Opening four years ago in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Metrograph has been a bastion for cinephiles. Since the pandemic hit in mid-March, causing all movie theaters in the city and beyond to shut down and rethink their plans, this specific theater had been relatively quiet in what lies on the road ahead. Well, it turns out they were planning something quite exciting.
Metrograph has now launched Metrograph Digital, premiering this Friday, July 24. Available nationwide, it’s a membership-based program for $5 a month or $50 annually, with previous NYC-based members already included at no cost. The first initiative is Metrograph Live Screenings, “a celebration of communal movie watching” which features a specific time where films will screen digitally, and also include intros, pre-show material, and Q&As. These presentations will be available on a live stream player, watchable on any computer and mobile device, and connectable to TVs. If you miss the initial broadcast,...
Metrograph has now launched Metrograph Digital, premiering this Friday, July 24. Available nationwide, it’s a membership-based program for $5 a month or $50 annually, with previous NYC-based members already included at no cost. The first initiative is Metrograph Live Screenings, “a celebration of communal movie watching” which features a specific time where films will screen digitally, and also include intros, pre-show material, and Q&As. These presentations will be available on a live stream player, watchable on any computer and mobile device, and connectable to TVs. If you miss the initial broadcast,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As a “normal” moviegoing world continues remains uncertain, quick-thinking adaptation has become the name of the name. New York City’s Metrograph, both a beloved boutique theater and growing distribution label, is leaning into that ethos with the July 24 launch of its Metrograph Digital, a platform that seeks to combine the joy of in-person moviegoing with the safety of at-home viewing.
The first Metrograph Digital initiative set to roll out is Metrograph Live Screenings, which will unspool this week with “a rotating selection of new releases and repertory titles, opening at set showtimes, with introductions, pre-show material, and Q&As specific to every show.” The program will include works by Claire Denis, Éric Rohmer, St. Clair Bourne, Ulrike Ottinger, Alain Resnais, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Satoshi Kon, Laurie Anderson, and Manfred Kirchheimer. Starting July 31, photographer and activist Nan Goldin will become the first guest programmer with a new series crafted to accompany her latest film,...
The first Metrograph Digital initiative set to roll out is Metrograph Live Screenings, which will unspool this week with “a rotating selection of new releases and repertory titles, opening at set showtimes, with introductions, pre-show material, and Q&As specific to every show.” The program will include works by Claire Denis, Éric Rohmer, St. Clair Bourne, Ulrike Ottinger, Alain Resnais, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Satoshi Kon, Laurie Anderson, and Manfred Kirchheimer. Starting July 31, photographer and activist Nan Goldin will become the first guest programmer with a new series crafted to accompany her latest film,...
- 7/20/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Metrograph
The director’s cut of Woodstock plays on 35mm this Saturday.
The Pasolini retrospective continues.
The restorations of A Bigger Splash and Audition still screen.
A series on documentarian Kevin Rafferty runs this weekend.
Whale Rider and Max Mon Amour play at opposite ends of the day.
Museum of the Moving Image
“See It Big!
Metrograph
The director’s cut of Woodstock plays on 35mm this Saturday.
The Pasolini retrospective continues.
The restorations of A Bigger Splash and Audition still screen.
A series on documentarian Kevin Rafferty runs this weekend.
Whale Rider and Max Mon Amour play at opposite ends of the day.
Museum of the Moving Image
“See It Big!
- 7/12/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Duck and Cover! And while you’re down there, enjoy a Flaming Atomic Cocktail! Loader, Rafferty & Rafferty’s influential documentary-satire uses authentic ’50s films and songs to illuminate the lies and myths about Cold War civil defense. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be like children in the face of a horror being characterized as an inconvenience to Americans insufficiently willing to Love the Bomb. And don’t forget to Sing: “Nobody’s worried ’bout the day my Lord will come, When he’ll hit, great God a-mighty, like an atom bomb!”
The Atomic Cafe
Blu-ray
Kino Classics
1982 / Color+B&W / 1:37 Academy / 88 min. / Street Date December 4, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Lloyd Bentsen, Richard Nixon,
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Hugh Beaumont, James Gregory, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nelson Leigh.
