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.
The Mystery of Picasso
- Sun, Jan 5
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: Henri-Georges Clouzot Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1956 Language: French
Starring: Claude Renoir, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Pablo Picasso
Using a specially designed transparent ‘canvas’ to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera rolls. He...
Andrei Rublev
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: Andrei Tarkovsky Run Time: 185 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1966 Language: Russian
Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Irma Raush, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Sergeyev, Nikolay Grinko
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting...