Knives Out is being released this week, by visionary director Rian Johnson, which means one thing- we don’t have to see the trailer to Knives Out ever again! Hell Yeah! We’re free, people- the only time we’ll ever see weird CGI floating magnifying glasses will be in our nightmares. Here’s what else is happening this week:
Series:
Anthology Film Archives’s Luc Ferrari: Recherches Filmiques
Anthology Film Archives’s Piotr Kamler
Film Forum’s The Romanians: 30 Years of Cinema Revolution
IFC Center’s Late Night Favorites: Autumn 2019
Lincoln Center’s Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996-2003
Metrograph’s Noah Baumbach Residency
MoMA’s Histories of Film: The Circulating Film and Video Library
Spectacle’s Signs of Chaos: The Films of Rogerio Sganzerla
Monday, Nov. 25:
With Merce + Intro by Director- 6pm- A collection of films about legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham. Lincoln Center
Call Me By Your Name- 6:45pm- Michael Stuhlbarg better not ever makes me cry like that ever again. Fucking Stuhlbarg...Syndicated
Hala + Q&A with Director- 7pm- Coming of age story about a 17-year-old Pakistani-American as her family falls apart. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Splendor in the Grass in 35mm- 7:30pm- Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood are too hot for Kansas and it’s tearing Kansas apart. City Cinemas
Film Noir Mondays- 7:30pm- Super secret film noir movie, for a super secret audience. Film Noir Cinema
Velvet Goldmine in 35mm presented by Ela Troyano- 8pm- Todd Haynes makes the best (not) David Bowie movie ever. Plus Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor have sex. It’s a four quadrant movie! IFC Center
Mind Game- 9:30pm- I wish more films were described as “a psychedelic self-discovery experience.” Alamo Drafthouse
Caravaggio- 9:45pm- Derek Jarman loves the man and the process in his masterpiece. Metrograph
A Nightmare on Elm Street- 9:45pm- Springwood, Ohio doesn’t even have the Dream Warriors to protect them. Johnny Depp never stood a chance. Nitehawk Prospect Park
Tuesday, Nov. 26:
L’effrontee in 35mm- 4pm, 7:30pm- Charlotte Gainsbourg’s first major role, she plays a 13-year old with all the same problems as us, just cooler and more sophisticated. FIAF
Her- 6:45pm- Joaquin Phoenix definitely violated App Store terms and conditions. Syndicated
Krisha- 7pm- Trey Edward Shults’s debut celebrates Thanksgiving’s power to bring family together and then put it to the breaking point. Nitehawk Prospect Park
Pororoca + Q&A with Director- 8pm- A Romanian family deals with the disappearance of their young daughter. So, not a comedy. Film Forum
Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters- 9pm- Troma redubbed a Indonesian film in what I’m sure is a very tasteful edit. What’s this- the brother of the main character has to get surgery because his semen flows to his brain and if he gets horny, his brain will explode? Stay classy, Troma, stay classy. Film Noir Cinema
Under the Skin- 9:35pm- Jonathan Glazer’s Species is a lot more ponderous than Roger Donaldson’s. Syndicated
Wednesday, Nov. 27:
Inception- 6:30pm- Leo and the gang dodge the dream police to pull off the perfect crime in a highly militarized sub-conscious. Syndicated
Booksmart- 7pm- I get it- Ryan is the coolest. I’d be terrified that she wouldn’t like me. MoMA
Vampire’s Kiss in 35mm- 7pm- Nicolas Cage’s run at the Roxy starts getting to the real Nicolas Cage. Roxy Cinema
Buffalo ‘66 in 35mm- 9:30pm- Christina Ricci makes everything better, huh? Quad Cinema
High Life- 9:45pm- It’s a sci-fi movie that has a spaceship with a semen dungeon- what more do you want from movies? Syndicated
Thursday, Nov. 28:
Nothing
Friday, Nov. 29:
A Day of Animated Films by Women- 10am- Collection of animated shorts by female directors from the 30s to the 80s. All day, baby, all day. MoMA
Pauline at the Beach in 35mm- 5:45pm- Beach trip! Time for some fun in the sun with my cousin and no creepy local men. Metrograph
63 Up + Q&A with Director- 6:20pm- Michael Apted checks in on the Up gang a ninth time. And while he’s at the Film Forum and has to answer your questions- ask what pranks Denise Richards pulled on the set of The World is Not Enough. Film Forum
