All Purpose NYC ILX Film Snob Thread

I liked Muriel. plz tell me Providence is not this weekend? ive been wanting to see it for 30+ years.

Not this weekend: don't worry. In a couple of weeks.

Which Resnais should I see this weekend? Is "I Want to Go Home" good? Other choices: Je T'aime, Je T'aime (seen it), Stavisky, Far From Vietnam, Not on the Lips.

I didnt care for Not on the Lips, otherwise unable to help.

off topic, but i'm working on the assumption that this thread is a honey-trap for film fans on ILX:

which raul ruiz should i see, first, availability pending? i think i have access to three crowns of a sailor. fwiw, i'd maybe be inflicting it on some others, too, so something vaguely enjoyable or interesting would be a plus.

it'd be nice to have a general film thread for general film geeking right now. i'm all full of enthusiasm for archipelago, & need to find counsel on where to go from here with eugene green films; don't know that there's a rolling arthouse thread, or whether one's worthwhile.

I'll let snobbier film snobs answer the above. Just wanted to say that over the weekend I saw "Mon Oncle d'Amerique" -- super amusing.

Don't think Three Crowns is really the one to see, sorry. Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting or On Top of the Whale maybe.

tons of his I haven't seen, but my faves from the '90s are Genealogies of a Crime, Three Lives and Only One Death, and the Proust movie.

Yeah I start with "Time Regained" then " Three Lives..." Then track down "Combat D'amour en songe " (sic) which is stellar.

has anybody been to this Indie Screen theater on Kent Ave in W'burg? It's the only place Cold Weather is showing now.

http://www.indiescreen.us/?page_id=74

Five Japanese Divas series starts tomorrow at FF.

Good series. Mother and Repastare among Naruse's best, iirc.

I know i've seen Repast, not sure abt Mother

Might try to catch The Life of Oharu.

So the new FSLC screens open in June:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/movies/film-society-of-lincoln-center-readies-art-house-complex.html

Maybe this means we won't have to wait YEARS before Film Socialisme gets shown again?

Life Of Oharu still amazing. Hope I can get to more in this series.

Holy shit, this is a godsend: http://altscreen.com/

looks good

They have to add Spectacle. That little theater is showing amazing stuff. I subscribed to their feed and can barely tell when things are playing. They need a new website.

Yeah, totally. Though it's still unclear to me how underground that place wants to be. They seemed super hush-hush at first, but they have received a bunch of fairly high-profile mentions since then, so who knows.

I haven't been. It looks small...is it an OK place to see movies? Sometimes if a place is that small, I'm not sure if it's worth it!

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.

Why isn't there a rolling movie thread after award season? Is this it?

this thread mostly covers limited-release/repertory screenings that happen in nyc

never heard of Spectacle

Thank you for the explanation, donna rouge

very DIY/punk little venue:

http://spectacletheater.com/

showing some pretty serious stuff.

very well might go there at 4:50 for The Immortal Story

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.

havent bothered w/ all these Rudy Wurlitzer-penned films I've already seen at Anthology, but might try Glen and Randa tnite at 7.

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.

http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1171

Is the Arbor worth seeing?

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)

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.

The Arbor is FANTASTIC

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.

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

Haynes' Superstar in W'burg on Thurs along with a Garrel/Nico film:

http://spectacletheater.com/double-feature-musical-at-spectacle

anyone care to vouch for The Makioka Sisters as a must-see?

Ha, I was going to try to see it this weekend but didn't make it. Never seen it either.

being released on Criterion in a few weeks.

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.

Fans of Dead of Night should head over to Film Forum to see Went The Day Well?

yeah, I have to, since predictably it's the last night and I've been "busy"

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.

Cool. Did you see that Romanian thing at the FF?

long list of things I'm not going to...tonight at Spectacle two movies with soundtracks by Can that look pretty awesome.

yes, I recommend the Romanian adultery pic highly

is that tuesday, after christmas?