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Just some thoughts on current happenings:
Classic film screenings from around the world this June include:
ROBERT BRESSON: SECRET LAWS OF THE CINEMATOGRAPH
In Vancouver, British Columbia, The Cinematheque continues with
ROBERT BRESSON: SECRET LAWS OF THE CINEMATOGRAPH
a series that “… brings together all of Bresson’s uncompromising features, many screening in digital restorations marking their Vancouver debuts” from May 15 – July 2, 2025.
Click on the respective image above for more information on this series.
For all of the films scheduled this month at The Cinematheque, click on the theatre banner above.
SAM PECKINPAH
In Lyon, France the Institut Lumiere is presenting:
SAM PECKINPAH a series of films by the maverick filmmaker from Thursday, June 5 to Sunday, July 20.
Click on the respective image above for more information on this series. Click on the Institut logo for all of the films showing this month.
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Heat (1995, a 35mm print) Thursday, June 5 and Monday, June 9, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, a 35mm print) Saturday, June 7, Solaris (1972, a 35mm print) Saturday, June 7, Ikiru (1952, a 35mm print) Friday, June 13, Sorcerer (1977) Monday, June 16, Images (1972) Thursday, June 19, Get Carter (1971, a 35mm print) Friday, June 20, Citizen Kane (1941, a 35mm print) Sunday, June 22, and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, a 35mm print) on Saturday, June 28.
* Note: Some of the showtimes are matinees only.
Click on the film’s respective image for more information. To see June’s complete programming, click on The Prince Charles Cinema banner above.
In Auckland, New Zealand, Academy Cinemas is presenting Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Sunday, June 8, Friday, June 13, Thursday, June 19 and Saturday, June 28, Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967, the Gold Tinted version) Tuesday, June 10, Sunday, June 15, Saturday, June 21 and Thursday, June 26, and The Shining (1980) on Friday, June 13.
* Note: Some of the showtimes are matinees only.
To obtain more information on any of these programmes, click on the respective poster image. To see June’s complete schedule, click on the Academy banner above.
Touch of Evil
Welfare
In San Francisco, California, The Roxie Theatre will present Touch of Evil (1958, a 35mm print) on Sunday, June 8, and Welfare (1975, as part of their THIS IS AMERICA: Frederick Wiseman – 7 Dispatches series) on Thursday, June 12.
For more information on each film’s showing, click on the appropriate movie image above. For more information on the other films being presented at The Roxie, click on the above theatre picture.
Letter from My Village
In Valencia, Spain, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca at the Edificio Rialto will be presenting Letter from My Village aka Kaddu Beykat (1975, as part of their CLASSICS, MODERN, AND STRANGE: A HISTORY OF CINEMA MADE BY WOMEN series) on Thursday, June 12 and Thursday, June 19.
Click on the film’s image for more information on this screening. To discover more of June’s programming including other films playing in Valencia, Spain at the Edificio Rialto, Castelló, Spain at the Paranimf of the Universitat Jaume I and in Alicante Spain at the Arniches Theatre, click on the banner image above.
JOHN CAZALE A 90TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE
In New York City, New York, Film Forum is presenting:
JOHN CAZALE A 90TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE
Friday, June 13 – Thursday, June 19
The programme reads:
“He had a modesty about him, but also a sense of reality, a groundedness about how the world really worked. He seemed to know something about everything.”
– Al Pacino
A retrospective of the short but extraordinary movie career of actor JOHN CAZALE (1935-1978), whose five films were all Oscar® Best Picture winners or nominees.
Cazale began his career as a theater actor in New York City, and for much of the ‘60s appeared in regional, off-Broadway, and Broadway productions alongside Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Sam Waterston, often earning extra cash as a cab driver and messenger for Standard Oil.
He would soon become one of Hollywood's premiere character actors, starting with his momentous role as the doomed Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's THE GODFATHER (1972) and THE GODFATHER PART II (1974). He then appeared in Coppola's THE CONVERSATION (1974) as the jittery protege and top assistant to Gene Hackman, and Sidney Lumet's DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975) as the anxious sweat-stained bank robber Sal.
