Appointment Television
“Listen to me: Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We’re in the boredom-killing business!”
-Howard Beale, “NETWORK”
THIS JANUARY: Don’t turn the channel! The Paradise is joining the boredom killing business, complete with a lovable cast of sideshow freaks. The Paradise Presents … APPOINTMENT TELEVISION: Tales from the small screen- on the big screen! Tune in for nine films exploring the cultural, political, and psychological implications of the prime-time medium.
Programming by Lucy Walker
To Die For
- Mon, Jan 12
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Gus Van Sant Run Time: 106 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1995
Starring: Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman
All she wanted was a little attention.
Videodrome
- Mon, Jan 12
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1983
Starring: Debbie Harry, James Woods, Leslie Carlson, Peter Dvorsky, Sonja Smits
First it controls your mind. Then it destroys your body.
Network: 50th Anniversary!
- Mon, Jan 19
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Sidney Lumet Run Time: 122 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1976
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, William Holden
Television will never be the same.
Broadcast News
- Tue, Jan 20
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: James L. Brooks Run Time: 133 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1987
Starring: Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Lois Chiles, Robert Prosky, William Hurt
It’s the story of their lives.
Galaxy Quest
- Wed, Jan 28
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Dean Parisot Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1999
Starring: Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Tony Shalhoub
A comedy of galactic proportions.
I Saw the TV Glow
- Wed, Jan 28
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Jane Schoenbrun Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Helena Howard, Ian Foreman, Jack Haven, Justice Smith, Lindsey Jordan
There is still time.