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David White
Oct 27, 2019

No Film Week: Oct. 28-Nov. 3

It’s the spookiest week of the year and time for Jamie Lee Curtis to get that residual money. But don’t worry, I’m not scared, even if Kyle keeps daring me to look in the mirror and say “Candyman” five times. This is my sleepover and I’m a big boy and I’ll definitely do it, Kyle. Anyways, here’s what else is happening (Candyman):


Series:


Monday, Oct. 28:


Tuesday, Oct. 29:


Wednesday, Oct. 30:

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre- 6pm, 8:15pm, 10:30pm- “Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” - Marjorie Pay Hinckley. Syndicated

  • Lady in White in 35mm- 6:30pm- Nobody talks about what happened in the school cloakroom 10 years ago. Now, in the dead of night, Frankie Scarlatti is going to find out why. Alamo Drafthouse

  • Eve’s Bayou presented by Jeremy O. Harris- 7pm- Roger Ebert’s best movie of 1997. Face/Off came out in 1997, so that should tell you just how good Eve’s Bayou is. Brooklyn Museum

  • Black Sunday in 35mm- 7:15pm- Mario Bava’s career starts with a bang with this Italian horror classic. Anthology Film Archives

  • Night of the Living Dead + Live Music- 7:30pm- They’re coming to get you, Barbara. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Frenzy in 35mm- 8:30pm- Back in my day, no one wore sweatpants to work, and every strangler had a necktie. Metrograph

  • The Witches of Eastwick in 35mm- 9:15pm- Lives are turned upside down when Jack Nicholson moves to town. Which feels right. Anthology Film Archives

  • Double Feature: Halloween 4 & 5- 9:30pm- Season of the what? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Anyways, here’s Michael Myers. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • Christine- 10pm- Stephen King + John Carpenter + Edsel Ford. Roxy Cinema


Thursday, Oct. 31 HALLOWEEN:

  • Carrie- 2:45pm, 9:15pm, 11:30pm- Red is definitely Sissy Spacek’s color. Metrograph

  • Godzilla + Outro by Programmer- 3:10pm, 8pm- Oh no, there goes Tokyo. Film Forum

  • Halloween- 6pm, 8:15pm, 10:30pm- Dr. Loomis is pretty trigger happy for a doctor who works at a mental asylum. What exactly is their screening process like? Syndicated

  • Halloween- 7pm- Horror movie from the Garry Marshall school of film titling. Roxy Cinema

  • Under the Shadow presented by Zazie Beetz & David Rysdahl- 7pm- Iran in the 80s is intense enough, ghost. Back off. Brooklyn Museum

  • The Tingler- 7pm- The full William Castle experience- campy and gimmicky as hell and completely unapologetic about it. Film Noir Cinema

  • Nadja- 7pm- Produced by David Lynch, starring Peter Fonda as Van Helsing, and a soundtrack featuring Portishead. The 90s were cool. BAM

  • Day of the Dead in 35mm- 7pm- When the studio heard “zombie with a gun” they probably weren’t imaging something as weirdly sweet as Bub. Museum of Moving Image

  • Coraline- 7:15pm- To be fair, parents do suck. Metrograph

  • Psycho- 7:30pm- A boy’s best friend is his mother. City Cinemas

  • Halloween- 7:45pm- A pared-down horror classic. It makes sense why the whole Halloween franchise is so simple and straightforward. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Trick or Treat in 35mm- 8pm- Metal fan accidentally summons evil. I assume it looks something like this. Anthology Film Archives

  • Poltergeist in 35mm- 9pm- Don’t worry, we got the best team of paranormal investigators from UC Irvine. Roxy Cinema

  • Ganja & Hess- 9:15pm- Afrocentric spin on the vampire myth in this cult classic. Kind of like (Candyman). BAM

  • Dying Like It’s 1999- 9:30pm- Secret double feature of 1999 horror movies. Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies came out in 1999. They’re probably showing Wishmaster 2 twice. Nitehawk Williamsburg


Friday, Nov. 1:


Saturday, Nov. 2:

  • Atomic Blonde- 10:45am- Charlize kicks a lot of 80s German ass. As one does. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • The Time of Their Lives- 11am- Abbott and Costello are Revolutionary War ga-ga-ga-Ghosts!! Film Forum

  • The Sound of Music- 11am- Wealthy Aryan family thinks about it really hard, then runs away from Nazis. Not all heroes wear capes. Metrograph

  • King Kong- 11am- Not-metaphor is killed for his impertinence. Metrograph

  • The Thin Man- 11am- This is my go-to for the perfect couple. I love this movie so much. IFC Center

  • Annie- 11am- Lovable scamp convinces a rich person to love her. Sucker. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • American Dharma + Q&A with Director- 12:20pm- I can’t imagine watching a feature-length interview with Steve Bannon. But if you can, you can demand answers from Errol Morris. Film Forum

  • Performa 19 Presents: Shu Lea Cheang- 2pm- Conversation with the Taiwanese artist plus a collection of her shorts. It’s going to be wild- she did this once. Anthology Film Archives

