What keeps 9 going through its somewhat repetitive action sequences is Acker’s unique visual style and the quiet spaces in which he lets his characters breathe. It’s a small personal story set against a vastly epic world.
What keeps 9 going through its somewhat repetitive action sequences is Acker’s unique visual style and the quiet spaces in which he lets his characters breathe. It’s a small personal story set against a vastly epic world.
The number of theaters that screen classic cinema every weekend make the Big Apple a paradise for cinephiles. One could truly get an entire history of cinema in one day, something I tried to attempt last Saturday.
The number of theaters that screen classic cinema every weekend make the Big Apple a paradise for cinephiles. One could truly get an entire history of cinema in one day, something I tried to attempt last Saturday.
When it comes to movies, cinephiles often avoid Brooklyn to escape an onslaught of independent hipster films. But while Film Forum, Lincoln Center, and the Museum of Modern Art dominate Manhattan, the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcinématek program challenges the island’s dominance in both quality theaters and quality movies.
When it comes to movies, cinephiles often avoid Brooklyn to escape an onslaught of independent hipster films. But while Film Forum, Lincoln Center, and the Museum of Modern Art dominate Manhattan, the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcinématek program challenges the island’s dominance in both quality theaters and quality movies.
By the time Harry stabs a deformed alien baby in the lung in director David Lynch’s Eraserhead, viewers will probably have already given up trying to understand the plot. Maybe that’s why the IFC Center has chosen Lynch’s 1977 cult classic for their midnight movie this Friday and Saturday. Before Fight Club and Memento, Eraserhead was the original “mind-fuck” movie.
By the time Harry stabs a deformed alien baby in the lung in director David Lynch’s Eraserhead, viewers will probably have already given up trying to understand the plot. Maybe that’s why the IFC Center has chosen Lynch’s 1977 cult classic for their midnight movie this Friday and Saturday. Before Fight Club and Memento, Eraserhead was the original “mind-fuck” movie.
