Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection Film Series Looks Back at 1974

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Published on Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:55

Written by Brad Balfour

1974 was a year that shook cinema as auteurs, punks, outsiders, and fledgling visionaries converged. Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection - 1974, running March 22 to the 28th at the Paris Theater in NYC is a look back at that momentous year and the works of directors such as John Waters, Martin Scorsese, and John Cassavetes.

Several lucky patrons at Saturday's 11:15am show of The Conversation will be selected at random to receive an exclusive mini-poster, personally signed by Francis Ford Coppola! Introducing the 6:30 pm show of Chinatown on March 22 will be noted entertainment journalist Jordan Hoffman (freelance critic and member of the New York Film Critics Circle).

On March 23, Introducing the 11:15 am show of The Conversation will be journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras, whose works often deal with the intersection of technology, privacy and the creative spirit. Over the years, her documentary journalism has been recognized with an Academy Award, the George Polk Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Peabody Award. The 2:00 pm show of The Traveler on March 23 will be Introduced by filmmaker and author Godfrey Cheshire, co-founder of the Iranian Film Festival New York and author of In the Times of Kiarostami: Writings on Iranian Cinema. Introducing the 9:25 pm show of Female Trouble on March 23 will be John Early, comedian (Now More Than Ever) and actor (The Afterparty, the upcoming Stress Positions). John once asked his Search Party co-star, John Waters, for help adopting a baby.

Introducing the on March 24th show at 1:35 pm of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three will be Bruce Goldstein, Repertory Artistic Director at Film Forum. Introducing the 6:55 pm show of A Woman Under the Influence on March 26 will be Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf. Ms. Insdorf is the moderator of the popular Reel Pieces series at Manhattan’s 92Y, where she has interviewed over 300 film celebrities.

The 7:00 pm show of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore on March 28 will be Introduced by Stephanie Zacharek, film critic at TIME. Ms. Zacharek is the recipient of a Newswoman’s Club of New York award, and was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Films being screened are:

• Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (New 35mm print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive)
• Amarcord (shown in 35mm)
• Badlands (shown in 35mm)
• Blazing Saddles
• California Split
• Chinatown (shown in 35mm)
• The Conversation (Shown in 35mm. Several patrons, selected at random at the show, will receive an exclusive mini-poster, personally signed by Francis Ford Coppola)
• Female Trouble
• Foxy Brown (New DCP restoration)
• The Parallax View (shown in 35mm)
• The Phantom of Liberty (shown in 35mm)
• Solomon King
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (shown in 35mm)
• The Traveler
• A Woman Under the Influence (shown in a new restored 35mm print)

To learn more, go to: https://www.paristheaternyc.com/

Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection - 1974
March 22 - 28, 2024

The Paris Theater
4 West 58th Street
New York, NY 10019

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