quote: Louis Belloisy

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Our restored movie palace (www.palacewaterbury.com) will start to show the classics this fall. first showing will be the all time great "Cinema Paradiso".

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The Rialto Arts Cinema, in Ridgefield Park, NJ, just stopped showing the classics (along with anything else). The last showing was "Cinema Paradiso".


 

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Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 07-12-2008, 12:35 AM:
 
"Cinema Paradiso"? C'mon guys. How can you call that a classic? It's only 20 years old. "Singing In The Rain", now THAT'S a classic.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 07-12-2008, 01:53 AM:
 
It was an instant classic.
 

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 07-12-2008, 04:00 AM:
 
What's happened to the Union County Arts Center in Rahway, NJ, where Bernie Anderson Jr. was projecting a few years ago? They now seem to have added the word 'Performing' to their name, but there is no mention of film anywhere in their programme. There's also no mention of film equipment in the technical specification of the theatre, other than one set of lines being used for 'movie screen'. have they gone to all live events now? Are they still equipped to show film in the future in they want to?
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-12-2008, 05:08 AM:
 
Egyptain Theatre - Boise, Idaho , being an independent theatre in this capital city of the state, the Egyptain has been developing the reputation of doing various presentations on stage and screen.

This last month, inbetween first run engagements, a series of classic movies has been playin on its big screen - including 'Gone with the Wind' at the present moment.

..and includes the available presentation of 70mm - being as of yet, the only 70mm house in the entire state.

-Monte
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-12-2008, 07:29 AM:
 
I'm hoping this is something we can do at the Everett when we get the ceiling rebuilt and get back on our feet.
 

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Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 07-13-2008, 03:24 AM:
 
i maintain a site that tries to list all rep film in the sf bay area: Bay Area Film Calendar.

please do add anything on it to your table.
 

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Posted by John Stewart (Member # 989) on 07-20-2008, 09:46 PM:
 
http://www.austintheatre.org/site/Calendar

The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Tx has a run of classic and art films in the summer months. We will run thru mid Sept. Labor day weekend we will be running GWTW and a collector will be bringing in props and costumes from GWTW that weekend. There will also be a few 70mm prints at the end of Aug. and early Sept.

John
http://www.austintheatre.org/
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 07-30-2008, 11:21 AM:
 
Here is our "Classics" page, which lists all the movies more than 10 years old that are playing in theaters (that we list showtimes for):

http://www.bigscreen.com/NowShowing.php?view=classics

I need to add a feature so that the list can be whittled down to nearby and/or favorite theaters, but it does the trick for now.

It's interesting to see that 74 different classic movies are being shown somewhere in the country.
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 07-30-2008, 11:05 PM:
 
Scott- Very cool. But is there any way to just list all the theatres showing a particular classic film?

Where is Jaws playing, for example? I click the Jaws link and when I put in my zip code + 50 mile radius, I get nothing. Jaws could be playing 51 miles from my from my zip code, and I'd miss it!!!!

Also, if I could display all Jaws screenings, I might notice that it was playing in another city next month when I might happen to be visiting.

Thanks to everyone for all the links. I added a lot of new listings I didn't already have.

Geoff
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 07-31-2008, 08:37 AM:
 
Scott, I agree with Geoff. The site is not usefull without the option to list every theatre playing a given film.
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 07-31-2008, 01:58 PM:
 
Yes, right now the list isn't able to be customized to show only those movies playing within a particular range or at your favorite theaters. That's an improvement that's on my to-do list, not just for the Classics page, but for each of the Now Showing pages.

And when viewing the showtimes page, theaters further than 50 miles away will not be listed in the "Nearby Theaters" view.

When viewing a showtimes page for a movie, our VIP members ($10 yearly subscription) have the ability to see the closest movie theaters playing that movie no matter where that theater is located. That's a very intense database query (when multiplied by thousands of simultaneous sessions), which is why it's limited to our VIP members.

I realized that it wasn't very clear that VIP's would see that, so I've added a note so that people are aware of it.

If you'd like to take a look, just create a new account on the site, and let me know what E-Mail address you used (you can send me feedback from the site or PM me here), and I'll set you up with a free VIP trial.

Aside from that, you can always add the theaters that traditionally show classic movies, and they will appear in the "Favorite Movies" view for each particular movie.
 

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Posted by Tom Doyle (Member # 1474) on 08-02-2008, 04:35 PM:
 
There are quite a few good places to see classics on 35mm in my area that haven't been mentioned:

In Stamford, CT, I work at the Avon Theatre. It's an art house, but occasionally we present older films - we ran a flawless print of Some Like It Hot recently.
www.avontheatre.org

In Hartford, CT, there's an art house, Real Art Ways, that sometimes runs older movies. They have Peter Pan (1924) coming up with live accompaniment. I haven't gone there lately because they seem to do more and more shows on video.
www.realartways.org

In Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University has a great film series during the school year that I love going to, but they do non-theatrical booking, so they don't advertise anywhere off-campus. Here's a link to a free summer series they just did on Ingrid Bergman:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/campus/2008/0608film.html

The Garde in New London, CT, does mostly live shows, but also two films series each year in the summer and winter, some new, some old films. This summer the only older one is Grease.
www.gardearts.org

The Fairfield Community Theatre in Fairfield, CT, shows classic movies sometimes. I've never been there, so I don't know if they're on film.
www.communitytheatrefoundation.org

The Showcase Cinemas in my area do a Silver Screen Classics program. I did go to one a while back and it was on 35mm, but I suspect they are on video now.
http://www.nationalamusements.com/programs/specialprograms.asp?page=1

The Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY, has Capitolfest 2008 coming up - it looks like Bernie Anderson is doing the accompaniment for one of the silent sessions (on their original pipe organ).
http://www.romecapitol.com/

One series I like going to in NYC is the Silent Clowns. It's 16mm stuff run by Bruce Lawton with accompaniment by Ben Model, who also plays at MOMA and other theaters.
http://silentclowns.com/

There's a bunch of places in NYC that run older stuff, maybe someone who knows more can post details about them all.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-03-2008, 02:23 PM:
 

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One series I like going to in NYC is the Silent Clowns. It's 16mm stuff run by Bruce Lawton with accompaniment by Ben Model, who also plays at MOMA and other theaters.
http://silentclowns.com/

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This I would like to see, but judging from the website, it seems to have petered out. Or, do they just run a few shows a year?
 

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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 08-04-2008, 08:08 PM:
 
The Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts recently ran a series of MGM musicals including MEET ME IN SAINT LOUIS and SINGING IN THE RAIN. The theatre run 35mm prints and I want to know if IB dye transfer prints for these movies are still in circulation and that is what they played. I do know that extensive restoration work was done for both of these movies in recent years and special edition DVDs were released that were replicated from the new elements. I had learned that Technicolor no longer produce IB Tech prints for regular theatrical exhibition after they briefly reintroduced the process a few ago. Is there a possibility the lab is still producIng dye transfer prints for studios that had gone to the trouble of restoring some of their classic films? I had wanted to see all of the classic MGM films the Doris Duke had presented but I was busy at the time.

-Claude
 

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Posted by Tom Doyle (Member # 1474) on 08-05-2008, 09:50 AM:
 
Tim, the Silent Clowns series is only twice a year. Their next one should start in early Fall. They can send you a schedule by e-mail or snail-mail - just click on the 'contact us' link on their web site. In the meantime, Ben Model does other shows in the area:
http://www.silentfilmmusic.com/

I always enjoy the Silent Clowns series a great deal because Bruce Lawton and Ben Model are very knowledgeable about silent films. They give a talk before each show and answer audience questions afterwards, plus you can chat with them after the show.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-07-2008, 12:08 AM:
 
Thanks, Tom, for that info! I'll keep an eye on it.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 10-16-2008, 09:48 AM:
 
For those who live in Northern NJ or New York City area, there is a lot of events happening over the next few weeks that you may or may not be aware of.

October 16th thru 18th

For those of you who believe that the X-Files was a documentery about your life, there is a 3 day UFO convention is taking place at The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre in Jersey City.

More Information

October 24th thru 25th

The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre is presenting there October Film Weekend featuring:

• The Cat People (1942 version)
• The Body Snatcher (1945)
• The Phantom Of The Opera (Silent with live theatre organ accompanyment)

• Phantom Of The Opera (Silent with live theatre organ accompanyment)
• War Of The Worlds (Live on stage recreation of Orson Wells Radio Play)
• War Of The Worlds (1953 Version)
• Earth Vs The Flying Saucers (1955)
• The Man From Planet X (1951)
• Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959)
• Rodan, The Flying Monster (1956)
• The Creeping Unknown (1956)
• Metropolis (1927 with live theatre organ accompanyment)

All films are being presented in 35mm. The Lafayette Theatre is a beautifully restore 1924 single screen theatre.

More Information
 

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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 10-22-2008, 12:47 AM:
 
Our place, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center has 5 performance venues, including the THX certified Browning Cinema.

We have an amazingly diverse film series that runs each year, with a nice mix of classics, foreign films, independent films, and just the downright wacky. We host filmmakers for several of our films, in addition to other lectures sponsored by the University's department of Film, Television, and Theatre.

One of the most fun times I had was last season, with a screening of Keaton's The General with a live band performing the score. What a fantastic experience.

If anyone is ever in the area, stop by!

AJG
 

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Posted by David Mann (Member # 4917) on 10-24-2008, 04:23 AM:
 
The Granada Theatre, beautifully restored relic of the 20's, is playing a Buster Keeton silent classic this Saturday, Oct. 25th, in Bakersfield, Ca.

Complete with the 10 ton organ played live in the theatre, and presented with arc carbon lamps.

TOO much fun.

David
 

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Posted by Joe Tommassello (Member # 4632) on 11-11-2008, 04:32 PM:
 
Apparently Jonathan Crist had a gorgeous print of "Phantom of the Opera" (1943) at his theatre in Hershey PA on Halloween night. Too bad we didn't know in advance. I know a half dozen or more movie buffs in the Philadelphia area (including me) that would have planned their whole day around seeing that.
 

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Posted by Jon P. Inghram (Member # 4125) on 11-11-2008, 06:05 PM:
 
The Palace West And Palace Springfield theaters have been running classic films. If you navigate to the showtimes page and select a date there'll be a banner in the middle of the listing (the page design could use a little work...) with a PDF of the shows and dates.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 03-19-2009, 01:35 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey, located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, will be presenting a weekend of black & white ghost stories that are rarely seen on the big screen this March 27th and March 28th.

The Landmark Loews Jersey was the last of the five Loews Wonder Theatres built in the New York City metro area back in the 1920's, and is currently being operated and restored by the volunteer organization Friends Of The Loews. The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, and is easy to reach from most area highways.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection.

Friday March 27th at 8pm - The Uninvited(1944) - One of the spookiest "old dark house" films ever made.

Saturday March 28th at 6pm - The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1947) - Can a lonely woman and a long dead sea captain find love and romance while sharing a house? This film will answer that important question.

Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm - The Innocents (1961) CinemaScope - Children shouldn't play with dead people, especially when they play back!

Both The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and The Innocents will be 20th Century Fox Archive Vault Prints. I will be projecting the Friday show.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.

The Landmark Loews Jersey Lobby

 

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Posted by Caleb Johnstone-Cowan (Member # 3710) on 03-19-2009, 09:36 PM:
 
For those of you in the UK, the Prince Charles Cinema just announced their third season of classic double bills:

MON 6-Apr-09
18:50 PRETTY IN PINK
21:00 THE BREAKFAST CLUB

MON 13-Apr-09
18:25 POINT BREAK
21:00 TOP GUN

MON 20-Apr-09
18:30 HIGHLANDER
21:00 MAD MAX 2

MON 27-Apr-09
18:50 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
21:00 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

MON 4-May-09
18:50 NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
21:00 THE INNOCENTS

MON 11-May-09
18:50 WEIRD SCIENCE
21:00 FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF

MON 18-May-09
18:30 GHOST IN THE SHELL
20:30 AKIRA

MON 25-May-09
18:50 MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
21:00 MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN

The new screen converted from the circle is pretty nice for its size, imagine the shows will be held in here so tickets are limited.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 04-13-2009, 03:48 PM:
 
This coming April 24th and 25th, we will be presenting another weekend of classic films on The Landmark Loews Jersey 50 foot wide CinemaScope screen. The theatre is located on Journal Square in Jersey City, NJ, directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City. It is also easy to reach from most area highways.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection.

