Cine File is in no hurry to see the Hollywoodized thriller “The Ring,” but he’s eagerly awaiting the unreeling of the Japanese original at the Walter Reade Theater.
Not only are the wonderful folks at the Film Society of Lincoln Center presenting Hideo Nikata’s “Ring” (1998), they’re also offering Nikata’s sequel “Ring 2” (1999) and the prequel “Ring 0: Birthday” (2000), helmed by Norio Tsuruta.
All three will be on view Saturday and next Sunday as part of the series “Scary Movies: 30 Years of Terror.”
Another entry is Italian director Mario Bava’s swan song, “Shock” (1978), featuring Daria Nicolodi, wife of Dario Argento and mom of Asia.
Info: http://www.filmlinc.com.
* The Gramercy Theater, temporary home of the Museum of Modern Art’s film program, is hosting what it calls the first American retrospective of Beirut-born French star Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990).
Included is Harry Kumel’s funky vampire tale “Daughters of Darkness” (1971).
Seyrig is bloody good as the real-life Elisabeth Balthory, who has gone down in history for her curious habit of bathing in the blood of young virgins in hopes of preserving her youth.
The director will be present when “Daughters” unreels Friday at 9 p.m. and Oct. 31 at 8:30 p.m. (That’s Halloween, by the way.)
The Gramercy is at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue; http://www.moma.org.
* The most hideous and loathsome screen vampire of them all is Max Schreck, star of German great F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” (1922), showing Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn.
With his rodent-like face, grotesque ears and elongated fingers and fingernails, Schreck is a sight to behold.
Info: (718) 636-4100.
* Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky’s sci-fi epic “Solaris” (1972) has gotten the Hollywood remake treatment, with Steven Soderbergh directing and George Clooney starring.
While you’ll have to wait until the day before Thanksgiving for it to debut, you can see Tarkovsky’s original right now (through Thursday) at the Film Forum in downtown Manhattan; (212) 727-8110.
* Nastassja Kinski was a teen nymphet when she made her screen debut, in Wim Wenders’ “Wrong Move” (1975).
Billed under her real name (Nastassja Nakszynski), she has little or no dialogue and spends a lot of time standing on her head.
“Wrong Move,” part of Wenders’ road trilogy that also includes “Alice in the Cities” and “Kings of the Road,” unspools Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Goethe Institut, Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street; (212) 439-8700. Admission is free.
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