Ha, well it depends what you mean by "OK". It's very comfortable, but it's not agonizing either (a little more legroom than Film Forum, at least). It seems like a lot of the stuff they show is from torrents and run from a drive, which could be a problem, image quality-wise. Everything I've seen there has looked okay, but I've only gone a couple times. But it's cheap, and they show stuff you're not going to see projected anywhere else, which is enough for me.
― C0L1N B..., Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Why isn't there a rolling movie thread after award season? Is this it?
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread mostly covers limited-release/repertory screenings that happen in nyc
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
never heard of Spectacle
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 April 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Thank you for the explanation, donna rouge
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 7 April 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
very DIY/punk little venue:
http://spectacletheater.com/
showing some pretty serious stuff.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 7 April 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
very well might go there at 4:50 for The Immortal Story
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2011/04/announcing-our-15th-annual-summer-series-lineup.html
This doc lineup is insane, includes most of my favorites of the past year (highlights: LA BOCCA DEL LUPO, FAMILY INSTINCT, EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY LIFE OF JOSE GONZALEZ, AT THE EDGE OF RUSSIA, FAKE IT SO REAL)
Have heard great things about almost all of the narratives.
― maybe i'm just gay (Tape Store), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
havent bothered w/ all these Rudy Wurlitzer-penned films I've already seen at Anthology, but might try Glen and Randa tnite at 7.
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
A bunch of great stuff at MoMA's Cinema Tropical thing this weekend. Historias extraordinarias and Tropic of Cancer are among the best movies of the last decade imo.
― C0L1N B..., Friday, 6 May 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1171
Is the Arbor worth seeing?
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 6 May 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Sort of -- perhaps you read my 2.5-star review!
hoping to get to Historias on Sunday, if I've finished my work.
Haynes' Mildred Pierce also at MOMI, but that aint happening.
Monday at Film Forum, these are always fun:
http://www.filmforum.org/films/vitaphone2011.html
(extra credit if you come dressed as Joe Frisco)
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 May 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
The Arbor is good in a fussy, limited sort of way. Did anyone catch the trailer they were showing at FF? It strains hilariously to make the film look like an ultimately uplifting triumph-of-the-human-spirit kinda thing.
― C0L1N B..., Friday, 6 May 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The Arbor is FANTASTIC
― love you like a frat kid loves Cake (Tape Store), Friday, 6 May 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I missed your review, M.--you need to shamelessly promote yourself on FB more.
Can't do Mildred at MOMI either, because I am seeing Mark Rylance in Jerusalem. We need a theater snob thread.
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 6 May 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
taiwan season at the lincoln center looks good -
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/taiwan-stories-classic-and-contemporary-film-from-taiwan
edward yang popping up directing an episode of something
― sensual bathtub (group: 698) (schlump), Saturday, 7 May 2011 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Haynes' Superstar in W'burg on Thurs along with a Garrel/Nico film:
http://spectacletheater.com/double-feature-musical-at-spectacle
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone care to vouch for The Makioka Sisters as a must-see?
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, I was going to try to see it this weekend but didn't make it. Never seen it either.
― stars on 45 my destination (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
being released on Criterion in a few weeks.
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I've seen it on TV--it's sort of exactly what you would expect, but maybe it works better on the big screen. I preferred the book.
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Fans of Dead of Night should head over to Film Forum to see Went The Day Well?
― Spirit of the Me Hive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 June 2011 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I have to, since predictably it's the last night and I've been "busy"
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 June 2011 05:16 (twelve years ago) link
So a bunch of events, some free, to open the new Linc Ctr screens this weekend. Just got a FSLC email about the Coen Bros discussing their opening scenes (mod Noah Baumbach) Friday eve.
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
Cool. Did you see that Romanian thing at the FF?
― Onimosapien (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
long list of things I'm not going to...tonight at Spectacle two movies with soundtracks by Can that look pretty awesome.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
yes, I recommend the Romanian adultery pic highly
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
is that tuesday, after christmas?
― stately, plump bunk moreland (schlump), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 08:47 (twelve years ago) link
yep
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
have a res for tomw night's "Joel & Ethan Coen in conversation with Noah Baumbach" at Linc Ctr.
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 June 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
Would like to go to FF in next two days to see Rejoice and Shout or La Dolce Vita restoration but don't think I can make it.
― James & Bobby Quantify (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
Rejoice and Shout ends w/ Obama's election, so that rules it out for me (Armond otm)
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
I agree the Obama clip seemed out of place, most of the rest of it was good and worth seeing. I'm rather sorry it didn't do better.
― MrDasher, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
Tried to go last night to the last show but didn't make it.
Le Rayon Vert coming July 1.
― James & Bobby Quantify (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
I just saw it at BAM, now it's coming to Film Forum.
Usually it's BAM that seems to show things after other places (maybe just my skewed perception).
― MrDasher, Friday, 17 June 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
no, that's the way
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
Film Forum is also showing Dial M for Murder in 3-D scheduled through 6/23.
― MrDasher, Sunday, 19 June 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
Skolimowski's "The Shout" tonight in Queens. Just noticed that Jim Broadbent is in this.
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 24 June 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Saw it about a year ago, strange piece of work.
Witchfinder General is playing at 92Y tomw night (8pm, I think).
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 June 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
intriguing series at the anthology:http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/37703
richard brody wrote about the eustache film after it played a few months back, sounds interesting. i think this kind of thing sometimes sounds more compelling than it actually might end up being, so at least having the chance to see it in numbers locked in a dark room gives you reason to go.
― devoted to boats (schlump), Monday, 27 June 2011 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
& spectacle is screening Out 1, in full, over two days, if you're really at a loose end
― devoted to boats (schlump), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
I have about a week left in NYC before moving away. Any haps this week? Film, non-film, music, it's-hot-wanna-enjoy-life-before-it-ends-in-a-week kinda stuff, etc?
In the Heat of the Night free in Bryant Park tonight...
― You're runnin' with the (Cheetah), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
i'd be at the william lustig series at anthology this week, if i were you (hard-to-find '60s/'70s gritty potboilers, mostly)
― jesus and mary chapin carpenter (donna rouge), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa, thanks. Totally badass.
― You're runnin' with the (Cheetah), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, those look great. Too bad I'm swamped with projects and never get out.
― dan selzer, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
it's unfortunately ending right before i fly into nyc :/
― jesus and mary chapin carpenter (donna rouge), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
If you're around tonight, Spectacle is showing two GREAT films from Jean-Pierre Gorin's USA trilogy.
― C0L1N B..., Monday, 18 July 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
wau, is it the first two? i still have routine pleasures to watch, but poto & cabengo's a must
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Monday, 18 July 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
You should also check Screen Slate or Alt Screen for film listings.
― C0L1N B..., Monday, 18 July 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link