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#176 Post by htshell » Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:18 pm

There's one print of Nostalghia and I don't believe it was ever advertised as a "new restoration", I believe it was just a new 35mm print that was struck from existing materials.

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#177 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:36 am

Here is the new summer repertory calendar
Some highlights.... Restorations of A Hard Days Night, Joseph Losey's Accident and Scorcerer.

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#178 Post by dad1153 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:04 am

Yay, "Sorcerer" on the big screen! And I'm pretty sure a lot of those Alec Guinnes movies aren't readily available on home video, which is my No. 1 criteria as to what gets picked as must-see stuff whenever it plays a retrospective.

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#179 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:46 pm

The Summer/Fall calendar is out. A couple of highlights are Carax and Capra.

4K restos for Lost Horizon, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, It Happened One Night, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and You Can't Take With You

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#180 Post by ianungstad » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:01 pm

New restoration of The Conformist as well. Criterion has been rumored to have licensed it from Paramount.

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#181 Post by JMULL222 » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:04 pm

Just saw a print of LOST HORIZON a couple of months ago, alongside a partial Capra retrospective. Spectacularly awful film.

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#182 Post by Werewolf by Night » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:11 pm

JMULL222 wrote:Spectacularly awful film.
Yes. I had high hopes considering the author of the source novel also wrote Random Harvest and Goodbye Mr Chips (turned into two other outstanding films) but yikes.

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#183 Post by FerdinandGriffon » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:14 pm

A pretty timid calender overall, but the Roemer series is very exciting news, as is Boom!. And I've wanted to give Fedora a whirl for a while.

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#184 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:15 pm

Lost Horizon wrote:You fools, don't you recognize that we should leave the most wonderful place on Earth just because

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#185 Post by Perkins Cobb » Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:59 pm

I'm guessing this means we'll get a Cohen Blu-ray of That Man From Rio (and maybe Up to His Ears as a bonus?).

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#186 Post by Jeff » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:51 am

ianungstad wrote:New restoration of The Conformist as well. Criterion has been rumored to have licensed it from Paramount.
The only problem with that is that The Conformist is credited as "a Kino Lorber release." It credits Raro USA (who partnered with Kino Lorber for distribution) with the restoration. Raro recently claimed that they held the U.S. rights and would be releasing a U.S. Blu-ray. Paramount is not being credited for The Conformist anywhere on the Film Forum calendar. The last restoration and theatrical re-release, which I saw a decade or so ago definitely came from Paramount. Is this another La Dolce Vita situation?

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#187 Post by Perkins Cobb » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:59 am

If it is, Raro is probably DNR'ing the shit out of a Blu-ray as we speak.

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#188 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:20 am

The Fall/Winter repertory Calendar Highlights are Orson Welles 100 years, Mario Monicelli retrospective and a Chandler, Hammett, Woolrich and Cain lineup.

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#189 Post by Drucker » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:07 am

The last two calendars didn't excite me too much. This season I kind of need to see most of these films.

Also really great job using a Pauline Kael quote to promote Citizen Kane. :roll:

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#191 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:57 pm

February to May repertory schedule The Tales of Hoffman 4K and Charles Laughton films are scheduled, amongst others.

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#192 Post by Drucker » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:49 pm

Well now that I'm a member, I'm definitely making more of an effort to go to at least one showing per interesting retrospective. Thinking The Man In The Eiffel Tower for Laughton, Broken Blossoms for Griffith, and for Sturges I'd like to see Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Unfaithfully Yours (since I already have Sullivan's on blu, will have Palm Beach and Lady Eve hopefully in the near future).

Any of those earlier films great, though? Hail the Conquering Hero looks most interesting, Mad Wednesday and the Power And the Glory as well.

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#193 Post by Red Screamer » Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:22 pm

Drucker wrote:Well now that I'm a member, I'm definitely making more of an effort to go to at least one showing per interesting retrospective. Thinking The Man In The Eiffel Tower for Laughton, Broken Blossoms for Griffith, and for Sturges I'd like to see Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Unfaithfully Yours (since I already have Sullivan's on blu, will have Palm Beach and Lady Eve hopefully in the near future).

Any of those earlier films great, though? Hail the Conquering Hero looks most interesting, Mad Wednesday and the Power And the Glory as well.
Hail the Conquering Hero is my favourite of Sturges' directorial efforts after The Lady Eve, it's truly a delight. I haven't seen The Power And the Glory but for what it's worth, it's structure is said to have been a major inspiration for Citizen Kane

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#194 Post by Drucker » Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:28 pm

So I've read. Everything playing is 35mm making almost all of these must-sees now (except Morgan's Creek, which seems to be the only DCP, unfortunately!)

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#195 Post by hearthesilence » Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:29 pm

Re: Sturges, Christmas In July is a personal favorite as well.


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#197 Post by FrauBlucher » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:02 pm

The Tales of Hoffman has been held over for another week. Lots of sell outs.

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#198 Post by Ugarte » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:28 pm

Re Tales...an excellent print and a rare chance to catch it on a large screen. See it while you can...

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#199 Post by Drucker » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:47 pm


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#200 Post by HerrSchreck » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:46 pm

DCP.... on this film, on a techni resto.... as Charlie Brown said, "Auuugghhhhhh!!"

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