Cazale was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1977 during the filming of THE DEER HUNTER, but decided to complete his role in the film. Due to his illness and the studio's initial reluctance to include him, all of Cazale's scenes were filmed first, with Meryl Streep and director Michael Cimino reportedly threatening to walk off the set if Cazale was replaced. It became Cazale's final film role, and he passed away before its premiere in 1978, cutting his remarkable career short.
Also playing this week: free screenings of documentary I KNEW IT WAS YOU: REDISCOVERING JOHN CAZALE (Richard Shepard, 2009), featuring interviews with Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Sidney Lumet, Francis Ford Coppola, Meryl Streep, and Gene Hackman. Director Richard Shepard will appear in person opening weekend.
Programmed by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum Repertory Artistic Director.
Click on the actor’s image for the programming of this series and on the Film Forum banner for other films playing this month.
Noir City will take place in Boston, Massachusetts from June 13 - 15.
The introduction reads:
Noir City Boston
Fri, Jun 13 – Mon, Jun 16 • Foster Hirsch in Person!
Special Introductions at Screenings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
We are thrilled to welcome back our friends from the Film Noir Foundation for another edition of NOIR CITY BOSTON. This year our theme focuses on “Dark City Dames.” Author Foster Hirsch will be on hand for special introductions all weekend long! (All descriptions courtesy of The Film Noir Foundation)
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In Detroit, Michigan The Redford Theatre will present Legend (1985, a 35mm print, a 40th Anniversary screening) on Saturday, June 14.
Click on the top image for more information on this screening. To see the entire month’s programming, click on The Redford Theatre banner above.
In theatres across the U.S. Flashback Cinema is presenting Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) on Saturday, June 14, Sunday, June 15 and Wednesday, June 18.
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Split Image
Charley Varrick
In Los Feliz (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 Theatre will present Split Image (1982, as part of their ‘Directed by Ted Kotcheff’ series) Monday, June 16, and Charley Varrick (1973, a 35mm print, as part of ‘The Greg Proops Film Club’) on Wednesday, June 18.
For more information on these programmes, click on the appropriate film image above. To see the entire month of June’s programming including other films showing at The Los Feliz 3 Theatre in Los Feliz, The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood (also part of greater Los Angeles), and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica (also part of greater Los Angeles), click on the American Cinematheque banner.
Excalibur
In Bergen, Norway The Cinemateket i Bergen will present Excalibur (1981) on Wednesday, June 18.
For more information on this film’s showing, click on the movie image above. For further information on the other films being presented at The Cinemateket, click on the banner image above.
In Los Angeles, California The Beverly Cinema will present The Town (2010, a 35mm print) Friday, June 20 at 2 pm only, and Full Metal Jacket (1987, a 35mm print) on Friday, June 27, Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29.
Click on the appropriate poster image for more information on each of these presentations. To see the rest of June’s schedule, click on The Beverly Cinema banner above.
These are the reviewed films showing on Turner Classic Movies in the U.S. this month:
Out of Africa is an Academy Award Winning film from the ‘80s (1985 to be exact) that I have been rather critical of. My observations can be found here, in Part 2 of an article entitled “How Quentin Tarantino’s ‘One of the Worst Decades in Hollywood…’ Was Actually One of Its Greatest.” Out of Africa will be presented on Wednesday, June 11 at 2:15 pm PDT.
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950) previously recommended here. This "dead man running" will seek justice with a vengeance on TCM Thursday, June 12 at 3:30 pm PDT.
Do not be conned out of seeing the delightful The Flim-Flam Man (1967), previously reviewed here, when making a rare showing on TCM Friday, June 13 at 7 pm PDT.
(From left): Michael Sarrazin, Slim Pickens, George C. Scott
TCM's current monthly schedule can be confirmed by clicking on any of the above TCM related images. To confirm the correct Pacific Daylight (West Coast) showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the Eastern Daylight (East Coast) showtime listed on TCM’s schedule.
(To be continued… ) A.G.