Last year when the Film Forum screened Dial M For Murder in real, original two-reel 3-D, all four screenings sold out fast. So here's your heads up that they're bringing it back this month, from June 17th to 23rd, and tickets are still available here. The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock classic, starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland, was shot with M.L. Gunzberg's Natural Vision 3-D camera rig, which is said to have begun the 3-D craze (which is now suffering backlash?).
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Dial M For Murder To Screen In Real Two-Reel 3-D This Month
Alfred Hitchcock And God: A Free Film Series Grows In Astoria
Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock once said, "In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director." And considering all the stories about how the auteur treated star Tippi Hedren, it certainly seems like he had a bit of a God-complex himself. Now, a church in Astoria is exploring the world of "Hitchcock and the Catholic Conscious" with a free film series!
Five NYC Photographs That Will Give You Vertigo
Yesterday we revisited Sol LeWitt's altered aerial of "part of Manhattan," and while pondering the definition of art, we got distracted by other aerial images of New York City... particularly the vertigo-inducing ones. Here are five photographs that will give you that special feeling of dizziness (if you're into that sort of thing), plus one bonus image for reverse vertigo (if that even exists).
Opinionist: The 39 Steps
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 black and white spy thriller The 39 Steps has been given a vividly colorful stage adaptation by a troupe of four British actors who’ve brought their madcap show to Broadway after an award-winning run on the West End. Adapted from a 1915 novel by John Buchan, the movie concerns the dashing but vague Richard Hannay, who gets ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse after shots ring out at a London music hall. In the ensuing stampede, a woman bluntly asks to go home with him and, once there, reveals that she’s a spy trying to stop a plot to smuggle British military secrets out of the country.
Actress Suzanne Pleshette Dies at 70
Known for her smoky voice and role as Bob Newhart's no-nonsense wife in The Bob Newhart Show, Suzanne Pleshette died at age 70 last night. Pleshette had suffered from lung cancer in recent years.
Video of the Day: Remembering Tom Snyder
Tom Snyder died today, at age 71, after losing a long battle with leukemia. There are many videos with footage of his long career, because just about everyone wanted to talk to him (especially on "The Tomorrow Show" which aired after Johnny Carson in the '70s and '80s).
Oscar, Oscar: Liveblogging the Academy Awards 2007
7:06PM First thoughts: Gael Garcia Bernal is so cute. Ryan Seacrest is an idiot, as are Joan and Melissa Rivers. But we want to know what Jennifer Lopez is wearing! (It turns out to be Marchesa.)
The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Picks: Romantic Vacay edition
Two quite controversial and buzzed about movies hit New York theaters this weekend. So far the critical opinion of raving lunatic Mel Gibson's new foreign language feature, . Now we finally get to see the film they thought was going to be such a public relations nightmare. Leo plays a South African diamond smuggler who teams up with a Sierra Leone farmer (the always excellent Djimon Hounsou) to outwit a syndicate of businessmen. From the trailers it looks pretty heartpounding, and not just because the lovely Jennifer Connelly is also in it.
David Lynch Presents A Special Screening of Vertigo
, the Hitchcock classic starring Jimmy Stewart as a lovelorn, neurotic detective following the mysterious Kim Novak all over San Francisco, you're missing out. It's brilliant, strange and very beautiful—all adjectives Lynch seems to aspire to in his moviemaking.
Robert Altman, 1925-2006
Robert Altman, maverick film director, died on Monday night in Los Angeles. He was 81 years old.
The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Picks: Man Child edition
about a tiny jewel thief and the family who puts him in diapers thinking he's a sweet baby. Awww, isn't it adorable when Marlon smacks Shawn upside the head with a frying pan?
Pencil This In
MOVIES: Don't forget, the Bryant Park movies start tonight! The movie won't begin until sunset - which is about the same time the rain and thunder are scheduled to begin. Tonights features in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, The Birds. Be an early bird (heh) and get there at 5 for a good spot on the lawn!
Upcoming
ART: papermag.com celebrates it's 10th year with Manhattan! We recently had a chance to stop by this group exhibition which features over 75 Big Apple-based artists from past to present, and have never enjoyed a gallery show more (of course, it was the opening and they were passing out champagne with Red Bull in it.) The loose theme of the show is "People of New York." To the right is the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Nick Zinner's untitled work, taken in Brooklyn in 2000.
Outdoor Movie Guide
It’s that time of the year again – that special time you brave New York’s notoriously humid and sticky summer to battle for one more blanket inch on a crowded park lawn. This year’s free outdoor movie festivals – RiverFlicks, Riverside Park Movies Under the Stars, Brooklyn Music & Movies Series, and HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival–offer a wide range of musicals and old favorites, from The Sound of Music to The Big Lebowski (see below for June/July schedule). Also be sure to check out the Rooftop Films series, showcasing short, low-budget and underground films every Friday at Automotive High School in Williamsburg and every Saturday at Old American Can Factory in Brooklyn at 9:00 PM; $8.
City Council Fights For Moviegoers' Rights
With one of the largest moviegoing populations in the U.S, the City Council is making sure that New Yorkers can get the most out of their trips to the movies. Yesterday, a bill was proposed to make sure movie theaters list the actual movie start times - not when advertising and previews begin. City Councilwoman Gail Brewer told the media:
"We can't outlaw advertising. But at least we can tell the industry that they have to be honest about when their movies start, not their ads."Gothamist applauds the spirit of the bill, but we thinks it's a little off. People should get into their seats by the start of the previews, but, given the already stupid antics of some moviegoers, we want to ensure that people aren't coming in late during a movie's opening. Movie theaters are arguing that people already know that movie start times include ads and previews, but Gothamist would like to say, "Yeah, but we didn't know we'd have 20 minutes of pure promotional drivel before seeing four not-that-great previews." If we had our druthers, we'd like to know how long the ads would be, what previews there were ... oh, screw it, Gothamist is a psycho about being at the movies on time...we're the losers waiting in the hall while the theater is being cleaned out.
Alfred Hitchcock Classic in Chelsea
(1959). Tickets only cost $5.50 (what a steal for a movie in Manhattan!) and the live pre-show event starts promptly at 7 pm.
Jay Brida, Contemporary Press Publisher and Freelance Copywriter
Jay Brida, Publisher/Copywriter
Hitchcock Bust
A huge bust of Alfred Hitchcock was unveiled at Gainsbourough Studios in England, to celebrate the director and his work at the studio where some of his early films were made. Gothamist loves the sentiment, but is it just us or does he look more like an wider, wooden version of an Easter Island statue?
Hitch
Yes, today is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday. Gothamist finds the Google tribute funny, especially since we all know the bird will poop on Hitch's head, which is a nod for Hitch's fondness for poop humor.
Spellbound
Yay! Spellbound finally opens at Film Forum today! Gothamist has been following this spelling bee documentary for a while, and will try to make it to West Houston today to see it. A.O. Scott loves the film, and mentions, one contestant, "Harry, a voluble boy from New Jersey, who struggles with an Anglo-Saxon plural noun (to write it would be to spoil one of the film's most excruciating and hilarious moments) referring to a religious practice he's never heard of." Harry is from Glen Rock, where I spent my 0-12 years.
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