By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Reeler Pinch Hitter: Karen Wilson, Cinecultist
[Note: Reeler editor S.T. VanAirsdale is taking the week off, but the blog is in the good hands of trusted friends and colleagues; click here for other entries in the series. Karen Wilson, otherwise known as the Cinecultist, is a film writer living in the East Village. She also contributes frequently to Gothamist, The Movie Binge and Jane magazine’s celeb blog.]
With summer winding to a close and the previews for the big fall heavies hitting cineplexes, it’s getting to be that favorite time of year for serious movie fans. Something Cinecultist mentioned in our Gothamist round-up last week but that we felt merited an additional post is the Filmmakers Symposium, which starts in September at Anthology Film Archives.
For the past 15 years, this series of Tuesday night screenings has featured some of the most buzzed about movies of the year. For those who don’t have access to the advance press and industry screening circuit, it’s an amazing opportunity to see early all the movies which will be in the running for awards. This year’s proposed lineup (which allows for scheduling difficulties and conflict) has some of Cinecultist’s most highly anticipated fall films like Fur (above, with Nicole Kidman as Diane Arbus), The Good Shepherd, The Fountain, For Your Consideration, Marie Antoinette, The Departed, Babel and tons more.
Tickets are a bit steep (it works out to about $30 per flick), and you have to buy a block of them in either a group of five or a group of 10 but still. If you have that kind of cash and are as obsessive as CC about seeing the big fall movies, it could be an investment well worth the obvious bragging rights: “Oh, Babel? Yeah, I saw it already. You know how Alejandro can be–so very Iñárritu-esque.” You get a bit of a discount if you register before the end of August, so check out the Symposium site soon.