All Purpose NYC ILX Film Snob Thread

Sometimes I regret living here; too much, too much...

Youngest MoMA audience I've ever seen last night for Night of the Living Dead, maybe 35-40. And the 8pm screening looked younger still.

I'm pretty sure I've never seen Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (BAM for the next week).

But you probably DID see the Madonna video that ripped it off.

If it was after '86, don't bet on it.

7pm Germi tnite? (i won't be online, off today)

Like to, but no can do.

I have tickets for the MOMI Todd Haynes thing that night, but David Gatten is programming an evening of films about water (including JJ Murphy's Sky Blue Water Light Sign) at the WORK Gallery in Red Hook on November 10th.

i'm not seeing any movies until after the GREs

Paradjanov! I've seen that, it was about 10 years ago though.. gorgeous. The Madonna video that ripped off scenes was Bedtime Story.. I remember talking to some Armenian girls when on study abroad & mentioning this.. they were absolutely mortified..

So you gave up on ILF too, huh?

who, me? (I'm thinking this is gonna be mostly for local screenings) I didn't promise to start posting on ILF more, like SOME PEOPLE.

Tonight Paradjanov (esp if I decide not to vote), maybe tom'w Terror's Advocate, Thurs another Germi? all tentative.

I think he was talking about me. Actually I officially gave up around here. but I've started some threads over there since then, like my Germi thread, and these two:
TS Carl Dreyer vs. Victor Erice
I Don't Think He'd Have Given It To Me If I Had Hair Like EXCELSIOR Or Little Legs Like An Alligator

Can anybody figure out where the hell the link is to get tix for the FF's Evening with Norman Lloyd on Nov 26?

http://www.filmforum.org/films/norman.html

I think you can only buy 7 days in advance.

(unless it's I'm Not There)

even with Norman Lloyd cultists champing at the bit?

Maybe you can pull some strings with Bruc3 G0ldstein?

Actually I officially gave up around here.

B-b-but that was the only thread there that had any life in it. Well, that and the rockism one.

The ILF excelsior thread, however, is classsic as is.

Indeed.

B-b-but that was the only thread there that had any life in it. Well, that and the rockism one.
I can't find the thread where I stopped posting in parentheses and Morbius accused me of some Weekend At Bernie's behavior.

Memories.

'S'all I got, and the few that remain are fading fast.

I got ticket to 9:30 Germi tomorrow, Thursday, which I intend to use, barring the not unlikely work, home or health emergency.

ah, 5:30 for me.

Anyone seen any Marc Recha?

http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=161

I'll take that as a no.

More Brakhage at Antholgy Sunday (Pittsburgh Trilogy)

There's a big Max Ophuls retro coming to BAM at month's end; don't see anything on their site, but here:

http://tinyurl.com/2zymrj

A friend of mine is trying to get me to go see Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation at The Anthology tomorrow or over the weekend. Looks like an interesting curiosity, but I dunno.

UGH @ ophuls competing w/ sembene!!

the brief clip i watched of the adaptation looked awesome. i suggest you get on line REEEEEAL early if you end up seeing it, tho

in my GRE-prompted cinema ban i didn't realize i missed ALL of the germis (except for divorce, italian style which i've already seen)

I am suspicious of Raiders Adaptation. For one, I haven't watched ROTLA 20x like everyone else has, apparently.

Also, Sembene v Ophuls v Pasolini.

http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/pasolini/program.html

I would focus on the otherwise unavailable OS & MO.

Jiri Menzel is at BAM tonight w/ his latest, but I know nothing about it.

I'm suspicious too, but I may have to go out of a social obligation.

the ophuls stuff is up on the website now, btw

Why is Summer With Monika in the Times today? New print?

yes. haven't seen it in eons.

Anyone seen/seeing the Albert Ayler doc at AFA?

I was sposta review it. They sent me a European DVD.

If anyone has MIX tips, speak:

http://www.mixnyc.org/index.html

Maybe I'd go to the 11pm Friday shorts, if I'm up.

after today, Divorce—Italian Style is only playing 9:20 pm at FF.

Get your Norman Lloyd tickets yet?

no, but I see they're available.

Yes, that's what I was trying to tell you.

o i c

Divorce was cute. Why anyone thinks it's GREAT, I'm not sure.

Saw it years ago, didn't make much of an impression. Wasn't he Oscar nominated?

yes, it got several; Germi too?

I hv my N Lloyd ticket.

Hoberman on Sembene (and Ophuls, briefly):

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0748,hoberman,78462,20.html

If I go to see Salo, should I bring someone to hold my hand?

http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/pasolini/program.html

I would recommend any NY snob to see Letter from an Unknown Woman on its last night @BAM tonight; it fulfilled all of my expecs.

