!
Showing Żuławski's Possession no less!
― Josefa, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
bummed their ticket price has inched up once again, but, yknow, pandemic, i get it.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
Hate to see what they're asking for their giant candy now
― Josefa, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
it was truly the perfect MoviePass venue. i love seeing movies there, especially in the big room, but often feel like the schmanciness of everything in the front of the house is some sort of subtle signal that it's for rich people and i actually shouldn't be there.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
You too can be rich with giant candy and eat carpaccio after
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
I see that MoMI is open today. Thinking of seeing the 6:30 screening of Bride of Frankenstein.
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 October 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
Go for it! I might try and catch it next weekend. I've been there a few times since reopening - Thief, Ran, Tenet. Really wish they could have built a wider/bigger screening room, but the quality of the projections themselves is always gorgeous.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 23 October 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
So that was yesterday and maybe today The Old Dark House.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
New print of that is gorgeous
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 24 October 2021 12:45 (two years ago) link
Seems like the husband of The Bride is in it too.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link
Super charming movie iirc.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 24 October 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
Four people here. Plenty of room if you are just passing by.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
Sadly, MOMI is always a "destination" theater for me (Bushwick-based these days). Sit back, enjoy the show, have a potato.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 24 October 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Heh
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
Now I kind of want to read the book
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
This movie is a great favourite of mine, and I did read the book (Benighted by J. B. Priestley). My memory of it is a bit dim, but I do recall it being a bit of a slog to get through - it's very heavy on long, earnest discussions about life and love (some of which appear, in abbreviated form, in the film). Reading it satisfied my curiosity, but didn't really enhance my enjoyment of the film. And the performances and atmosphere in the film are so incredible that the book seems flat by comparison.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 25 October 2021 02:59 (two years ago) link
Thanks. Next question is how much trouble should I go to to see Gods and Monsters.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
Speaking of MOMI, they've announced the next See It Big series, with the theme of "Extravaganzas." Some pretty fun stuff in there!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
Film Forum's Road Movies series starts Friday the 12th and is chockablock with classics, plus a few lesser-known items. A ton of these are on my personal watchlist, woohoo!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 1 November 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
well this will be interestinghttps://gothamist.com/food/coming-soon-ny-movie-theaters-beer-wine
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 January 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
Toshiro Mifune at Film Forum, 2/11 to 3/10.
I still haven't seen several of the big Kurosawas, so I'm excited just for that. But I should try and branch out too... any recommendations?
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link
all the samurai trilogy are great
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 February 2022 02:39 (two years ago) link
Wow, my county’s liquor laws suck but we allow alcohol in theaters. Surprised you guys don’t have that.
― Chris L, Thursday, 3 February 2022 06:40 (two years ago) link
Per the U.S. Constitution, liquor laws are devolved to the state level (and some of these states pass on the privilege to subjurisdictions). It's a matter of negotiating with one legislature at a time.
Dames, Janes, Dolls, and Canaries: Women Stars of the Pre-Code Era
If you have access to this and are NOT going, why the eff not? Hoping the AFI Silver/Capitolfest/National Gallery of Art programmers are taking notes....
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
good catch on that moma program, i might see the lubitsch tomorrow
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 February 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
Why do I bookmark this thread? I'm on the other side of the continent. If not for that fact, and the fact that I'm trying not to become infected, I would be at so many of these screenings. On my last trip to NY I saw "Call Her Savage" (a pre-code talkie w/Clara Bow) at MoMA. Excellent.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 4 February 2022 07:55 (two years ago) link
It feels like all of a sudden the great series are piling up frenetically and overwhelmingly on top of each other, just like old times. At BAM: Brazilian Modernism and Cicely Tyson. Film Forum's got the New York 1945-1955 thing. MOMI's got little short things, e.g. the Bogdanovich tribute that's just Saint Jack and At Long Last Love.... and now you tell me about this thing at MOMA!
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Friday, 4 February 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
One hour with you was a lot of fun!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
That one is grebt!
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
I have been skeptical of the lubitsch musicals and chevalier in general but this was a humdinger, feels due for a remake
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
This number is incredibly catchy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A24V9FPnsJs
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:27 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah, that look he throws.It was a really really good print too
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
Wait, did you guys mention this yet?
The festival concludes with the North American premiere theatrical run (February 4–10) of Valerio Zurlini’s La prima notte di quiete (Indian Summer) (1972)—an austere, tragic romance starring Alain Delon as a failed poet—in its original, uncut Italian version.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:45 (two years ago) link
went and saw Her Man (1930) at MoMA today; it was great and Helen Twelvetrees is a find!https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/her-man-tay-garnett-1930/
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 February 2022 01:43 (two years ago) link
Not sure how long this has been going on, but whoever's programming the Netflix-owned Paris Theater seems to have decided that if their venue is going to primarily be a vehicle for Netflix films to maintain awards qualification, they might as well also show other interesting stuff too. currently: a list of appealing titles (La Cienaga, Under the Skin, Kiarostami's Where Is The Friend's House?) that apparently inspired The Lost Daughter. coming up: a one-week Jane Campion retrospective, all on 35mm, in parallel with daily screenings of Power of the Dog (if, like me, you're wishing you'd seen it on a big-ass screen instead of an IFC basement room). i haven't been yet, but it seems like they've made a serious play for inclusion in the NYC repertory circuit!
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 March 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Oh hi. I actually went and saw Power of the Dog there early on under the auspices of MUBI GO and yeah.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 March 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
Eraserhead, FWWM and Mulholland Drive on 35mm coming up at BAM...
https://www.bam.org/film/2022/lynchian?alttemplate=MobileProgram
― Priory, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:31 (two years ago) link
weeraseethakul's Memoria is coming back to the IFC for a post omicron run
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 March 2022 15:38 (two years ago) link
Just breaking: disgruntled film patron stabs two MoMA employees after his membership is revoked.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 March 2022 00:14 (two years ago) link
Mike Rubin was there when it happened. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/nyregion/moma-stabbing.html
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 March 2022 00:22 (two years ago) link