Friday April 24th at 8pm - A Lion In Winter (1968) - We will be running the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences archive print. Director of the film, Anthony Harvey, will be there in person to speak about his career and the film.

Saturday April 25th at 7:15pm - Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959) - We will be running the restored 20th Century Fox’s Archive Vault Print. Actress Arlene Dahl from the film will be there in person to speak about her career and the film.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 04-18-2009, 08:04 PM:
 
The Historic Redford Theatre will be showing Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm August 7, 8, and 9. Here is their web site, the information is near the bottom of the page. I am really excited, because I have never gotten to see a conventional 70mm print before (maybe IMAX once or twice when I was a kid). I also haven't been to the Redford in a while, and it is perhaps one of Detroit's best preserved historic locations.
 

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Posted by Robert Throop (Member # 61) on 04-20-2009, 11:31 AM:
 
This Sat. April 25 the Capitol theatre in Rome, NY will be showing an Ed Wood double feature: " Glen or Glenda?" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
The Capitol regularly shows a variety of classic films. Silents are accompanied by the theatre's original Moller pipe organ.
http://www.romecapitol.com/events.html
Bob
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 04-20-2009, 02:00 PM:
 
The Wexner Center for the Arts has announced its summer schedule. Three of the films will be shown outdoors on the plaza outside the center on the Ohio State campus. If anyone comes by for the outdoor screenings, be sure to get in line early for the Jeni's Ice Cream. Try the Salty Caramel!

All previous outdoor screenings have been in 35mm projected from a truck. They have promised to have O BROTHER in stereo.

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The best marriages of music and image in film leave indelible marks in our memory. Think of Bernard Herrman’s shrieking strings in Psycho’s shower scene or the hypnotic piano coda to Eric Clapton’s “Layla” in Goodfellas. Whether from original scores, familiar compositions and songs, or even the live playing that accompanied silent movies, effectively chosen music can heighten emotion, propel action, create tension, establish historical authenticity, or enhance the director’s intentions in many other directions. Organized by Wexner Center Film Curator David Filipi, Soundtrack Available features films notable for their creative and thoughtful use of popular music as a cinematic element. Many spawned soundtrack albums whose impact equaled that of the films themselves.

Wex Drive-In
Two films from this series—American Graffiti on July 23 and O Brother, Where Art Thou? on August 20—are being presented as free outdoor screenings in our Wex Drive-In series. Come at 8 PM to claim your spot and get ready with drinks (cash bar), snacks, and free popcorn and Jeni’s ice cream. The films themselves will begin at dusk. (In the event of rain or other bad weather, these films will screen in the theater at 9 PM.)

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they will be showing some features from Blu-Ray DVD

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quote: Jack Theakston

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But 8,000 for a movie? Was there an accompanying act? I've done repertory for years and have never seen numbers like that.

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quote: Brad Miller

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And for that much profit, the studio should've at least struck a brand new print for the venue.

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Strike a new print? Do something for the exhibitor? That's a good one, Brad!
 

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Posted by John Hawkinson (Member # 1135) on 07-01-2009, 10:20 PM:
 
OK, I'll play dumb here. Has anyone ever asked a studio to strike a new print of a title and ponied up the cash for it and had them refuse?

--jhawk
 

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Posted by Jack Theakston (Member # 4484) on 07-03-2009, 01:11 PM:
 
Yes. WB has a "no outside money" policy. Every other studio I've dealt with are fine about this.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 09-28-2009, 04:38 PM:
 
On the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey will open it’s 9th season of classic films. Since it is also the theatre’s 80th Birthday Jubilee, we will be presenting a selection of films either set in, or filmed in, the 1920’s when the Loews Jersey was young!

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday October 2nd at 8:00pm – The Untouchables (1987) Follow the exploits of Elliot Ness and his G-Men as they take down Al Capone back in the violent days of the roaring 20’s.

Saturday October 3rd at 4:00pm – The Coconuts (1929) One of the Marx Brothers earliest and funniest films, watch as they wreak havoc on a Florida hotel and it’s unfortunate guests.

Saturday October 3rd at 8:00pm – Safety Last (1923) One of silent comedian Harold Lloyd’s wildest and best films, it features the famous scene of him high above a street hanging off a clock. There will be live organ accompaniment on the Landmark Loews Jersey’s Mighty Morton Theatre Pipe Organ.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by Michael Voiland (Member # 5386) on 09-29-2009, 12:07 AM:
 
Hollywood Palms is going to have upcoming

Wayne's World with host Tia Carrere
Friday, October 9 - Sunday, October 11, 2009

Marty and The Poseidon Adventure with host Ernest Borgnine
Friday, October 16, 2009

The Birds with host Tippi Hedren
Saturday, October 17, 2009

M*A*S*H with hosts Elliott Gould and Sally Kellerman
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Frankenstein & The Wolfman hosted by Sara Karloff and Ron Chaney
Friday, October 23 - Sunday, October 25, 2009

Young Frankenstein with host Teri Garr
October 30 - November 1, 2009

Singing in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown with host Debbie Reynolds
Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary with hosts The Munchkins
Sunday, November 8, 2009

Some Like It Hot with host Tony Curtis
Saturday, December 5 - Sunday, December 6, 2009

Those our the old time movies we are playing.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 09-29-2009, 12:40 AM:
 
Very nice line-up there.
 

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Posted by Michael Voiland (Member # 5386) on 09-29-2009, 11:40 AM:
 
We just had Karen Allen from raiders of the lost ark
before that we had Richard Dreyfuss from jaws.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 09-30-2009, 07:06 PM:
 

quote: Michael Voiland

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Those our the old time movies we are playing

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quote: Geoff Jones

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ultimately, I think the trend is moving toward home video as the only way to see old movies.

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quote: Geoff Jones

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I was getting some pretty lame reader reviews. There was one somewhere that gave high marks to a theatre where you could hear trains pass by outside. WTF.

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quote: Geoff Jones

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movietheatrereviews DOT blogspot DOT com

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Why not just give the link? Why spell it out like that? What exactly are you afraid of?
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 10-22-2009, 04:41 PM:
 
A while back, I believe I broke a Film Tech rule by posting the link to my blog under my signature with every post.

Something got triggered to prevent my blog from showing up in posts after that. (I get an error if I try...)

I'm deeply shamed by my poor internetting skills and apologize to everyone for it.
 

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Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 10-24-2009, 03:54 AM:
 
scott,

i clicked on your link, then clicked on "the man they could not hang" to see where it was playing, but it seems i'd have to blindly start guessing zipcodes to get that information.

a resource in the s.f. bay area that i maintain: Bay Area Film Calendar (which i think i mentioned earlier). i'm not sure what a classic is (without getting into personal taste), but i try to list everything that is not first run but is on film. that involves some emailing, phoning, and occasionally going into booths and checking.
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 10-24-2009, 09:58 AM:
 
A classic is anything that isn't current, and is good enough to bother seeing on the big screen again.


 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 10-27-2009, 04:29 PM:
 
Carl,

Back when we had a weaker server, doing a wider search for theaters would burden the server too much, so I had to limit the results. We still allowed it for our VIP members, but I'm assuming that you don't want to pay for that to find the movie.

That's not as much of an issue now, so I've removed the restriction. Now, it will still show an error message saying that the movie wasn't found at any theaters within the specified range, but it goes looking for up to 10 theaters that are closest that are playing it.

Check it out

I set the definition of a classic to be anything older than 10 years. While that catches non-classics (in my opinion) once in a while, it's a pretty good delimiter.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-15-2009, 02:57 PM:
 
This coming weekend of November 20th and 21st, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, will continue its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 9th consecutive year of classic films.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday November 20th at 8:00pm – Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Starring Charlie Chaplin. Also starring Mady Correll, Isobel Elsom, Audrey Betz, Ada May and Martha Ray. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. (124mins.)

Chaplin called this film his "cleverest and most brilliant," but he is certainly not portraying his familiar "Little Tramp." Here, he plays a suave serial killer who makes his living marrying and murdering lonely rich women. Chaplin turned this shocking conceit into a black comedy that seems surprisingly modern to us today -- especially in its presentation of the hypocrisy of societies that condemn murder committed by individuals but glorify war.

Saturday November 21th at 2:00pm – For Whom The Bell Tolls (1943)

Starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou. Directed by Sam Wood. (157mins.)

Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a romantic drama set against the turbulent tapestry of the Spanish Civil War. Though downplaying the extreme ideological aspects of the war (which Hollywood found uncomfortable), the film is otherwise largely faithful to Hemingway's writing and boasts excellent performances, torrid love scenes and first-rate Technicolor photography.

Saturday November 21th at 7:30pm – Forbidden Planet (1956, CinemaScope)

Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen. Directed by Fred Wilcox. (98 mins.)

One of the most famous science fiction movies ever made. A pre-comedy Leslie Nielsen as a space traveler who discovers the planet where expatriate Earth-man Pidgeon has built a one-man empire with his daughter and Robby the Robot -- which became a sci-fi icon and progenitor of robotic portrayals on both the big and small screens. Great special effects for the day, the film also boasted lavish use of the wide-screen CinemaScope and Perspecta Stereo.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.

The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre’s Vitaphone Projector

 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 11-15-2009, 03:18 PM:
 
I see the Cinema's (also the Apex's) Norelco has made it to the booth but not assembled.

Steve
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-15-2009, 03:59 PM:
 
Yes, both Norelco's have made it to the booth. The picture above was taken last April. Since then, one of the Norelco's has been assembled and is very close to being operational, at least in 35mm mode.
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 11-15-2009, 04:44 PM:
 
Those Norelco's in days gone by. (Apex Theater 1971)

 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-29-2009, 01:01 PM:
 
Thanks Rick for the picture of the Apex.

On the weekend of December 4th and 5th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 9th consecutive year of classic films with its final screenings of 2009.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday December 4th at 8:00pm – Holiday Inn (1947)

Starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds. Music by Irving Berlin. (101mins.)

This great chestnut of a movie has been a holiday tradition for generations. It introduced Irving Berlin's timeless song "White Christmas" and “Easter Parade”, each of which later spawned their own movies. Crosby plays a retired nightclub crooner who buys a Connecticut inn and decides to only open it on holidays, when he stages nightclub-esque revues -- which naturally allows for some very memorable song-and-dance numbers. And, of course, the plot includes an amiable rivalry between Crosby and Astaire for Reynold's affections. The scene in which Crosby first sings "White Christmas" is a very enjoyable part of film history and a great moment in our popular culture.

Don't miss the chance to see this tradition on the BIG screen.

Saturday December 5th at 7:30pm – Modern Times (1936)

Starring Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. (89mins)

In addition to starring and directing, Chaplin wrote the film's script and arranged the music for the recorded sound track that also included sound effects but no dialogue -- this was Chaplin's last "silent" film. One of Chaplin's greatest works, it is a hilarious but also poignant satire of the struggles of modern life -- as relevant today in the "information age" as it was when new, in the "machine age." The episodic nature of the plot allows Chaplin to perform some of his most memorable comedic routines, including the iconic scene of Chaplin rolling through the gears of an enormous machine.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 11-30-2009, 03:27 PM:
 
The Film Forum in New York is having a James Whale festival from 12/4 - 12/10:

http://www.filmforum.org/films/whale.html

They're starting out with Frankenstein and The Invisible Man on Friday.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 01-25-2010, 12:52 PM:
 
This coming weekend of January 29th and 30th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 10th consecutive year of classic films with its first screenings of 2010. This season, we are saluting the decades that the Landmark Loews Jersey has been entertaining us, starting with some classic films from the 1930’s.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday January 29th at 8:00pm – The Thin Man (1934)

Starring William Powell & Myrna Loy. Also starring Maureen O’Sullivan, Nat Pendleton. Cesar Romero.
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke (93 minutes)

This adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel defined the genre of movie that succeeds in the unlikely but exquisitely entertaining mix of mystery and sophisticated comedy. Nick Charles (Powell) is a private investigator who has just retired after marrying wealthy socialite Nora (Loy) – only to be goaded by his thrill-seeking bride into investigating the recent disappearance of an inventor. The film succeeds in no small part because of the electric chemistry between Powell and Loy – who as Nick and Nora remain one of Hollywood’s most legendary on-screen couples. Their witty repartee, which often makes them seem more like saucy secret lovers than a married couple, is still great fun to listen to 76 years later. The film’s stylish Deco sets and wardrobe also gave a much needed taste of glamour to Depression-era audiences. Though originally planned as a “B picture” it proved immensely popular and inspired five sequels plus countless imitations.