Archival Research: Pierce Rafferty, Nan Allendorfer, Victoria Peterson, David Thaxton, Jon Else, Margaret Henry, Richard Prelinger
Film Editors: Jayne Loader,...
The Atomic Cafe
Blu-ray
Kino Classics
1982 / Color+B&W / 1:37 Academy / 88 min. / Street Date December 4, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Lloyd Bentsen, Richard Nixon,
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Hugh Beaumont, James Gregory, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nelson Leigh.
Archival Research: Pierce Rafferty, Nan Allendorfer, Victoria Peterson, David Thaxton, Jon Else, Margaret Henry, Richard Prelinger
Film Editors: Jayne Loader,...
- 12/15/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
As you may know by now, we're fans of SundanceNow's Doc Club. Curated by documentary guru Thom Powers, Doc Club has just launched its January lineup, called "Found Footage,” showcasing eight films that make memorable use of, yep, you guessed it, found footage film (check out the full program here). One of those films in the series is "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29," which has been called "the most famous football game in Ivy League history." In the doc, director Kevin Rafferty uncovers the 40-year-old broadcast from one of the most exciting sports games ever played, period. And one of the documentary's biggest champions is none other than director David O. Russell. To help promote and bring awareness to Doc Club this month, we've been provided with this exclusive clip of the "Silver Linings Playbook" helmer passionately endorsing the doc. "This film completely proves to you that it doesn't matter if.
- 1/7/2013
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
As the New York Giants face off against the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl this weekend for the NFL championship, Indiewire's curation of Hulu's Documentaries page offers a look into the dreams of victory of a number of other athletes. The fighting spirit shines through in the inspirational stories of college football teams, marathon runners, horse racers and one particularly determined mixed martial artist. In "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29,"Kevin Rafferty recounts the historic 1968 football game between the rival universities, which saw two undefeated teams facing off to a wild and unexpected conclusion. The film is one of the quintessential docs on football, revealing the story of what's considered to be the most famous game in Ivy League football history. College football is also the focus of "Heart of Geauxld." The Louisiana State University's Fighting Tigers - whose Cajun heritage is signaled by the title's unique spelling...
- 2/2/2012
- Indiewire
Famously a mere low-budget Brit horror movie produced by a softcore outfit and directed by a young Roman Polanski with only one feature under his belt, after he'd emigrated from Communist Poland, "Repulsion" (1965) is also the first truly Freudian movie. That is, not a movie that merely employs Freudian psychology to tell its story (that began, more or less, with Pabst's "Secrets of a Soul," from 1926), but a movie that harbors a silent Freudian reptile brain and insists that we search for answers to the heroine's irrational mysteries, without narrative assistance, acting like analysts ourselves in the dark.
This idea, I've always thought, was manifested best a year later, in Bergman's "Persona" (1966), the Gordian knot of which positions the audience as the unspeaking therapist to Bergman's spewing neurotic, just as Liv Ullmann's mute patient becomes the confessor to Bibi Andersson's logorrheic nurse. But Polanski's film isn't nearly as...
This idea, I've always thought, was manifested best a year later, in Bergman's "Persona" (1966), the Gordian knot of which positions the audience as the unspeaking therapist to Bergman's spewing neurotic, just as Liv Ullmann's mute patient becomes the confessor to Bibi Andersson's logorrheic nurse. But Polanski's film isn't nearly as...
- 7/28/2009
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
Vsl:science Under pressure
Article “Anti-Aging: A Little Stress May Keep Cells Youthful”
Doctors and scientists have told us that stress causes heart disease, stomach cancer, and other assorted ailments. But according to scientists at Northwestern University, a little stress can actually be good for you.
