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VIEW FILM TRAILERS ONLINE:
• 13 GHOSTS
• A FILM UNFINISHED
• MY DOG TULIP
• THE TINGLER
• TOP HAT
• KINGS OF PASTRY
• ON THE BOWERY
• NUREMBERG
• VISION |
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• MY DOG TULIP
• THE RETURN OF WILLIAM CASTLE
• A FILM UNFINISHED
• ASTAIRE & ROGERS: THE COMPLETE WORKS
• MY UNCLE |
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DROLL ANIMATED FEATURE BASED ON J.R. ACKERLEY MEMOIR
HAS WORLD THEATRICAL PREMIERE TODAY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
SHOWTIMES: 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:00, 10:00
FILMMAKERS PAUL & SANDRA FIERLINGER IN PERSON!
Wednesday, September 1 & Thursday, September 2
8:00 shows
Animator GEORGE GRIFFIN will moderate the Thursday Q&A. |
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[ http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/filmforum/advance?v=2454&i=9545 ]
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“Prodigious charms. An enthrallingly co-dependent love affair. Warm and whimsical. Voiced with a wonderfully dry wheeze by Christopher Plummer (the economical screenplay is by Paul Fierlinger).”
– Ella Taylor, NPR online |
“One of the most sophisticated dog movies ever created. An animated dog movie like no other. Peopled with eccentrics, each given an astutely chosen actor and a sharply drawn personality by the animators.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times
“Directed and animated in the offhandedly scratchy style of ‘50s book illustration – by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger, this singular tale of mutual devotion may prove the love story of the year.”
– Graham Fuller, Vanity Fair
“Bittersweet, heartfelt and rendered in an eccentric, expressive style, the movie seems poised to draw dog-loving moviegoers like beagles to bacon.”
– John Anderson, The New York Times
[four stars]
“Droll. Entirely hand-drawn and full of lush detail that recalls both Egon Schiele and Maurice Sendak. Does justice to the rare experience of heartfelt, mutual love in any form.”
– Lisa Rosman, Time Out New York
“[Ackerley’s] gift – and the film’s – is to transform the seemingly banal relationship between pet and owner into something singular, inimitable, sacred.”
– Melissa Anderson, The Village Voice
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LAST 5 DAYS! FESTIVAL CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 WITH MACABRE WITH $1,000,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY & 13 GHOSTS IN ILLUSION-O! (WED); THE NIGHT WALKER, WITH BARBARA STANWYCK AND ROBERT TAYLOR, & LET'S KILL UNCLE (THU); KIM HUNTER AND ROBERT MITCHUM IN WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (THURS EVENING ONLY); 3-D MOVIES JESSE JAMES VS. THE DALTONS (FRI/SAT) AND FORT TI (SUN/MON); AND VINCENT PRICE IN THE TINGLER (FRI/SAT/SUN/MON) – THE ULTIMATE TRIP! (SEE BELOW)
Click here for more information and complete schedule
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FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY ONLY!
THE SUMMER'S ULTIMATE THRILL RIDE!
 "THE FONDEST MOVIEGOING MEMORY OF MY YOUTH!
Everyone just went crazy... It was cinema mayhem!
THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE!”
–
John Waters
WITH SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BY JOSHUA LIGHT SHOW!
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GUARANTEED: The Tingler will break loose at Film Forum this weekend!
“Don't panic if you feel a slight tremor emanating from downtown Manhattan... it's just Film Forum having some fun!”
– V.A. Musetto, New York Post |
13 GHOSTS: “Still unique – beautifully surreal, almost arty.”
– John Waters
THE NIGHT WALKER: “Stanwyck and Taylor's effortless chemistry elevates Castle's engaging psychodrama, an unusually ambitious, almost arty thriller that sort of feels like the lost student film of Brian De Palma.”
– Paul Brunick, SLANT magazine
WHEN STRANGERS MARRY: “One of the most gripping and effective pictures of the year... better acted than Double Indemnity and Laura.”
– Orson Welles
FORT TI: “You’ll be busy ducking the tomahawks, flaming arrows, broken bottles,
native Americans, and missiles of individual destruction that come hurtling at you.”
– Elliott Stein, The Village Voice
THE TINGLER: “A hell of a ride! The dialogue is surprisingly sharp... Everyone’s obviously having a good time, and the mood becomes infectious.
A brilliant piece of fully committed absurdity.”
– The Onion AV Club
THE TINGLER: “A spine-chilling horror hoot! Especially for those lucky enough to plotz down in one of the buzzing seats!”
– Michael Musto, The Village Voice
THE TINGLER: “Thrill-seekers needn't venture out to Coney Island's Cyclone for a good scream. As Film Forum regulars know, The Tingler does the job nicely. It's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for adventurous movie-goers!”
– New York Post
THE TINGLER: “Every culture has its annual summer rituals. In New York, downtowners celebrate the cult of William Castle, America's most endearingly sleazy director. Film Forum has long been the one venue in the U.S. technologically advanced enough to present Percepto as it was meant to be experienced.”
