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David White
Nov 3, 2019

No Film Week: Nov. 4-10

Terminator: Dark Fate came out this weekend, and guys- this Terminator is the toughest Terminator ever. Like, I really don’t think they’re going to be able to band together and kill it. I’m pretty sure it kills Sarah Conner and we all die. In the small chance that this time, humanity is able to beat the Terminator (probably not, its whole body is a weapon!), here’s what else is happening:


Series:


Monday, Nov. 4:

  • Victor/Victoria- 5pm- Julie Andrews finds work as a male female impersonator. She’s very convincing. Metrograph

  • Light from Light + Q&A with Director, Star, moderated by Elizabeth Moss- 7pm- Jim Gaffigan hires a paranormal investigator. And appears in person! With the director! And producer Elizabeth Moss? Yes! Quad Cinema

  • Bye Bye Birdie- 7pm- Conrad Birdie just got drafted, so you know his biggest fan is getting a kiss. City Cinemas

  • Fresh Kill in 35mm- 7:15pm- Taiwanese artist Shu Lea Cheang’s first film is about lesbian parents in a struggle against a company that’s been contaminating sushi with industrial waste. See it. Quad Cinema

  • Film Noir Mondays- 7:30pm- It’s a secret film noir movie that’s very hush hush. Film Noir Cinema

  • The F13th Fan Film Mixtape- 9:30pm- A compilation of fan tributes to Jason Voorhees. Please be mostly Baghead Jason, please be mostly Baghead Jason. Alamo Drafthouse


Tuesday, Nov. 5:

  • Great Door- 4pm, 7:30pm- Charlotte Gainsbourg plays an English immigrant at Ellis Island who has to prove she has a fiance. There won’t be any complications, I’m sure. FIAF

  • The Humorist- 7pm- Soviet stand-up is dying on stage. Literally? No. Well, maybe. JCC

  • Blue Velvet- 7:45pm- I’m sick and tired of movies glorifying inhaling amyl nitrite. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Bob Kaufman in Print and on Screen- 7:15pm- Screening of And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead, a documentary about jazz poet Bob Kaufman plus a panel discussion afterwards. Anthology Film Archives

  • Honor Killing- 9pm- A fresh new Troma film about an honor killing gone bad. Troma bad. Film Noir Cinema

  • What Lies Beneath- 9:30pm- Harrison Ford has nothing to hide. Nothing certainly in that spooky bathtub on all the posters. Alamo Drafthouse


Wednesday, Nov. 6:

  • Charlie’s Records + Q&A with Director and Subject- 7:30pm- Documentary about Tobagonian Bed-Stuy legend Rawlston Charles, who’s worked for decades to bring Calypso music to the New York and the world. BAM

  • Black Samurai- 9:30pm- Jim Kelly went toe-to-toe with Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon. He’s going to waste these satanic warlock chumps. Alamo Drafthouse

  • Valley Girl in 35mm- 9:45pm- Nicolas Cage is a bad boy punker who looks like he’s Flock of Seagulls #1 fan. Fine by me. Roxy Cinema


Thursday, Nov. 7:


Friday, Nov. 8:

  • For Children of All Ages: Bunin, Griffin, and Hubley- 10am- All-day long the MoMA is showing animated films from its collection. MoMA

  • Little Joe + Q&A with Director and Star- 7pm- Scientists have developed a happy plant. That might not be so happy. Like if Frankenstein was crossed with Little Shop of Horrors. Lincoln Center

  • Honey Boy + Q&A with Director and Star- 7:20pm- Shia LaBeouf’s definitely not autobiographical, definitely not part of therapy movie also has FKA Twigs. Angelika

  • Koyaanisqatsi- 8pm- Finally a movie for people who can manage to find beauty in the world and Philip Glass music. Museum of Moving Image

  • Dracula in 35mm- 10pm- No, the other other other Dracula. The one with Frank Langella. Who was born for this. Roxy Cinema

  • Demons in 35mm- 12am- A midnight movie about an evil midnight movie? Yikes, no thanks, too spooky. Nitehawk Williamsburg


Saturday, Nov.

  • American Graffiti- 11am- Nostalgic movie about one crazy night, where even a guy with the nickname “The Toad” can get a girl. Film Forum

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark in 35mm- 11am- Indiana Jones beats up Nazis, Frenchmen, and his ex-girlfriend to get to that sweet sweet Ark. Metrograph

  • Dead Poets Society- 11am- Robin Williams inspires rich white boys to be themselves. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • The Trouble with Harry- 11am- This damn corpse is really cramping everyone’s style. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • El Velador- 2pm- Documentary about a Mexican cemetery being filled up with drug lords and their victims. Museum of Moving Image

  • Tokyo-Ga- 2:30pm- Wim Wenders’s early 80s tribute to Ozu and Tokyo. Very Wenders. Japan Society

