All Purpose NYC ILX Film Snob Thread

prob somewhere better to post this, but is anyone catching margaret? surprised how enthusiastic the write ups have been

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2011/10/margaret-from-new-york-to-the-pacific.html

Have the other reviews been as positive? Brody finds something to get that frothy about at least once a week.

still at Sunshine, will go if there's time.

Keith loved it, but he loved Step Up to the Streets 2:

http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/film/2002495/review-margaret

lots of raves on twitter. Glenn Kenny liked it.

OK, it's got great stuff in it. Particularly Anna Paquin & Jeannie Berlin.

i went to nitehawk recently and was really impressed with the quality of the screen and seating, plus the food i had beforehand was pretty good. i think it's my top choice for watching movies now.

It's the MoMA preservation fest, with a 1968 Joe Dante 4-1/2-hr montage whatzit, and the amazing Corman-Shatner racial melodrama The Intruder:

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1210

holy shit that series looks great

^^
man how is jean rouch's stuff so hard to see, every film of his i read about always sounds awesome

too much to do in NY a week from Sat: Soviet 1947 3D (see above), one ilxor playing a gig, another DJing...

The Heartbreak Kid at Lincoln Ctr, followed by Q&A w/ Charles Grodin & Jeannie Berlin!

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/the-heartbreak-kid

Part of their Jew Wave retro!

idk if you all already saw this, but edward yang retro at the lincoln center, w/a run for ABSD

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/a-rational-mind-the-films-of-edward-yang

:O

i am in town until the morning it starts/goddammit
i would totally get around to catching a brighter summer's day if it was running for a whole week, so annoyed

OTOH, the week's run means it is now eligible for 2011 lists/polls, so there's another 4 hours outta my life

though catching it is probably a good opportunity to sit in the dark and meditate on your list choices

ya! saw that yesterday when i was at LC for California Split. what's worth seeing besides summer's day and yi yi (which i might skip since i just re-watched it recently)?

I saw several of these in the '90s, so damned if I remember. A Confucian Confusion, maybe.

I'll be out of town for Lupino Lane:(

http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

Should make it back for An Evening With Superstar Mario Montez

http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2011/11/13/detail/an-evening-with-superstar-mario-montez

Gonna try and catch "The Bride Wore Black" tonight.

"The Bride Wore Black" is not that good.

Might try to catch Mario M at MoMA, easier to get to, but I'm drowning in film catchup as always.

I've seen more Lupino Lane than anyone under 85 should have.

ewwww, film ketchup

Were I in NYC and feeling bold I might attempt the superfecta of Yang films on Saturday. Alas.

Really? Should I go to the Diego Rivera preview at MOMA, instead?

I saw Charlie Chase last Saturday.

http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2012/03/04/detail/news-from-home-with-chantal-akerman

Cool, thanks.

anyone seen Ken Jacobs' Seeking the Monkey King?

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=01&year=2012#showing-38437

now I have.

2 rare Bressons Tuesday night at FF.

Would like to see some of the Bressons on the weekend but who knows. Also want to see Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and A Separation.

the Jones-Rosenbaum article on Godard alluded to that obscure Bresson.

Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da was good. j "That Jackass" Hoberman otm

Film Comment Selects has some wows & WTFs:

http://www.filmlinc.com/press/entry/fslc-announces-12th-edition-of-film-comment-selects-february-17-march-1

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace is wonky and unwieldy but I still liked it.

Role Models is solid but I'd like to read the explanation for its inclusion.

cuz Wain has a newer film due they couldn't get?

No, they're showing the new one too

ok, a 2fer

bought my Satantago ticket for Sunday; when i get out it will be BASEBALL SEASON

Don't hold your breath

I guess I should just ask KJB what the best underssen Wellmans are!

http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/wellman

J Hobrerman?

Hoberman, even

Shame that FF isn't showing OTHER MEN'S WOMEN. Those Forbidden Hollywood DVDs that have the pre-code Wellmans are pretty crummy.

It's George Kuchar weekend

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/38584

helluva weekend btwn those programs, robert nelson, 'my hustler' and james whitney!

also whoa @ that wooster group series

Folks,

I'll be in NYC during March 23 - 25th (Pop Conference time)... is anything good playing? I'm not v. interested in the Sara Driver retrospect.

j0e, there is also a Raquel Welch retro at W.Reade w/ Raq doing several Q&As. :o

remy, I think it's too early to know. French showcase is early March:

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/rendez-vous-with-french-cinema-2012

oh, there's this in late March; my friend is co-curating a series of European silent comedy shorts from 1908-14!

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1253

Program 3: Mass Destruction looks promising...

http://spectacletheater.com/middletown-thin-slices-of-america

would be psyched to catch some/all of middletown in a couple of weeks. i've only seen seventeen, which is a must.

I don't remember ever reading about those films.

there's a long article somewhere that coincided with the dvd rerelease last year; iirc tape store is a big fan. seventeen's just terrific; i just saw 45365, which has that flickering-portrait-of-a-town-through-vignettes thing going, & even though seventeen's focus is ostensibly school, teenagers, &c, it has the same effect, it somehow catches way more than it films, & is like the ur-text of high school ups and downs, like a verite take on one of the weird fast times/dazed & confused things (i can sorta feel this comparison alienating you but really it's good). i like it a bunch anyway. i don't know so much about the other eps.