What I’m Seeing This Week: I have been planning to revisit The Night of the Hunter for awhile, so there’s no way I’m going to miss a chance to see it on the big screen at Cinemapolis on Wednesday!
Also in Theaters: For all the reasons I mentioned last week, the best new movie now playing Ithaca that I’ve already seen remains Anora, which continues its run at Cinemapolis. I also enjoyed A Real Pain and Conclave, which are at Cinemapolis, and The Wild Robot, which is at the Regal Ithaca Mall. The big news this week is of course the wide release of Gladiator II and Wicked: Part I, including at Cinemapolis and the Regal locally, tonight and Moana 2 (Regal) on Tuesday. I’m planning to see all three, which probably means I’m waiting for Heretic (Cinemapolis) to hit the streaming video platforms. So it goes. Finally, your most interesting-looking special event and best bet for repertory fare (aside from Night of the Hunter, natch) is the “Science on Screen” presentation of Ratatouille at Cornell Cinema tonight which will include presentations on “food nostalgia” and a tasting inspired by the film.
Home Video: I saw Seconds for the first time last month and I confess that initially I found it to be a bit tedious. Upon revisiting it a couple of weeks later, though, its various mysteries (including a man in an airport and a deceptively ambiguous final image) engaged me much more. Now I find myself thinking about it over and over again in connection to films from the past year like I Saw the TV Glow, which it surely must be a conscious reference point for, and a slew of movies about mid-life crises (Hit Man) and things that look like them (A Real Pain, Between the Temples). I’m still not sold on it as a masterpiece, but it’s leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month and I definitely think it’s a text that all cinephiles should be familiar with, so check it out if you’re a subscriber!
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