Cinephile NYC: March 16 - 23

This week I intend to make good on limiting my listings.
I'd prefer this to be a listing of unmissable, or at least essential, screenings in a given week. Some notes on what I've left out: in addition to The Blue Kite, the Walter Reade is showing two other Tian films (The Go Master and Springtime in a Small Town) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I've only mentioned a few of the films from the New Directors/ New Films series that runs through April 1, but I'm just guessing; I haven't seen any of them. One of the ones I left out, Paul Auster's The Inner Life of Martin Frost, stars David Thewlis, Irene Jacób, Michael Imperioli and Sophie Auster. I may get to see this at the fest but I'm leaving it off since I suspect it will get an American release. It screens on the 21st, 22nd, and 24th, but at least one of these is sold out already. Buy tix online at FSLC.
One more note: on Friday and Saturday, it's all about the Imamura.

Update: Just added a few screenings at AMMI this weekend as part of the "Fashion in Film" series

Friday March 16

Profound Desire of the Gods (Shohei Imamura, 1968)
at BAM
screens at 3, 7pm

The Organizer (Mario Monicelli, 1963)
at IFC Center
screens at Noon

The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999)
At MoMA
Screens at 6 PM

Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
At MoMA
Screens at 8:30 PM

Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
at IFC Center
screens at Midnight


Sat March 17

The Pornographers (Shohei Imamura, 1966)
at BAM
screens at 3, 6, 9pm

The Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
at MoMA
screens at 2 PM

Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
at the Museum of the Moving Image
screens at 4 PM

Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
at MoMA
screens at 6 PM

Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman, 1982)
at the Museum of the Moving Image
screens at 6:30 PM

The Blue Kite (Tian Zhuangzhuang, 1993)
at Walter Reade Theater
screens at 8:20 PM


Sun March 18

Five (Abbas Kiarostami, 2004)
at MoMA
screens at 2 PM

Fig Leaves (Howard Hawks, 1926)
at Museum of the Moving Image
screens at 2 PM

Diary of a Chambermaid (Luis Buñuel, 1964)
at Museum of the Moving Image
screens at 4 PM

The Blue Kite (Tian Zhuangzhuang, 1993)
at Walter Reade Theater
screens at 4:10 PM

Intentions Of Murder (Shohei Imamura, 1964)
at BAM
screens at 3, 6, 9pm


Monday March 19

A Kick-Off Cocktail Party for New Directors/New Films
Where: The Hudson Hotel Bar, 356 W. 58th St.
When: March 19th from 7 - 9pm
Tickets: $20 for YFF members and their guests (limit of 2 per member); $25 for non-members


Tuesday March 20
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Wednesday March 21

Glue (Alexis Dos Santos, 2006)
at MoMA
screens at 9:00pm


Thursday March 22

El Custodio (Rodrigo Moreno, 2006)
at MoMA
screens at 6 PM


Continuing Engagements:

The Earrings of Madame de... (Max Ophüls, 1953)
at Film Forum (Friday, March 16 - Thursday, March 29)

The Wind That Shakes The Barley (Ken Loach, 2006)
at IFC Center

Exterminating Angels (Jean-Claude Brisseau, 2006)
at IFC Center

The Namesake (Mira Nair, 2007)
at BAM & Angelika Film Center

Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
at BAM