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John Vanco

@jhvanco.bsky.social

I program cinemas in NYC & LA for Netflix. Previously: IFC Center, Cowboy Pictures, The Screening Room, Miramax, New Yorker Films, Fine Line Features, UVA.

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The Egyptian Theatre - Saboteur 35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER

Not to be confused w his 1937 thriller SABOTAGE, Alfred Hitchcockโ€™s 1942 story of WWII-era sabotage stars Norman Lloyd as the titular SABOTEUR!

The beloved actor & comedian got his big break as the mischievous meddler, screening 6/17 on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.

09.06.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Egyptian Theatre - Foreign Correspondent PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER

Starring a rogueโ€™s gallery of legendary character actors, including Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann & Algonquin Roundtable member Robert Benchley, it's Alfred Hitchcockโ€™s spy thriller FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT!

Screening Mon, 6/16 in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.

11.06.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Egyptian Theatre - Suspicion 35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER

Joan Fontaine nabbed the only Oscar for an actress in a Hitchcock film for her role as a rich but plain Englishwoman - taken in by rakish playboy Cary Grant - in Alfred Hitchcockโ€™s 1941 thriller SUSPICION!

See it on Mon, June 23 on 35mm:

11.06.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're proud to announce the US Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Charles Chaplinโ€™s THE GOLD RUSH!

Happening June 26, on the exact 100th anniversary of the masterpieceโ€™s premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925.

Intro by Jeffrey Vance, film historian & author of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema.

13.06.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Bleak Week New York Co-presented by the American Cinematheque

PSA: we've just released more tickets to the following shows:

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA with Lucas Hedges & Kenneth Lonergan Q&A

HAPPINESS with Todd Solondz Q&A

Get yours now:

11.06.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Paris Theater - A Clockwork Orange Screening on 35mm | Part of "Bleak Week"

Starring CALIGULAโ€™S Malcolm McDowell as twisted teen gang leader Alex DeLarge, Stanley Kubrickโ€™s 1971 psychedelic, ultra-violent horrorshow A CLOCKWORK ORANGE screens tomorrow & Saturday on 35mm!

Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by
@amcinematheque.bsky.social

12.06.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Egyptian Theatre - Sabotage 35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER

Loosely based on Joseph Conradโ€™s 1907 novel โ€œThe Secret Agent,โ€ SABOTAGE stars Sylvia Sydney as a young wife who suspects her husband might be a nefarious spy.

See it June 9 on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer!

05.06.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Bad Education Screening on 35mm | Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"

Alfred Hitchcockโ€™s influence knows no borders, and celebrated Spanish auteur Pedro Almodรณvarโ€™s filmography is littered with homages to the horror hero.

Our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer continues with Almodรณvarโ€™s suspenseful BAD EDUCATION on 35mm!

05.06.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Vox Lux Q&A with Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold & Daniel London | Part of "Bleak Week"

JUST ANNOUNCED โœจ Our Bleak Week New York VOX LUX screening will be on archival 35mm and will be preceded by Brady Corbet's first short film, PROTECT YOU + ME, starring Daniel London! Get tickets now.

05.06.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Print edition of our #bleakweek New York Times article out now ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿฉถ

And for all the local readers, donโ€™t miss Bleak Week NY starting June 8th at the Paris Theatre @paristheaternyc.bsky.social

05.06.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exciting news: Academy Awardยฎ nominee Lucas Hedges will join Kenneth Lonergan for Q&A following MANCHESTER BY THE SEA! Part of Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/manches...

05.06.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Set over the course of one fateful London weekend, the new 4K restoration of Mike Leighโ€™s acclaimed 1995 drama NAKED screens Monday and Wednesday in our series Bleak Week New York, co-presented by American Cinematheque. Tickets: www.paristheaternyc.com/film/naked-b...

07.06.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Egyptian Theatre - HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer Additional dates & titles to be announced!

We're proud to present HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer, a summer screening series beginning Mon, June 9 and currently scheduled through Thu, July 3!

Part one is on sale now, including 12 screenings on 35mm, with more showtimes to be announced.

04.06.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Sweet Smell of Success Part of "Academy Museum Branch Selects" - Selected by the Marketing and Public Relations Branch

Happy birthday Tony Curtis! See one of the greatest performances of his career as the desperate publicist Sidney Falco in THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, screening tomorrow at 7 PM, part of Academy Museum Branch Selects.

