New York's Lower East Side has been the city's cultural center for many decades now. But when it comes to art movie theaters, you had to go across Manhattan to Film Forum or schlep all the way up to Lincoln Center to catch a Lav Diaz or Frederick Wiseman or Sammo Hung film. It is only fitting then it's about time that Les deserves its own repertory movie theater. Founded by designer Alexander Olch, Metrograph took over an old warehouse on 7 Ludlow Street. It's a state of the art movie theater playing mix of first-run independent & international films and old repertory films both on 35mm and Dcp. Two reknowned film curators in this part of the woods -- Jacob Perlin, programmer-at-large at Fslc...
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- 2/29/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Each weekend we highlight the best repertory programming that New York City has to offer, and it’s about to get even better. Opening on February 19th at 7 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side is Metrograph, the city’s newest indie movie theater. Sporting two screens, they’ve announced their first slate, which includes retrospectives for Fassbinder, Wiseman, Eustache, and more, special programs such as an ode to the moviegoing experience, and new independent features that we’ve admired on the festival circuit (including Afternoon, Office 3D, and Measure of a Man).
Artistic and Programming Director Jacob Perlin says in a press release, “Jean Eustache in a Rocky t-shirt. This is the image we had in mind while making this first calendar. Great cinema is there, wherever you can find it. The dismissed film now recognized as a classic, the forgotten box-office hit newly resurrected, the high and the low,...
Artistic and Programming Director Jacob Perlin says in a press release, “Jean Eustache in a Rocky t-shirt. This is the image we had in mind while making this first calendar. Great cinema is there, wherever you can find it. The dismissed film now recognized as a classic, the forgotten box-office hit newly resurrected, the high and the low,...
- 1/20/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Read More: New York City is Getting Its First Independent Cinema Theater in 10 Years New York City cinephiles got the best news of the year in late August when it was announced the city would be getting its first independent movie theater in a decade, thanks to Metrograph, a two-screen movie house located at 7 Ludlow Street (at Canal Street). Complete with a restaurant, cinema-dedicated bookshop, café and lounge, the indie theater looks to bring a modern sheen to the classic arthouse, and now Indiewire is excited to announce its official opening date: Friday, February 19, 2016. As previously reported, Jacob Perlin and Aliza Ma will head the theater as Artistic Director/Director of Programming and Head Programmer, respectively. They are being joined by three new hires: Michael Lieberman, Michael Koresky and Dana Vladimir. Koresky has spent the last decade as a staff writer for the Criterion Collection and will assume the role of Director of.
- 12/21/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Read More: 35mm Projection is at Risk. Does That Matter? Metrograph, a two-screen movie house, is opening its doors at 7 Ludlow Street (at Canal Street) in New York City this February. Complete with a restaurant, cinema-dedicated bookshop, café and lounge, the indie theater will feature world-class independent and international movies, repertory films and exclusive premieres. Jacob Perlin and Aliza Ma will head the theater as film programmers, while both digital film projectors and 35mm film will be installed. "Growing up in Manhattan, I fell in love with movies in theaters which are now sadly gone, like The Beekman and The Plaza," says Metrograph founder and New York-based director Alexander Olch. "To bring glamour, excitement, and prestige back to the exhibition experience has been my longstanding goal." Perlin, currently Programmer-at-Large at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will join the theater as Programming & Artistic Director....
- 8/24/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
I first saw a notice of this up-to-now-completely-unknown distributor in connection to the release of Antonioni's The Girlfriends (1955) which was written up in a fascinating article in L.A. Times, and so I did some investigating. I discovered a film lover, Jacob Perlin, 35 years old, living in New York whose day job is associate programmer for Bam's Cinematek, a program somewhat similar to Lacma plus the American Cinematheque which programs films every day, in 35mm: classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, plus special appearances by filmmakers and critics. Jacob Perlin's Film Desk is a one man show which Jacob…...
- 12/15/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
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