Summer Listings:
35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077, www.ammi.org Summer film program kicks off 6/2 w/"Gary Cooper: A Centennial Celebration," a retrospective feat. Morocco (6/3), the first screen adaptation of a Hemingway novel: A Farewell to Arms (6/9); for The Adventures of Marco Polo (6/10), Sigrid Gurie was billed as the "Norwegian Garbo, the Siren of the Fjords," but she was later exposed as a native of Flatbush, Brooklyn; Coop becomes Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees (6/17); Sergeant York (6/23) won Cooper his first Oscar & w/High Noon (6/24) he got a second; Sat. (6/30) you can watch him do his best Frank Lloyd Wright impersonation in The Fountainhead. Saturday evenings starting 7/7 are designated repertory nights showing classic international & American films; also look for a John Carpenter retrospective & two weekends of Mel Brooks films, dates & times TBA.
32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181, www.anthologyfilmarchives.org The New Filmmakers Series continues each Weds., w/a reception, 6 p.m. The first Weds. of each month, films begin at 7 p.m. Chris Marker's new documentary on Tarkovsky, One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich premieres (6/14) at 7:30 p.m. Cheeky sleaze-slinger Paul Verhoeven becomes a subject of critical quandary in his own retrospective feat. high/lowlights Basic Instinct & Starship Troopers (6/21-6/30).
38 Greene St. (betw. Grand & Broome Sts.), 212-226-3970, www.artistsspace.org Open video calls are first-come, first-served screenings for video artists, who may bring up to 6 minutes of video to be shown. On select Wednesdays, sign up at 6:15 p.m.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Rose Theater, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Ave.), Bklyn., 718-623-4157, www.bam.org Daily screenings of classic American & foreign films, docs., retrospectives & festivals. Highlights this summer incl.: CloudStreet, Crumpled & Corrupted 2, Theft of Sita, Corroboree & many others, as part of the "Next Wave Down Under" series. Plus, retrospective of Aussie films running through Oct. Call for specifics.
6th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-512-5700, www.hbobryantparkfilm.com Screenings begin at sunset on Mon., Tues. in case of rain. Bring blanket & refreshments. And yes, you may smoke. Viva Las Vegas (6/18); The Wild One (6/25); Jazz on a Summer's Day (7/2); Double Indemnity (7/9); You Can't Take It With You (7/16); Rear Window (7/23); Stalag 17 (7/30); The Philadelphia Story (8/6); Doctor Zhivago (2 parts, 8/13 & 8/14); An American in Paris (8/20). Free.
Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. (Prospect Park W.), Bklyn., 718-855-7882, x45, www.celebratebrooklyn.org See "Music" section for concert portion of Celebrate Brooklyn! Thurs. night film series on 50-ft. screen feat. Metropolis w/Alloy Orchestra (7/19); Rebel Without a Cause (7/26); Blue Angel w/the BQE Project (8/2); Around the World in Eighty Days (8/9).
1071 5th Ave. (88th St.), 212-423-3500, www.guggenheim.org "Conversations Between Shadows & Light: Italian Cinematography" highlights the work of 16 influential Italian cinematographers incl. Vittorio Storaro (The Conformist & Apocalypse Now), Pasqualino DeSantis (Lancelot du Lac) & Otello Martelli (La Dolce Vita). Frequent film screenings, check website or weekly New York Press listings for details (through 6/28).
209 W. Houston St. (betw. 6th Ave. & Varick St.), 212-727-8110, www.filmforum.com "Ladies They Talk About: The Women of Pre-Code," 4-week festival of more than 50 rarities celebrates Hollywood's female stars of the early 1930s (6/1-6/28). Kicks off 6/1 w/Barbara Stanwyck in Baby Face, the "ultimate" pre-code film. Kidman shmidman, see the original Moulin Rouge w/Constance Bennett (6/18). Among the other highlights in the series are James Whale's Waterloo Bridge (6/3), w/Mae Clarke as a streetwalker & far franker than the post-code remake w/Vivien Leigh; Norma Shearer dumping her stolid fiance for gangster Clark Gable in A Free Soul (6/4-6/5); Frank Borzage's Bad Girl (6/5), which took the Oscars for Best Director & Screenplay; Claudette Colbert in Torch Singer & Three-Cornered Moon (6/6); Kay Francis & Lilyan Tashman as wisecracking "party girls" in George Cukor's Girls About Town (6/7); two adaptations of Noel Coward plays, Design for Living, directed by Ernst Lubitsch & written by Ben Hecht, & Private Lives (6/8); a Mae West double-feature of I'm No Angel & She Done Him Wrong (6/9); three movies directed by William Wellman, Safe in Hell (6/10-6/11), Midnight Mary (6/14) w/Loretta Young, & Frisco Jenny (6/12); an archival print of Lewis Milestone's Rain (6/11), starring Joan Crawford as ex-whore Sadie Thompson; Michael Curtiz's Female (6/12), w/Ruth Chatterton as head of an auto company in the days before sexual harassment suits; a new 35 mm print of the just-this-side-of-socialist Mills of the Gods (6/13) w/Fay Wray; three of Josef von Sternberg's dizzying Marlene Dietrich vehicles, Shanghai Express (6/15), Dishonored (6/22-6/23) & Blonde