Saturday January 30th at 6:30pm – Top Hat (1935)

Starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. Also starring Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore.
Music by Irving Berlin. (99 minutes)

"Top Hat" is classy, Depression-era escapism at its best. If the storyline is a typical mistaken-identity romantic comedy, what puts the movie in a class all its own is the stunning combination of an Irving Berlin score, the incomparable choreography and dance of Fred Astaire, the charismatic screen chemistry between Astarie and Ginger Rogers, and a dynamite supporting cast. (Look for Lucille Ball in a small role.) The Deco-infused sets, plus Mark Sandrich’s deft direction – which can best be described as effervescent – burnish the luster of “Top Hat” to a fine sheen and have made the film the epitome of 1930s glamour.

Saturday January 30th at 8:40pm – Gold Diggers Of 1933

Starring Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Warren Williams, Ginger Rogers, Sterling Holloway. Choreography by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. (96 minutes)

If Busby Berkeley’s name is still synonymous with over-the-top musical numbers, “Gold Diggers of 1933” is one of the best showcases of the outrageously lavish choreography, seemingly endless chorus lines, fluid camera work and dizzying overhead compositions that were his hallmark. And in addition to Berkeley’s signature talent, the movie also boasts an amazing mix of comedy, gritty Depression-era commentary, romance and pre-Production Code sex. A sweet love story between Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell unfolds while unemployed showgirls struggle to survive hard times by pragmatically using their “assets” to charm backers for a new show. There’s the cheekily salacious “Pettin’ in the Park” number, Berkeley's jaunty "We're in the Money" extravaganza that features coin-clad chorus girls and Ginger Rogers singing in Pig Latin, and the downbeat finale "Remember My Forgotten Man" that is firmly rooted in the grim realities of the 1930s. All of this makes “Gold Diggers of 1933” one of the best pre-Production Code musicals, and one of the best remembered movies of the 1930s.

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 02-22-2010, 11:39 AM:
 
This coming weekend of February 26th and 27th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 10th consecutive year of classic films. This season, we are saluting the decades that the Landmark Loews Jersey has been entertaining us. This month, we will be presenting some classic films from the 1940’s.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday February 26th at 8:00pm – White Heat (1949)

Starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien.
Directed by Raoul Walsh. (114 minutes, B&W)

James Cagney first became a star in the 1930s as a tough criminal in Warner Bros. Studio’s classic gangster melodramas. He went on, of course, to play a great variety of other roles, ranging from George M. Cohan to the great silent star Lon Chaney, Sr., in dramas, musicals and comedies. But in 1949, Cagney returned one last time to the role of tough guy in “White Heat” – a crime drama that takes the familiar elements of plot, character and theme from his old ‘30s gangster pictures but transforms them into a kind of Film Noir tragedy. Cagney is Cody Jarrett, a deranged criminal prone to headaches and seizures. His molten temper, feral cunning and mercurial charm are finely calibrated extensions of the doomed gangsters Cagney played a decade before, this time coiled not around a Depression-era impetus of greed or class rivalry, but an Oedipal bond. Cody's beloved, calculating "Ma" (Margaret Wycherly) is the compass for his every move, her iron will and long shadow acknowledged not only by Cody but by his gang, his restless wife (Virginia Mayo, radiating sensuality and guile), and the undercover cop (Edmond O'Brien) planted in Jarrett's path. Cagney’s performance is nothing less than superb as he creates one of the most frighteningly psychotic characters ever seen on screen, a model for the stranger, more brutal outlaws who would dominate crime cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. The fiery, climactic scene has become part of pop culture.

Saturday February 27th at 6:15pm – Notorious (1946)

Starring Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Claude Rains.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (101 minutes, B&W)

“Notorious” is a tightly woven and brilliantly sustained mix of romance and suspense that takes remarkable risks with its main characters. Ingrid Bergman, never more radiant or vulnerable, is a flawed heroine: the beautiful daughter of a Nazi spy who’s garnered a notorious reputation for herself by turning to drink and casual affairs to help forget the shame of her father’s infamy. Cary Grant, whose suave screen persona was rarely more hard-edged and even unlikable, is an American agent who uses Bergman’s affection for him to manipulate her into spying on her father’s old Nazi cronies. And Claude Rains is an unlikely villain: a charming Nazi sympathizer who genuinely loves Bergman and seems far more likable than Grant. To this mix, Hitchcock adds some of his most stunning black and white camera work, including a famous tracking shot that begins across a crowded room and ends in a close-up of Bergman's hand while she secretly holds a key. Several scenes are unusually but very effectively shown from Bergman’s point of view. Throughout the script, written by legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht, there is the troubling subtext of love and betrayal. Notorious is one of the most effective Noir, or at least Noir-ish films, and is often considered to be Hitchcock’s finest film of the 1940s.

Saturday February 27th at 8:30pm – The Third Man (1949)

Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard.
Directed by Carl Reed. Written by Graham Green. (104 minutes, B&W)

One of the greatest Noir movies ever filmed, "The Third Man" sets loyalty, friendship and love against justice and common good in the fractured, cynical setting of defeated and occupied Vienna after World War II. Joseph Cotten is Holly Martins, an alcoholic pulp writer from America who’s traveled to Austria to visit his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But when Martins arrives, Lime's funeral is under way. From Lime's girlfriend and an occupying British officer Martins learns of allegations of Lime's involvement in black market racketeering. The idealistic and perhaps naïve Martins vows to clear his friend's reputation. But as he is drawn deeper into postwar intrigue, Martins finds layer upon layer of deception which he desperately tries to sort out. One of the most remarkable aspects of The Third Man is that Welles is only in the last third of the film, yet seems to dominate it throughout. This is a tribute to how cleverly screenwriter Graham Greene builds anticipation through the contradictory information Martins gathers in his search for info about his old friend. It’s also a tribute to how powerful and widely known Welles’ screen persona is. Welles’ long-delayed entrance is one of the most memorable scenes in any film. The movie boasts some of the most evocative cinematography ever filmed, with long shadows, stark lighting, cocked camera angles and exaggerated close-ups that perfectly capture the surreal, off-kilter feel of postwar Europe as well as emphasize the shadowy nature of the story. The zither music that plays throughout is among the most recognized and haunting movie themes.

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Posted by Michael Voiland (Member # 5386) on 02-22-2010, 10:50 PM:
 
Back to the future
Webpage for theatre
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Back to the Future!


Live In Person -

Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown) Lea Thompson (Lorraine McFly)


Claudia Wells (Jennifer Parker) James Tolkan (Principal Strickland)


100% of admissions will be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation
 

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 02-24-2010, 09:33 PM:
 
How this for classic?
silent movies with live piano
Scroll down past the 'Now Playing' to see what I'm referencing.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 03-18-2010, 01:18 PM:
 
This weekend March 19th thru 21st, The Landmark Loews Jersey in Jersey City New Jersey is hosting a three days of horror-related guests, screenings, vendors.

Convention to include 35MM-film screenings of Night of the Living Dead and Creepshow.

Celebrity guests include George A. Romero, Ken Foree, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Savini, David Emge, Kyra Schon & more!

The show is a rental, for more information visit the promoter's web site Saturday Nightmares
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 03-22-2010, 03:11 PM:
 
This coming weekend of March 26th and 27th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 10th consecutive year of classic films. This season, we are saluting the decades that the Landmark Loews Jersey has been entertaining us. This month, we will be presenting some classic films from the 1950’s.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday March 26th at 8:00pm – Night Of The Hunter (1955)

Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. Directed by Charles Laughton
(93mins. B&W)

Robert Mitchum gives one of his greatest performances as a psychotic, misogynistic and phony preacher who insinuates himself into the family of an executed man with whom he had been imprisoned in order to find the hoard of cash the man had hidden away. All that stands between the brutal Mitchum and the money are the other man’s two young children and the indomitable, scripture-quoting old woman, played magnificently by Lillian Gish, to whom the children turn for help. Gish’s faith, courage and compassion are set in breathtakingly stark contrast against Mitchum’s dark, venal perversity – creating one of the screen’s most memorable and successful parables of good vs. evil.

Saturday March 27th at 6:15pm – King Creole (1958)

Starring Elvis Presley, Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
(115mins. B&W)

In King Creole Elvis Presley displays an acting ability that was only hinted at in many of his later films, giving an entertaining and compelling performance as a young man trying to find himself while finding his way between good and bad choices. Presley plays a high school drop-out working to help support his unemployed father when he falls in with a gang of teenage toughs. But since he can sing, and the owner of a struggling nightclub gives him a chance to go straight and perhaps even make it big. Yet he soon finds himself being pulled into the corrupt world of a local mob boss who runs a successful nightclub and wants Presley to work for him. Presley also has to make a choice between his true love and the good-girl-gone-wrong moll of the mob boss. The film is greatly aided by good performances from Walter Matthau, who plays a very effective heavy as the mob boss, and a pre-“Addams Family” Carolyn Jones as his reluctant moll.

Saturday March 27th at 8:30pm – On The Waterfront (1954)

Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam.
Directed by Elia Kazan. Written by Bud Schulberg.
(107mins. B&W)

“On the Waterfront” is one of the most powerful narratives ever filmed is due in no small part to the uncanny sense of truth it projects from first frame to last. And this, in turn, is largely due to the remarkable performances of its cast – from Marlon Brando’s extraordinary creation of Malloy, to the smallest nuances of the supporting players. That the movie was famously filmed on location on the real waterfront in Hoboken, N.J. greatly adds to this aura of truth by imparting an authenticity and immediacy that has never been equaled in any other major motion picture: the gritty, violent and strangely claustrophobic world it depicted was no set, but life itself. Leonard Bernstein's score imparts a very subtle operatic quality to the otherwise hyper-realistic film. The film is an extraordinary mix of coarse and refined elements – harsh realism and elegant art fused into a coherent and compelling whole.

“On the Waterfront” won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director for Elia Kazan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Budd Schulberg, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. Fifty-six years later, it remains an extraordinary cinematic accomplishment. Don’t miss this chance to see it back on the big screen.

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 04-05-2010, 05:33 PM:
 

quote: Scott Jentsch

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If we can swing it, I'm hoping that we can expand our coverage to more screens by the end of the year, so this would provide more comprehensive coverage of movie theaters playing classics on their screens.

Currently, we list 10,000 screens-worth of data which covers 941 theaters across the country, but that means that there are still almost 6,000 more theaters to be listed. 60% of those that are not yet listed are less than 5-screen locations, which are probably the most apt to be showing classics.

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As a follow-up to my post above from last fall, we are now listing showtimes for every theater in the United States! The change happened last week, and that means that we have many more showtimes for classic movies on the "Classic Movies Back on the Big Screen" page:

http://www.bigscreen.com/NowShowing.php?view=classics

There are 366 movies listed on that page currently, ranging from Padre Pio: Miracle Man from 2000 all the way to 1924's The Thief of Bagdad.

Some of the older IMAX movies are now getting on that list because they are more than 10 years old, but since the movies are grouped by decade, it's easy to look past the more recent stuff if that's not your cup of tea.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 04-05-2010, 10:18 PM:
 
Nice job Scott. As a test I looked up "Hook" which is Regal's next Flashback movie showing here (on April 7th) and it's in your listings.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 04-05-2010, 10:24 PM:
 
Would it be possible to allow the "range" to be set to "infinite"? I have occasionally wanted to find out all of the theatres in the country that are playing a particular film title, and have found no easy way of doing this.

Obviously, this is more useful for smaller releases or repertory screenings than for major wide releases.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 04-06-2010, 01:45 AM:
 

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Would it be possible to allow the "range" to be set to "infinite"?