03.06.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Paris Theater - Manchester by the Sea Q&A with Kenneth Lonergan | Part of "Bleak Week"

Kenneth Lonerganโ€™s taut drama of grief and regret, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, screens Sat, June 14 followed by a special Q&A with the filmmaker!

Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by
@amcinematheque.bsky.social

03.06.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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excited to introduce a 35mm screening of North by Northwest, my favorite Hitchcock movie*, at @paristheaternyc.bsky.social this Saturday, June 7. Come on out!

(*unless itโ€™s Strangers on a Train)

03.06.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Peeping Tom Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer" & "Bleak Week"

Filmmaker Michael Powell, one half of dynamic duo Powell & Pressberger, turned his signature style toward a story of sexual obsession & violence in his controversial 1960 thriller PEEPING TOM!

See it Wed June 11 & Thurs June 12, part of Bleak Week New York AND Hitch! The Original Cinema Influencer

03.06.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - The Virgin Suicides Part of "Bleak Week"

With an all-star cast, including Kirsten Dunst & Josh Hartnett, and an unbeatable classic rock soundtrack, Sofia Coppolaโ€™s breakout drama THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is a picture-perfect portrait of teen longing & ennui!

See it Sun June 8 in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social

03.06.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - The Wrong Man Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"

On Sunday, June 15, film critic
@szacharek.bsky.social returns for a special introduction of Alfred Hitchcockโ€™s 1956 genre-bending docudrama THE WRONG MAN.

Henry Fonda stars in Hitchโ€™s only ripped-from-the-headlines crime caper, cited by Scorsese as a major influence on his 1976 film TAXI DRIVER.

04.06.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Crime for Mothers & Man from the South Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"

After decades of shocking theater-goers, Hitch took his penchant for the macabre into Americaโ€™s living rooms with his influential TV show ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS!

Join us for two fantastic episodes, directed by Ida Lupino & Norman Lloyd, + bonus Looney Tunes cartoon THE LAST HUNGRY CAT!

04.06.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paris Theater - Battles Without Honor and Humanity Part of "Bleak Week"

Rarely screened in the US, Kinji Fukasakuโ€™s yakuza drama BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY graces the big screen June 9 and June 13 in our series Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social

04.06.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Some people go to therapy. We go to Bleak Week.

Back for a second year in New York, Bleak Week is co-presented by American Cinematheque.

June 8-14 at @paristheaternyc.bsky.social! 35mm and in-persons at select shows.

Check out the @letterboxd.social list โฌ‡๏ธ letterboxd.com/paristheater...

28.05.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Blurring the line between martial combat and marital law, THE WAR OF THE ROSES is an anti-romance for the ages.

See it Weds, June 11 during Bleak Week New York, co-presented by American Cinematheque, followed by a Q&A with iconic star Kathleen Turner!
www.paristheaternyc.com/film/the-war...

29.05.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Montgomery Clift plays a humble priest who hears a murdererโ€™s confession and finds himself in a Hitchcockian tangle on the cobblestone streets of Quebec City in I CONFESS!

See it Saturday on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
www.paristheaternyc.com/film/i-confe...

29.05.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See a movie (and me, briefly) at @paristheaternyc.bsky.social this Thursday!

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One more chance to see STAGE FRIGHT โ€“ on 35mm! This Thursday at 9:35 PM. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/stage-f...

31.05.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

YES! If youโ€™re in New York, come on down! Plenty of obsessive longing for everyone!

01.06.2025 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First Trailer in 7 daysโ€ฆ

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Paris Theater - HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer Co-presented by the New York Film Critics Circle, Celebrating its 90th Anniversary

A 59-film Alfred Hitchcock series is coming to NYC's Paris Theater in May (with 35 on 35mm):

โ€ข 34 Hitchock films
โ€ข 18 "homages" and "critical influences"
โ€ข Documentaries, TV episodes, wartime shorts, and even a LOONEY TUNES cartoon!

www.paristheaternyc.com/series/hitch... #FilmSky #AlfredHitchcock

30.04.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Bleak Week New York is back! ๐Ÿ˜ญ Co-presented by American Cinematheque, we are delighted to bring you 17 of the bleakest and most harrowing films, plus exciting in-persons.
www.paristheaternyc.com/series/bleak...

24.05.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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