Venus (6/17-6/18); Jean Harlow at her lewdest in Red-Headed Woman & Red Dust (6/16); Rouben Mamoulian's Song of Songs (6/22-6/23) w/Dietrich; Carole Lombard & Gary Cooper in I Take This Woman (6/25), virtually unseen for 70 years; Gregory LaCava's Gallant Lady (6/26) & Affairs of Cellini (6/27); a new 35 mm print of the Robert Riskin-scripted blackmail drama The Men in Her Life (6/28); & Dorothy Arzner's Working Girls (6/28). Special screening (6/24) of GET INTO OUR SHORTS! Discoveries incl. vaudeville shorts starring Van & Schenck & Joe Frisco; a just-unearthed color reel of the lost Gold Diggers of Broadway; a Tech trailer for Laurel & Hardy's lost Rogue Song; Ben Pollack & His Orchestra (1929), w/Benny Goodman just out of knee pants; and, the topper, a newly restored three-strip Technicolor musical starring Leon Errol all introduced by movie czar Will Hays himself. Also on 6/24 Columbia Musical Shorts, new 35 mm prints of rediscovered shorts, unseen for nearly 70 years: four bouncy Lubitsch-like early 30s mini-musicals; the all-rhyming Umpa; Tripping through the Tropics; the very pre-code School for Romance; & Susie's Affairs, starring a teenaged Betty Grable.
16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492. Free screenings every Weds. at 8 p.m. Doors open 7:30. This summer feat. North by Northwest (5/23); Executive Suite (5/30); Sabrina (6/6); The Graduate (6/13). Check New York Press' weekly "Film & Video" listings for details.
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600, www.hrw.org/iff Thirty works in film & video from 12 nations showcasing viewpoints of fighters for individual & political freedoms (6/13-6/28). Opening night benefit gala at Alice Tully Hall feat. Hector Babenco's Kiss of the Spider Woman w/William Hurt & Raul Julia; films from Cuba, Australia, Iran, Afghanistan & Italy will have their NY & U.S. premieres here w/screenings attended by the filmmakers. Festival closes 6/28 w/Trembling Before G-d, a documentary feature about Orthodox & Hasidic Jews who come out as gays & lesbians & the particular problems they must face.
Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600, www.filmlinc.com World premiere film version of The Peony Pavilion (7/7-7/8) directed by Derek Bailey & Sian Busby screens at Walter Reade Theater. New York Video Festival presented in association w/the Film Society of Lincoln Center viewing at Walter Reade Theater & Damrosch Park at 62nd St. (Amsterdam Ave.) runs 7/13-7/19. Harold Pinter's One for the Road & A Kind of Alaska presented at Alice Tully Hall's Gate Theatre (7/16 & 7/18). "Harold Pinter on Screen" (7/23-7/29) incl. new works adapted for film & television: The Quiller Memorandum, The Pumpkin Eater, Accident, The Go-Between, Betrayal, Reunion, Comfort of Strangers, Heat of the Day & Langrishe Go Down. Call for sched., which is subject to changes & additions.
11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9847, www.moma.org MOMA starts the summer w/ongoing "Outstanding Short Films from International Festivals" series feat. experimental films, humorous narratives & documentary from around the world (6/7). From last year's "From Automatic Vaudeville to the Seventh Art: Cinema's Silent Years" series, on the history of this medium, the unseen 1925 screens (6/21-7/3). "Framed by Culture: Selections from the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar." Check sched. or weekly listings for complete sched. of retrospectives & revivals.
Erie Lackawana Plaza, Hoboken PATH Station, 201-420-2207. Outdoor screenings in Hoboken, one block from the PATH train, on waterfront overlooking Hudson River. Movies begin at 9 p.m. in June & July; at 8:30 p.m. in Aug. & Sept., free. Series incl. Billy Elliot (6/6); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (6/13); Shadow of the Vampire (6/20); Traffic (6/27); Chocolat (7/11); Best in Show (7/18); Almost Famous (7/25); The Matrix (8/1); Casablanca (8/8); The Emperor's New Groove (8/15); Rugrats in Paris (8/22); 102 Dalmatians (8/29). Bring blanket or lawn chairs, picnic basket & some wine for a very civilized (but inexpensive!) evening.
25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800, www.mtr.org Museum devoted to culture as seen through tv & radio. "The Sounds of Silents: Silent Films Restored with Full Orchestration" by Photoplay Productions (6/8-8/12): Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Lon Chaney, Lillian Gish, John Gilbert & others in such classic silents as Ben-Hur, The Phantom of the Opera, Nosferatu, Sunrise & The Wind. Also a documentary about the silent film era in Europe. "Muppets Forever! The Legacy of Jim Henson," (6/22-9/16) a tribute to the muppeteer w/a screening series encompassing a wide range of Henson's work, incl. Sesame Street, behind-the-scenes documentaries, adaptations of fairytales & myths & The Muppet Show. "Hello, Good-bye: Pilots, Premieres & Final Programs," (6/15-9/16) three months of pilots, premieres & final programs from the annals of episodic television. Incl. programs & footage that have rarely or never been aired.