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quote: Scott Norwood

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Would it be possible to allow the "range" to be set to "infinite"? I have occasionally wanted to find out all of the theatres in the country that are playing a particular film title, and have found no easy way of doing this.

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I'll have to look into providing something like that, but do it in such a way that it doesn't kill the server with a query that generates thousands of results. Maybe a limit of the first 100 results or something, which is an expansion of what's being done now when there are no theaters within the mileage range.

Until that time, though, there is a workaround. The "Nearby Theaters" view for a movie will show theaters within the mileage range specified, if any are playing that movie. If not, it shows the 10 closest theaters that are playing the movie, no matter where they're located.

Since most/all classic movies do not have a very wide release on any given day, you will be shown a list of every theater playing that movie as long as you do not have any theaters near you playing that movie. Here's an example:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
http://www.bigscreen.com/NowShowing.php?movie=RockyHorror&view=sched&show=nearby&showdate=2010-04-09

It is playing at Landmark E Street Cinema in Washington, DC, so if you were to specify a ZIP code of 20004 in the page above, you will see only that theater.

However, if you specify a ZIP code that is nowhere near where the movie is playing, such as Barrow, Alaska (99723), you will get a full list of theaters in the country playing that movie because the closest 10 are displayed, and the movie is only playing at 2 theaters in the country on that day. (More are showing it on 4/10)

That's a workaround, but it's functional. I like the idea of the "infinite distance" setting, so I'll put that on my to-do list.

Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad that people are finding it useful!
 

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Posted by Robert Throop (Member # 61) on 04-06-2010, 10:24 AM:
 
The Capitol theatre in Rome,NY
http://www.romecapitol.com/events.html regularly shows classic films both sound and silent. On April 17 we'll be showing "Birth of a Nation" accompanied by Avery Tunningly on the Capitol's Moller pipe organ.
Bernie Anderson, a member of this group plays at the Capitol occasionally. He's a terrific organist.
Bob
 

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Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 04-06-2010, 07:29 PM:
 
Some Odeon sites in the UK run 'flashbacks' that is a season of classic films shown one weekday night each week. I caught Top Gun a while ago. Would have checked out Jurassic Park last monday but I wasn't free.
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 04-06-2010, 08:37 PM:
 
Robert,

I've re-activated the Capitol so that we're showing it in our listings again:

http://www.bigscreen.com/Marquee.php?theater=2880

so please make sure to send your movie schedule to Cinema Source using the information we have on the following page:

http://www.bigscreen.com/extranet/submitschedule.php

This will get those showtimes into the data feed I receive from them.

Since these are classic films, make sure to specify the movie with year and director, so that the correct movie is tagged as playing at your theater. I've been running into lots of issues where a movie with a common title is mistakenly tagged with the incorrect choice, which creates confusion.

I've also added a photo from the Capitol's web site, so there's some eye candy for people to enjoy.

I look forward to seeing your showtimes!
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 04-21-2010, 10:00 AM:
 
This coming weekend of April 23rd and 24th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 10th consecutive year of classic films. This season, we are saluting the decades that the Landmark Loews Jersey has been entertaining us. This month, we will be presenting some great classic films from the 1960’s.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday April 23rd at 8:00pm – To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Robert Duvall.
Directed by Robert Mulligan. Music by Elmer Bernstein.
(129mins., B&W.)

A wonderful story of a precocious young tomboy and her brother being raised in rural Georgia of the 1930s by their widowed and highly principled father who, as an attorney, takes on the then-impossible mission of defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Harper Lee, the movie melds the routines, small triumphs and travails of children growing up with the harsh reality of segregation and prejudice. Lee's work has become a rite of passage for generations of school children. The movie is among the most successfully realized film interpretations of a novel ever made, and one of the most quietly affecting works ever shown on the screen -- comedic, dramatic, insightful, tragic, uplifting -- and thoroughly engrossing. Gregory Peck won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Saturday April 24th at 6:00pm – A Hard Days Night (1964)

Starring The Beatles, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington.
Directed by Richard Lester.
(85min., B&W.)

The wild, all-encompassing popularity of The Beatles that exploded across America in late 1963 and '64 changed virtually everything about music and pop culture. A Hard Day's Night was a first attempt to channel some of The Beatles' popularity toward movie theatre box offices. Remarkably, though the production was decidedly rushed, Director Lester and screenwriter Alun Owen created a musical-comedy-fantasy that managed to perfectly capture the good-naturedly sardonic personas of each of The Beatles while fairly accurately depicting the manic zaniness of the early Beatlemania. The Beatles themselves were very pleased with the results. Of course, the soundtrack rings with some of the Fab Four's most popular early songs, including "Can't Buy Me Love," "And I Love Her," "I Should Have Known Better," and the title tune, which was reportedly written overnight by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in response to a plea from the director for a song to match the movie's title.

Saturday April 24th at 8:15pm – The Graduate (1967)

Starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross.
Directed by Mike Nichols.
(105mins., Color & Panavision)

This is one of a handful of films that managed to speak directly to the baby-boom generation as it was coming of age, and as such contributed several very notable references to our collective popular culture -- including the line that summed up the future in one word -- "plastic." But more than forty years after it was made, the movie remains as poignant and funny as ever -- greatly entertaining to audiences that came before and after the boomers. In his first major film role, Dustin Hoffman plays a very naive college graduate who is seduced by a middle-aged woman, and then falls in love with her daughter. Contributing immeasurably to the success of the film is the score, much of which was provided by the legendary folk-rock team of Simon and Garfunkel. Their song "Mrs. Robinson," which refers to Anne Bancroft's character, is one of the most familiar pieces of the decade, was first heard (in an abbreviated form) in this movie.

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Posted by John Stewart (Member # 989) on 04-28-2010, 02:23 PM:
 
May 20th starts our summer season at the Paramount theater in Austin, Tx. As always, we start with CASABLANCA and a 2nd Bogart film. This year THE MALTESE FALCON is the second feature. Here is the summer list:

http://www.austintheatre.org/site/PageNavigator/shows_events/films

John
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 04-28-2010, 04:10 PM:
 
John

That looks fantastic. A great line-up of films.Well done to all involved.

Now, if only The Paramount were a little closer...
 

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Posted by John Stewart (Member # 989) on 04-29-2010, 07:45 PM:
 
Our booker knows his films and watches out for new prints of recently restored films. He does a great job every year. There are a few titles that comes back every summer. LAWRENCE in 70mm is one for sure.

John
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 04-29-2010, 09:18 PM:
 
Ohio Theatre in Columbus Ohio announces its 40th Summer Movie Series:

Rear Window (1954)
Friday, June 4, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 6, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

It Happened One Night (1934)
Wednesday & Thursday, June 9 & 10, 7:30 pm daily

FRIGHT NITE FRIDAY!
DOUBLE FEATURE!
Friday, June 11, 7:30 pm
Frankenstein (1931)
The Wolf Man (1941)

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Saturday, June 12, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 13, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

Rio Bravo (1959)
Wednesday & Thursday, June 16 & 17, 7:30 pm daily

CHICK FLICK FRIDAY!
Pretty Woman (1990) (Rated R)
Friday, June 18, 7:30 pm

Cartoon Capers
Saturday, June 19, 10 am

Some Like It Hot (1959)
Saturday, June 19, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 20, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

The Goonies (1985)
Wednesday, June 23, 7:30 pm

SILENT FILM!
BUSTER KEATON DOUBLE FEATURE!
Thursday & Friday, June 24 & 25, 7:30 pm daily
Both films will be accompanied live by Clark Wilson on the Ohio Theatre’s prized “Mighty Morton” organ!
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Seven Chances (1925)!

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Friday, June 25, 11 pm

Carousel (1956)
Saturday, June 26, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 27, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

My Man Godfrey (1936)
Wednesday & Thursday, June 30 & July 1, 7:30 pm daily

All About Eve (1950)
Wednesday & Thursday, July 7 & 8, 7:30 pm daily

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) (Rated R)
Friday, July 9, 7:30 pm

The Music Man (1962)
Saturday, July 10, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 11, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

Strangers on a Train (1951)
Wednesday-Friday, July 14-16, 7:30 pm daily

Cartoon Capers
Saturday, July 17, 10 am

Patton (1970)
Saturday, July 17, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 18, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

Double Indemnity (1944)
Wednesday-Friday, July 21-23, 7:30 pm daily

The Omen (1976) (RATED R)
Friday, July 23, 11 pm

My Fair Lady (1964)
Saturday, July 24, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 25, 2 pm
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 05-16-2010, 06:23 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

This coming weekend of May 21st and 22nd, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 10th consecutive year of classic films. This season, we are saluting the decades that the Landmark Loews Jersey has been entertaining us. This month, we will be presenting some great classic films from the 1970’s.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday May 21st at 8:00pm – Taxi Driver (1976)

Starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel.
Directed by Martin Scorsese. (113mins, Rated R)

"I'm God's lonely man," says Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro in one of his finest and most memorable performances. He's an insomniac, ex-Marine and chronic loner who, even when he tries, can’t seem to relate to the world around him. He drives a cab at night in the decaying New York City of the mid-1970s, which director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader depict as a grimly stylized hell on Earth, where noise, filth, directionless rage, and dirty sex (both morally and literally) surround him at all turns. Lost in this toxic milieu, chronically isolated and potentially volatile, Bickle is a bomb waiting to explode, like the proverbial gun which, when produced in the first act, must go off in the third. After an encounter with a malevolent fare (played by Scorsese), the increasingly paranoid Bickle begins to condition (and arm) himself for his imagined destiny, a mission that mutates from assassinating a Presidential candidate to violently "saving" a teenage hooker (played by Jodie Foster) from her pimp. The film features Bernard Herrmann's final score, reported to be finished the day he died.

Saturday May 22nd at 6:15pm – Blazing Saddles (1974)

Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks.
Written & Directed by Mel Brooks. (93mins, Rated R)

Blazing Saddles is vulgar, crude and sometimes scandalous – and is one of the funniest and most successful film spoofs of all time. It is also writer-director Mel Brooks at his ribald best, with further outrageous hilarity added by co-writer Richard Pryor. Cleavon Little plays the first African-American sheriff of a stunned Western town scheduled for demolition by an encroaching railroad. If that plot sounds, at least in part, like a throw-back to the movies of an earlier time, it’s because Brooks was, in his own manic way, a central figure in revising classic film genres to reflect the 70s' values and attitudes – an effort more often associated with such directors as Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich. Blazing Saddles is a work that truly could have only been made in the '70s – the idiom of the classic American western hijacked into an over-the-top comedy that purposely and relentlessly shredded the popular conception of “good taste” while making merciless fun of everyone, regardless of skin color or religious persuasion. If blacks came off as stereotypical, whites were shown as just plain stupid and ignorant. The result was one of the funniest films of all time – which, ironically, could probably not be made today in our more politically correct time. Beyond its over-the-top humor, Blazing Saddles boasts some great performances: Little and Gene Wilder have great chemistry; Madeline Kahn is wonderful as a chanteuse modeled on Marlene Dietrich; and Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman and even Brooks himself turn in great supporting roles.

Saturday May 22nd at 8:40pm – Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Starring John Travolta, Karen Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pope.
Directed by John Badham. (119mins, Rated R)

From the moment John Travolta sauntered down a Brooklyn street to the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" at the beginning of Saturday Night Fever, music, movies and all of pop culture were irrevocably changed, and the 1970s gained what is perhaps the decade's single most recognizable celluloid imagery. Travolta plays Tony Manero, a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who's trapped in a dead-end existence – except at night on the disco dance floor, where, when he struts his stuff amid the flashing lights and sweaty, undulating bodies, he’s a king. Part of the film’s success owes to how astutely it balanced a gritty sense of the 70s' economic and social malaise with galvanizing dance numbers. But of course, the hallmark of the film is Travolata’s star-making performance – especially the scenes in his iconic white suit – and the Bee Gees soundtrack. During the first half of 1978, the movie's disco songs saturated the singles charts, occupying up to four positions at a time, prompting more and more people to see the movie – just as, in turn, the movie's vast popularity prompted more and more record sales. This powerful marketing synergy between movies and music set a new standard, with the film eventually grossing over $100 million and the soundtrack becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time. For many young people at the time, the movie marked their generation's coming of age and was an indelible movie-going experience. By any measure, Saturday Night Fever is the definitive evocation of the Disco Era, and affirmation of Disco's dominance of the pop culture scene at the time.

