All Purpose NYC ILX Film Snob Thread

thx for the recs all - not super keen on guy maddin usually but will take under advisement

well it's very maddinesque, bursting at the seams

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0416/nfl_u_madden1_200.jpg

wiseman will be on site at film forum for the new one. getcher tickets now

I've seen him do Q&A before, and he gives the impression that he'd rather not be there.

MoMA unveils early-section slate of The Contenders, including the Charlie Kaufman whatzit and Johnnie To's Office in 3-D.

http://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1561

i was at a q+a via skype with him for berkeley; the impression i got was that he didn't suffer dumb questions gladly and i'm okay with that.

well, given the percentages, that's an excellent reason to not wanna be there.

Lino Brocka's 1976 Insiang in the midst of a MoMA run.

http://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1559

December: FSLC w/ a dual Lynch/Rivette retro

http://www.filmlinc.org/daily/lineup-for-lynchrivette-dual-retrospective-revealed/

Counting on some Mississippi Grind on the Contenders' back-end

still finalizing my AFI slate, some conflicting screenings i'm torn between:

chevalier (tsangari) v. evolution (hadzihalilovic)
and
aferim! (jude) v. in the shadow of women (garrel)

the "big" films i got tix for this year are 'the lobster' and 'carol' but i feel like i'd rather see stuff i think will have much more limited distribution (ie the new poromboiu)

I would take Aferim! over In the Shadow of Women, but both are worth seeing. Haven't seen the first two. And yeah, new Porumboiu!!

Fandor roundup on MoMA's To Save and Project... Homunculus looks intriguing... "a six-episode (1916) German science-fiction serial about a test-tube baby who grows into a world-destroying monster."

https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-to-save-and-project-2015

Todd Haynes retro, with related films, at FSLC later this month -- I think we can figure out the "surprise" screening on the 21st.

http://www.filmlinc.org/series/todd-haynes-the-other-side-of-dreams/#films

about halfway thru AFI now, the two standouts for me so far are the new zhangke and 'those who feel the fire burning', poetic doc about refugees in europe

http://www.voxmagazine.com/2015/03/truefalse-film-review-those-who-feel-the-fire-burning/

appears that FF will be holding over Wiseman

DOC NYC:

http://www.docnyc.net/schedule/

In Jackson Heights is very good. As usual...

yeah, though maybe a bit less active than usual? I liked it.

Jax Hts pleasant, not insubstantial. Wouldn't go as far as great. Nor "as usual".

am i being short sighted or has it been a notably weak year for commercial/broadly distributed film in general?

it's hard to say, as i think it's been consistently horrible for ~5 years

Desplechin 'epic' at FIAF

http://www.fiaf.org/events/fall2015/2015-11-17-cs-sexlife.shtml

and Friday is the start of BAM's annual fest of box-office turkeys, with Dune, 1941, Showgirls all in 35mm

http://www.bam.org/film/2015/turkeys-for-thanksgiving

http://www.bam.org/film/2015/chung-mong-hong

anybody know anything about this guy?? this stuff sounds RIGHT UP MY ALLEY i wish it were playing during a weekend

quit yr job

i'd never heard of him of course

Halfway to my commemorative Out 1 pin; 3 & 4 were a lot more enjoyable than 1 & 2.

:o

btw i have 2 tix for full Welles/Shakespeare at MoMA tomw, 6:30

catch is u hafta go with me

full as in 'sold out'

would be into it if i didn't have a date already. enjoy!

ticket still available, last call

Aargh

well i will just gift some soul in the standby line

There...is a...chance that...James Redd...might come.

when wd he know?
he'd have to look for irish-amer falstaff at the film desk at 6:15

I believe he may not know until the last minute but has another way to get a ticket in any event, but thanks anyway

Maddin's Forbidden Room at MoMA tonight, if you haven't seen it

must get to a couple at the Cy Endfield retro:

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/44983

new Late Spring digital edition at 6:45 at MoMA, now serves as a Setsuko Hara memorial.

i caught the desplechin, gave up on rivette after missing the one and the two

new Late Spring digital edition at 6:45 at MoMA, now serves as a Setsuko Hara memorial.

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it's so appropriate--for a woman whose privacy was almost inviolable for 50+ years-- that we learn of her death nearly three months after it occurs.

i've read in a few places (and heard from a few folks) that hara never really enjoyed acting, and that the choice to leave the profession was not difficult. which provides a slightly sad cast to her many performances (many of which are already quite melancholy).

not enough people mention her performance in naruse's 'sound of the mountain,' which is quite different--more animated, more overtly expressive--than her performances in many ozu films, in which her mix of warmth and impenetrability (sp?) is sort of the point.

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES, PART 2: BIKERS, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/45142

Aiming for Gas-s-s and Machine-Gun Kelly.

last night to see the v good dramedy Christmas, Again at MoMA. Filmmaker operated an actual tree mart in Greenpoint (for 3 years!) to write the script. (also streaming i think)

and for you planners, two 70mm screenings of The Wild Bunch right after Christmas

http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2015/12/27/detail/the-wild-bunch-in-70mm

^alas there is no presentable 70mm print of TWB, but they ARE showing it in 35 on Sat/Sun

and Sirk at FSLC begins today

coming in a month, Jane Birkin/Charlotte Gainsbourg tribute at FSLC

https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/film-society-to-celebrate-jane-birkin-and-charlotte-gainsbourg/

la piscine is really good

Spectacle is showing the '89 version of Hard to Be a God

http://www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spectacle-2015/#god

inneresting.

Keith Baxter, who plays the wily Prince Hal in Orson Welles’ Chimes at Midnight, will introduce the 7:30 screening on Wednesday at Film Forum.

Someone please go see Benjamin Naishtat's El Movimento tonight at Film Society of Lincoln Center, so that you can tell me if it's good. His History of Violence was very promising.

http://www.screenslate.com/whats-showing-today/thursday-january-7-el-movimiento-at-film-society-of-lincoln-center

The Goldbug Variations is pretty fun as well.

Also, in that series, The Club is very very good, and I really want to hear if Ixcanul is good!