The Agony and the Ecstasy
THIS JANUARY: The Paradise is kicking off 2025 in epic fashion… While epic films are known to feature mythic heroes or historical legends and capture periods of war or revolt, we are paring it down to focus on the everyday. The Paradise Presents: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY- five films with the scale and scope of a sweeping epic, that capture the madness and mundanity of simply being alive.
Programming by Lucy Walker
Short Cuts
- Tue, Jan 7
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: Robert Altman Run Time: 188 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1993
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins
Short Cuts raises the roof on America.
The Best Years of Our Lives
- Sun, 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: William Wyler Run Time: 171 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright
Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!
Ikiru
- Mon, Jan 13
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: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 143 min. Release Year: 1952 Language: Japanese
Starring: Bokuzen Hidari, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Takashi Shimura
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Yi Yi
- Sun, 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: Edward Yang Run Time: 174 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2000 Language: Chinese
Starring: Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, Issey Ogata, Jonathan Chang, Kelly Lee, Wu Nien-jen
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life’s meaning as they live through everyday...
Margaret: Extended Cut
- Tue, Jan 21
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: Kenneth Lonergan Run Time: 186 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2011
Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jean Reno, Jeannie Berlin, Mark Ruffalo
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of...