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 06-01-2010, 11:23 AM:
 
This coming weekend of June 4th and 5th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, concludes its 80th Birthday Jubilee and 10th consecutive year of classic films. All this season, we have been saluting the decades that the Landmark Loews Jersey has been entertaining us. For June, we will be presenting some great classic films from the 1980’s.

Located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday June 4th at 8:00pm – Raging Bull (1980)

Starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto. Directed by Martin Scorsese. (128mins., Rated: R)

Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the rise, fall and redemption of real-life middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who seemed to thrive on his ability and willingness to take a beating. Opening with the spectacle of the over-the-hill La Motta (Robert De Niro) practicing his 1960s night-club act, the film flashes back to 1940s New York when Jake's career is on the rise. But Scorsese and De Niro eschew uplifting, "Rocky"-like, boxing movie conventions to make an unflinching portrait of an unlikable man and his ruthless profession. Their Jake is relentlessly cruel and self-destructive, a person whose inner demons cannot be exorcised even by acclaim and success. The physical brutality that makes Jake a champion in the boxing ring cripples his relationships with his wives, his business associates, and his brother.

Saturday June 5th at 6:00pm – Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Starring Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger. Directed by Tim Burton.
(90mins, Rated: PG)

Tim Burton made his feature-length directorial debut with this film, and immediately established what would become his trademark quirky style. The film has a look reminiscent of German expressionist movies of the 1920s, filtered through a pop-art sensibility of cartoons, horror serials and Gothic fairy tales. The result is a surreal, mystical world, yet one very close to our own – that perfectly fits the absurdist humor. And the score by Danny Elfman is terrific. In all, Pee wee's Big Adventure is a delightful film, enjoyable for children as well as adults.

Saturday June 5th at 8:15pm – The Blues Brothers (1980)

Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Henry Gibson. Directed by John Landis.
(133mins., Rated: R.)

This movie is also an unapologetic homage to rhythm-and-blues in all its popular derivatives, from Cab Calloway to James Brown to Aretha Franklin, all of whom appear in lovingly realized musical scenes. And there is great fun in spotting the other members of the film’s legion of guest stars, including John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman), Frank Oz and Steven Spielberg. And topping it all off, the streets, highways and police department of Chicago are laid to waste in what is, if not the most spectacular, then without doubt the funniest and coolest car chase scenes ever filmed. The Blues Brothers is filled with great fun and great music from beginning to end, and is the essence of entertainment.

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 06-02-2010, 07:56 AM:
 

quote: Mitchell Dvoskin

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Directed by John Badham.

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I just watched a 35mm print of Murder by Death (1976)

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Dust on & off throughout, but I didn't notice any missing footage, and only a couple scratches at some of the reel changes, so all & all a good print.
 

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Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 06-08-2010, 02:52 PM:
 
Does anyone know what format the lost print of Metropolis is playing in? It is scheduled the next two weekends at the Detroit Film Theatre, "projected in a high-definition format." I left a message on their machine inquiring as to whether that meant 70mm or what, and received a message on my voicemail saying that it was playing in a high definition digital format, but what exactly that meant was not specified. I would imagine 2k, but I was not aware of this particular venue having installed a 2k or 4k, just a tabletop DLP from which they present slides of museum corporate sponsors.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 06-08-2010, 06:16 PM:
 
The new version of Metropolis is only available digitally. Not sure if it is DVD/BlueRay, or actual 2K, as we have no video capability at The Landmark Loews Jersey so we did not pursue it. As of yet, no film prints have been struck.
 

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Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 06-08-2010, 07:21 PM:
 
Thanks for the info. This is quite a quandary, because I am not sure if it is worth it to drive to Detroit and spend all that money for DVD projection. I once accidentally saw a DVD projection of Fritz Lang's "M" at the Michigan Theater, which normally has unsurpassed projection quality, and was quite disappointed. I really wish that places that sometimes resort to DVD projection would explicitly denote that on their website or program. If that is the only way they can show it, I may still be interested, but it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to show up expecting a real print, and get home video on a screen too large for that medium instead.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 06-08-2010, 08:48 PM:
 
It's probably Digi-Beta or HDCAM. Better than DVD (espeically with a good video projector), but not up to 2k DCI standards or 35mm.

I would hold out for a 35mm screening if you haven't seen the film before. Kino does have 35mm prints of the 2001-ish reissue, which is not as complete as the new version, but which is far better than the 1980s prints.
 

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Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 06-09-2010, 02:06 AM:
 
I've seen the 35mm (must be the 2001 release) with live accompaniment from the Alloy Orchestra, as well as the DVD at home, which I think is from Criterion. I'm keen to see the recovered footage, but if it is playing in a theater on home video, I might as well wait until I can watch it at home. I'll probably go nonetheless.
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 06-12-2010, 06:50 PM:
 

quote: Galen Murphy-Fahlgren

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I really wish that places that sometimes resort to DVD projection would explicitly denote that on their website or program.

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I agree completely. I just got all excited (nearly wet myself) when I discovered that E.T. is showing "nearby" (Aurora Movie Tavern) later this month. I've been wanting to show that to my 6 year old daughter. Then I got suspicious and called them. Sure enough, they are projecting a DVD.

I'm really glad I didn't wet myself over that.

I'll stay home and project a DVD myself.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 06-12-2010, 08:20 PM:
 
I ran it when it was new in 1982 in 70mm...it wasn't worth wetting one's self even then. It was definitely better in 1982 in 70mm than it was on the reissue for its 20th anniversary in 35mm with changed graphics...in fact, it was notably worse.

Steve
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 06-12-2010, 08:36 PM:
 
If you were a projectionist in 1982, you must have been at least somewhat grown up by then.

As a kid, E.T. was pretty magical stuff.

And yeah, I'd prefer the original, non-sanitized cut. I just ordered a used copy on dvd for $8.

I showed my daughter the SW trilogy over the past couple of weeks (original cuts, all non-anamorphic crappy looking DVDs thanks to GL.) We had a blast and she's playing with some old Star Wars figures right now.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 06-12-2010, 08:56 PM:
 
Yup...I've been showing movies for about 30-years now.

ET was never in my top-whatever list. I've never been a huge Steven Spielberg fan...I like some of his stuff but definitely not all.

Steve
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 09-16-2010, 07:50 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

The weekend of September 24th and 25th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 9th consecutive year of classic films and kicks off its fall season with some of the best films Alfred Hitchcock never made. These are films that have a Hitchcock feel to them, but he had nothing to do with.

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday September 24th at 8:00pm – Peeping Tom (1960)

Starring Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer. Directed by Michael Powell. (106 Minutes)

This British-made film premiered within a few months of "Psycho," and the two are often compared. Indeed, "Peeping Tom," about a psychologically damaged young man driven to kill women, is every bit the dark story of madness and murder that "Psycho" is. It also shares themes of voyeurism and repressed desire with "Rear Window" and "Vertigo." But if those three films ultimately cemented Hitchcock's reputation as "The Master" of psychological thriller and horror films, "Peeping Tom" all but destroyed the career of Michael Powell, who had been one of Britain's top directors. It was denounced and banned as prurient exploitation, and all but forgotten until Martin Scorsese lauded it as groundbreaking and personally arranged for its re-release. It is both more frank and yet more subtle in its exploration of its themes than any of Hitchcock's works. And it is also a provoking meditation on the appeal of cinema, which is inherently voyeuristic. A half century later, it retains its considerable psychological impact. Don't miss this 35mm rare screening.

Saturday September 25th at 6:00pm – The Stranger (1946)

Starring Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young. Directed by Orson Welles. (95 Minutes)

This film is a cat-and-mouse hunt to unmask a Nazi war criminal hiding in a sleepy Connecticut town still brims with Welles's flair, such as his extraordinary use of lighting and shadow, long focus and dramatic camera angles. It's also a first-rate thriller thanks to a great performance by Welles, and also by Robinson. The theme is a familiar one to Hitchcock fans, evil amid the ordinary.

Saturday June 25th at 8:20pm – Charade (1963)

Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn. Directed by Stanley Donen. (113 Minutes)

Audrey Hepburn is an innocent woman caught in a web of intrigue and deceit when her husband is murdered and she discovers she knew very little about him that was true. As she is pursued by three men who were apparently her husband's accomplices in the theft of a large sum of money, she looks to Cary Grant for help -- but it turns out he has layers of secrets too, including multiple aliases. Soon, neither the increasingly desperate Hepburn nor the audience knows what to believe or whom to trust. Stanley Donen, better known for making musicals, borrowed some of Hitchcock's favorite plot devices to craft this stylish thriller that also mixes in romance and comedy. Includes beautiful location cinematography of early '60s Paris, and a great score by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini.

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 09-17-2010, 05:30 AM:
 
The AFI/Silver will be running M*A*S*H with a pristine 35mm print starting tonight. They are also running a Charlie Chaplin festival. The Gold Rush is featured, this week (Saturday and Sunday).

For the schedule, see www.afi.com/silver.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 09-17-2010, 06:25 AM:
 
I recommend the Chaplin festival! It just played at the MFA in Boston, and the prints really are gorgeous. Janus Films did a great job with this one.
 

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Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 09-17-2010, 10:58 AM:
 
We've got our annual "80's Flashback Weekend" set up for next weekend (September 24-25-26) with "E.T." & "Princess Bride".

Wanted to do Ferris Buhler & Back to the Future but couldn't get them both for the same weekend.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-17-2010, 05:09 PM:
 
We did a showing of "Urban Cowboy" for a private group a few weeks ago from a DVD. It was a by-request title and we did make sure they realized that it was going to be a DVD showing. We even announced it to the crowd again before starting. I think the disk we got was the original DVD release of the movie.

I was blown away by how good it looked. Our DVD player is an Oppo BDP-83 which does the "upconverting" to approximate Blu-Ray quality. I would say it looked 85 to 90% as good as a (good condition) film print would have. If anything, the sound was less than wonderful -- but that was probably more due to the movie's age than anything.
 

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Posted by Brian Guckian (Member # 1678) on 09-17-2010, 05:35 PM:
 
If only everyone was as honest as you, Mike!

I would have thought there would be some pretty tough consumer laws in the US whereby exhibitors who did not tell their audience in advance that a show - especially one of a classic title - is being screened from DVD could be sued for false representation or similar.

Substantial expert, scientific, testimony would support any such case.

The law is equally behind over here too, it would seem
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-17-2010, 05:47 PM:
 

quote: Brian Guckian

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I would have thought there would be some pretty tough consumer laws in the US whereby exhibitors who did not tell their audience in advance that a show - especially one of a classic title - is being screened from DVD could be sued for false representation or similar.

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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I was blown away by how good it looked.

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quote: Hillary Charles

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Where is White Christmas this year?

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We have the following theaters listed as showing White Christmas so far:

12/3-12/4 Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas - New Haven, CT

12/4-12/5 Bow Tie Movieland at Boulevard Square - Richmond, VA

12/17-12/18 Redford Theatre - Detroit, MI

We also have showtimes for:

It's a Wonderful Life - starting on 12/2

Miracle on 34th Street [1947] - starting on 12/4

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - starting on 11/29

A Christmas Story - starting on 12/4

The beloved holiday classic Die Hard is also showing at the Carousel Cinemas at Alamance Crossing in Burlington, NC on 12/18!

There are others as well, but I don't want to spam the thread with too many links. The full list of classics that are playing in theaters (that we know about) can be found here:

http://www.bigscreen.com/NowShowing.php?view=classics

If your theater doesn't have its holiday classics (or any classics for that matter) shown on our site, please submit them to CinemaSource so that we can publicize them! We can handle any advance date you throw at us.
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 10-26-2010, 05:39 PM:
 
Inspired by the theaters that are playing some holiday classics in the next two months, I'd like to approach a few local theaters about doing the same.

Before I did, however, I thought it might be a good idea to be able to present some information about how to make it successful and what business factors might come into play. The more legwork I can do beforehand, the more compelling my case will be, and I'm hoping, the more willing they'd be to give it a try.

