Melancholidays
“Someday Soon we all will be together,
if the fates allow…
Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow…”
THIS DECEMBER … We can’t always conjure up warm feelings in the cold weather- even if Bing Crosby is telling us to. So we are bidding farewell to 2024 by finding solace in the ever-present wistful moments, beyond the lights and gay apparel. The Paradise Presents … MELANCHOLIDAYS: six films about muddling through. After all, there’s a reason all the best Christmas songs are written in a minor key.
Programming by Lucy Walker
A Tale of Winter
- Sun, Dec 1
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: Éric Rohmer Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1992 Language: French
Starring: Ava Loraschi, Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Hervé Furic, Michel Voletti
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and...
Fanny and Alexander
- Sat, Dec 14
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: Ingmar Bergman Run Time: 188 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1982 Language: Swedish
Starring: Anna Bergman, Bertil Guve, Börje Ahlstedt, Jan Malmsjö, Pernilla Allwin
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who...
Morvern Callar
- Sun, Dec 15
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: Lynne Ramsay Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Carolyn Calder, Dan Cadan, Kathleen McDermott, Raife Patrick Burchell, Samantha Morton
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and...
Distant Voices, Still Lives
- Mon, Dec 16
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: Terence Davies Run Time: 84 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1988
Starring: Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Freda Dowie, Lorraine Ashbourne, Pete Postlethwaite
In memory, everything happens to music.
Comfort and Joy
- Mon, Dec 16
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: Bill Forsyth Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Alex Norton, Bill Paterson, Clare Grogan, Eleanor David, Patrick Malahide
A serious comedy
Meet Me in St. Louis
- Tue, Dec 17
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: Vincente Minnelli Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1944
Starring: Judy Garland, Leon Ames, Lucille Bremer, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Glorious love story with music!