A TOUCH OF ZEN - Film Forum
King Hu’s most elaborate wuxia…a superlative series of choreographed action set pieces in fantastic widescreen landscapes.” – J. Hoberman “King Hu's remarkable Ming Dynasty epic deliberately makes itself impossible to define, beginning as a ghost story, then turning into a political thriller, and finally becoming a metaphysical battle.”
Film Forum · King Hu’s RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN
NEW RESTORATION “SYNTHESIZING INNOVATIONS FROM PAN-ASIAN ACTION FILM MAKING, HU CREATED THE NEW GOLD STANDARD.” – Nick Pinkerton, Artforum FROM THE DIRECTOR OF A TOUCH OF ZEN King Hu’s RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN (1979) 16th century China (Ming Dynasty). In a remote monastery, corrupt monks conspire against each other for …
King Hu’s RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN - Film Forum
April 30 -- May 7 King Hu's RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN urgent text: From the Director of A Touch of Zen (1979) 16th century China (Ming Dynasty). In a remote monastery, corrupt monks conspire against each other for that plum job — Head Monk — and control of the ultimate MacGuffin: a crumbling Buddhist scroll. And with the arrival of a general and a wealthy …
King Hu’s RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN “SPECTACULAR, EXHILARATING ENTERTAINMENT.” — The New York Times (1979) In Ming Dynasty China, corrupt monks conspire against each other for that plum job — Head Guy — and control of the ultimate MacGuffin: a crumbling Buddhist scroll. And then the carefully-choreographed action begins. Starring ...
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THE KING OF COMEDY - Film Forum
“Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Robert De Niro’s terminally unfunny Rupert Pupkin, consumed by his dream of TV stardom, rehearses nightly in his basement studio, flanked by life-sized cut-outs of guest super-stars. But then there’s the nuclear option: Rupert, aided by henchgirl Sandra Bernhard (the standup ...
THE KING OF COMEDY - Film Forum
THE KING OF COMEDY DATES/SHOWTIMES Friday, June 24 to Thursday, June 30 DAILY 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Except SUNDAY 1:50, 4:00, 6:10, 8:20 URGENT TEXT: New 4K Restoration Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis (1982) “Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Robert De Niro’s terminally unfunny Rupert …
KING KONG & THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME - Film Forum
KING KONG. 3:10 6:45 (1933, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Shoedsack) “Bring-‘em-back-alive” filmmaker Robert Armstrong, with scream queen (and Film Forum member) Fay Wray in tow, sets out in search of the Ultimate Attraction: The Greatest Ape of Them All – animated by the great Willis O’Brien – immortalized the just-constructed Empire State Building en route to his own …
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I - Film Forum
Dec 7, 2019 · Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I Saturday, December 7 11:00 Sunday, December 8 11:00 Starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner New 4K Restoration (1956, Walter Lang) Westerner Deborah Kerr travels to Bangkok to teach English to the King of Siam’s (played by Yul Brynner) children. Though they clash at first, Anna’s love blossoms for the King and his …
LANCELOT DU LAC - Film Forum
4 OUT OF 4 STARS “From France’s supreme religious film tragedian, perhaps the grimmest and most poetic of all retellings of the tale of King Arthur… Shot in compellingly austere colors and a rapt gaze sweeping downward from the sky…” – Michael Wilnington, Chicago Tribune