What I’m Seeing This Week: I audibled to When Evil Lurks last week to catch it before it left Cinemapolis, so my choice is once again The Royal Hotel. For real this time!
Also in Theaters: This week’s big news is that Killers of the Flower Moon, the latest film by all-time great director Martin Scorsese, opens at Cinemapolis and the Regal Ithaca Mall on Thursday. If you don’t have other plans, I can think of *far* worse ways to spend a Saturday evening than making a double feature out of the screenings of the 4k restoration of Contempt and 35mm print of Tokyo Story screening at Cornell Cinema. Daughter of the Dragon, the second installment in the “From Silent Film Star to American Icon: Celebrating Anna May Wong” series co-sponsored by a trio of local film organizations, plays Cinemapolis on Thursday. The Toll of the Sea, which opened it last month, is one of the highlights of my movie year so far. Last but by no means least, the Ithaca Experimental Film Festival will be at Cinemapolis on Saturday and Sunday.
Home Video: The Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals, and Chicago Bears all won their Week 5 NFL games, which is a confluence of events I’ve been waiting patiently for so that I can say: oh my! Now must be a good time to watch The Wizard of Oz, which I’ve had the pleasure of seeing twice this year under most excellent circumstances! First I was in the audience for a print from 1945 which screened at the Nitrate Picture Show in June. Then I watched it on DVD a few months later with my five- and seven-year old daughters, who had never seen it before, as one of my selections (we rotate) for our weekly Family Movie Night. I’m happy to report that they loved it! You can also stream Wizard on Max with a subscription or rent it from most other commercial streaming video platforms. In other news, Elemental, which I’ve been championing in this space as one of my favorite movies of the year, is now available on Disney+.
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