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You Won’t Be Alone. Nor was I tonight.

April 18, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

I was craving something rich and delicious this week, and when this came to mind, it was impossible to shake off. It came to mind because Goran Stolevski’s new film, Housekeeping for Beginners, is just about to hit American theaters… I can’t wait to see what he does with that story. I the meantime I thought we should see this one again. Result!

Thanks to all my loyal peeps who came out on yet another rainy April night to enjoy this astonishingly beautiful work.

Also… our short was amazing too… Thank You For Not Answering, directed by Paul Trillo. Spooky.

Lost in Paris. Found in Alphabet City.

April 11, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuff, Strange Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

This was fun. I can’t remember how I originally stumbled upon this quirky little gem. Probably came up as one of “More like this” on IMDb while checking out a Jacques Tati film. Full of great gags and and silliness, Lost in Paris was a great laugh, and we welcomed some new guests.

Thursdays feel good. Let’s do another one.

Anatomy of a Fall. Hail Hüller!

April 3, 2024Trailersnewscreen_mt6x3h

The weather tried it’s best to shut us down tonight, but we prevailed. Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall was a transfixing view, and Sandra Hüller was at her finest. She managed to even be funny, in the face of everything happening to her. I got a bit excited, and considered re-visiting Toni Erdmann (her big breakout role). Probably not next week, but…

Ninjababy. Sensitive sausages.

March 27, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

Tonight, we were a bunch of guys enjoying a very funny feminist film. Power to the girls! As strange as that may seem, it felt totally natural to this viewer.

Past Lives. Finally.

March 20, 2024Trailersnewscreen_mt6x3h

I watched this beautiful film with friends on a warm night last summer, on the big outdoor screen upstate, and kinda filed it away for “later”. In the meantime, a lot of glittering gems pushed their way into my queue. But with it’s Best Picture Oscar nomination, Celine Song’s Past Lives came back into sharp focus for me, and tonight was the perfect “later”.

It’s hard to say what makes this story so moving… but it manages to touch a few places that are difficult to access, in a very non-Hallmark way. Greta Lee was perfectly cast as Nora, although she did seem to have aged significantly more than her childhood sweetheart Hae Sung (Teo Yoo). In the end, though, it doesn’t really matter. The bond between them is totally palpable. Of course I cried.

Lovely to see new guests here tonight, along with our loyal regular crew.

Poor Things? Lucky us.

March 13, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

Yorgos Lanthimos goes from strength to strength, and his latest, Poor Things, a fantastical steam punk voyage, delighted eighty percent* of our lovely audience tonight. His second collaboration with Emma Stone is bearing delicious fruit, and looks to continue with his next. Kinds of Kindness will be released this June, and Willem Dafoe will also rejoin the cast.

I’m inclined to say, “Can’t wait!”, but of course, I’ll have to. Stay tuned!

*The other twenty percent included some sleepy-heads, and some who just didn’t like. That’s ok. Maybe it’s an acquired taste.

Pretty Red Dress. Pretty hot mess.

February 28, 2024Love and Life, Moviesnewscreen_mt6x3h

I just express myself differently, init.

A fresh take on masculinity, Dionne Edwards’ Pretty Red Dress made us laugh, and gasp. Another great pick.

Totem. Wow.

February 21, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

On a recent WNYC call-in radio show, on the subject of what makes a good movie to watch on an airplane, on caller touted his practice of choosing a movie by a female director. “It’s most often you’ll get an interesting perspective.”

Well, we certainly got an interesting perspective tonight! Lila Aviles’ Totem, takes us on a sometimes quiet, sometimes chaotic coming of consciousness through the eyes of Sol, a seven year old, during a large family’s preparation for what we soon learn will be her father’s last birthday.

Incidentally, this season of NewScreen has featured more work by women directors than ever before. Nothing “airplane” about this curation, though!

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight. Lovely.

Fallen Leaves. x2.

February 14, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

Well… it seemed like a great idea to show this beautiful film two weeks in a row. The perfect romantic comedy drama was a sound choice for Valentines Day celebration and, after all, attendance hadn’t exactly been stellar the week before. It was even worse tonight, but you know what? Fallen Leaves is a wonderful movie, and everyone who saw it was blown away.

Happy ending ))

And, speaking of happy endings, our short this week was Renee Zhan’s Soft Animals. Quite sexy!

The Promised Land. Mikkelsen delivers… as always.

January 31, 2024Movies, NewScreen Stuffnewscreen_mt6x3h

Not Schinkel. De Schinkel! Duh Schinkel?

We don’t show many epics at NewScreen, but tonight was hella one. It’s always a treat to see Mads (pronounced Mas in his native Denmark I’m told) on the big screen. He can convey so much with just a slight adjustment to his chiseled countenance. Unlike so many movies that end suddenly, with a thought-provoking fade to black (don’t get me wrong… that can be pretty great too!) this one took the time to work everything out. Happy ending.

Speaking of happy endings (wait for it), tonight’s feature ended to a spontaneous outbreak of applause. Always a good sign.