Metrograph

Anna Karina: "I got a telegram from Jean-Luc; he said wanted me to play the main part in a film. I showed it to some of my friends, they said: 'Godard! You have to see him!' I thought, 'The strange guy with the dark glasses?'"

Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: a series for connoisseurs of cocktails and nocturnal film freaks to hobnob, clink glasses, and see some of the best and most bizarre in cinema. The Commissary will be serving drinks and a special late night menu into the wee hours. This Weekend: Satoshi Kon's PAPRIKA.

All the crowd-pleasing fun of Hong Kong cinema—but this time, by the women.

Playtime is Metrograph’s regularly-recurring weekend matinee series of studio standards, animated adventures, and foreign-language frolics, kid-friendly in content but selected because their quality has been proven plain to moviegoers of all ages. This weekend: *batteries not included in 35mm.

Benin-born, Senegal-raised filmmaker, theorist, and historian Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was a key figure, as both practitioner and thinker, in the creation and articulation of what a post-colonial African cinema would and could be.

This monthly series highlights unique archival elements, including recent restorations and film prints from the Academy Film Archive by celebrating classic moments from the Academy’s 90-year history.