Saturday's parting shot

Finally had a chance to see the restored version of "Night of the Juggler" at the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue at Third Avenue... two weeks after its release. 

The unheralded 1980 release starring James Brolin was lost for years, never getting a proper video-DVD-cable release. 

Now's your chance, for at least this coming week at the IFC Center, to see what the Times says is "among the great Gotham movies of its era" in a piece titled "The Great Gritty New York Movie You've Never Seen."

It would be perfect for a drive-in too...

 

Thursday's parting shot

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Movie picks: The story of Ernest Cole, a photographer almost lost to history

Frequent EVG contributor Daniel Efram caught a screening of "Ernest Cole: Lost and Found" earlier this week at the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and Second Street. 

And there was a surprise Q&A with the director, Raoul Peck ... Peabody Award Winner (HBO's "Exterminate All the Brutes") and Oscar-nominated (James Baldwin, "I Am Not Your Negro").

The documentary tells the story of Ernest Cole, "one of the most important chroniclers of apartheid-era South Africa," per the Associated Press. He died "mostly forgotten and penniless" at age 49 in 1990. 

The film is garnering positive reviews (93% aggregate on Rotten Tomatoes). Dan called it an "intriguing portrait."

Starting today, you can catch its theatrical release at the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue near Third Street.

"Killer's Kiss" at midnight

As V.A. Musetto wrote in the Post yesterday: Stanley Kubrick was an upstart kid from The Bronx when, in 1955, he borrowed $40,000 from an uncle and directed, wrote, edited and photographed a movie thriller called "Killer's Kiss."

This is an EV Grieve favorite, and it's playing this weekend at midnight at the IFC.

The description alone!

An ex-boxer finds love in the arms of a Times Square taxi dancer, but her boss just won’t let them be. Strikingly shot on NYC locations, a film noir featuring several notable set pieces, including an unforgettable battle among mannequins.

Someone also chopped it into parts and placed it on YouTube.... Here's the first 10 minutes...