CONTOURS
CONTOURS is a monthly screening series at Paradise Theatre spotlighting films which thematize the world of visual art:painting, sculpture, sketching, and performance. Each feature is preceded by a short film and an introduction by curator and host Saffron Maeve. Maeve also writes an accompanying column for Screen Slate, which covers art films playing in New York.
Double Feature: Funny Pages and Crumb
- Sun, Aug 24
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.
Run Time: 230 min.
CONTOURS presents a double feature of Terry Zwigoff’s acclaimed 1994 documentary CRUMB, and Owen Kline’s 2022 feature debut...
Gangsterism: World Premiere!
- Fri, Aug 29
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: Isiah Medina Run Time: 84 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Charlotte Zhang, Diego Abbati, Erik Berg, Jonalyn Aguilar, Kalil Haddad, Lisa Gal, Mark Bacolcol, Omid Moterassed
DEPICTION = ENDORSEMENT
Pearls of the Deep
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: Evald Schorm, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Jiří Menzel, Věra Chytilová Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1966 Language: Czech
Starring: Alois Vachek, Emil Iserle, Ferdinand Krůta, Miroslav Nohýnek, Pavla Maršálková
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression...
Color Me Blood Red
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: Herschell Gordon Lewis Run Time: 79 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1965
Starring: Candi Conder, Elyn Warner, Gordon Oas-Heim, Jerome Eden, Pat Finn-Lee
Fiendish is the word for it!