All Purpose NYC ILX Film Snob Thread

http://www.fiaf.org/events/winter2016/2016-03-cinesalon.shtml

And while I'm here - let me point out the silliness of including the O in your "MOMI" (it was AMMI, but I guess is Un-American now?) but not "FSLC" (I go with the filmlinc webmanteau, which is at least pronounceable). Even MoMA drops the case, mami.

p horrendous program cept for V Suicides

also, eat shit

I really liked Girlhood, have a lot of time for Drive (soz Morbs). Eden was my cinematic disappointment of 2015.

Also good job on not screening Oblivion. Points off for no Electroma.

Curious what you would think of Love at First Fight. It has some good imagery of landscape and weather.

FC Selects underway tonight, with Zulawski spotlight now an in memoriam (the long scifi thing scares me)

http://www.filmlinc.org/festivals/film-comment-selects/#films

i saw 'on the silver globe' - my brain just shut down sometime around the second hour

the NY library has it, so that's my out

witches at BAM

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/witches-brew

nice. they end with the best one, too.

i have strangely never seen Bell, Book and Candle except for a few minutes on broadcast TV

it's a good movie, but i was referring to Day of Wrath!

i have seen it

"bell, book, and candle" is a great title btw. almost a better title than a film.

full ND/NF sked out

http://www.filmlinc.org/daily/complete-lineup-announced-for-45th-new-directors-new-films/

silent witches w/ piano tnite

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/haxan

The Mask of Satan/Black Sunday/whatever it's called was really good

From ND/NF there is one film that has been a triumph throughout Europe, and which is a must-see or whatever, and that is Lost and Beautiful. It was at Locarno, at CPH:DOX everyone agreed it was by far best in comp - except the judges who gave the two awards to two rubbish American indie-crap - and then it won best debut at Gothenburg. Really, it's a great debut!

Behemoth is pretty cool as well. Film geeks should check out 5+ hour japanese film Happy Hour. It has some pretty unique sequences, but it wasn't quite the great film I'd hoped it would be.

there's this diagnosable guy who goes to every rep theater in NY who desperately tries to engage total starngers, alone or in groups, in conversation, and i am going to physically attack him very soon. Recognize him by his plastic knapsack, and tendency to ask if you're reading the Times "HOW"S THE GREY LADY TONIGHT?"

If it is the same guy I am thinking of, I believe someone I know sort of befriended him and told me his real name once. I remember his catchphrase as being "How did you like the MOVIE?" or "What did you think of the MOVIE?" He would sort of linger or lurk right outside the theater lobby and then kind of run up to somebody of his choosing on the way out to pose his exit interview question.

tonight he was muttering (after 1922's Haxan) "1903, year of the Red Line."

It's not the 30-(40-?)something krishna-ish dude, is it?

""HOW"S THE GREY LADY TONIGHT?""

now i know my opening line with morbs.

"i am going to physically attack him very soon."

you might want to work on that issue.

yeah, not serious, you troglodyte

I also think I have run into this guy

Btw I meant to post about how much I hated mustang, just seemed unjustifiably exploitative and manipulative and utterly disregarding of characterization or depth. Kind of offensive portrayal of some very disturbing issues imo

Btw I meant to post about how much I hated mustang, just seemed unjustifiably exploitative and manipulative and utterly disregarding of characterization or depth. Kind of offensive portrayal of some very disturbing issues imo

forks you ... just posted abt it

well I meant to

""HOW"S THE GREY LADY TONIGHT?""

TRY THE WINE

more events at the new LES rep theater (a couple too effing cute for my taste)

http://www.indiewire.com/article/new-yorks-new-indie-movie-theater-is-teaming-up-with-the-criterion-collection-20160219

hoping to squeeze in Chris Marker's film on Kurosawa at FF between work and Akerman's Golden Eighties tonight.

Rosenbaum on John Gianvito's 4-1/2-hour Wake (Subic) screening at MoMA this Saturday (I be there):

http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/an-epic-of-understanding-john-gianvitos-wake-subic/

http://asiasociety.org/new-york/ghosts-samurai-and-war-series-classic-japanese-film

more events at the new LES rep theater (a couple too effing cute for my taste)

otm, also noah bibimbap should be put down

Jerryfest begins today; intrigued to see the turnout

http://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1621

Arabian Nights in its 6+ hour entirety at MOMI

http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2016/03/05/detail/arabian-nights

in the Metrograph opening weekend fare, a cult indie rarity of 1970

http://metrograph.com/film/film/41/the-projectionist

http://filmforum.org/series/it-girls-flappers-jazz-babies-vamps-series

So much fun stuff here. Will personally vouch for MADAME SATAN, CALL HER SAVAGE and BABY FACE.

on BAM's Migrating Forms series

http://www.artnews.com/2016/03/04/at-bams-migrating-forms-film-festival-internet-obsessed-millennials-and-war-torn-countries-collide/

http://artforum.com/film/id=58558

Akerman retro at BAM in April

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/chantal-akerman

Eustache retro at Metrograph begins today

http://metrograph.com/series/series/8/jean-eustache

and obviously, this

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/a-brighter-summer-day

(dcp ahead of the blu, but anyway)

i'm seeing that today at 2

lincoln center's pre-stonewall queer cinema retro looks outstanding

http://www.filmlinc.org/daily/queer-cinema-stonewall-lineup-announced/

here in LA we're getting a city-wide chantal akerman retro

http://www.cinefamily.org/films/underground-usa-focus-on-ucla/#chantal-akerman-contre-loubliagainst-oblivion

has anyone actually been to metrograph yet?

http://metrograph.com/series/series/6/welcome-to-metrographa-to-z

nope, i've had other repertory priorities.

ND/NF roundup by Slant (no way, Weiner)

http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/new-directors-new-films-2016

film comment podcast on ndnf is really interesting. some gd taubin trash talk.

BAM's Evergreen Review retro: Godard, Warhol, Robbe-Grillet etc

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/from-the-third-eye

I learned one main thing from that podcast, and that is that I can't stand Taubin. The talk about whether the travelogue was 'a film' was amazingly awful.