In the midsts of the all the politics, school work, jobs, and other college drama you may be in, New York City has been hosting some great film events.
One of them being the retrospective of the famous Japanese director Nagisa Oshima at the New York Film Festival. Although he may not be a household name in the States when talking about Japanese cinema, he is incredibly well known domestically. His most well known/controversial film, In the Realm of Senses (1976), is still unavailable uncenscored in Japan. Many of his films are being shown at the Lincoln Center. See the full program here for tickets and showtimes.
Also, the Film Forum is showing a new 35mm print of The Godfather Part I and II. Apparently, the print is so incredibly clean and crisp, it's like watching a new film. I wanted to post it up earlier but I just never got the time. Starting today for 2 weeks, they will be showing a Marathon screening of both parts. Just make sure you bring cash if you didn't buy tickets online! I learned the hard way... Check the schedule here.
Now moving on to new Criterion Collection releases: they are now making the transition to Blu-Ray DVDs. Starting November, they will be re-releasing old DVDs (The Third Man, The Last Emperor, The Man Who Fell to Earth) and releasing Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket and Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express on Blu-Ray and regular DVDs. They also have plans to release great films such as Wages of Fear, Contempt, and The 400 Blows later. Also, make sure to check out their Eclipse series which features hard-to-find films by famous directors.Also, I'm working on a new project which is scheduled to start production in mid-November. I have begun the casting process and will plan to audition in late October. You will find flyers for it next week on the bulletin boards of Hunter so keep a look out for those. For more details, click here. The film is called "Everyman".
