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post #1 of 163
10/5/07 at 11:05am
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Feel free to add your own -- this could be kind of a weekly thing to keep your fellow Chewers near NYC up-to-date as to what's going on and what they should keep their eyes on.

This weekend:

Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION, and Tony Kaye's LAKE OF FIRE open.
JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR at the Two Boots
RUSHMORE as a Midnight show at the Sunshine
BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT at the Zigfeld
A restored print of FITZCARRALDO at the IFC Theatre
IFC Theatre also has THE LAST WINTER, KURT COBAIN WITHOUT A SON, and FINISHING THE GAME
Restored THE 400 BLOWS at Film Forum (Lake of Fire also at FF)
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post #2 of 163
10/5/07 at 11:45am
Great idea for a thread. I like the concept. I was actually planning on attending Blade Runner: The Final Cut at the Zigfeld.
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post #3 of 163
10/5/07 at 11:55am
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JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR at the Two Boots
The Two Boots site has a positive blurb on this from yours truly- right below Stephen King's.
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post #4 of 163
10/8/07 at 5:45pm
"The Two Boots site has a positive blurb on this from yours truly- right below Stephen King's."

That's actually why I went to see it last weekend. You get the feeling the mainstream reviewers didn't get that it wasn't about torture porn per se, it was actually about the repressive facade of 50s American culture vs. the freedom and wonder of the next generation?
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post #5 of 163
10/12/07 at 11:07am
Well, I haven't read anything mainstream reviewers have said about the film, but I can definitely see that happening. A lot of people walked out on it during the screening I went to. But I really feel sorry for anyone who thinks it's a movie that's just set out to just shock and disgust people- it's so much more than that. The loss of innocence, the relationship between complacency and evil, the hidden horrors of small town America... it's really a powerful story. Glad I could get you to see it in theaters! I just wish it were getting more of a release. Too much for most people to take, I guess.

Anyway, there's a 30 Days of Night advance screening going on tonight - try to get this in fast.
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post #6 of 163
10/12/07 at 11:15am
There's a Funky Winkerbean character looking for help somewhere in the city, keep your eyes open.
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post #7 of 163
10/12/07 at 11:20am
Keep my eyes open? I've already got his wallet!
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post #8 of 163
1/26/08 at 10:13pm
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http://www.ifccenter.com/event?eventid=999852
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post #9 of 163
2/22/08 at 9:24am
Celebrate King Kong's 75th Anniversary in style at the Film Forum- http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=3233
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post #10 of 163
2/26/08 at 1:24pm
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Symphony Space's Best Films of 1978: http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/117

Come on, you know The Last Waltz on the big screen would melt your fuckin' face off.
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post #11 of 163
3/2/08 at 1:11am
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Swell Season (the Academy Award duo from Once) at Radio City, May 18th:

http://www.theframes.ie/v4/news/date...wellseason.php
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post #12 of 163
3/24/08 at 7:16pm
There's going to be a screening of Uwe Boll's Postal down at Tribeca Cinemas next Tuesday, April 1st. No, not a joke. I'm working on getting an article up on CC, we're hopefully going to be giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky (?) winner.

But seriously, I actually think it would be great to have a Chud/CC crew show up for this one. I'm going to be there to cover the event and Boll's going to be there doing a Q&A. It's going to be glorious.
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post #13 of 163
3/24/08 at 7:17pm
Oh.. to live in NY..
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post #14 of 163
4/5/08 at 6:17pm
Takashi Murakami exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.

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April 5–July 13, 2008
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 4th and 5th Floors

The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist’s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space.

Born in Tokyo in 1962, Murakami is one of the most influential and acclaimed artists to have emerged from Asia in the late twentieth century, creating a wide-ranging body of work that consciously bridges fine art, design, animation, fashion, and popular culture. He received a Ph.D. from the prestigious Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he was trained in the school of traditional Japanese painting known as Nihonga, a nineteenth-century mixture of Western and Eastern styles. However, the prevailing popularity of anime (animation) and manga (comic books) directed his interest toward the art of animation because, as he has said, “it was more representative of modern day Japanese life.” American popular culture in the form of animation, comics, and fashion are among the influences on his work, which includes painting, sculpture, installation, and animation, as well as a wide range of collectibles, multiples, and commercial products.

The exhibition © MURAKAMI explores the self-reflexive nature of Murakami’s oeuvre by focusing on earlier work produced between 1992 and 2000 in which the artist attempts to explore his own reality through an investigation of branding and identity, as well as through self-portraiture created since 2000. Two works examining these subjects were a part of a group show, My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, presented at the Brooklyn Museum in 2001.

