Christmas is right around the corner, and you know that we’re going to celebrate it like real New Yorkers- by spending every second we can in Rockefeller Center. As we all know, Rockefeller Center has been the holiday hub for real New Yorkers for over 80 years. And I’ve been practicing my high kicks and triple axels all year, so no Grinch is going to keep me away from the spiritual center of real New York, Rockefeller Center. You think I haven’t been tased before, Grinch? You’re gonna have to try harder to keep me away from my new real New York home. And here’s what else is happening:
Series:
IFC Center’s The Films of Studio Ghibli
Lincoln Center’s Varda: A Retrospective
MoMA’s The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher Retrospective
Museum of Moving Image’s Curator’s Choice 2019
Quad Cinema’s A Face in the Crowd: Remembering Lee Remick
Monday, Dec. 23:
Pokemon Detective Pikachu- 12pm- I choose you! Museum of Moving Image
Carol in 35mm- 6:30pm- Kyle Chandler discovers that no amount of Texas State Championships is enough to keep Cate Blanchett interested. Take that shit back to Dillon, ya loser. Metrograph
Katalin Varga- 7:30pm- In Fabric director Peter Strickland’s first movie- about a Romanian woman out for revenge. Which, is probably pretty intense. Film Noir Cinema
Tuesday, Dec. 24:
It’s a Wonderful Life + Intro by Donna Reed’s Daughter- 1:30pm, 4:15pm- God and his angels objectively prove that Donna Reed has no purpose on this Earth other than to marry Jimmy Stewart and raise his kids. IFC Center
Les Miserables- 2pm- MoMA
Phantom Thread in 35mm- 6:30pm- Paul Thomas Anderson’s Big Night will make you love mushrooms all over again. Metrograph
Fiddler on the Roof- 7pm- Christmas counter-programming with Topol and the gang. City Cinemas
Wednesday, Dec. 25:
Sátántangó- 12pm- Hate your family? Good, cause this is 7.5 hours long. Lincoln Center
Booksmart- 3pm- JCC
Christmas with Louis Armstrong presented by Will Friedwald- 4:10pm- Because you were so good this year, Jazz historian Will Friedwald gives you all the Louis Armstrong you can handle. Film Forum
Uncut Gems + Q&A with Director- 7:15pm- Spend Christmas with the Safdies and cure your holiday stress with the ultimate immersion therapy. Metrograph
Thursday, Dec. 26:
Pokemon Detective Pikachu- 12pm- With 6 Underground fever sweeping the nation, take a look back at Ryan Reynolds best movie. Museum of Moving Image
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael + Q&A with Director- 7pm- Documentary on one of America’s most important film critics/Andrew Sarris-haters. Film Forum
Long Day’s Journey Into Night- 7pm- Bi Gan’s neon-noir dreams its way through Kaili, China. MoMA
Friday, Dec. 27:
¡Qué Viva México!- 10am- Sergei Eisenstein’s 20 year masterpiece about the Mexican Revolution. All Day. MoMA
Sátántangó- 3pm- Bela Tarr’s 450 minute epic about a mud-soaked Hungarian farming collective. With two intermissions, so you can really let loose. Lincoln Center
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael + Q&A with Director- 7pm- Film Forum
New Year’s Evil in 35mm- 12:10am- And we had such a Black Christmas and Terrorsgiving. Can’t catch a break... Nitehawk Williamsburg
Saturday, Dec. 28:
The Thing- 10:45am- I don’t know what the hell’s in there, but it’s weird and pissed off. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Edward Scissorhands- 11am- Nitehawk Williamsburg
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man in 35mm- 11am- Film Forum
Where the Wild Things Are- 11am- Spike Jonze’s very good movie is not a kids movie. Which is why Maurice Sendak liked it so much. Because Maurice Sendak hates kids. Metrograph
Little Joe- 7pm- Film Noir Cinema
Class of 1984 in 35mm- 7pm- Chubby Michael J. Fox is such a narc. You can just tell. Museum of Moving Image
New Year’s Evil in 35mm- 12:10am- Nitehawk Williamsburg
Sunday, Dec. 29:
The Thing- 10:45am- Wilfred Brimley is all better now, can he please inside. Nitehawk Williamsburg
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man in 35mm- 11am- By the way, how is your ping pong? Film Forum
Where the Wild Things Are- 11am- Metrograph
Edward Scissorhands- 11am- Vincent Price nails his character of a guy just waiting for an excuse to start reading limericks. Nitehawk Williamsburg
What Else is Playing:
The 21st Annual Animation Show of Shows
63 Up
Atlantics
Bombshell
Brazil
Cape Fear
Casablanca
Clemency
Cunningham
Dark Waters
The Disappearance of My Mother
A Hidden Life
Invisible Life
The Irishman
The Kingmaker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Pain & Glory
The Song of Names
Synonyms
The Two Popes
Waves
The White Sheik
What to Plan on:
Two upcoming events at the Film Forum: on Jan. 2, they are showing the Russian film Beanpole with a Q&A with the director Kantemir Balagov. Balagov won the Un Certain Regard best director prize at Cannes for this film, a drama about the effects of WWII on the people of Leningrad. And I swear everyone looks like they’re Tilda Swinton, but they’re not, I think.
And starting on Jan. 17, the Film Forum is hosting the film series Black Women: Trailblazing African American Performers & Images, 1920-2001, which is running for almost a month and features over 70 different movies, everything from Carmen Jones to Jackie Brown. The series is being programmed by Donald Bogle, who’s written several histories of black films and biographies of Dorothy Dandridge and Ethel Waters. It’s going to be great.
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