It Chapter Two comes out this week. It's about a CGI clown terrorizing Bill Hader, which combines all my search terms into one movie. Here's what else is happening:
Monday, Sept. 2:
Double Feature: Voyage to Italy & Long Long Trailer- all day- two movies about traveling with no complications, hijinks, or loveless marriages. Film Forum
Some Came Running in 35mm- 5pm- Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin when they were actually trying. Metrograph
Perfect Blue- 2:35pm, 11pm- The anime classic from the director of Tokyo Godfathers and Paprika. Metrograph
King Kong- 11am- The original. Definitely not a metaphor. IFC Center
Double Feature: Near Dark & River's Edge- 2pm- Goddamn, Bill Paxton is great in Near Dark and early Keanu and Crispin in River's Edge. Lincoln Center
Double Feature: RoboCop & The Running Man- 6:15pm- RoboCop is the best and Richard Dawson steals The Running Man from Arnold. Lincoln Center
The Music Man- 7pm- The best pitch for trombones in film history. Village East Cinema
Vertigo in 70mm- 12pm- Genuinely one of the best movies ever made. In 70mm. Alamo Drafthouse
High Life- 6pm- Claire Denis' wild new movie. One of my favorites. Film Noir Cinema
Shoplifters- 8pm- Winner of the 2018 Palme d'Or. Also, very good. Film Noir Cinema
Memories of Underdevelopment- 7pm- Post-revolutionary 60s Cuban classic. BAM
No Home Movie- 4:30pm, 9:30pm- Chantal Akerman's final film. BAM
Tuesday, Sept. 3:
Double Feature: Husbands & The Big Knife- 12:30pm- John Cassavetes's boys weekend and Jack Palance actually gets to play the hero in this pairing. Film Forum
Double Feature: The Changeling & Blood on Satan's Claw- 7:55pm- Great late-period George C. Scott and also a movie called Blood on Satan's Claw. Film Forum
Perfect Blue- 2:30pm- Darren Aronofsky did NOT rip off this movie. Twice. Metrograph
Paprika- 5pm- Christopher Nolan did NOT rip off this movie. Metrograph
Day of Wrath in 35mm- 7pm- Carl Theodor Dreyer's witch hunt drama made during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Anthology Film Archives
Jonas Mekas Tribute Screening + introduction by Marina Abramovic- 7:30pm- Films about and by the Godfather of the Avant-Garde. Anthology Film Archives
Double Feature: Last Temptation of Christ & They Live!- 1:30pm- Willem Dafoe and Rowdy Roddy Piper fight earthly concerns and Keith David in this double feature. Lincoln Center
Double Feature: Salvador & Walker- 6:30pm- Alex Cox's acid western masterpiece and also Salvador. Lincoln Center
Spider in the Web + Q&A with director- 4:30pm, 7pm- Israeli spy thriller with Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci. JCC
Being Frank + Q&A with director and stars- 7pm- Finally Jim Gaffigan makes his heel turn. Nighthawk Williamsburg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg- 7pm- French New Wave technicolor musical. There's only so many. Alamo Drafthouse
Nightmare on Elm Street 5- 9:30pm- I thought the Dream Warriors had the situation under control... Alamo Drafthouse
Testament- 7pm- Post-colonial disillusionment in Ghana. BAM
Mi Familia- 9pm- A Mexican-American family from the 1920s-80s. BAM
Wednesday, Sept. 4:
Double Feature: Counterfeit Traitor & Slightly Scarlet- all day- 6:20pm screening of Counterfeit Traitor includes a Q&A with series programmer Jay Cocks. Film Forum
Devour: A Night with Pharmakon + Society on 35mm- 7pm- Enjoy the band Pharmakon and Brian Yunza's cult horror movie. Roxy Cinema
Notes on an American Film Director at Work: Martin Scorsese- 7:30pm- Jonas Mekas follows Scorsese around the set of The Departed. Anthology Film Archives
Blue Velvet- all day- Kyle MacLachlan is trapped in the closet. IFC Center
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary + Q&A with director and F&G writer- 7:30pm- Hopefully it explains why Linda Cardellini isn't in more stuff. Nighthawk Prospect Park
Drop Dead Fred- 9:30pm- Yup. Drop Dead Fred. Alamo Drafthouse
Cinema unter National (A Surprise Arthouse Movie)- 7pm- Watch the movie, then stay and talk. A very cool idea for an event. Film Noir Cinema
Bill Douglas Trilogy- 7pm- Three movies by Bill Douglas about his childhood in Scotland. BAM
Thursday, Sept. 5:
Double Feature: Voyage to Italy & Long Long Trailer- 12:30pm- Travel has never put any stresses on any of my relationships. Film Forum
Double Feature: The Music Room & Il Posto- 4:20pm, 6:15pm- Indian and Italian classics end the double feature series. Film Forum
Assault on Precinct 13 in 35mm- 9:30pm- John Carpenter's anti-Ice Cream Truck PSA. Metrograph
Stop Making Sense- 7pm- David Byrne wears a suit with shoulder pads. Roxy Cinema
