Category Archives: IFC Center

Classic Horror Movies Haunt NYC Theaters for Halloween 2015

Posted on October 27, 2015 by willmckinley

Halloween is the best time of the year to be a classic film fan. And it’s even better if you live (or are un-dead) in New York City, where more than sixty screenings of horror and suspense films released before 2001 … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Film Society of Lincoln Society, IFC Center, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Moving Image, Nitehawk Cinema, Screening Report, Silent Film | 2 Comments

Christmas Eve with Donna Reed’s Daughter

Posted on December 25, 2013 by willmckinley

The climax of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE may be the most reliably tear-inducing sequence in American film. But at a Christmas Eve screening at New York City’s IFC Center with special guest Mary Owen, daughter of Donna Reed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, IFC Center, Screening Report, Uncategorized | Tagged Donna Reed, Frank Capra, George Bailey, IFC Center, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Jimmy Stewart, Mary Bailey, Mary Owen | 6 Comments

The Good, the Bad, and the Old Movie Weirdos

Posted on March 14, 2013 by willmckinley

“You’re an Old Movie Weirdo,” my girlfriend said to me. “I know you don’t think you are, but you are.” Before we go any further, you need to know something about Maggie: she’s honest to a fault, particularly when it … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Film Forum, IFC Center, Screening Report | Tagged Classic film, Film Forum, Old Movie Weirdos, Repertory house, Revival House | 64 Comments

How I Almost Ruined IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Posted on December 23, 2012 by willmckinley

There I was at the IFC Center in New York, about to see a 35mm print of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE in a theater filled with excited fans. Even better, Donna Reed’s daughter was on hand to introduce … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, IFC Center, Screening Report | Tagged Buster Keaton, Clarence Oddbody, Donna Reed, Frank Capra, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, George Bailey, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Jimmy Stewart, Mary Hatch, Mary Owen, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, The Donna Reed Show, Why We Fight, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU | 32 Comments

Screening Report: THE SEARCHERS (1956); DETOUR (1945); and THE PASSENGER (1975) at IFC Center

Posted on December 17, 2012 by willmckinley

On Friday, the IFC Center in New York City kicked off a week-long festival of road movies selected by Walter Salles, director of the upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD. I saw three of the iconic films presented this … Continue reading →