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David White
Oct 6, 2019

No Film Week: Oct. 7-13

Living dorm room poster, Joker, opened this week, and we’re all dealing with that. I know that I’ll be embracing chaos and framing Taxi Driver posters all week, but if you’re able to recover in time, here’s what else is happening:


Series:


Monday, Oct. 7:


Tuesday, Oct. 8:

  • Skirt Day- 4pm, 7:30pm- Isabelle Adjani plays a depressed teacher who holds her classroom hostage. And not just metaphorically, like my teachers. FIAF

  • Let the Right One In- 6pm- Proof that everyone in Sweden looks like they’re from the Village of the Damned. So very creepy. Syndicated

  • Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge in 35mm- 7pm- Extremely underrated sequel that is a weirdly non-horrible high school LGBTQ depiction. Also Freddie slices people up. Quad Cinema

  • Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl- 7pm- Rascal doesn’t even get into bed for less than $10,000. City Cinemas

  • Kitten with a Whip in 35mm- 7pm- Ann-Margret is a teen who just escaped from juvie, in this 60s exploitation film. Unclear where the cat and whip come into play. Alamo Drafthouse

  • Top Hat- 7pm- Fred and Ginger play against type as lovely, beautiful dancers. BAM

  • Watership Down with Live Score- 7:30pm- I’ve only seen the beginning of this family film, but all those rabbits are really cute and fun. A great movie for kids. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • Little Monsters + Livestream Q&A- 8pm- There is a chance- a chance- that Josh Gad is devoured by zombies. You have to take that chance. Alamo Drafthouse


Wednesday, Oct. 9:

  • Mister America + Q&A with Director and Stars- 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:30pm- Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington (Neil Hamburger) and Eric Notarnicola present the first film in the On Cinema at the Cinema Cinematic Universe. Metrograph

  • Unfriended- 7pm- Horror movie about a group of teens who get the big downvote. Roxy Cinema

  • Over the Edge + Q&A with Writer and Star- 7:30pm- I don’t know what they’re so upset about- back in my day, we didn’t have rec centers, we had sticks and hoops. Sometimes, only hoops. And we loved those hoops. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Ladies with Lenses + Q&A with Directors- 7:30pm- A collections of shorts directed by women, with discussions with the directors afterwards. BAM

  • The Devil’s Honey- 9:30pm- Lucio Fulci brings the same subtly and quiet confidence to the erotic thriller genre that he showcased in City of the Living Dead and Murder Rock: Dancing Death. Alamo Drafthouse


Thursday, Oct. 10:

  • The Wizard of Oz- 6:45pm- I swear to god, there’s a shot in this movie where the Scarecrow is holding a handgun. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Gift + Q&A with Director- 7pm, 7:30pm- Documentary about the relationship between art and gifts, ranging from New Zealand, Italy, and Burning Man. Quad Cinema

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me in 35mm- 7pm- David Lynch makes a film prequel that clears up every question anyone had about Twin Peaks and wraps everything up in a neat package. Roxy Cinema

  • Ernie Gehr- 7:30pm- Collection of shorts by experimental director Ernie Gehr, all shown in 16mm. Anthology Film Archives

  • North by Northwest- 7:30pm- Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock perfect the modern action movie, the spy movie, and the drunk driving PSA. City Cinemas

  • Bone in 35mm- 7:30pm- Yaphet Kotto is great as always in Larry Cohen’s directorial debut that has the far superior alternate title Dial Rat for Terror. Alamo Drafthouse

  • Blood in 35mm- 9:30pm- Cheapo 70s exploitation horror-comedy involving the Wolfman’s son being married to Dracula’s daughter. Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • Snowpiercer- 9:30pm- Chris Evans doesn’t like the taste of these RxBars one bit. Alamo Drafthouse

  • Scream- 9:45pm- Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative. Syndicated


Friday, Oct. 11:

  • The Craft + Introduction by host of Witch Wave Podcast- 11am- Neve & Robin & Fairuza & Rachel. Nitehawk Prospect Park

  • Experimental Lecture: Nathaniel Dorsky- 7pm- The 10th annual experimental lecture held at the Anthology Film Archives invites Nathaniel Dorsky to give a free lecture on film. Anthology Film Archives

  • Heavy Trip- 7pm- A Finnish metal band is determined to get their album in the hands of a Norwegian festival producer. Scandinavia House

  • An Evening of Xavier: Renegade Angel + Q&A with Creators- 7pm- These guys created Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, and The Heart, She Holler. Buckle up. Museum of Moving Image

  • Empathy Inc.- 7:45pm- Virtual(?) Reality(?) Film Noir Cinema

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me in 35mm- 11pm- David Lynch teases us with the possibility of a Chris Isaak/Kiefer Sutherland Twin Peaks spin-off. Roxy Cinema

  • Mandy- 12am- It starts pretty slow and quiet up until the cult leader gives a long monologue with his flaccid penis exposed. Then things really get going. Syndicated

  • Suspiria- 12:10am- Dario Argento’s only dance movie. What a shame. Nitehawk Williamsburg


Saturday, Oct. 12:


Sunday, Oct. 13:

  • Black Sunday- 11am- Hump day, am I right? Nitehawk Williamsburg

  • Talk Cinema- 12pm- Talk Cinema shows a sneak preview of a new film and has a discussion about it afterwards. Which film? I’ll never tell. Roxy Cinema

  • The Housemaid- 3pm- Korean 60s classic that inspired Bong Joon-Ho and Chan-wook Park. Alamo Drafthouse

  • Intolerance in 35mm- 3:30pm- D.W. Griffith backs off the whole Klan thing in his follow-up/about-face. Anthology Film Archives

  • Electra in 35mm- 4pm- Greek classic about a vengeful daughter of a slain king. Sounds right. Museum of Moving Image

  • Sweet Charity + Introduction by Bob Fosse Biographer- 4:30pm- Shirley Maclaine stars in Bob Fosse’s musical adaptation of Nights of Cabiria. Film Forum

  • Double Feature: Girlfriends & Husbands- 5pm- Claudia Weill’s story of 70s New York women, followed by John Cassavettes’s story of 70s New York men. BAM

  • Seeds- 6pm- The baddest seeds you’ve ever seed. Film Noir Cinema

  • The Innkeepers in 35mm- 6:30pm- Ti West disguises a hang-out movie as a ghost story. Disguised as a painting with the eyes cut out. Museum of Moving Image

  • An Evening with the Yes Men- 7pm- Wake up, sheeple, with the Yes Men. Museum of Moving Image


What Else is Playing:

  • Ad Astra

  • Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

  • Celebration

  • The Day Shall Come

  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

  • First Love

  • Gregory’s Girl

  • Honeyland

  • Joker in 70mm

  • Judy

  • The Laundromat

  • Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

  • Loro

  • Low Tide

  • Lucy in the Sky

  • Mr. Klein

  • Ms. Purple

  • Official Secrets

  • One Cut of the Dead

  • Pain and Glory

  • Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

  • Selena

  • Tel Aviv on Fire

  • Tora-San, Our Lovable Tramp

  • Villains

  • Where’s My Roy Cohn?


What to Plan on:


There are a few small film festivals/series coming up soon: FFFest at Quad Cinema from Oct. 25-27, Tromathon of Horror at Film Noir Cinema from Oct. 15-22, and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival from Oct. 17-24. Also Nitehawk Williamsburg is showing one of my favorite Vincent Price movies, Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm) in 35mm. It was co-produced by Roger Corman’s American International Pictures (the man loved Vincent Price) but it feels more like if Hammer studios got it’s hand on an Italian horror script. It’s a truly weird, idiosyncratic british horror movie that feels right at home with movies like The Wicker Man and The Devils. Which is the highest praise I can give.

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