When cells are exposed to a stressor such as heat, they initiate a biochemical cascade that aims to limit the damage. A key element of this “heat shock” response is the repair of proteins that have been misfolded or injured — a process that extends the life span of the cells and thus the organism. And so, certain forms of stress (calorically restricted diets, a few long days at the office) may be healthy: They’re too mild to cause serious harm but significant enough to trigger the repair mechanism. The secret, then, isn’t avoiding stress entirely — it’s finding ways to make sure the stress isn’t chronic.
Article “Anti-Aging: A Little Stress May Keep Cells Youthful”
Doctors and scientists have told us that stress causes heart disease, stomach cancer, and other assorted ailments. But according to scientists at Northwestern University, a little stress can actually be good for you.
When cells are exposed to a stressor such as heat, they initiate a biochemical cascade that aims to limit the damage. A key element of this “heat shock” response is the repair of proteins that have been misfolded or injured — a process that extends the life span of the cells and thus the organism. And so, certain forms of stress (calorically restricted diets, a few long days at the office) may be healthy: They’re too mild to cause serious harm but significant enough to trigger the repair mechanism. The secret, then, isn’t avoiding stress entirely — it’s finding ways to make sure the stress isn’t chronic.
- 3/26/2009
- by Very Short List
- Fast Company
Now that the holidays are behind us, it can only mean one thing -- time to usher in the red carpet season, that is, as the award season is upon us. While for many, the holiday season does not end until there is a college football champion.
On January 8 beginning at 7 pm, Cinema Paradiso will broadcast the Bcs National Championship Game on the biggest screen in town. The game is free and there will be food and drink specials all night.
Leading up to the game, beginning January 5, Cinema Paradiso will be featuring the documentary, "Harvard Beats Yale," directed by Kevin Rafferty. Rafferty documents the November 1968 undefeated seasons of Harvard and Yale. He includes original footage with the recollections of the men who played in the game. Tommy Lee Jones stars in the documentary set with a 1960s backdrop and a "cast" of real life characters. The film is about more than just football.
On January 8 beginning at 7 pm, Cinema Paradiso will broadcast the Bcs National Championship Game on the biggest screen in town. The game is free and there will be food and drink specials all night.
Leading up to the game, beginning January 5, Cinema Paradiso will be featuring the documentary, "Harvard Beats Yale," directed by Kevin Rafferty. Rafferty documents the November 1968 undefeated seasons of Harvard and Yale. He includes original footage with the recollections of the men who played in the game. Tommy Lee Jones stars in the documentary set with a 1960s backdrop and a "cast" of real life characters. The film is about more than just football.
- 1/6/2009
- icelebz.com
By 1968, a cresting wave of international youth unrest reached the campuses of the Ivy League, where Vietnam War protests and student strikes became increasingly commonplace. Yet on Saturday afternoons, hippies huddled with vets on the football field and in the stands, to represent their schools. At Harvard, Al Gore cheered on his roommate Tommy Lee Jones, one of the team's guards. Over at Yale, George W. Bush pulled for his roomie, and Meryl Streep sometimes showed up to root for her Yale boyfriend. And in the Yale newspaper, cartoonist Garry Trudeau poked fun at the whole phenomenon of football-worship, using Yale's quarterback Brian Dowling as the model for the overconfident "B.D."—a character still featured in Trudeau's Doonesbury today. Kevin Rafferty's generally entertaining, intermittently exciting documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 drops the names of all those now-famous people, even featuring an interview with Tommy Lee Jones. It also touches.
- 11/20/2008
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
- 4th quarter. Down by 16 points. 42 second left in the game. The ramifications of the 1968 football game appear to have been huge when we take into context the political context of that time, and through archival footage and some surprising talking heads from students who “lived” the epic game, documentary filmmaker Kevin Rafferty demonstrates how it wasn’t just pigskins being tossed around – but some very big ideas that would change they way people thought about big issue topics. We received the full banner sized poster one sheet below... Harvard Stadium, November 23, 1968: for the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are undefeated as they meet for their final game. Yale is heavily favored: Brian Dowling, their captain and quarterback – who had famously not lost a game since 7th grade – has been satirized as “B.D.” in classmate Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury strip; he’s joined by halfback Calvin Hill,
- 11/18/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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