Among the works included in this large-scale survey tracing the trajectory of Murakami’s artistic development are many of his acclaimed sculpture figures including the 23-foot-high Tongari-kun (2003–4); Miss Ko2 (1997), a long-legged waitress who has become one of the artist’s signature characters; and Hiropon (1997), a Japanese girl jumping a rope created by milk spurting from her gargantuan breasts. Among the paintings on view will be Tan Tan Bo (2001), as well as Tan Tan Bo Puking—a.k.a. Gero Tan (2002).
I'm going tonight.
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post #15 of 163
4/6/08 at 4:36pm
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Stewart's Macbeth, something like only 60 performances, Broadway later this month. Balcony seats only 50 bucks.
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post #16 of 163
4/6/08 at 6:13pm
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Takashi Murakami exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.

I'm going tonight.
Hah, random. Didn't even see this. Checked it out today, that's what we were doing in Brooklyn in the first place (my girl's from there, I stay away as much as I can...) Pretty interesting gallery, to say the least. My favorite was the absolutely fucking bizarre "Inochi" figures and commercial.
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post #17 of 163
4/14/08 at 4:53pm
Free Screening! Zombie Strippers! http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=3364

Not going to make it cause I'm going to be flying thousands of miles above the earth, but just looking at how silly Englund's acting in this one makes me think that a midnight screening is the way to go.
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post #18 of 163
4/22/08 at 3:10am
John Landis was at the Greenwich Village Barnes & Nobles on Tuesday, which had less than 30 people total. It didn't stop him from riffing and making me wish he would just do weekly chats/podcasts to tap all the friggin experiences and stories he has. The book he's signing looks to be chock full of Good Stuff (TM) and a nice chaser for anyone who enjoyed that Wright Stuff audio.
HE'S DOING ANOTHER SIGNING ON APRIL 23RD @ THE UNION SQUARE VIRGIN MEGASTORE. 6PM. You know what to do.
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post #19 of 163
4/29/08 at 9:20pm
The Long Goodbye at the FF tomorrow. If you don't go, you're half a man.
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post #20 of 163
4/29/08 at 9:21pm
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Checked it out today, that's what we were doing in Brooklyn in the first place (my girl's from there, I stay away as much as I can...)
Putz.
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post #21 of 163
5/3/08 at 11:49pm
I managed to get an all day free pass to the Tribeca Film Festival today. Four movies in 9 hours makes for a fun day. The last movie ended at 9:30 p.m. and the next didn't start until 11:30 p.m. If it had been an hour earlier, I would have attempted to see one more. There were some cool midnight showings though that I was tempted to stick around and see.
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post #22 of 163
5/7/08 at 11:52am
Saw The Wackness at Tribeca fun. And The Caller pre-festival, which sucked.

Godard at the Film Forum. Must must see.
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post #23 of 163
6/10/08 at 10:07pm
Win some tickets to Rocky Horror this Friday- http://chud.com/articles/articles/15...3TH/Page1.html
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post #24 of 163
6/12/08 at 9:21pm
Has anyone gone to see Byrne's "Playing the Building" yet?
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post #25 of 163
6/12/08 at 9:37pm
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Has anyone gone to see Byrne's "Playing the Building" yet?
I might try to check it out while I'm in town this weekend. I didn't actually know he had done this in NYC until you posted about it; I remember him doing something similar in Germany a few years back and I thought it sounded really cool.

It's a shame I'll be tied up Friday night or otherwise I'd be all over the Rocky Horror thing.
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post #26 of 163
6/12/08 at 9:44pm
The telectroscope is pretty fucking cool.
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post #27 of 163
6/16/08 at 7:22pm
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Has anyone gone to see Byrne's "Playing the Building" yet?
Ok, this is really, really cool. It's strange to get used to it, and there will likely be people in line behind you so you don't have much time to mess around, but I bet, given some time, people could actually use it as part of some crazy sounding music.
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post #28 of 163
6/18/08 at 3:19pm
The New York Asian Film Festival is stating this weekend going through July 7th. There are a lot of interesting Asian films showing, unfortunately I won't be able to make my way up there this year, mainly because of the next item.

I'm not sure if they planned it to coincide with that but the Film Society of Lincoln Center is have a Satoshi Kon weekend June 27th to July 1. Hopefully I'll get up to the Sunday showings of Paranoia Agent.
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post #29 of 163
8/18/08 at 1:00am
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This already started, but, Lindsay Anderson retrospective at Lincoln Center:

http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/lindsayanderson.html
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post #30 of 163
8/18/08 at 12:52pm
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Ok, this is really, really cool. It's strange to get used to it, and there will likely be people in line behind you so you don't have much time to mess around, but I bet, given some time, people could actually use it as part of some crazy sounding music.
I finally got around to this. You're right, it's amazing. This deserves to be a permanent installation somewhere -- I think it'd make it a must-visit every time I'm in New York.
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post #31 of 163
8/27/08 at 12:37pm
Hell Gate Social's got their free annual BBQ going on this Sunday.

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Labor Day BBQ. Join us once again as we open early, 2pm, to celebrate Labor Day with free burgers and hot dogs.

And to add to the fun we will be having a Apple pie eating contest at 6pm. We are looking for 12 contestants to compete.