-- Dave Kehr |
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EXPLORES THE ARCHIVAL DISCOVERY OF NAZI-SHOT
WARSAW GHETTO MOVIE; YAEL HERSONSKI’S DOCUMENTARY
HELD OVER!
With support from the Joan S. Constantiner Fund for Jewish and Holocaust Film
SHOWTIMES: 1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20, 10:10
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[ www.filmforum.org/films/filmunfinished.html ]
[four stars]
"Critics’ Pick! Hersonski shows us the four reels in the back-to-back entirety, and builds a subdued aural-visual symphony around them. A brilliant reminder of the importance of bearing witness.”
– Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
“Grade: A! Profound and vital. Haunting."
– Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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"CRITICS’ PICK! Moving, mysterious and intellectually provocative. A philosophical commentary on the way we view images…remarkable as much for its speculative restraint as for its philosophical reach. Ms. Hersonski creates a palimpsest of impressions from multiple, meticulously researched sources representing both victims and oppressors. (The film) is really an exploration of watching – or more precisely, of the difference between watching and seeing."
– Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
“A meditation on the dual nature of film, on a ‘reality’ at once true and false, essential and tainted.”
– David Edelstein, New York magazine
“Thought-provoking. Remarkable. Fascinating.”
– Lou Lumenick, New York Post |
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FESTIVAL OF CLASSIC MUSICALS STARRING FRED ASTAIRE & GINGER ROGERS
CONTINUES NEXT TUESDAY WITH TOP HAT AND FOLLOW THE FLEET. CONTINUES ON TUESDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14!
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TOP HAT: “A scintillating, zestful, and professional musical... One of the classics of the 30s and the best of the famous Astaire-Rogers series.”
– Georges Sadoul
FOLLOW THE FLEET: “Rewardingly takes Fred & Ginger away from their Art Deco salons and mistaken identity plots into tacky 30s dancehalls and shabby kitchenettes.”
– Dan Callahan, SLANT Magazine
TOP HAT: “One of Fred and Ginger's best, with a superlative Berlin score and equally superlative Hermes Pan routines which spark a distinct sexual electricity between the pair.”
– Tom Milne, Time Out (London) |
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NEW 35mm RESTORATION OF ALTERNATE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE JACQUES TATI CLASSIC OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 8 DAYS!
SHOWTIMES: 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00
*No shows on Tuesday, September 14
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“TATI'S COMIC MASTERPIECE! The modern cinema's only answer to Chaplin and Keaton.”
– Dave Kehr, The New York Times
“SLAPSTICK HEAVEN!”
– Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
“Unforgettably funny, wonderfully observed, and always technically brilliant. Insane gadgets slam and roar, high heels click like metronomes, and even a depressed dachshund in a tartan overcoat obligingly submits to Tati’s meticulous direction.”
– Time Out (London) |
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THIS WEEK'S MOVIE CHALLENGE
To win a free pair of tickets to any regular
screening, Monday - Thursday in September or October, answer the following question correctly:
QUIZ:
Film Forum's special effects-filled presentation of William Castle's THE TINGLER – the most fun you'll have at the movies this or any other year! – runs this Friday though Monday (two Castle 3-D movies, Jesse James vs. the Daltons and Fort Ti also screen this Labor Day weekend). Nine years after THE TINGLER, Castle would produce Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. Only one credited member of the Rosemary's Baby cast had appeared in one of Castle's own classic horror films of the 1950s. Name the actor and the Castle movie he appeared in.
Email your answer to contest@filmforum.org,
with “Film Forum Contest” in the subject line. See complete rules below
LAST WEEK’S MOVIE CHALLENGE
In Yael Hersonski’s A FILM UNFINISHED (now held over), several elderly survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto comment upon propaganda footage staged by the Nazis, which suggested an affluent lifestyle for many Jews. What is the estimate one survivor gives for the number of people (out of approx. 400,000) who could actually afford to buy adequate food?
ANSWER:
20 – 50
We received 5 correct responses. The winner is Morgen Peck.
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Rules: Answers must be e-mailed
to contest@filmforum.org,
with “Film Forum Contest” in the subject line. One winner will be selected
at random from correct responses received by
noon on Monday, September 6. Winners within
the past 6 months will not be eligible unless there are no other correct respondents (so
enter just in case!). Please include your full
name in your response. Passes not redeemable
at special events or in-person appearances.
Only one response accepted per person per quiz. In the case of contested answers, the decision of our judges is final.
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CRUMB
A film by Terry Zwigoff
$32 + shipping
& handling.
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“The film’s many examples of Mr. Crumb’s work present a vision of American life as a phantasmagoric gallery of grotesques that is as gripping as it is harshly funny.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times |
Film Forum Recommends
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New New paperback edition of J.R. Ackerley’s classic memoir
My Dog Tulip from New York Review Books
With cover art from Paul & Sandra Fierlinger's animated film adaptation (opening at FF today, September 1).
“One of the greatest books ever written by anybody in the world.”
— Truman Capote
“In its own quirky fashion, Ackerley’s wry valentine to his beloved pet
is as much a book about the difficult art of living and loving as it is a dog story.”
— Publishers Weekly
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