Paris Theater : Orson Wells Weekend More!

Paris Theater : Orson Wells Weekend More!

Credit Marion Curtis

The coming week, the Paris continues to celebrate film – a mix of new and old, personal appearances, archival 35mm prints, New York premieres, and more!

We will present an Orson Welles weekend, including screenings of The Other Side of the Wind, Welles’s audacious final film (40 years in the making, and completed after his death); a 35mm screening of his 1942 masterpiece The Magnificent Ambersons, introduced by film critic Molly Haskell; and a rare screening, also in 35mm, of his mind-bending F For Fake, introduced by filmmaker Sierra Pettengill.

Starting next Monday, we present the New York City premiere theatrical engagement of Malcolm & Marie, a provocative and beautifully made drama about a couple’s long, rocky night following a film premiere, with unforgettable performances by Zendaya and John David Washington. You can also enjoy one of the finest New York independent films of recent years, Tamara Jenkins’ funny and incisive Private Life, starring Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti.

Finally, you can continue to catch showings of Award winning films like My Octopus TeacherMa Rainey’s Black BottomMank, and shorts If Anything Happens I Love You and Two Distant Strangers.

In short, plenty of great cinema, with free popcorn and beverages at all shows. Tickets available at the box office, or on Fandango.

AN ORSON WELLES WEEKEND  

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2:30 P.M. AND 8:00 P.M.

SUNDAY, MAY 2, 3:00 P.M. AND 8:00 P.M.

(2018, 122 MINS., DIRECTED BY ORSON WELLES)

FOUR DECADES IN THE WORKS, ORSON WELLES’S FINAL OPUS, COMPLETED POSTHUMOUSLY, TELLS THE STORY OF GRIZZLED DIRECTOR J.J. “JAKE” HANNAFORD (JOHN HUSTON), WHO RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES AFTER YEARS IN SELF-EXILE IN EUROPE WITH PLANS TO COMPLETE WORK ON HIS OWN INNOVATIVE COMEBACK MOVIE.

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

INTRODUCED BY MOLLY HASKELL

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 5:30 P.M. (IN 35MM. 1942, 88 MINS. DIRECTED BY ORSON WELLES. WITH TIM HOLT, JOSEPH COTTEN, DOLORES COSTELLO)

F FOR FAKE

INTRODUCED BY SIERRA PETTENGILL

(DIRECTOR, THEREAGAN SHOW, TOWN HALL)

SUNDAY, MAY 2, 5:45 P.M. (IN 35MM, 1975, 88 MINS. DIRECTED BY ORSON WELLES. WITH ELMER DEHORY, CLIFFORD IRVING)

 

NEW YORK THEATRICAL PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT  

MALCOLM & MARIE

MONDAY, MAY 3 THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 7: 3:00, 5:30, AND 8:00 P.M.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MAY 8 & 9: 12:00, 2:30, AND 8:30 P.M.

(2021, 106 MINS.. WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SAM LEVENSON. WITH ZENDAYA, JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON)

AS A FILMMAKER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND RETURN HOME FROM HIS MOVIE PREMIERE, SMOLDERING TENSIONS AND PAINFUL REVELATION PUSH THEM TOWARD A ROMANTIC RECKONING. ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCES BY ZENDAYA AND JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON ARE MATCHED BY ELEGANT, ASSURED FILMMAKING BY WRITER/DIRECTOR SAM LEVENSON.

PRIVATE LIFE

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 3
THROUGH 7, AT NOON

(2018, 123 MINS. WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BYTAMARA JENKINS. WITH KATHRYN HAHN, PAUL GIAMATTI)

IN THIS MOVING, SHARPLY OBSERVED, AND QUINTESSENTIALLY NEW YORK COMEDY, A COUPLE IN THEIR 40S ARE STRUGGLING TO CONCEIVE, WHEN HOPE ARRIVES IN THE FORM OF THEIR VISITING STEP-NIECE.

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

WEEKDAYS THROUGH APRIL 30, 3:00 AND 5:30 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 1, NOON

ACADEMY AWARD,

BEST DOCUMENTARY

FEATURE SHOWN WITH IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU ACADEMY AWARD, BEST ANIMATED FILM (SHORT)

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM

WEEKDAYS THROUGH APRIL 30, 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 2, NOON ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING SHOWN WITH TWO DISTANT STRANGERS ACADEMY AWARD, BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM.

MANK

WEEKDAYS THROUGH APRIL 30, NOON ACADEMY AWARDS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

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