Sign up begins Thursday night the 28th. Prizes TBA. Also at sunset we will be screening the classic summer flick JAWS.

Hell Gate Social
12-21 Astoria Blvd
718.204.8313
I'm thinking of signing up for the pie eating contest, even though I've got absolutely no chance (and don't even like apple pie that much). But it'd be fun.
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post #32 of 163
9/11/08 at 10:00pm
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David Lean retrospective at Film Forum. Including Lawrence:

http://www.filmforum.org/films/lean.html

Also, a three-week engagement of the restored prints to Godfather and Godfather Part II starts tomorrow. This is a do-not-miss:

http://www.filmforum.org/films/godfather.html
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post #33 of 163
9/11/08 at 10:08pm
Oh HELLS yes. Thanks Rath.
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post #34 of 163
9/11/08 at 10:23pm
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For those who care, I'm definitely seeing Lawrence next Saturday. I'm currently trying to decide between the Godfather marathon on the 30th or the 1st. Ben Folds is playing Terminal 5 and I'm a big girl who wants to see him both nights, but I'll probably do the afternoon Godfather on the 30th and Folds on the 1st.
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post #35 of 163
9/11/08 at 11:52pm
I think I'm gonna do afternoon Godfather on the 30th as well.
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post #36 of 163
9/16/08 at 10:53am
New York Is Book Country is coming back on the 21st. Anyone who's never been to the fair and likes to read should definitely check it out- there's always a ton of free books and big-name authors there.
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post #37 of 163
9/16/08 at 12:29pm
phew, that won't interfere with my 56 hour movie-watch-a-thon! (I kid)
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post #38 of 163
9/29/08 at 4:51pm
Anyone going to Film Forum tomorrow for the Godfather doubleheader?
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post #39 of 163
10/2/08 at 11:35am
First week of Nov: Rosemary's Baby at FF and Asia Argento-fest at BAM.
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post #40 of 163
10/8/08 at 7:50pm
Anyone who wants a W. one sheet, come by to Rock Band at Hell Gate Social tonight. For some reason they sent me NINE FUCKING HUNDRED of them and I'm giving them out any way I can. I've got real posters to hand out at the screening next week, too. Phew.
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post #41 of 163
10/31/08 at 1:09pm
Anyone going to the Village Halloween Parade this fine evening? If so, what are you going as?
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post #42 of 163
11/10/08 at 8:57pm
NYC Horror Film Festival's late this year, but has a pretty interesting lineup- http://chud.com/articles/articles/16...EEK/Page1.html

If anyone goes, let me know! I'll most likely be there every day.
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post #43 of 163
11/10/08 at 9:11pm
Wow, Resident Evil is sold out.
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post #44 of 163
11/12/08 at 7:20pm
The Ziegfeld will be getting Soderbergh's Che in the 4-hour format starting December 12th, and the director himself will be there for a Q&A on Opening Night. This could be quite fun.

(I got all the info from Russ's article on the main page)
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post #45 of 163
12/1/08 at 2:48am
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Short Cuts. Lincoln Center. This Thursday. Tickets are 25 dollars, but there's a post party with an open bar.

https://tickets.filmlinc.com/php/cal...backurl=#11112
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post #46 of 163
12/2/08 at 6:28pm
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Short Cuts. Lincoln Center. This Thursday. Tickets are 25 dollars, but there's a post party with an open bar.

https://tickets.filmlinc.com/php/cal...backurl=#11112
Dammit!!! I have 3 bday bar outings in the next week (Thurs, Fri and Tues), so I cannot make it to Lincoln Center for that...but it sounds fucking grand.
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post #47 of 163
12/2/08 at 11:17pm
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Not so cool: The Pioneer Theater closed last month. I'm just finding out about this now, but I thought that was kind of a bummer.

Also Film Forum has Amarcord the 3rd through the 16th, Schrader's Mishma the 17th through the 23rd, and, oh yeah -- this.
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post #48 of 163
12/3/08 at 2:23am
Last screening at the Pioneer was Halloween- Night of the Living Dead. Pretty sad and the usual story... the rent was raised and they just couldn't afford to keep it open. Especially since it was such a small, one-screen theater.
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post #49 of 163
12/19/08 at 11:33pm
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Why is David Fincher awesome? He's screening four of his movies as well as three other "essentials" selected by him at Lincoln Center. That would be cool enough, but those essential movies might not be what you'd expect:

January 1:
Seven
Mary Poppins

January 2:
Fight Club
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

January 3:
Zodiac
Chinatown

January 4:
Benjamin Button w/interview

No, I'm not making that up. A double feature of Seven and Mary Poppins.

Also at Lincoln Center starting the day after Christmas: http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/s...e/program.html

Classic Scorsese. Unbeatable.
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post #50 of 163
12/20/08 at 4:13am
Yeah, that's incredible. I'm going to try to go to as many of those as I can.
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