The Birdcage in 35mm- 6:45pm- Robin Williams and Nathan Lane walk like John Wayne to appease assholes in this comedy classic. Quad Cinema
It’s Such a Beautiful Day/World of Tomorrow- 7pm- Don Hertzfeldt double feature- all the stick figure you could want in one sitting. Syndicated
Tremors + Q&A with Star- 7:15pm- Not the Kevin Bacon Tremors- this Tremors is about a closeted Guatamalan man pushed to conversion therapy. The term “Graboid” is never used. Quad Cinema
Rolling Thunder Revue- 7:30pm- Bob Dylan keeps the train rolling through the 70s with the Gene Simmons special (cocaine and face paint). MoMA
Holy Motors- 9:05pm- Surreal ode to acting from the director of Mauvais Sang. Plus it has Kylie Minogue! Syndicated
Pink Flamingos in 35mm- 9:15pm- Divine defends her throne as the filthiest person alive, no matter how many chickens it takes. Quad Cinema
Vampire’s Kiss in 35mm- 10pm- Nic Cage thinks he’s a vampire. In the movie. In real life, he’s a mummy. Roxy Cinema
Mandy- 11:45pm- A cult has kidnapped Nicolas Cage’s girl. And made her listen to their album. Those fuckers are dead. Syndicated
The House of Yes in 35mm- 12:10am- This is actually the best it’s gone when anyone’s brought Tori Spelling home to meet their family. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Daniel Isn’t Real- 12:20am- “From the producers of Mandy”. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Saturday, Nov. 30:
Money Train- 10:45am- Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes are back and better than ever. Nitehawk Williamsburg
To Kill a Mockingbird- 11am- America’s dad, Atticus Finch, stands against racism, for calling potential rape victims liars. We all have a code. Film Forum
Night of the Hunter- 11am- Robert Mitchum’s delivers his masterpiece performance as Harry Powell, evil preacher and big bad wolf. IFC Center
Moonstruck- 11am- Every New Yorker’s nightmare- having to choose between Nicolas Cage and Danny Aiello. Nitehawk Williamsburg
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation- 11am- Chevy Chase disappoints family and Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Christmas, just like every other day. Nitehawk Prospect Park
Born Yesterday- 12pm- “My Fair Lady but with gangsters involved” works really well as a screwball comedy plot. Metrograph
Andrei Rublev- 1:15pm- Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterpiece about the artist and saint’s struggle in Medieval Russia. Metrograph
The Beach Bum- 2pm- See The Beach Bum the way the director intended- in a museum, next to elderly couples. MoMA
Peggy Sue Got Married in 35mm- 3pm- Kathleen Turner thinks she’s so smart, just cause she got sent back in time. Roxy Cinema
Phantom Thread- 4pm- Paul Thomas Anderson doesn’t need therapy for relationship issues- that’s what making movies is for. Syndicated
The Thin Man- 4:30pm- Cinema’s best couple are rich, solve crimes, have a cute dog, live the greatest possible life. Metrograph
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg- 5:30pm- Jacques Demy’s first technicolor musical. Metrograph
Back to the Future in 35mm- 7pm- Still looking for the deleted scene where we see how Doc Brown met Iranian terrorists. Quad Cinema
The Master- 7pm- Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman spend two hours trying to out-act each other. We all win. Syndicated
The Bridges of Madison County in 35mm- 7:45pm- Meryl Streep off the Henny & a few pulls of sour, ready to jeopardize is all for Clint Eastwood. Metrograph
Buffalo ‘66 in 35mm- 9:15pm- A sitcom plot directed in a very 90s indie movie way. Quad Cinema
Inherent Vice- 10:35pm- Joaquin Phoenix, audience struggle to figure this one out. Syndicated
The House of Yes in 35mm- 12:10am- So, there’s no Thanksgiving movie where the family loves each other. But there’s one with Parker Posey as a mentally disturbed Jackie Kennedy impersonator. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Daniel Isn’t Real- 12:20am- Whatever you do, don’t let Patrick Schwartzenegger take over. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Sunday, Dec. 1:
Money Train- 10:45am- Finally, we can all live out our fantasy of being transit cops. Nitehawk Williamsburg