I would recommend any NY snob EVERYONE ON THE PLANET to see Letter from an Unknown Woman

fixed

Salò makes an even more problematic date movie than Jeanne Dielman!

Ophuls and Sembene have taken over my December.

the hungarian film archives are streaming 39 classic hungarian films for free on their website - jancsó's the only one i've heard of here, anyone seen any of the others?

https://filmarchiv.hu/en/news/hungarian-classics-free-to-watch

You never heard of Colonel Redl?

Autocorrect wanted Colonel Redd.

Anyway, thanks, this will be yet another way to test my pitiful Duolingo Plus Hungarian.

Hong, Friday

https://www.filmlinc.org/films/yourself-and-yours/

Amplifying Anthology Film Archives latest outreach; full links and additional statement of purpose here:
https://mailchi.mp/anthologyfilmarchives/update_6_03_2020-622592

Since Anthology is, after all, a cinema and film archive, with a conviction that movies can foster engagement rather than distraction, we’d like to use the cinema as a lens to focus attention more squarely on the struggle, by sharing a list of films (available online from various sources) whose continuing relevance has been underlined in the wake of further instances of police brutality and the gross infringement of civil rights. The list itself (a highly selective and partial one) suggests, even at a glance, how entrenched racism has been and continues to be in our society, and illustrates the courage of those activists who have waged the fight for generations.

• The 6-part documentary series REST IN POWER: THE TRAYVON MARTIN STORY (Jenner Furst & Julia Willoughby Nason, 2018) is an in-depth chronicle of the Trayvon Martin killing and its aftermath.

• CRIME + PUNISHMENT (Stephen Maing, 2018) exposes systemic corruption within the NYPD via the story of the NYPD12, a group of NYC police officers who brought a lawsuit against the city and the department over racist and illegal policing practices.

• WHOSE STREETS? (Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis, 2017) is one of the most important documentaries to emerge from the killing of Michael Brown and the subsequent protest movement in Ferguson/St. Louis.

• Among the best of the films produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rodney King incident, John Ridley’s LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992 (2017) is available on many different platforms.

• Roger Guenveur Smith & Spike Lee’s RODNEY KING (2017) documents Smith’s one-man theatrical production.

• Yance Ford’s personal documentary STRONG ISLAND (2017) charts the aftermath of the killing of his brother William Ford Jr. by a 19-year-old white mechanic, who was acquitted following an investigation that treated Ford more as a suspect than a murder victim.

• FOR AHKEEM (Landon Van Soest & Jeremy S. Levine, 2017), an intimate and moving portrait of the daily life of a St. Louis high school student, was filmed over the course of two years, a period that saw the killing of Michael Brown and the subsequent protest movement.

• Available to watch for free, STAY WOKE: THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT (Laurens Grant, 2016) chronicles the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement.

• Two exposés of America’s system of mass incarceration and its devastating and disproportionate impact on African Americans: THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (Eugene Jarecki, 2012) and Ava DuVernay’s 13th (2016).

• THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 (Goran Hugo Olsson, 2011) is drawn from 16mm material shot by visiting Swedish journalists who documented some of the leading figures of the Black Power Movement, including Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver.

• Sherry Millner & Ernest Larsen’s 41 SHOTS (2000) is a short reflection on the murder of Amadou Diallo.

• The 14-part history of the Civil Rights Movement that aired on PBS from 1987-90, EYES ON THE PRIZE remains a monumental achievement.

• Shot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2 (Howard Alk, Mike Gray & Film Group, 1969) charts the unlikely relationship between the Black Power movement in Chicago and the Young Patriots, a primarily white group that was beginning to organize around issues of social mobility, police brutality, and income inequity.

• Santiago Alvarez’s still-vital short film NOW! (1965), depicting the civil rights struggle (and the brutal crackdown it incurred), can be viewed for free here.

• James Blue’s classic film THE MARCH (1964) documents the 1963 civil rights March on Washington.

• Madeline Anderson’s INTEGRATION REPORT 1 (1960) – the first known documentary film by an African American female director – examines the struggle for black equality in Alabama, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C.

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/new-yorks-indie-movie-theaters-are-cautiously-preparing-reopen

Because of the challenge of operating a restaurant within the theater — and having nearly 180 employees who’d need to feel safe coming back to work — Viragh said Nitehawk may not open until next year, and he doesn’t expect business to get back to pre-pandemic levels for another 18 months to two years.

Meanwhile, at Film Forum in SoHo, the full expectation is to reopen next month... “So my colleagues and I have been developing programming to start July 29th.” Cooper said that when the theater reopens, attendees will be seated in a checkerboard pattern, so no one is directly next to or behind anyone. Certain staff members will be solely dedicated to cleaning and disinfecting. And ticket-sellers and concessionists will work behind plexiglass windows.

