Suggestion of the Week

New York Stories (Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, Woody Allen)

New York? Scorsese? Coppola? and Allen? Oh my…

“‘New York Stories’ is a chance to see three major American directors working in what appears to be virtually a new theatrical form. “

A middle-aged artist obsessed with his young assistant, a precocious 12 year old, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three separate, but great New York City tales…

Read more off the New York Times and watch off Amazon!

Suggestion of the Week

Wet Hot American Summer (David Wayne)

Quirky, sweet, with just the right amount of teen angst. Catch it at Nitehawk on the sixteenth!

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“But if you have reached that stage of life when the opportunities for short-sheeting your counselor’s bed or sneaking a frog into someone else’s underwear are not as plentiful as they once were, then this sloppy comedy may be a pleasant reminder of days gone by.”

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Set on the last day of camp, Wet Hot American Summer follows a group of counselors and the chaos pursuing them as they try to complete some unfinished business before the day ends: pent-up sexual frustrations, post-traumatic stress, pending separations, and a talent show.

Watch this off Amazon or read more off the New York Times

Suggestion of the Week

Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and Sam Wood)

A story so classic it hurts. Gone with the Wind earns the title of top grossing movie of all time…
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“The sheer arterial force of the film’s storytelling can’t be denied. On the big screen, the huge exteriors and skylines ablaze have a dreamlike, expressionist quality. It is strange, mad and operatic.”

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The film follows a young southern Belle (Vivien Leigh) through the Civil War and Reconstruction, not leaving out of course, some messy love affairs with two of the time’s most striking men (Leslie Howard/Clarke Gable).

Watch this flick off Amazon or read more off the Guardian!

Suggestion of the Week

Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Jones)

No one is too good for some 80’s horror. Just the right amount of cheesy and the only female directed slasher of its time, Slumber Party Massacre will add a little jump to your hump day…

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“Helping to welcome in the 80’s with new trends in horror formulas, The Slumber Party Massacre is a prime example of a simple film with a simple premise featuring lots of boobs, sex talk and bloodshed. “

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Someone with a power drill shows up uninvited to a young girl’s high-school pajama party…

Watch this flick off Amazon or catch it at Nitehawk this weekend!

Suggestion of the Week

Small Time Crooks (Woody Allen)

Cookies, crime, and chaos. With just the right amount of shady, some classic Woody Allen can never hurt.
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“The Woodman has recovered his common touch. On him, it looks good.”

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Written and directed by Woody Allen, Small Time Crooks follows the misadventures of an ex-con dishwasher and his manicurist wife. A plan to rob a bank turns into something much sweeter…leaving them rich, but not how they expected.

Watch this movie off Amazon or read more off Rolling Stone!

Suggestion of the Week

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicholas Roeg)

We’re all missing a little Bowie this week…

“Rock legend David Bowie, in his acting debut, completely embodies the title role, while Candy Clark, Buck Henry, and Rip Torn turn in pitch-perfect supporting performances.”

An alien comes to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. While developing a way in which to transport water, said alien meets a quiet hotel clerk, beginning to fall in love with her. But, just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.

Catch this flick at the House of Yes in Brooklyn tonight at 7:30! Or watch at home off Amazon.

Suggestion of the Week

Wallace and Gromit (Steve Box/Nick Park)

A little claymation to get you through the winter lull…

“The world of Wallace and Gromit is one of the few genuinely eccentric places left in the movies, a place where lumpy, doughy characters achieve a peculiar dignity in spite of their grotesque features and the ridiculousness of their circumstances.”

Follow Wallace, a good-natured, but slightly eccentric cheese loving inventor and his silent, but knowledgeable dog Gromit on their quest to stop a giant rabbit from ruining the town’s crops.

Check out this film on Amazon and read more off the New York Times!

Suggestion of the Week

Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)

So classic it hurts–the film that showed everyone how it should be done.

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“Citizen Kane” is far and away the most surprising and cinematically exciting motion picture to be seen.”

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A reporter uncovers the truth behind a man while on a mission to decipher his late words. Through run-ins with his friends and mistress, the reporter works towards penetrating the mystery of the elusive man’s final word, “Rosebud.”

Buy this off Amazon or read more from the New York Times!

Suggestion of the Week

The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)

A classic to get you through the winter lull…

“Much of the terseness and toughness of Mr. Chandler’s style has been caught in the movement and dialogue of William Faulkner’s and Leigh Brackett’s script. And Mr. Hawks, who produced and directed, has kept the action racy and raw.”

Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired to resolve the gambling debts of a General’s wild and young daughter. But when people linked to the General and his daughter start being murdered, Marlowe finds himself deeper into the case than he had intended…

Watch this classic off Amazon and read more off the New York Times!

Suggestion of the Week

Seven (David Fincher)

Check out this week’s suggestion sure to cure your midweek lull…

“But don’t take this skin crawler of a mood piece for pulp escapism. Pitt drops the movie star glamour as a stubbly hothead. Freeman, an actor of consummate subtlety, plays the cooler hand. They make a fine, fierce team.”

Two detectives discover a number of elaborate murders each targeting people who represent one of the seven deadly sins. The two search to find the serial killer responsible.

Watch this flick off Amazon or read more off Rolling Stone!