Metrograph

Steeped in Americana and yet unquestionably a citizen of the world, renowned for the cool of his characters and his deadpan style, the diverse-yet-consistent films of Jim Jarmusch are tied together by a tone, a feeling, that’s both hard to define and, once encountered, unmistakable.

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: THE GOD OF COOKERY in 35mm.

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: MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATION in 35mm.

Your old man took you out to the ballgame and taught you how to wait for your pitch, so this Father’s Day treat him to two of life’s unadulterated joys at the same time: movies and baseball.

Juleen Compton was able to finance her own projects, and to make them without having to kowtow to an interfering producer, censor board, or studio. The resulting films address the freedom and agency she exercised while making them as these concepts were then at work in women’s lives.

In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 in Greenwich Village, a protest began which quickly became one of the most significant events in the history of New York City and helped launch a movement that has profoundly altered the course of history.

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.