So, here's a few questions:

Is it too late to book such a title for playing before Christmas?

Are the shows usually free admission, and done for the goodwill/community aspect (as well as the hope for concession sales)?

Am I correct in understanding that the rental cost for a single showing would be somewhere around $300? I'd consider fronting the cost for the publicity and for the fact that I'd really like to see something like this done in the area.

What day works best for such a showing? An evening during the week, or a Saturday/Sunday afternoon? I figure that the theater would prefer a Tuesday or Wednesday evening on a slow release schedule, but I would imagine that the general public would find a Saturday or Sunday afternoon more convenient to attend.

If you've done holiday movies, which ones have proven to be more successful than others? I would tend towards something like White Christmas or Going My Way, but maybe the mainstream would rather see It's a Wonderful Life (which I'm not a huge fan of personally)?

Any other considerations that I should be thinking of, both from the logistical side of securing a movie (or series of movies) and from concerns that the theater might have about doing such an event?
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-19-2010, 08:21 AM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

The weekend of November 19th and 20th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 9th consecutive year of classic films with a tribute to a local boy who made it big, Frank Sinatra.

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

Unlike Some Other Classic Film Venues, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday November 19th at 8:00pm – The Man With The Golden Arm (1955)

Starring Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin
Directed by Otto Preminger (B&W, 119 Minutes)

Sinatra is riveting as a two-bit card shark and drug addict trying to go straight in this deep, very dark noir film that features razor sharp characters, great acting, a crisp jazz soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein and a stylish rendering of the post-war hipster milieu. Sinatra's depiction of the agony of drug withdrawal remains one of the most chilling yet powerful scenes ever filmed. Director Otto Preminger released this groundbreaking drama without the sanction of a Production Code seal, and helped break the stranglehold the censorial Code held over American cinema. This rare big-screen presentation will be shown in a restoration print from the Film Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Saturday November 20th at 6:00pm – On The Town (1949)

Starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garret, Anne Miller, Vera-Ellen, Jumes Munshin.
Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. (Color, 98 Minutes)

The kind of movie they don't make anymore -- great music, great dancing, fun, romantic, exhilarating. Three sailors go on a whirlwind, 24-hour leave in New York City. Sinatra is great as the one more interested in seeing the sites than chasing girls -- but who winds up being chased by one. Dazzling on-location scenes of mid-century New York, including the now iconic "New York, New York" opening. Choreography by Kelly, music and story by Adolph Greene & Betty Comden, score co-written by Leonard Bernstein.

Saturday November 20th at 8:20pm – From Here To Eternity (1953)

Starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann. (B&W, 118 minutes).

Extraordinary cast playing complex, engrossing characters, including Sinatra in an Academy-Award wining role that proved his power as a dramatic actor and revitalized his career. The story broke American cinematic ground -- and taboos -- with its frank depiction of ambitions, frustrations, personal conflicts, deliberate cruelty, sexual desire and adultery on a Honolulu Army base in the languid months leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. The scene of Lancaster and Kerr in erotic embrace on the beach is legendary.

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 01-12-2011, 05:06 PM:
 
The Museum of the Moving Image will be presenting in 70MM this Saturday January 15th. 2011. "Playtime" at 1pm and "2001: A Space Odyssey" at 4pm. (Sep Adms) Tickets are $15 (which includes museum admission) and Free for members of the museum.

Museum of the Moving Image is in Astoria (Queens), NY.
 

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Posted by Mandy Moncayo (Member # 6040) on 01-12-2011, 07:28 PM:
 
So Landmark's Sunshine Cinema in NYC does a midnight series friday and saturday nights. Not all the film are "classics" (this past weekend was Scott Pilgrim vs the World)

but this weekend is Raiders of the Lost Ark. The rest of the line up for this set is as follows:

Bad Biology
Ghostbusters
Rear Window
The Evil Dead
Jurassic Park
 

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Posted by Jack Theakston (Member # 4484) on 01-15-2011, 10:07 AM:
 
Announced titles for our upcoming season at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY. Entirely presented in 35mm/Carbon Arc.

VERTIGO (1958)
February 4, 7:00 PM; February 5, 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM.

Cartoon Madness (12 Looney Tunes)
February 21-25 3:00 PM; February 26, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM

IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963)
"Roadshow" style presentation
March 12, 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM

Charlie Chaplin in MODERN TIMES (1936)
April 30, 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM

Lon Chaney in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923)
Accompanied on our original installation Moller organ by Avery Tunningley
May 14, 7:00 PM
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 01-23-2011, 01:53 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

The weekend of January 28th and 29th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, begins its 10th consecutive year of classic films with a look at those risqué early 1930’s pre-code films.

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

Unlike Some Other Classic Film Venues, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film, With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday January 28th at 8:00pm Double Feature

- Freaks (1932)

Directed by Todd Browning. (65 minutes).

Originally banned in over 30 countries, Freaks used many actual circus freaks as actors. It is the story of love, betrayal, and retribution under the big top.

- She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Starring Mae West, Cary Grant & Noah Beery, Sr.
Directed by Lowell Sherman. (65 Minutes)

Mae West's first and best film, since it was not watered down by the subsequently production code censors. It is the ultimate distillation of her charismatic persona of simmering seductiveness and innuendo-laced one liners.

Saturday January 29th at 6:30pm – Morocco (1930)

Starring Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper & Adolphe Menjou.
Directed by Joseph von Sternberg. (92 Minutes)

Dietrich's iconic performance in top hat and tails and her scandalously -- for the day -- kissing another woman created her enduring screen persona of simmering, androgynous eroticism.

Saturday January 29th at 8:30pm – Baby Face (1933)

Starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Wayne.
Directed by Alfred E. Green. (71 Minutes)

This amazingly frank drama about a woman sleeping her way to the top was one of the films that was most often decried by the advocates of movie censorship.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 01-23-2011, 10:14 PM:
 
Indiana University Cinema
Bloomington, Indiana

Dr. Zhivago - 7pm Monday 1/24

IU Cinema Calendar for Spring 2011 Semester

Special Note: On Saturday 2/19 and Sunday 2/20, we are showing the restored "Metropolis" with live orchestra playing the original score.
 

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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 01-23-2011, 10:32 PM:
 
Manny,

I recently commented about the Blu-Ray of the restored METROPOLIS here and wish I could be there to see the movie at your theatre on a large screen with a live orchestra performing the original score. THe BD was fantastic but there is no way it can match the experience of watching this very historic film in the way it was meant to be seen in a theatre with an audience on a large screen.

-Claude
 

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Posted by Tony L. Hernandez (Member # 3524) on 01-27-2011, 12:43 PM:
 
Classic Films for the Late Winter/Spring of 2011 at The International Film Series-Muenzinger Theater, CU-Boulder Campus, Boulder Colorado
"The Killers" Starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner (1946, 1.37, B&W, 35mm, 103min)
Sunday, January 30th at 7:00pm ONLY * I would like to add that I received this print & personally inspected it on Tuesday and fount it to be in almost perfect condition*

"Touch of Evil" Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles and Janet Leigh (1958, B&W, 1.37, 35mm, 111min)
Sunday, February 13th at 7:00pm ONLY

"The Third Man" Starring Joseph Cotten, Valli and Orson Welles (1949, B&W, 1.37, 35mm, 93min)
Sunday, March 6th at 7:00pm ONLY

Hiroshi Teshigahara's "Woman in the Dunes" (1964, B&W, 1.37, 35mm, 147min)
Sunday, April 3rd at 7:00pm ONLY

"On The Bowery" (1957, B&W , 1.37, 35mm, 65min)
Thursday, April 7th at 7:00pm AND 9:00pm

"The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957, B&W, 1.85, 35mm, 81min)
Sunday, April 10th at 7:00pm ONLY *According to Universal, this is the last 35mm print of this movie in know existence*

"Brazil" Starring Jonathan Pryce, Bob Hoskins and Robert De Niro
(1985, Color, 1.85, 35mm, 142min)
Thursday, April 21st at 7pm ONLY

Honorable Mentions (not quite "classics" but older titles worth mentioning)
"Every Man For Himself" (1980, Color, 1.37, 35mm, 87min)
Wednesday, February 16th at 7:00pm AND 9:00pm

"Dead Man" Starring Johnny Depp (1995, B&W, 1.85, 35mm, 121min)
Sunday, February 20th at 7:00pm ONLY

"Sing Cowboy Sing" Starring Dean Reed and Vaclav Neckar (1981, Color, 1.85, 35mm, 86min)
Friday, April 8th at 7pm ONLY

99% of our classics are presented in the 35mm format. All features are presented in their correct aspect ratio. Once in a blue moon, we will screen a classic on 16mm or a digital format when no other print is available, but this is always noted. Most films are shown in our 500 seat theater, in the 2k changeover format on our 2 Century SA projectors either by yours truly or on a few occasions by our Senior Union Projectionist with over 35 years of experience. Here is the website IFS Home

Other Classic Film Screening Locations Near Me:
The Rialto Theater, Loveland, Colorado (I project here on the film screenings)
Shows several classic films and silent films per year on either 35mm, 16mm or digital. I must note that unfortunately, most films screened here these days are on DVD. Hopefully this will change in the near future. Rialto Theater Homepage

Landmark Theaters Esquire Theater, Denver, Colorado
Has a series called "Midnight Madness" that screens cult classics from the 1960's-1990's, geared to a 18-35 age group. The films run on Friday and Saturday nights at 12:00pm. The good news is that almost all titles are presented in 35mm by a pretty good projectionist Landmark Theaters-Denver

Boulder Public Library's Joel Haertling Film Series, Boulder, Colorado
Programmed by local film maker, film historian, DJ, eccentric and all around great guy, Joel Haertling. All films are shown in the Canyon Theater at the main branch of the Boulder Public Library. All films are free to the public.
Most films are arthouse or avant-garde however he regularly programs mainstream classics and silent films. It's a 50/50 split on what format they are screened in...either 16mm or digital. There is no 35mm capability. Boulder Library Film Series

Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado
Screens many silent films (and a few classic talkies)in their historic theater that dates back to the 1890s. Films are screened in either 16mm or digital. There was a full 35mm booth up until the early 1990's but some brilliant mind had the equipment torn out and disposed of so now it has no 35mm capabilities. Chautauqua Film Series

Lyric Cinema & Cafe, Fort Collins, Colorado
Shows classics off and on throughout the year. Almost all classic screenings are on either DVD or Blu-Ray Lyric Cinema Homepage
Kress Cinema & Lounge, Greeley, Colorado

Offers a free classic almost every Sunday night, pretty much always shown digitally (the listings are on their Facebook page, not the main website) Kress Cinema-Homepage

Film on the Rocks, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver,Colorado
I really do not know much about this series except for the fact that they screen classics, on 35mm, throughout the summer
Film On The Rocks
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 01-27-2011, 01:11 PM:
 
"The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957, B&W, 1.85, 35mm, 81min)
Sunday, April 10th at 7:00pm ONLY *According to Universal, this is the last 35mm print of this movie in know existence*

This is one of those statements that is both true but meaningless. What they are really saying is that this is the only release print they have available. They have the negative, they could strike as many new prints as they wish, whenever they want. In fact, Universal has actually been rather good at striking new 35mm prints since the archive fire. I assume that their fire insurance has been paying for them.
 

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Posted by Tony L. Hernandez (Member # 3524) on 01-27-2011, 04:53 PM:
 
Good point, Mitchell. Alas, I have not really run anything from Universal's classic library or dealt with them at all since the fire and the last big rumor I heard was that they were not going to be replacing any of their prints that were damaged by either the fire its self or the theaters that use them. I suppose that is what I get for listening to rumors...
I am VERY happy to hear that they are striking some new prints of their classics, thanks for the update!
 

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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 01-27-2011, 06:29 PM:
 
I have a question about DVD & Blu-Ray public screenings. When you show them, are they the commercial pressings that I could buy at a store like Best Buy or are they specially pressed discs made for theatrical showings? If you are using standard commercial discs, how do you avoid showing trailers and the main menu that is on the disc before the feature?

