Released in 1961 before falling into relative obscurity, Peter Kaas’s “Time of the Heathen” is something of a curiosity. The only film Kaas directed before transitioning back into teaching acting at NYU, this potent thriller showcases a restless filmmaker who manages to marry genre thrills with apocalyptic imagery.
Only identified by the end credits as Gaunt (John Heffernan), the film follows a wayward traveler through upstate New York.
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Only identified by the end credits as Gaunt (John Heffernan), the film follows a wayward traveler through upstate New York.
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- 5/29/2024
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Roxy Cinema
Stanley Donen’s Funny Face plays on Friday and Sunday, the latter day bringing a program of work by Nicola Tyson and Son of Kong on 35mm.
Paris Theater
Prints of Prizzi’s Honor, The Mechanic, Grosse Pointe Blank, and Killer Joe play in a hitman retrospective; Yi Yi shows on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of Modern Art
A massive overview of Bulle Ogier continues with films by Fassbinder, Rivette, and more.
IFC Center
Man Ray: Return to Reason begins; After Hours and the Bob Fosse retrospective begin; Labyrinth, Flashdance, and Tank Girl play late.
Japan Society
America’s largest-ever Hiroshi Shimizu retrospective migrates to Japan Society (watch our exclusive trailer debut).
Museum of the Moving Image
Two more Shimizu films play; House on Haunted Hill screens Friday and Sunday, while The Right Stuff shows on 35mm this Saturday.
Roxy Cinema
Stanley Donen’s Funny Face plays on Friday and Sunday, the latter day bringing a program of work by Nicola Tyson and Son of Kong on 35mm.
Paris Theater
Prints of Prizzi’s Honor, The Mechanic, Grosse Pointe Blank, and Killer Joe play in a hitman retrospective; Yi Yi shows on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of Modern Art
A massive overview of Bulle Ogier continues with films by Fassbinder, Rivette, and more.
IFC Center
Man Ray: Return to Reason begins; After Hours and the Bob Fosse retrospective begin; Labyrinth, Flashdance, and Tank Girl play late.
Japan Society
America’s largest-ever Hiroshi Shimizu retrospective migrates to Japan Society (watch our exclusive trailer debut).
Museum of the Moving Image
Two more Shimizu films play; House on Haunted Hill screens Friday and Sunday, while The Right Stuff shows on 35mm this Saturday.
- 5/17/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Museum of Modern Art
A massive overview of Bulle Ogier continues, this weekend bringing Out 1.
Roxy Cinema
Jane Campion’s An Angel at My Table plays on Saturday, as does Time to Die and the latest “City Dudes“; a print of Night Tide shows Friday; The Last of the Mohicans and The Outsiders play on 35mm this Sunday.
Paris Theater
13 Assassins, Collateral, and Bullitt all play on 35mm in a hitman retrospective.
Museum of the Moving Image
America’s largest-ever Hiroshi Shimizu retrospective continues (watch our exclusive trailer debut).
Bam
Horace Ove’s Pressure plays in a new restoration.
Metrograph
A Kelly Reichardt retrospective has begun (watch our exclusive trailer debut) while ’90s Noir, Euro-Heists, Dream with Your Eyes Open, Ethics of Care, and Animal Farm continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Peter Kass’ restored Time of the Heathen opens.
Film Forum...
Museum of Modern Art
A massive overview of Bulle Ogier continues, this weekend bringing Out 1.
Roxy Cinema
Jane Campion’s An Angel at My Table plays on Saturday, as does Time to Die and the latest “City Dudes“; a print of Night Tide shows Friday; The Last of the Mohicans and The Outsiders play on 35mm this Sunday.
Paris Theater
13 Assassins, Collateral, and Bullitt all play on 35mm in a hitman retrospective.
Museum of the Moving Image
America’s largest-ever Hiroshi Shimizu retrospective continues (watch our exclusive trailer debut).
Bam
Horace Ove’s Pressure plays in a new restoration.
Metrograph
A Kelly Reichardt retrospective has begun (watch our exclusive trailer debut) while ’90s Noir, Euro-Heists, Dream with Your Eyes Open, Ethics of Care, and Animal Farm continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Peter Kass’ restored Time of the Heathen opens.
Film Forum...
- 5/10/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
It's safe to say that the post-wwii years were not as good as many people had claimed for many years. Despite propaganda lauding those years as a time of prosperity and success for all, it didn't take long for that popular myth to be exposed as such. For many people, especially those of marginalized groups, there was still repression and difficulty. And despite the Allied forces success, many men came back from the war with (called at the time) shell shock, often ending up adrift in the American landscape, where they faced suspision and even hatred. It was also a time of great experimental cinema, and while he might have had a more extensive career in theatre, director Peter Kass' film Time of the Heathen...
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- 5/9/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Apple TV+ released a new trailer for its drama “Fancy Dance” starring Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson.
The film follows Jax (Gladstone), who has cared for her niece Rokie (Deroy-Olson) since her sister’s disappearance by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. When she risks losing custody of Roki, the two hit the road and scour backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.
“Fancy Dance,” a Confluential Films and Significant Productions/Aum Group production, is produced by Deidre Backs, Erica Tremblay, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver. Bird Runningwater, Lily Gladstone, Forest Whitaker and Charlotte Koh serve as executive producers.
Watch the trailer below.
DeNiro Con Unveils Lineup for Event During Tribeca Festival
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The film follows Jax (Gladstone), who has cared for her niece Rokie (Deroy-Olson) since her sister’s disappearance by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. When she risks losing custody of Roki, the two hit the road and scour backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.
“Fancy Dance,” a Confluential Films and Significant Productions/Aum Group production, is produced by Deidre Backs, Erica Tremblay, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver. Bird Runningwater, Lily Gladstone, Forest Whitaker and Charlotte Koh serve as executive producers.
Watch the trailer below.
DeNiro Con Unveils Lineup for Event During Tribeca Festival
DeNiro Con, celebrating 80 years of the actor who co-founded the Tribeca festival,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Lexi Carson and Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
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- 4/25/2024
- MUBI
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