For now, Film at Lincoln Center has pivoted to showing movies in virtual, online screening rooms (as have Film Forum and Nitehawk). Executive Director Lesli Klainberg said the viewership so far has been minimal. Klainberg said her organization’s biggest event of the year, the New York Film Festival, is still on for its scheduled start date of September 25th. But depending on the reopening guidelines — and what feels safe — she and her staff are considering a mix of outdoor screenings, digital screenings, and events at other sites besides the Walter Reade.

“My secret fear is that everyone is sitting at home watching every movie they’ve ever wanted to watch that they never had time to watch,” Klainberg said. “And when they come out of this, and everyone feels safe, we’re going to have to offer them something that’s new and unique and special, because that’s what they come to the movies for.”

Why is that a secret fear? Finally a challenge for studios more than programmers. This is as much if not more of an existential threat to theaters as TV was in the 1950s. There should be far more repertory programming in EVERY movie theater, and not just the same 20 Hollywood classics you see on posters and murals at Cinemarks and Cinebistros. Get stuff in there from literally any time. and SCREEN NETFLIX FILMS!

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.

Yeah, i am in.

I'd love to come up to NYC for something like that.

So, odd question maybe.

But why would a festival such as DOCNYC throttle streaming of their films online, so that screenings actually 'sell out'? What purpose does that serve? Like, I'd love to pay to screen a film or two, and it simply won't allow me to do so.

I can only guess some unfathomable rights issues. All I know is that certain AFI Silver online streams are limited to households in the Washington, DC area, and others are more generally available. Were you required to put in a Zip code before being told that the screening was "sold out"?

(There are historic reasons for rights issues, including market-by-market rights deals and incompatible formats in different territories. But it BOILS MY BUTTOCKS when contemporary media submits to this throttling.)

No postal code required, streaming available throughout the US. But Sold Out, somehow?

I guess that to me, it snacks of... gatekeeper tendencies that the subject of the documentary in question would frown down upon. But, I digress.

some guesses:
1 - gives everyone the ability to point to "sold out DOC NYC" status
2 - continues to allow for the arbitrary assignment of "ticket cost" to each viewing and allows for specific minimum and maximum rights payments to the film owners so that the event organizers don't get submarined by paying too much or the creators by getting paid too little to screen
3 - level playing field for everyone showing in the festival
4 - technical issues that could potentially crash DOC NYC's backend

5 - ILPLEX, btw

Those all kiiiind of make sense, but still reek of gatekeeper tendencies, and sort of fall flat when everyone could be making more money if they just opened it up.

Besides tech issues, the one that seems possible to me is being able to say "SOLD OUT at [x festival]," but in this instance that could easily be "OVERFLOW or SCREENINGS ADDED at [x festival]!"

also i imagine everyone wants to limit exposure somewhat so that they can eventually do a theatrical run somewhere and/or run it for sale of their own website and/or sell it to a digital distributor who knows it hasn't been fully saturated on the interwebs

THAT is convincing to me and not entirely based on bullshit.

Sorry for derail, btw, I was just very angry that I couldn't watch the new Wojnarowicz documentary.

Yeah i am looking forward to that too and will let u know when it lands on ilplex

Thanks forks

"21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020" online film series hosted by Japan Society up now in the US. Keen to watch the new Sion Sono - anything else I should check out?

https://film.japansociety.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=film

the New York African Film Festival is up now too, hope to catch something here: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/page/new-york-african-film-festival/

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7286-jean-claude-carri-re-harvester-of-cinema

https://mailchi.mp/ifccenter.com/reopening

Film Forum too, in April, I think

Friday, April 2nd.

Angelika is coming back: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/showtimes-and-tickets/now-playing/2021-03-05

Anthology taking a wait and see attitude, which makes sense given that a lot of their staff likely volunteers.

BAM, Quad, Metrograph, MoMa, Spectacle, Lincoln Center, Nitehawk all still on radio silence.

MoMA is open in some capacity. Maybe I can ask around about public screenings.

meantime, screen slate revamped its website and is now listing select time-sensitive online screenings, and hosting some titles for streaming too

https://www.screenslate.com/

yeah, i like them a lot.

Nitehawk just announced a 25% reopen on friday... that and alamo are probably the riskiest of theaters
https://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/covid-prevention-at-nitehawk/

yeah the dine-in model seems particularly tough to imagine going back to, at least until the numbers (vaccines, new cases, etc.) get wayyyyyyyy better. i am itching to finally spend the Nitehawk credit i got by returning a ticket to a show schedule for 3/12/20. but it can wait.

Seems about right?