-Claude
 

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Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 01-27-2011, 10:57 PM:
 
They are your basic consumer DVD. The majors just tell you to go out and get one from wherever you want.They just tell you to skip the FBI warning and the other stuff. Some of the really small art ones just send you house burned DVD's with all of the expected risk.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 02-21-2011, 11:25 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

This coming weekend of February 25th and 26th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 10th consecutive year of classic films with three films featuring one of the great couples of cinema, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

Unlike Some Other Classic Motion Picture Venues, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday February 25th at 8:00pm – To Have And Have Not (1944)

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan
Directed by Howard Hawks. (100 Minutes)

This is the movie that brought Bogart and Bacall together – both on screen and off. Bogart is the owner of a charter boat in Vichy-controlled Martinique. Approached by Free French activists, Bogart doesn’t want to stick his neck out for them – until he finds that doing so will help Bacall. While the screenplay by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman owes as much to Casablanca as to the Hemingway novel they were adapting, it nevertheless is a terrific blend of romance and action leavened with comedy, and Howard Hawks’ direction is, as usual, masterful. But what makes the film truly electric is the unmistakable chemistry that was boiling over for real between Bogart and Bacall as the cameras rolled.

Saturday February 26th at 6:00pm – The Big Sleep (1946)

Starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall
Directed by Howard Hawks. (114 Minutes)

One of the most popular noir films and most influential detective movies ever made, The Big Sleep nevertheless has one of the most convoluted scripts of any movie made in classic Hollywood. Director Howard Hawks literally blew past red herrings and possible dead ends by letting dialogue and action spill out so fast that there is barely time to acknowledge, never mind contemplate, a new plot twist. But Hawks did slow down to let the audience fully appreciate the erotic innuendo in the repartee between Bogart's Philip Marlowe and Bacall's Mrs. Rutledge -- performances that were made palpable by the couple's real-life relationship. This was cutting edge stuff for a Hollywood still under the Production Code. It's the combination of this razor sharp sexual edge with the disquieting murky mystery that gives the film its distinctly hot yet cold, dream/nightmare feeling.

Saturday February 26th at 8:30pm – Dark Passage (1947)

Starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall.
Directed by Delmar Davis. (107 Minutes)

A well constructed Film Noir that is one of the most darkly seductive but seldom revived pairings of Bogart & Bacall. Bogart is a man wrongly accused of his wife's murder who undergoes plastic surgery to conceal his identity. Bacall, more vulnerable here than in other roles, is a lonely heiress who shelters Bogie -- and falls for him -- while he tries to find his wife's real killer. The film makes great use not only of its stars' real life chemistry but also of its San Francisco setting. The Bay Area's hills and winding roads, world-famous bridges and even prison proximity are integral to the story, while the city's mixture of affluence and squalor, misfits and money men give texture to the shadowy atmosphere. The supporting cast more than hold their own, and Director Delmar Davis makes great use of the tight, efficient script. The opening scenes filmed from Bogart's perspective are especially effective, adding a distinct, perhaps even Hitchcock-ian feel. Don't miss this rare chance to see this noir gem on the Big Screen.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-22-2011, 02:50 PM:
 

quote: Mitchell Dvoskin was the last to post

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*According to Universal, this is the last 35mm print of this movie in know existence*

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are they the commercial pressings that I could buy at a store like Best Buy or are they specially pressed discs made for theatrical showings?

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What Martin said, and it is outrageous. I have been ranting about this to the distribs every chance I get since the first time I was caught missing a logo that starts ahead of the film logo which said 20th Century Fox HOME ENTERTAINMENT and had it play on the screen. A howl went up from the audience. People were nasty about it.

My complaint -- the studio is making me pay $400 for the license, the VERY LEAST the fockers can do is make a theatrical version with NO "menu" gack, NO "Home Entertainment" logos, NO freakin FBI statement that can't be passed....in short, NOTHING BUT THE FILM!. In fact, color bars and tone with a countdown would be nice as well, but I would settle for just, say, 5 seconds of black and the start of the film.

This idea that they tell you, oh yah, go ahead and just buy it, is BS. I should be able to deduct that cost from the rental, the LIST PRICE.

So how is it, they are wildly cavalier about you using any old DVD or BluRay that you can get your hands on, but they get all erectile dysfunctional when you say you want to run a 35mm collector's print? Maybe that should be my next approach when I do want to run a collector's print. When they quote the rental price and I say, "And I can just get it on my own?" and they say, "Sure." I'll say, "Great; I have access to a 35mm collector's print. We'll use that." That ought to make someone's head to explode.
 

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-23-2011, 05:53 PM:
 
It's easy to avoid the junk material if you're planning ahead.

Load the disc early, let the crap play itself out.

Cue up to the start of the film and pause there.

Make sure your player is configured to NOT go into SLEEP MODE.

We don't let our patrons sit on the stage, so resolution tends to not be an issue.

On the few occasions I've had to exhibit from DVD/Bluray, I also like to load (or create) the appropriate screen file and adjust masking to actual picture; set volume level; and make notes about intermission (if applicable) and the ending, so we can know how to handle lights, curtains, etc.

In other words: All the rules of "showmanship" still apply.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 02-25-2011, 09:04 AM:
 
Wow, theatrical presentation has gone from 70mm to DVD in just 30 years. Isn't progress wonderful...
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 02-25-2011, 09:17 PM:
 
The Temple theatre in Saginaw Michigan offers this series:

The Odd Couple • March 31 2011
(1968) Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Depressed, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is neat, tidy, and neurotic, whereas Oscar is the absolute opposite.

To Catch a Thief • April 21 2011
(1955) John Robie is a one-time cat burglar, now reformed and living in a plush villa. When a fresh set of burglaries rocks the Riviera, all bearing the hallmark of Robie’s own robberies, he is the natural suspect. Robie sets out to catch the new burglar himself, mainly to prove his innocence.

Breakfast at Tiffany's • May 19 2011
(1961) Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly’s lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they’re alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.

A Place in the Sun • June 23 2011
(1951) George Eastman is thrust into a rich uncle’s family business and becomes involved with Alice Tripp, a simple girl on the assembly line. When he is finally introduced to high society he forgets all about Alice. Only Alice won’t be gotten rid of so easily - especially since their affair is about to result in an unexpected and unwanted dividend.

All films are 35MM with Carbon Arc illumination on our giant screen. General Admission is $7.00. Features start at 12:45 PM.

The Barton organ is being restored and is not available until May of 2011 when Movies will again be preceded by an organ concert of 30 minute duration.
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 03-01-2011, 10:55 AM:
 
I continue to be surprised at the variety of older movies playing in theaters around the country!

Granted, there are almost 6,000 active theaters in the U.S., so there's plenty of opportunities for niche showings, but our "Classic Movies" page lists 357 different movies that are 10 years old or more.

It would be interesting to massage the showtimes data to see where the classic movies are being played, if there are concentrations or if it's spread out more evenly...
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 03-01-2011, 11:34 AM:
 
Hey, we are already slated to add another 2-projector film installation or two this year to accommodate showing "classics" and archival film around the Philly area.

-Steve
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 04-17-2011, 04:15 PM:
 
As Always, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday April 29th at 8:00pm – The Matrix (1999)

Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving.
Directed by The Wachowski Brothers. (136 minutes., Rated R)

What if everything that we think is real about our world is instead unreal, a virtual reality created by malevolent, all-powerful computers to fool and enslave humans? This film is a dark, convoluted and action-packed film that was one of the biggest sci-fi titles of its decade. If the ever-more complicated story gets confusing enough at times to make you feel as if you've become hopelessly lost in the user's guide to the latest version of Windows -- that's the point: the film deliberately creates a kind of techno-intoxication to overload and confuse you, break your hold on the ordinary and numb you before completely overwhelming your senses with its special effects. Few films mess with your mind and cause your eyes to pop so far out of your head as "The Matrix." It is a must to be seen on the Big Screen.

Saturday April 30th at 6:00pm – The Thing From Another World (1951)

Starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, James Arness. Produced by Howard Hawks. Directed by Christian Nyby. (87minutes.)

An intelligent script; a fast pace; rapid-fire overlapping dialogue; a tight, controlled atmosphere; a smart and competent female character; and relaxed, natural performances -- all are hallmarks of this movie by Howard Hawks. The “thing” itself is seen only in fleeting glances, a directorial decision that built incredible tension while also mostly avoiding the unintentionally funny “man in a rubber suit” scenes that plague so many sci-fi films of the era. The cast is excellent, though none were stars at the time Underlying all is the palpable dread of a lurking, unforgiving enemy that gripped America in the McCarthy era.

Saturday April 30th at 8:10pm – John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)

Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat.
Directed by John Carpenter. (108 minutes., Rated R)

When it was released in 1982, John Carpenter’s "The Thing” was mostly panned as a debasement of the original. But time has lent perspective, and today the film is generally recognized as that most rare of remakes: not a copy, but a successful new adaptation that stems from distinct creative instincts and different sensibilities. The Cold War allusions of the earlier film are gone, and there is much less of an “us vs. it” feeling than an even more paranoid “you can’t trust anyone” mindset. And to top it off, the John Carpenter film is actually truer to the short story that both films were based on. Watching to two films back to back gives one an intriguing look at how two very different film-makers interpreted the same story, giving us two films that are at once the same, yet so different that having seen just one, you will not know the outcome of the other.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 06-05-2011, 05:04 PM:
 
Landmark Loews Jersey – June 10 & 11 - Bernard Herrmann

As Always, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

Friday June 10th at 8:00pm – Cape Fear (1962)

Starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen.
Directed by J. Lee Thompson. (106 minutes, B&W)

Gregory Peck, playing the straight-laced hero as usual, is the perfect counter-point to Robert Mitchum in what becomes a psychotic game of cat and mouse. Peck’s growing frustration and terror at his utter helplessness -- both legally and physically -- to head off what Mitchum is so relentlessly doing is devastatingly palpable. The supporting cast is excellent. And Bernard Herrmann’s haunting score is literally pitch-perfect.

Saturday June 11th at 6:00pm – The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958)

Starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer & Torin Thatcher.
Special Effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Directed by Nathan Juran. (94 minutes, Color)

One of Ray Harryhausen’s best work is The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, an Arabian Night-inspired tale of Sinbad as he sails the seas, forms an uneasy alliance with an evil magician and battles a Cyclops, a two-headed Roc and a magically resurrected skeleton. The action starts right away and continues throughout the film, and Bernard Herrmann’s score is the perfect companion, adding mood that enhances the visual effects. Herrmann went on to score three more Harryhausen films.

Saturday June 11th at 8:10pm – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Starring James Stewart & Doris Day.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (120 minutes, Color)

American tourists Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day witness the killing of a Frenchman they've recently befriended. Just before dying, the man whispers a secret to Stewart; a political assassination will occur during a concert at London's Albert Hall. But Stewart soon finds out that he dare not go to the police, because foreign agents have kidnapped his son to insure his silence.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 10-20-2011, 05:59 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

For the weekend of October 28rd and 29th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre, the metro area’s favorite venue for classic films located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 11th consecutive year of classic film screenings.

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

As Always, All Our Show Are Still Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

For October, three Halloween favorites. We recommend attending with someone who’s blood is above room temperature.

Friday October 28rd at 8:00pm – The House On Haunted Hill (1958)

Starring Vincent Price, Directed by William Castle. (175 minutes, B&W)

Wealthy Vincent Price challenges seven people to spend the night in a haunted house. Those who make it through the night will be paid $10,000, assuming they are still alive… Presented with EMERGO! William Castle’s grandson will be there to talk about his legendary grandfather, the making of The House on Haunted Hill and to raffle off a copy of the newly released “House On Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay” – the newly published script for the movie with Castle’s handwritten notes.

Saturday October 29th at 6:00pm – Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi & Lon Chaney, Jr. (83 minutes, B&W)

This movie is really two-for-one because in addition to Abbott & Costello, the three most iconic characters of Universal Picture's now legendary classic horror are brought together here: Dracula is in search of a "simple, pliable" brain with which to revive the long dormant Frankenstein Monster. It turns out that the "ideal" brain belongs to the hapless Lou Costello. Soon, Laurence Talbot, better known as The Wolf Man, arrives to warn Costello and his pal Bud Abbott about Dracula's plans. Both horror and hilarity ensue.

