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 Teacher, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, 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