  • Unintended- 3pm- Remember that time you killed someone when you were twelve? No? Well, you do now. Roxy Cinema

  • Bamboozled in 35mm- 3pm- Spike Lee may not have the most flattering opinion of the entertainment industry. Museum of Moving Image

  • Out of Sight- 3:30pm- George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez are beautiful people beautifully trying to catch each other. Five stars, great movie. Syndicated

  • Mysterious Object at Noon- 4pm- Thai film about how a story spreads and how each person who tells it adds something about themselves to it. Museum of Moving Image

  • Valley Girl in 35mm- 5pm- One time, someone broke up with me right before we were going to see this movie, and I still really like this movie. So it must be good. Roxy Cinema

  • Like Someone in Love- 7pm- Abbas Kiarostami’s Tokyo story about a student, working as an escort, who finds herself in an ambiguous relationship with a customer. Japan Society

  • The Kingmaker + Q&A with Director- 7:15pm- Documentary about the Marcos family resurgence in the Philippines as they try to rewrite their history. Quad Cinema

  • Babylon + Q&A with Star- 8:30pm- Pitched as “a British reggae version of Mean Streets”. Hell yeah. Metrograph

  • Selena- 8:50pm- Breakout movie for Jennifer Lopez and the Washing Machine. Syndicated

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall Anniversary Screening- 9pm- A series of shorts from German artist Stefan Roloff that examine Cold War Berlin. Anthology Film Archives

  • Dracula in 35mm- 9:15pm- Laurence Olivier is Van Helsing in this version of Dracula, which dares to ask the question, “What if Van Helsing had immense smoldering charisma?”. Roxy Cinema

  • Demons in 35mm- 12am- Mario Bava’s son directs a movie about evil movies. There’s certainly no subtext there, right Lamberto? Nitehawk Williamsburg


Sunday, Nov. 10:

  • American Graffiti- 11am- Richard Dreyfuss hunts down the Wolfman Jack. Film Forum

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark in 35mm- 11am- Bad dates. Bad snakes. This was a rough one for Indy. Metrograph

  • Dead Poets Society- 11am- I had a middle school teacher who unironically made everyone stand on their desks. Thanks Dead Poets Society. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • The Trouble with Harry- 11am- Highwater, Vermont was having a fine day till this stupid corpse of stupid Harry Worp showed up. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Sesame Street: The Premiere + Q&A with Star and Crew- 2pm- The first episode of Sesame Street to mark the 50th anniversary of the show. With special guests including longtime crew members and Bob. Museum of Moving Image

  • Selena- 3:30pm- Jennifer Lopez stars in this piercing look into fan-club finances. Syndicated

  • Happiness + Intro by Michael R. Jackson- 3:45pm- Philip Seymour Hoffman and Todd Solondz join forces to create an unstoppable pitiful force. BAM

  • Twilight City & La Jetee- 4pm- Two arthouse sci-fi classics, including the inspiration for 12 Monkeys. Museum of Moving Image

  • Blood Money in 35mm + Intro with Programmer- 4:10pm- Pre-code crime film about a bailbondsman sucked into a life of crime by a thrill-seeking dame. Film Forum

  • Spell- 4:15pm- Iceland is as good a place as any to run out of medication and run into hallucinations(?) Film Noir Cinema

  • Out of Sight- 6:30pm- Steve Zahn’s best movie. And I don’t say that lightly. Syndicated

  • The Wolf of Wall Street- 6:30pm- Three hour explanation that quaaludes actually make you tired. Museum of Moving Image

  • Yama- Attack to Attack- 7pm- Documentary about Japanese workers’ struggle against discrimination and corruption. The original director was murdered during the making of the film and it finished by a group of filmmakers, some of whom were also murdered. Damn. Anthology Film Archives


What Else is Playing:

  • American Dharma

  • The Apollo

  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s

  • Diane

  • Downtown 81

  • Frankie

  • Gay Chorus Deep South

  • Harriet

  • The Host

  • Indelible Dance

  • The Irishman

  • The Lighthouse

  • Marriage Story

  • Pain & Glory

  • Parasite

  • Redoubt

  • Synonyms

  • Tokyo Twilight

  • The World is Full of Secrets


What to Plan on:


It’s getting near the end of the year, which is when each year the MoMA hosts its Contenders film series of all of the potential awards winners and critical favorites from the year. A lot of the screenings have Q&As with the directors and they sell out instantly. This week they’re screening The Irishman and Marriage Story, both with Q&As and both already sold out. But later on in the series, they have screenings of Edge of Democracy, Her Smell, The Farewell, Parasite, End of the Century, Monos, and Charlie Says all with Q&As with the directors. That plus a lot more screenings of critical hits like The Lighthouse, Pain & Glory, and Booksmart. It’s great, but very hard to get those damn tickets- they go on sale two weeks before the screening, so buy quick.

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