  • Five Provincial Scenes by Vittorio De Seta- 2pm- Bicycle Thieves director is a man of the people. Museum of Moving Image

  • Twelve O’Clock High in 35mm- 2:20pm- Gregory Peck whips this bomber unit into shape. Probably with his beautiful voice. Film Forum

  • Barking Dogs Never Bite- 4pm- Bong Joon Ho’s first film about a man sick and tired of a barking dog next door. MoMA

  • The Man Who Skied Down Everest- 4pm- This is pretty much what you think it is. And it deserves to be seen on the big screen. Museum of Moving Image

  • Torn Curtain in 35mm- 4:15pm- Hitchcock thriller with Paul Newman and Julie Andrews and something happens and Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Metrograph

  • The Witches of Eastwick in 35mm- 4:30pm- Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher show that some people are just true movie stars. Anthology Film Archives

  • The Evil Dead- 5:20pm- Uh, you see, um, the tree is a metaphor…...Roxy Cinema

  • Mountains that Take Wing- 6pm- Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama talk about their lives and their activism. Brooklyn Museum

  • La Tia Alejandra in 35mm- 7:15pm- 70s Mexican horror film directed by a Luis Bunuel protege. Anthology Film Archives

  • The Witch’s Mirror in 16mm- 9:30pm- Mexican horror classic about a housekeeper/witch avenging her goddaughter’s murder. Anthology Film Archives

  • Poltergeist in 35mm- 10:15pm- So close to becoming Videodrome Jr. Roxy Cinema

  • Shaolin Invincibles + Live Score- 12am- Two women avenge their families against an evil emperor and maybe gorillas. Plus live soundtrack! Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • Girl on the Third Floor- 12:10am- CM Punk’s Scorpion King. But, you know, better. Nitehawk Williamsburg


Sunday, Nov. 3:

  • Atomic Blonde- 10:45am- James McAvoy will be right back, he just saw some more scenery to chew. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • The Time of Their Lives- 11am- Abbott and Costello made a lot of supernatural comedies. If it ain’t broke, I guess. Film Forum

  • The Thin Man- 11am- The best possible movie to pair with breakfast martinis. IFC Center

  • Annie- 11am- It’s weird that he’s called “Daddy” Warbucks, right? I don’t like it. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Talk Cinema- 12pm- Surprise movie with surprise guests? It’s too soon after Halloween for this shit, Harlan. Roxy Cinema

  • Torn Curtain in 35mm- 2:30pm- Features the famous six minute fight scene that only They Live has ever tried to live up to. Metrograph

  • Speedy + Live Piano and Intro by Amusement Park Historian- 3pm- Heroic beta-male Harold Lloyd wins in the end. Plus an Amusement Park Historian! Film Forum

  • Manda Bala + Intro by Director- 5pm- Darkly comedic documentary about the urban kidnappings in Brazil and their effects. I get the darkly part. Museum of Moving Image

  • Dial M for Murder in 3D- 5:15pm- Hitchcocks only 3D movie, shown as the director intended- while tormenting Tippi Hedren. Metrograph

  • Witchfinder General in 35mm- 7pm- Shocking 60s British horror movie with the most evil Vincent Price role ever. Anthology Film Archives

  • The Cool World in 35mm- 7:20pm- Shirley Clarke’s 60 indie film about a teenager in Harlem who’s planning on getting a gun and taking over a gang. Film Forum


What Else is Playing:

  • Burning Cane

  • By the Grace of God

  • (Candyman)

  • The Cave

  • The Cotton Club Encore

  • The Current War: The Director’s Cut

  • Downtown 81

  • Farming

  • Filibus

  • Frankie

  • Gay Chorus Deep South

  • Greener Grass

  • The Irishman

  • Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus

  • Judy

  • The Kill Team

  • The Lighthouse

  • Mr. Klein

  • Pain & Glory

  • Parasite

  • Redoubt

  • The Rememberer

  • Synonyms

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

  • Where’s My Roy Cohn?

  • The World is Full of Secrets


What to Plan on:


Time for a post-Halloween palate cleanser- why not two celebrations of incredibly talented foreign actors? FIAF is wrapping up it’s Isabelle Adjani series and in November is starting a retrospective around Charlotte Gainsbourg, including the U.S. premiere of My Dog Stupid (Nov. 12), Gainsbourg’s new film that was directed and also stars Yvan Attal, her long-time partner. After the screening there’s a Q&A with Gainsbourg and Attal plus a reception and dinner.


Scandinavia House isn’t taking this shit lying down and in November is starting their retrospective series around Liv Ullmann, including having two (count it, FIAF) “Evenings with” events with Ullmann after the screenings of her films The Wayward Girl (Nov. 13) and Miss Julie (Nov. 14).


Both Gainsbourg and Ullmann are incredibly talented and both of these series look great. But this isn’t about looking good- it’s about looking better than those other foreign institute assholes. Fight! Fight! Fight! Candyman!

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