Blue Velvet- all day- Pabst Blue Ribbon! That's what you'll drink tonight! IFC Center
Double Feature: Three Times & Moonlight- 6pm- Hou Hsiao-hsien and Barry Jenkins jump through time. Plus free beer. Lincoln Center
2001: A Space Odyssey- 8:30pm- It sure looks great. Nighthawk Prospect Park
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- 7pm- Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet just want to forget. We've all been there. BAM
Friday, Sept. 6:
Mr. Klein + introduction by Foster Hisch- 5:40pm- Joseph Losey biographer introduces his drama about Occupied France. Film Forum
Promise at Dawn + Q&A with Charlotte Gainsbourg- 7pm- Biopic of French Novelist Romain Gary with Charlotte Gainsbourg as his mother. Quad Cinema
Assault on Precinct 13 in 35mm- 9pm- At least we have each other. Metrograph
Battleship Potemkin in 35mm- 7pm- That baby carriage, tho. Anthology Film Archives
Tora-San's Cherished Mother- 7pm- Japanese drama series and- holy shit, there's 48 of these. Japan Society
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone- 12:10am- Midnight anime.11. Nighthawk Williamsburg
Jinn + Skype interview with director- 7pm- 17-year old Summer's mother converts to Islam. BAM
Brainstorm in 70mm- 7pm- Sci-fi thriller directed by the visual effects supervisor of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. Museum of Moving Image
Saturday, Sept. 7:
Our Hospitality + Live Piano- 11am- Buster Keaton roasts the South to live piano at the screening. Film Forum
Body and Soul + Live Drum Performance- 6:30pm- The film debut of Paul Robeson, one of the greatest actors ever. A silent film accompanied by a live drum performance. Metrograph
Stop Making Sense- 10:30pm- And you may tell yourself, you're a great dancer, don't feel self-conscious. Roxy Cinema
October in 35mm- 5:15pm- Sergei Eisenstein's Soviet origin story. Anthology Film Archives
Old and New in 35mm- 8:30pm- Eisenstein's film about agricultural collectivization that has nothing to do with Trotsky, sir. Anthology Film Archives
Rhinestone in 35mm- 10:45am- Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton two-hander from the director Black Christmas. Bob Clark also directed Porky's, A Christmas Story, Murder by Decree, and Turk 182? What a fascinating career path for that guy. Nitehawk Williamsburg
Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance- 12:10am- Midnight anime.22. Nitehawk Williamsburg
The Last Unicorn- 11am- Rankin/Bass-directed 80s animated fantasy. Nitehawk Prospect Park
Jinn + Skype interview with director- 7pm- Portrait of a young, female black muslim, drawn from the director's experiences. BAM
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World in 70mm- 2pm- The movie that defines the genre of Epic Comedy. Museum of Moving Image
Sunday, Sept. 8:
Our Hospitality + Live Piano- 11am- New Yorker Buster Keaton inherits land in the South. Nothing goes wrong after that. Screening set to live piano. Film Forum
Assault on Precinct 13 in 35mm- 6pm- Gang gang gang. Metrograph
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Program 1- 4pm, Program 2- 6:30pm- Two collections of shorts from one of the leading theorists and filmmakers in African cinema. Metrograph
Zama- 3pm- Lucrecia Martel's latest film about a Spanish colonial officer assigned to a remote location, who starts to break down. Metrograph
Ivan the Terrible: Parts 1 & 2 in 35mm- 6:30pm- Eisenstein's epic about the infamous czar that has nothing to do with Stalin, sir. Anthology Film Archives
Rhinestone in 35mm- 10:45am- Budweiser, you've created a monster, and they call him Drinkenstein. Nitehawk Williamsburg
The Last Unicorn- 11am- The 80s was a good time for Not-Disney animated movies. Nitehawk Prospect Park
What Else is Playing:
Metrograph's Shaw Sisters and Juraj Herz: In and Out of the Czech New Wave series
Lincoln Center's Sci-Fi Visionary: Piotr Szulkin series
Anthology Film Archives's Vito Acconci Programs
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Millennium Actress
Heavy Water
Them That Follow
End of the Century
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
The Nightingale
Tigers Are Not Afraid
The Load
Friedkin Uncut
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 70mm
Mike Wallace is Here
Blink of an Eye
Booksmart
What to Plan on:
Monos, a new movie by Brazilian director Alejandro Landes, opens on September 13 at the Angelika and the trailer looks stunning. The movie did well this year at Sundance and the Angelika is hosting a Q&A with Landes on September 13 and 14.
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