upcoming screenings of classic movies!

[drinkanddestroy]

Heading to Film Forum now to meet DJ for a screening of Ophuls's FROM MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO

[drinkanddestroy]

Leaving theater now. I give this movie a 6.5/10.
DJ liked it much more than I did.
DJ says: I rate this movie a 9/10. It's second only to MADAME DE ... among Ophuls movies I've seen. The ending is a little weak, but up till that point the movie is very strong. The irreverent depiction of royal protocol is worth beholding. We don't get to see that kind of thing anymore! This is an aspect of history that is quickly becoming science fiction - nobody knows how to depict royalty anymore.
This was advertised as a "new 35 mm print," but it is awfully beat up. Also, the white subtitles on this black-and-white movie are often impossible to read when they are on a white background, such as a white gown, or a newspaper montage. Black-and-white movies should have yellow subtitles, Beaver be damned!

[dave jenkins]

Holy Technicolor, Batman! This could be good (depending on the condition of the prints): http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1583

[dave jenkins]

Holy Technicolor, Batman! This could be good (depending on the condition of the prints): http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1583

I'm bumping this to make sure Drink sees it.

[Cusser]

Adventures of Robin Hood and Singin' in the Rain are always great on a real screen.  Robin Hood (won several Oscars, including best score) was the most expensive picture of all time when it was made.

[dave jenkins]

Adventures of Robin Hood and Singin' in the Rain are always great on a real screen. 

I've seen Robin Hood projected once and I agree. It looks great.

I'm most interested in seeing the Westerns and the swashbucklers out of this current selection.

[Cusser]

I've seen Robin Hood projected once...

About five times for me !!!  Plus I have the soundtrack album, and two different soundtrack CDs.

Also saw Singin' in the Rain at theater in 2013 (I think), took my mom, who actually had Gene Kelly as a dance instructor when she was a little kid in Pittsburgh; had seen it on big screen before also, for film class.

[drinkanddestroy]

TCM/Fathom presents eight classics on the big screen for two days each: http://www.fathomevents.com/event/2015-big-screen-classic-events

[dave jenkins]

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/new-york-asian-film-festival-2015

None of the new films look interesting, but I'm tempted to do a marathon of the 3 classic yakuza films showing on July 3.

[dave jenkins]

Two upcoming events at MoMA:

Hasse Ekman: The Other Swede in the Room
September 9–18, 2015

Gaumont Presents: Max Ophuls’s Sans lendemain
September 28, 2015 7pm

Ekman, apparently, would be better known if Bergman hadn't used all the oxygen in the room first. The rare Ophuls film is playing one time only.

At Film Forum, a programme featuring Vittorio De Sica (as both director and actor), begins Sept. 9th. First up is a week of showings of Gold of Naples, a portmanteau film that was originally composed of 6 episodes. The original US release only had 4--this is the first US theatrical showing of a 35mm uncut print with all the stories.

There is a new restoration of Bicycle Thieves scheduled to play, but it's a DCP. Might as well wait for the Blu-ray.

Another portmanteau film, The Witches, is playing Sept. 29th only. This includes one of the few Eastwood performances I've never seen.

Madame de . . . is scheduled and will screen in 35mm.

[drinkanddestroy]

Nice!
If you end up going to any of these, you can send me a PM; I may be able to go, depending on the day/time.
Tomorrow is Labor Day so I guess that means you teachers will finally be re-joining the work force

[dave jenkins]

Nice!
If you end up going to any of these, you can send me a PM; I may be able to go, depending on the day/time.
Tomorrow is Labor Day so I guess that means you teachers will finally be re-joining the work force

It's late this year, so we already started last week.

[dave jenkins]

Special "unseen" Orson Welles material is coming to MoMA this Nov. I'm particularly interested in the rare Shakespeare material (incomplete Merchant of Venice and King Lear) on Nov. 19th, but I'll probably also go to the reconstruction of The Deep on Nov. 22.

Details, along with listings of other non-Welles films in the Save and Project series, here: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1623

[dave jenkins]

Lincoln Center's retro of the films of Seijun Suzuki: http://www.filmlinc.org/daily/lineup-locked-for-our-seijun-suzuki-retrospective/

I may go to The Call of Blood on the 10th and the two on the 14th.

[PowerRR]

Special "unseen" Orson Welles material is coming to MoMA this Nov. I'm particularly interested in the rare Shakespeare material (incomplete Merchant of Venice and King Lear) on Nov. 19th, but I'll probably also go to the reconstruction of The Deep on Nov. 22.

Details, along with listings of other non-Welles films in the Save and Project series, here: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1623

where the fuck is other side of the wind.