What To See This Week
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The Intruder (Walter Reade) Claire Denis has a new movie. What, you’re not standing in line for tickets already?
Thom Anderson retrospective (Anthology Film Archives) Increase your brainpower exponentially with a dip into this rare survey devoted to the maker of “Los Angeles Plays Itself.” “Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer” brilliantly essays the seminal, proto-cinematic photographer. Theorist Noel Burch co-authored the textual examination of “Red Hollywood.”
Fantomas (MoMA) Discard every inhibition you might have about early cinema and check out this extremely rare screening of Louis Feuillade’s fascinating five-part thriller from 1913-1914. Afterwards, you’ll be able to say “Griffith is for chumps” with total authority.