Here’s what you can expect at IFC Center when we reopen:

Mandatory masks at all times:
Mandatory face coverings on staff and customers throughout the building at all times
No concessions will be sold, and no eating or drinking allowed in the theaters, so there will be no reason for anyone to remove their masks
Social distancing:
Reserved seating at all shows, so that you don’t have to arrive early to get the seat you want
At least 6 feet of distance between seats available for purchase
Reduced capacity of only 25% in all theaters—our biggest house is limited to a maximum of 50 moviegoers; the smaller rooms will have fewer seats
Online and contactless ticketing and ticket scanning
Longer gaps between shows so you won’t have to line up to wait for your theater to open for seating
Features (not the preshows) begin at the showtime to allow you to control the amount of time you’re in the building: Arrive 15 minutes before the showtime to catch the trailers and a short film before the feature, with lights up until showtime; or show up right at showtime if you only want to catch the main event
Building sanitation:
Newly installed hospital-grade MERV-13 air filtration
Seats will be sanitized in between shows
Touchless hand-sanitizer stations will be available throughout the complex
Bathrooms will be sanitized hourly
Your cooperation with our new guidelines will be important for everyone's safety, so we appreciate your diligence. These policies and instructions will be visible on signage throughout the building as well. And as always, if you are feeling sick, please stay home.

man.... i miss the movies so bad but i'm not sure what the pandemic stats would have to look like for this to feel safe. i don't have any sense that there's even like, a strong, growing core of vaccinated folks in nyc at this moment.

50 people in that big room at IFC feels both bleakly depopulated and, virus-wise, still way way too crowded.

any of their other rooms... O_o

Yeah, I'm laughing at what safe would mean in terms of IFC's smallest room (Theater 5, I think they call it). The screen is barely six feet from the seats. Maybe a person/couple in each corner of the room and a fifth person/couple in the middle?

if that... that room is like a glorified corridor, i would guess they don't even use it at first.

i can't imagine them using theater 5 for anything other than private parties until the necessity of masks pass.
in general, I'm going to hold off until i'm two weeks past my second jab but I'm willing to try to see if I can watch a movie under a mask.
gonna miss popcorn though.

also:

New York City’s iconic arthouse cinema, Angelika Film Center & Cafe (the “Angelika”), owned and operated by Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ:RDI), will welcome back film lovers on Friday, March 5 at its flagship location in Soho. The Angelika will open with extensive sanitization and safety measures creating an environment carefully designed to address COVID-19 concerns.

In alignment with the reopening, two Manhattan theaters – Village East Cinema at 189 2nd Avenue and Cinema 123 at 1001 Third Avenue in Manhattan – have joined the Angelika Film Center circuit and will now be known as Village East by Angelika (“Village East”) and Cinema 123 by Angelika (“Cinema 123”), respectively.

The Village East is known by Manhattan moviegoers for its landmark auditorium, formerly home to the Jaffe Art Theater. In more recent years, the Village East has delighted cinephiles with stunning 70 mm and 35 mm programming, alongside curated repertory series and an eclectic mix of indie hits and arthouse gems.

Cinema 123 has been a neighborhood staple since 1962, and now features luxury recliner seats in its three auditoriums. This Midtown spot always provides audiences with a signature blend of high caliber blockbusters with the industry’s latest awards-worthy arthouse films, alongside its Intelligentsia coffee and café treats.

We are so thrilled to finally welcome back movie lovers and are proud to maintain the integrity of these two Manhattan staples while bringing them the Angelika’s standard for best-in-class arthouse, independent and international film,” said Kelley Anderson, the Angelika’s director of marketing.

as an aside: i've seen a few movies at IFC (jiro dreams of sushi comes to mind) where i showed up late to theater 5 and got jammed into the farthermost front row seat on the right or left... it's like being at a drive-in and staring straight up

Publicly traded art house!

Quad is opening tomorrow as well
https://quadcinema.com/

Alamo is apparently bankrupt.
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-bankruptcy-chapter-11-sale-1234920558/

which is not to say that they're closing.

“Alamo Drafthouse had one of its most successful years in the company’s history in 2019 with the launch of its first Los Angeles theater and box office revenue that outperformed the rest of the industry,” Taylor said in a statement. “We’re excited to work with our partners at Altamont Capital Partners and Fortress Investment Group to continue on that path of growth on the other side of the pandemic, and we want to ensure the public that we expect no disruption to our business and no impact on franchise operations, employees and customers in our locations that are currently operating.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/movies/new-york-movie-theaters-guide.html

Lincoln Center is back on April 16

https://hyperallergic.com/629842/new-york-city-movie-theaters-reopening

Beard was developing an ambitious King Vidor program for Film at Lincoln Center with Dan Sullivan, an undertaking involving coordination with multiple archives.

*tries not to hyperventilate*
*fails*

http://www.movingimage.us/

Museum of Moving Image is coming back April 30