Upcoming Events, Jan 2008

There are several films I'd like to see that came out last week, but I've had a cold since returning to New York and sleeping more than usual, so all I've watched this weekend has been the first season of The Office (UK).

Anyway, January promises more movies than I can see anyway. MoMA is showing a bunch of recent popular films this week (Election, A Bug's Life, etc.), but Film Forum has a double-bill of Otto Preminger's Laura and Daisy Kenyon as well as Anatomy of a Murder. Last Year at Marienbad shows in the latter half of the month. MoMA is also screening The Hire, a collection of long BMW commercials from five or six years ago starring Clive Owen and directed by the likes of Ang Lee, John Woo, Wong Kar-wai and some Westerners as well. Anthology will show Bunuel's L'age D'or and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Tropical Malady.

The Knitting Factory has what looks like an Ecstatic Peace! showcase next Monday featuring MV + EE as well as Thurston Moore. Vampire Weekend at the end of the month has sold out, but Six Organs of Admittance probably won't.

And there's a national championship coming up next Tuesday.