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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013*** “CLEOPATRA” … directed by JOSEPH L. MANKIEVICZ… with ELIZABETH TAYLOR, RICHARD BURTON AND REX HARRISON***

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A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT FILM EDITING…

Posted on September 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

which it might help us understand and enjoy the films we review together…

http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/the-longest-average-shot-lengths-in-modern-hollywood

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 2013…”WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF”…directed by MIKE NICHOLS…with ELIZABETH TAYLOR, RICHARD BURTON, GEORGE SEGAL AND SANDY DENNIS…

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YOU ARE INVITED FOR AN EVENING OF FUN AND GAMES WITH MARTHA AND GEORGE…

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A PEAK AT OUR PROGRAMMING…

Posted on September 8, 2013 | 1 comment

Our intention has been from the very beginning  to show and review the best international classical films ever made.

We always pay homage to the director (s), because even though film is a collaborative medium, the director’s vision is what truly makes each film so unique and special.

Sometimes we also feature superlative actors in roles that put them in the exclusive Pantheon of great performances.

We have recently started a cycle of historical dramas that showed us Peter O’Toole at his prime playing King Henry at different moments of his life in two  great films; “The lion in winter” with Katherine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins and  “Becket” with Richard Burton.

We also wanted to show Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, perhaps one of the most famous film couples of all times, doing their best film work together.

The intention was to continue with historical drama and show Burton and Taylor in “Cleopatra“, followed by William Shakespeare “The taming of the shrew” and then bring them into modernity with Edward Albee’s ” Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”.

Sometimes, like this coming Monday September 9th , our intentions of continuity get disrupted by not getting the postal delivery of the intended film and we’ll show “Who’s afraid…” instead of  “Cleopatra”,  hoping that the order of the films won’t alter the total enjoyment of our collective experience.

Thank you for your loyal support through these past five years and two hundred and five films viewed and discussed together.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd, 2013*** BECKET***directed by PETER GLENVILLE***with PETER O’TOOLE and RICHARD BURTON

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MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013…****THE LION IN WINTER…directed by Anthony Harvey****…with: Peter O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, et al…

One of the joys which films provide too rarely is the opportunity to see a literate script handled intelligently. “The Lion in Winter” triumphs at that difficult task; not since “A Man for All Seasons” have we had such capable handling of a story about ideas. But “The Lion in Winter” also functions at an emotional level, and is the better film.   Roger Ebert

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MONDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2013*** BOCACCIO 70*** directed by : Federico Fellini, Vittorio de Sica, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti

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THE TOP FOUR ITALIAN DIRECTORS OF THE 1960’S CREATE A TECHNICOLOR PASTICHE ENTITLED “BOCACCIO 70” WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTRIGUING FILM STARS OF EUROPEAN CINEMA…sounds like a “meringue a quatre” to be seen and discussed by a bunch of well intentioned cinematikeros with a sharp eye and good sense of humor…

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August 12, 2013***BABETTE’S FEAST***directed by GABRIEL AXEL***Our 200th. presentation since 2008…

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WELCOME BACK TO THE CINEMATIKI…

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Queridos cinematikeros…

we are once again, brightly open and  looking forward to seeing you tonight, Monday August 12, 2013 , celebrating  our  200 th. shown and discussed  films…

and many more to come…

J J  & Tom

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A NOTE FROM J.J. & TOM

Posted on June 30, 2013 | 1 comment

QUERIDOS CINEMATIKEROS…

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOYAL SUPPORT DURING THE PAST FOUR AND HALF YEARS AND  THE 199 FILMS THAT WE VIEWED  AND DISCUSSED TOGETHER…

THE CINEMATIKI WILL BE DARK FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR SMILING FACES AGAIN SOMETIME IN MID-AUGUST…

 

 

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