212-254-8504, www.newfestival.org for full festival info & sched. Films presented at two venues?Tischman Auditorium at the New School, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.); & NYU's Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (University Pl.). Advance ticket sales at Different Lights Bookstore, 151 W. 19th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 646-638-2327. The focus of the festival goes beyond its title w/African, African-American, Spanish language, trans & women & violence themes interwoven into the multitudes of films showing over the summer. Hedwig & the Angry Inch will be screened at opening night gala (5/31). Romantic comedy All Over the Guy, Todd Stephens' new film, Gypsy 83, and French-Canadian Léa Pool's Lost & Delirious are featured centerpieces. Barcelona-based mystery Gaudi Afternoon closes out festival (6/10). Call or log on for more info.
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600, www.filmlinc.com Broad-ranging selection of original works by emerging & established international video artists, from documentary to music videos. Highlights incl. "Do All Music Videos Go to Heaven?" a survey of technological & esthetic advances & concerns hosted by New York Press film critic Armond White (7/19, 8:30 p.m.) & special performance of Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, produced by the Wooster Group, stars Willem Dafoe (7/16, 9 p.m.). Festival runs 7/21-7/27.
De Salvio Playground, Little Italy, Mulberry St. (Spring St.), 212-673-9195. Fifth year of downtown's open-air film festival. Public screenings begin 6/2. This year festival expands w/viewing in Petrosino Park and Pier 40. Highlights incl. Sinatra retrospective & a contemporary short film exchange betw. NYC & Rome. This year's free movies: La Vita e' Bella by Roberto Benigni, Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio De Sica, Nights of Cabiria & La Dolce Vita by Fellini, Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni, Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornhatore, Momma Roma & Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Call for more info, sched. released 5/31.
Hudson River Park, Piers 54, West St. (betw. 12th & 13th Sts.) & Pier 25, West St. (Chambers St.), 212-533-PARK, www.hudsonriverpark.org All summer long, film screenings incl.: R-rated Weds. nights at Pier 54 incl. Taxi Driver (7/11); Psycho (7/18); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (7/25); Pulp Fiction (8/1); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (8/8); Brazil (8/15); The Matrix (8/22); This is Spinal Tap (8/29); & G-rated Fri. nights at Pier 25 incl. Little Shop of Horrors (7/13); The Producers (7/20); Harold & Maude (7/27); Mary Poppins (8/3); Invasion of Body Snatchers (8/10); What's Up Tiger Lily (8/17); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (8/24); Dr. Strangelove (8/31). Movies begin at sundown, adm. & fresh popcorn are free.
56th St. (betw. Madison & 5th Aves.), 212-833-8100, www.sonywondertechlab.com DVD & occasional film screenings at this interactive exhibition hall. Like everything here, they're free.
107 Norfolk St. (betw. Delancey & Rivington Sts.), 212-358-7501, www.tonic107.com Downtown saloon doubles as film society on Mon. nights. Check website for sched. updates. Films start at 9 p.m., $4.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (betw. 1st & 2nd Sts.), www.visionfestival.org Filmmakers Ebba Jahn & Robert Fenz feat. Max Roach, Sun Ra & Wadada Leo Smith among others (6/2-6/3); see "Music" section for more info.
MASS MOCA?SCREENPLAY: A FILM SERIES
Cinema Courtyard C or Hunter Center, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA, 413-662-2111. Silent films series on 50-ft. outdoor screen, w/live music accompaniment. All screenings begin at 8:30 p.m., $12, $6 child. Masters of Slapstick w/the Alloy Orchestra (6/30); Foolish Wives w/Donald Sosin & the Salisbury Society Orchestra (8/4); The Blue Angel w/the BQE Project (8/18).
LAKE PLACID FILM FORUM
Various locations in Lake Placid, NY, www.lakeplacidfilmforum.com Olympic village hosts film festival w/screenings, workshops & masters classes (6/6-6/10). Robert Downey Sr., Ezra Swerdlow & Edward Pomerantz conduct classes in addition to screenings & panel discussions, whose underlying theme will be "Do Filmmakers Have a Social Responsibility?" Panelists & moderators incl.: Allison Anders, David Sterritt, Philip Lopate, John Irving, Russell Banks & William Kennedy. Check out death-obsessed Godfrey Cheshire as he issues oracles on the "Is It Too Soon to Pronounce Film Dead?" panel.
NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL
Various locations, Nantucket Island, MA, 508-325-6274. Five-day festival focuses on screenwriting & draws assortment of movie stars, film buffs, directors & screenwriters to the island. This year's festival screens 21 feature-length films & 28 shorts from all over the world, 6/20-6/24.
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Throughout Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 416-967-7371, www.bell.ca/filmfest The lauded Toronto International Film Festival celebrates its 26th anniversary. For sched. of films & programs, visit festival website or call info number (9/6-9/15).