Uncategorized: To do: Fellini, rock videos, noir, childhood, Mickey Rourke.
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- Tonight: Fellini’s 1983 film AND THE SHIP SAILS ON about the events on board a luxury liner filled with the friends of a deceased opera singer. Includes the wacky, bravura musical sequence above. [ACMI]
- Saturday: Wrangler presents the best rock videos of all time. [Rooftop]
- Sunday: Go film noir with THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks, 1946) and THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston, 1941) at The Astor or revisit your childhood with THE NEVERENDING STORY at Rooftop. [Astor] [Rooftop]
- Monday: Watch the Oscars on your television set or revisit future Oscar Mickey Rourke’s golden years with a Mickey Rourke double feature at The Astor: BARFLY and DESPERATE HOURS. [Astor]
Brad Nguyen is a co-editor of Screen Machine. He studied Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne, was the film reviewer for Triple R Breakfasters and has written for Senses of Cinema.
gelatinoushands
24/02/09 - 4:36 AM
I love The Maltese Falcon, but my all-time favourite film noir has to be Double Indemnity. I fell in love with Barbara Stanwyck upon watching it.