To Kill a Mockingbird- 11am- The best possible outcome of Robert Duvall hiding in your room. Film Forum
Night of the Hunter- 11am- Salvation is a last minute business, boy. IFC Center
Moonstruck- 11am- The most Italian rom-com this side of Under the Tuscan Sun. Nitehawk Williamsburg
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation- 11am- America sympathizes with Chevy Chase for one fleeting moment. Nitehawk Prospect Park
The Holiday- 12pm- Nancy Meyers really works to explain how Kate Winslet falls in love with Jack Black. Alamo Drafthouse
Brief Encounter in 35mm- 1pm- Noel Coward and David Lean muster everything they can to make you cry. And succeed, damn it. Metrograph
Pink Flamingos in 35mm- 3:15pm- Oh Cotton, you make me so happy. You and the egg man. Quad Cinema
Metropolitan + Q&A with Director- 3:30pm- You don’t have to read a book to have an opinion on it. Metrograph
Carol- 3:30pm- Just when you think it can’t get any worse, you run out of cigarettes. Syndicated
Five Easy Pieces in 35mm- 3:45pm- Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson take apart the 60s. Metrograph
The General in 35mm- 4pm- Buster Keaton’s fights for his train, his girl and his Confederacy in one of the first blockbusters ever made. Anthology Film Archives
The Birdcage in 35mm- 5:25pm- Hank Azaria overcomes his fear of offending all gay people to play Agador Spartacus. Quad Cinema
Peggy Sue Got Married in 35mm- 5:30pm- The 47th Nicolas Cage movie playing this week. Goddamn, the man has an audience. Roxy Cinema
The Last Days of Disco + Intro by Director- 6:15pm- There’s something really sexy about Scrooge McDuck. Metrograph
Stories We Tell- 6:15pm- We get to live vicariously through Sarah Polley as she interrogates her family. If only… Syndicated
The New World: Limited Release Version in 35mm- 7pm- The extended cut of Terrence Malick’s Pocahontas. In this cut, Grandmother Willow does talk and sing and is a crucial plot point. Museum of Moving Image
Andrei Rublev- 8pm- It’s amazing that Tarkovsky could sympathize so much with the struggles of Medieval Russia while living in a Soviet paradise. He’s a truly talented man. Metrograph
Inside Llewyn Davis- 8:45pm- The Coen Brothers are the only people in history to ask, “But what about the non-Bob Dylan people in the Greenwich Folk scene?”. Syndicated
What Else is Playing:
American Dharma
Atlantics
Dark Waters
Downtown 81
Duet for Cannibals
Feast of the Epiphany
Ghost World
Honey Boy
The Hottest August
The Irishman
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Kingmaker
The Ladykillers
The Lavender Hill Mob
Les Miserables
The Lighthouse
The Man in the White Suit
Marriage Story
Mickey and the Bear
North by Northwest
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
The Report
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Shooting the Mafia
Synonyms
The Third Man
Tokyo Twilight
The Two Popes
Varda by Agnes
Waves
What to Plan on:
There are a couple things to plan on coming up at the Film Forum and the Metrograph in December. The Film Forum is hosting a retrospective of Martin Scorsese’s documentaries called Scorsese Non-Fiction. This includes all of his music documentaries, Italianamerican, My Voyage to Italy, and A Personal Journey. Scorsese’s made a lot of documentaries, but almost all have flown under the radar (except for The Last Waltz). They are him at his most sincere and personal.
The Film Forum is also showing the new 4K restoration of the original Cape Fear from Dec. 18-24. Cape Fear is one of my favorite movies and Robert Mitchum gives one of the most menacing performances in film history as the stalker ex-con Max Cady. It’s incredible.
Metrograph is showing the new A24 horror movie In Fabric from Dec. 4-8, with multiple Q&A and introductions by the director, Peter Strickland. The movie is about a cursed dress, which is a crazy premise that I’m sure will be taken to the most extreme conclusion by the director of Berberian Sound Studio. It also has my favorite poster I’ve seen in a while.
Metrograph is also showing Valley of the Dolls with an introduction by Dionne Warwick on Dec. 15. Have you seen a movie introduced by Dionne Warwick? Do you want to? This is the only chance you’ll ever get.
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