Would love to see Perceval but think it would take a miracle.
Wim I'd like to see again: The State of Things.
― Exile's Return To Sender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
MoMA is doing a series of Hasse Ekman, the "overshadowed Swede." Nick Pinkerton:
http://artforum.com/film/id=54800
My records indicate I saw Girl with the Hyacinths 5 years ago, of which I remember nothing.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1600
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
James Baldwin weekend at FSLC
http://www.filmlinc.org/series/the-devil-finds-work-james-baldwin-on-film/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 September 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
De Sica at FF
http://filmforum.org/series/vittorio-de-sica-attore-regista-seduttore-series
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward
― The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 September 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
I saw Perceval. Ehh.
― it's not a tuomas (benbbag), Sunday, 13 September 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
Gold of Naples seems like an overlooked major work to me -- Toto, De Sica, and Sophia Loren are all stupendously funny in it, and there's a possible career performance in it by Silvana Mangano.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 September 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
Definitely want to see that. With that cast it seemed like it was either going to be a misguided misfire or an overlooked whatsit like you said.
― The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 September 2015 04:03 (eight years ago) link
well you have 2 days
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 September 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
Aiming for Tuesday
― The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 September 2015 04:35 (eight years ago) link
ya go?
wd def recommend Ekman's The Banquet tonight at MoMA, altho i was nodding throughout last Saturday bcz of goddamn drug-induced sleep debt. Ekman and Eva Henning give great performances portraying a S/M marriage from hell.
also, '60s WW2 "missions" in 35mm: Where Eagles Dare (Burton, Eastwood) at BAM tonightThe Guns of Navarone (Peck, Quinn, Niven) at Loews Jeresey City, Friday eve
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 19:53 (eight years ago) link
btw Navarone was the top-grossing film of '61. i probably have only seen it panned & scanned on TV. Also in JC this weekend, Welles & the Rat Pack:
http://www.loewsjersey.org/films
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 September 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
Do you remember Dick Van Dyke episode in which The Guns of Navarone featured prominently?
― The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 September 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
p sure i haven't watched a van Dyke episode in 30+ years.
Jerry Lewis at MOMI on Oct 6. If you're an admirer you should see him once; just be ready for anything.
http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2015/10/06/detail/the-comedian-filmmaker-jerry-lewis
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
I know architecture documentaries aren't the most filmsnobby of films, but NY Design & Architecture Festival is next week, and I saw Concrete Love - The Böhm Family, and it's quite honestly one of the best films I've seen this year. Made by a 27 year old dude, who has worked on the film for five years, following 93 year old Gottfried Böhm and his architecture family, mostly just a collection of vignettes, where some are based on boring talking heads, but some are these amazing visual ruminations on creativity, aging, love, etc. It uses that visual style that Wim Wenders tries to do with his latest documentaries, but where Wenders never gets it to work imo, in this film there are several passages that are just completely stunning and new.
If this guy can get more funding, then in a couple of years he's a big name, and then you can say that you knew him from his first film!!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 8 October 2015 10:46 (eight years ago) link
MoMA slate up for November's To Save and Project (Welles, Akerman, Fuller, early color, Crime Wave, Amarcord, Shampoo, Clara Bow, William K Howard):
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1623
Wojciech Has retro begins next week at BAM:
http://www.bam.org/film/2015/the-waking-dreams-of-wojciech-has
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 October 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
and starting tomw, Frederick Wiseman's New York at MOMI
http://www.movingimage.us/films/2015/10/09/detail/frederick-wisemans-new-york/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
Really hope I can get to BAM for some Has.
― That Thin, Wild Mercury Poisoning (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
Argh. Hoping to get to MOMI for those...
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
et you're here for a spell, again?
i think Central Park has no baseball conflict for me
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
Been here for over a month already (mentioned on one of the other NYC threads). Leaving on Wednesday.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 October 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
trio of Kon Ichikawa 4K screenings
http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/fall-season-2015
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
Pialat retro at MOMI, incl 1971 miniseries in a couple weeks:
http://www.movingimage.us/films/2015/10/16/detail/maurice-pialat/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 October 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
last night in Brooklyn (30 John St) for this weeklong run:
http://nymediacenter.com/events/event/?id=E970FD8D-3799-449C-A91854CC81923AB4&slugid=ifp-screen-forward-presents-field-niggas
http://truefalse.org/news/stimulating-life-a-conversation-with-khalik-allah-of-field-niggas/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 October 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
^interview by Tape Store
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 October 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
afi fest announced their schedule today - anything any of you nyc-ers have caught and would recommend? the world cinema section alone is kinda overwhelming
http://afifest.afi.com/2015/sections
― donna rouge, Friday, 23 October 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
From New Auteurs, Mediterranea is awesome and Sworn Virgin + Until I Lose My Breath is kinda cool.
Saw The Club yesterday and loved it, prefer it to No. I'm going to see Aferim sunday, will report back. A new Porumpoio like The Treasure is always a mustsee. Tale of Tales didn't really work for me, and A War is awful crap.
45 Years is ok.
― Frederik B, Friday, 23 October 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
Mountains May Depart xp
― 龜, Saturday, 24 October 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
cripes, the afi fest online ticketing system is more disastrous this year than it's been any other year i've attended but i did get manage to get tix for the new zhangke and the sembene documentary
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
at a glance, wd recommend (besides MMD) Field Niggas, In the Shadow of Women and The Forbidden Room.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
Saw In the Shadow of Women yesterday, and yeah, it's good, better than Jealousy. But I'm still quite intimidated at the sheer amount of Garrel films to really dive into his filmography, though I think his newest would benefit from understanding more about the kind of stories he tells. Also checked out Le Revelateur, the silent film he made in 68. That one is really quite something.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
thx for the recs all - not super keen on guy maddin usually but will take under advisement
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
well it's very maddinesque, bursting at the seams
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0416/nfl_u_madden1_200.jpg
― You're a Big URL Now (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
wiseman will be on site at film forum for the new one. getcher tickets now
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2015 06:03 (eight years ago) link
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
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
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.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link
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
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
December: FSLC w/ a dual Lynch/Rivette retro
http://www.filmlinc.org/daily/lineup-for-lynchrivette-dual-retrospective-revealed/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 October 2015 18:16 (eight years ago) link
Counting on some Mississippi Grind on the Contenders' back-end
― Neb! (benbbag), Saturday, 31 October 2015 01:46 (eight years ago) link
still finalizing my AFI slate, some conflicting screenings i'm torn between:
chevalier (tsangari) v. evolution (hadzihalilovic)andaferim! (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)
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
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!!
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 12:42 (eight years ago) link
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
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 November 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
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
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 November 2015 02:45 (eight years ago) link
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/
― donna rouge, Monday, 9 November 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
appears that FF will be holding over Wiseman
DOC NYC:
http://www.docnyc.net/schedule/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
In Jackson Heights is very good. As usual...
― Frederik B, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
yeah, though maybe a bit less active than usual? I liked it.
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
Jax Hts pleasant, not insubstantial. Wouldn't go as far as great. Nor "as usual".
― Neb! (benbbag), Friday, 13 November 2015 06:41 (eight years ago) link
am i being short sighted or has it been a notably weak year for commercial/broadly distributed film in general?
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link