Saturday October 29th at 8:15pm – The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari (1919)

Starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt. Directed by Robert Wiene. (71 minutes, B&W)
Silent film to be accompanied by Wayne Zimmerman at the organ.

Featuring highly stylized, often nightmare-like sets, stark lighting and shadows, and angled cinematography perfectly fit its theme of madness and disorientation, and made it perhaps the most visually striking movie yet produced. It defined the look of German Expressionist cinema -- which went on to influence American horror films, Orson Welles, Film Noir, Hitchcock, and more.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.

October Movie Flier

 

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Posted by Jock Blakley (Member # 6552) on 10-22-2011, 08:05 AM:
 
The Astor Theatre in Melbourne, Australia offers up this latest selection of classics (as well as classic oddities).

This is an abridged listing - see the full calendar at http://www.astortheatre.net.au/.

Sun 23 October 2011 at 4pm - CHICAGO (1927)
Dir: Frank Urson
Digital presentation with live accompaniment.

Sun 23 October 2011 at 7pm - TAXI DRIVER (1976)
Dir: Martin Scorsese
4K Digital Cinema Presentation of the brand-new restoration.

Mon 24 October 2011 at 7.30pm - THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO (1966) plus THUNDERBIRD 6 (1968)
Dir: David Lane (both)
Re-issue 35mm prints - Techniscope.

Sat 29 October 2011 at 7.30pm - SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) plus THE APARTMENT (1960)
Dir: Billy Wilder (both)
35mm prints.

Mon 31 October 2011 at 7.30pm - POLTERGEIST (1982)
Dir: Tobe Hooper
Original 70mm print.

Thu 3 November 2011 at 7.30pm - C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST / ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968)
Dir: Sergio Leone
35mm print of recent restoration - Techniscope.

Thu 10 November 2011 at 7.30pm - APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (1979/2001)
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
Panavision, Technicolor Dye-Transfer, DTS Digital Sound.

Sun 13 November 2011 at 9.15 pm - CINEMA PARADISO (1988)
Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore
35mm print.

Special season commencing Mon 28 November - DOCTOR STRANGELOVE OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
Dir: Stanley Kubrick
4K Digital Cinema Presentation of the brand-new restoration.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 10-28-2011, 09:43 PM:
 
35mm A Nightmare on Elm Street playing this weekend at the Patio Theater in Chicago. (yes, this is the 1984 release, not the re-release)
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-07-2011, 07:58 AM:
 
This coming Saturday, November 12th, The Landmark Loews Jersey is hosting a 35mm screening the 1966 Batman feature staring Adam West and Burt Ward. We are getting the Fox vault print, so it should look good. Catwoman Lee Meriwether will be there in person to discuss the film.

This is not a Friends Of The Loews show, but rather a rental as part of a comic book convention taking place in Teaneck NJ earlier in the day. Their website link is below.

NJ Comic Expo
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-13-2011, 01:05 PM:
 
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey

For the weekend of November 18rd and 19th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre, the metro area’s favorite venue for classic films located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 11th consecutive year of classic film screenings with a remembrance of World War 2.

The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.

As Always, All Our Show Are Still Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.

For November, three films that represent three aspects of World War 2, the war in Europe, the Home Front, and the war in the Pacific.

Friday November 18rd at 8:00pm – The Train (1964)

Starring Burt Lancaster & Paul Scofield. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
(133 minutes, B&W)

Shooting on location, using real trains, train yards and stations, and surrounding stars Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield with a French supporting cast, director John Frankenheimer created a galvanizing realism that not only gives an extraordinary look to the film but also reinforces tension while underlining the human cost of a mission that offers only symbolic rewards. And Lancaster famously did his own stunt work, adding an extra degree of realism to the action and the intensity to his typically powerful performance.

Saturday November 19th at 6:00pm – Saboteur (1942)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd.
(115 minutes, B&W)

A theme that Hitchcock used over and over again, an innocent man is accused of sabotage, and is on the run from both the police and the Nazi spies actually responsible for the dastardly deed. From an aircraft factory in Los Angeles to Radio City Music and the Statue Of Liberty in New York, the action is non-stop in one of Hitchcock’s best films.

Saturday October 29th at 8:20pm – The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

Starring Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa. Directed by David Lean
(161 minutes, B&W)

This film ranks as one of the greatest films of all time, combining sweeping vision with human scale, and is also one of director David Lean's best films. It is a riveting dramatization of the peculiar cruelty of the Pacific Theatre in World War II, and of the madness and bravery inherent in all war. The story is loosely based on the historical construction of the Burma Railway by the POWs and forced civilian conscripts who were used by the occupying Japanese as slave labor.

Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.

The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre Lobby

 

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Posted by Jock Blakley (Member # 6552) on 12-05-2011, 07:39 PM:
 
The Astor Theatre in Melbourne, Australia offers up this latest selection of classics (as well as classic oddities).

This is an abridged listing - see the full calendar at http://www.astortheatre.net.au/.

Sun 11 December 2011 at 7pm - Laurence Olivier's HAMLET
1948, 35 mm, B&W

Sun 18 December 2011 at 7pm - BEN-HUR
1959
Photographed and Presented in 70 mm.

Sat 24 December 2011 at 7.30pm - THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1940 and 1946, 35 mm

Mon 26 December 2011 at 7.30pm - MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN and MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
1979 and 1974, 35 mm.

Sat 31 December 2011 at 7.30pm - THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
1975, new 2K Digital Cinema remastering with digital sound.

Sun 1 January 2012 at 7pm - CASABLANCA and THE MALTESE FALCON
1942 and 1941, rare early re-issue prints.

Sun 8 January 2012 at 7pm - BAND OF ANGELS
1957, original 35mm print.

Mon 9 January 2012 at 7.30pm - BARAKA
1992
Photographed and Presented in 70 mm with Dolby Stereo 70mm Six-Track Sound.

Wed 11 January 2012 at 7.15pm - Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET
1996
Photographed and Presented in PANAVISION SUPER 70 with with Dolby Stereo 70mm Six-Track Sound.
 

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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 12-08-2011, 12:44 PM:
 
Meg and John P. Brogan Classic 100

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Since the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Classic 100 list was introduced in 2007, we have had an overwhelmingly positive response to the programs we have curated. Over the past year, we have been able to present retrospectives by filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa and Charlie Chaplin and historical movements such as the French New Wave thanks to the generous support of the Meg and John P. Brogan Endowment for cinema. This year, we have decided to make some changes to the list based on a variety of factors.

The list was originally designed to give Notre Dame students the opportunity to see one hundred of the greatest films ever produced over the course of their four years of academic study. Many factors were considered in the original selection process: Academy Award winners for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film, the American Film Institute’s Top 100 list (which has also been revised in the 10 years since it was first announced), the Library of Congress National Film Registry, best film lists from critics such as Roger Ebert, consultation with campus experts in film studies. Even the Vatican has its picks which include a refreshingly diverse collection of films from around the world.

In preparing this revision, we incorporated these criteria as well as some new metrics. The painstaking work of the expertly curated Criterion DVD Collection has made countless classics available to many viewers for the first time and provided an instance of an increasing and evolving canon. We also considered a wider spectrum of individual lists from critics and scholars which allowed us to give greater emphasis to international cinema.

Despite all of these efforts, a list such as this is inherently subjective. In 2010, the organizers of the Toronto Film published their own top 100. In deciding how to compile this list, the festival programmers merged the choices of audience members with those of “experts” -- fellow programmers, critics and film scholars which yielded some interesting results. Their list includes Slumdog Millionaire, a film widely-heralded following its initial release but has since come under greater critical scrutiny. Will a film like this have the same resonance in five or ten years or will its “honeymoon period” be over? This is not to critique the individual film but to recognize that canons can often be more productive when they are subject to a periodic review.

Our ultimate goal is to give our audiences a broad selection of culturally significant works that attest to the dynamic and evolving history of cinema and we hope that this list exemplifies these ideals.

2001: A Space Odyssey
42nd Street
The 400 Blows
8 ½
À Nous La Liberté
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
All Quiet on the Western Front
An American in Paris
Andrei Rublev
The Apartment
The Apu Trilogy
The Bad and the Beautiful
Badlands
The Battle of Algiers
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bicycle Thieves
Breathless
Brief Encounter
Casablanca
Children of Paradise
Chungking Express
Citizen Kane
City Lights
Cleo from 5 to 7
Close-Up
The Crowd
Diary of a Country Priest
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Do the Right Thing
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Faces
Fantasia
The Flowers of St. Francis
The General
The Godfather
Gone With the Wind
The Gospel According to Matthew
The Grand Illusion
The Great Dictator
A Hard Day’s Night
High Noon
Hiroshima Mon Amour
His Girl Friday
Il Posto
Imitation of Life
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jeanne Dielman
Killer of Sheep
Kiss Me Deadly
L’Avventura
The Last Picture Show
Lawrence of Arabia
Little Fugitive
Lola Montès
M
The Maltese Falcon
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Meet John Doe
Metropolis
Modern Times
Nashville
Nights of Cabiria
On the Waterfront
Open City
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Persona
Pickpocket
Playtime
Psycho
Raging Bull
Rashomon
Rear Window
Rebel Without A Cause
The Rules of the Game
Safety Last
The Scarlet Empress
The Searchers
sex, lies and videotape
Sherlock Jr.
Singin’ in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
Stranger than Paradise
Sullivan’s Travels
Sunrise
The Third Man
Tokyo Story
Touch of Evil
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Trouble in Paradise
Ugetsu
Umberto D.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Vertigo
Way Down East
West Side Story
Wild Strawberries
The Wizard of Oz
Xala

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True Grit (1969)

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Watching Casablanca, Digitally Projected, at a Big Multiplex
Posted on March 22, 2012 by Lincoln Spector
Last night, Turner Classic Movies and Fathom–a company that distributes high-definition operas and stage plays to movie theaters–presented Casablanca in 485 theaters–mostly or entirely big multiplexes–across the USA. Needless to say, the movie was digitally projected. The event was tied to Casablanca’s 70th anniversary.
In fact, the show was officially titled Turner Classic Movies Presents Casablanca 70th Anniversary Event.

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Posted by Edward Havens (Member # 4715) on 03-22-2012, 03:31 PM:
 
My theatre showed Casablanca yesterday. Since I am still on vacation until 4pm today, I don't know how the show did. We're also doing screenings for the 20th anniversary of The Bodyguard and the 40th anniversary of The Godfather in the coming week, also through NCM Fathom.
 

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Posted by Fred Georges (Member # 505) on 03-31-2012, 04:47 PM:
 
The Portage Theater in Chicago will present an Original IB Tech Road Show print of "The 10 COMMANDMENTS" for one performance on Saturday, April 07 at 7:00 pm.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 04-01-2012, 08:44 PM:
 

quote: Martin McCaffery

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Anyone see it and can confirm the description in the article?

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quote: Mark Campbell

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Though not all of the titles falling under "classic"

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A classic is any movie worth seeing on the big screen again after its original release.


 

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Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 01-18-2019, 06:09 PM:
 

It has been 1234 days since the last post.

 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 01-18-2019, 06:09 PM:
 
Harkins Theaters will be showing Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in their big "Cine Capri" and "Cine 1" auditoriums on Tuesday, February 26... thanks in part to me.

I tweeted them and emailed their Guest Services requesting they play it on those premium screens, which are ~70' wide. I argued that fans can see these films at home on decent-sized home theaters any time they want, but by showing Indy on truly giant screens, they will give people a reason to leave home.

I also mentioned that I have attended several of their previous Tuesday Night Classics and the Cine Capri always had a smaller crowd than the TNC films, despite the current release showing there (I peeked).

I hope it does well and they do this more often. I intend to "Andy Dufresne" them and pester them twice as much now.

If you live in Denver, SoCal, AZ, OKC or DFW, go see the second best Indiana Jones film on the big screen!
 

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Posted by Martin Brooks (Member # 1269) on 01-19-2019, 01:53 PM:
 
Blu-ray, DCP, 35mm or 70mm?
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 01-20-2019, 08:28 AM:
 

quote: Martin Brooks

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Blu-ray, DCP, 35mm or 70mm?

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