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.
Previously: IFC Center, Cowboy Pictures, The Screening Room, Miramax, New Yorker Films, Fine Line Features, UVA.
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Not to be confused w his 1937 thriller SABOTAGE, Alfred Hitchcock’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.
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.
The Egyptian Theatre - Saboteur
35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
www.egyptiantheatre.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Not to be confused w his 1937 thriller SABOTAGE, Alfred Hitchcock’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.
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.
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Starring a rogue’s gallery of legendary character actors, including Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann & Algonquin Roundtable member Robert Benchley, it's Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT!
Screening Mon, 6/16 in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
Screening Mon, 6/16 in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
The Egyptian Theatre - Foreign Correspondent
PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
www.egyptiantheatre.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Starring a rogue’s gallery of legendary character actors, including Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann & Algonquin Roundtable member Robert Benchley, it's Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT!
Screening Mon, 6/16 in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
Screening Mon, 6/16 in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
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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 Hitchcock’s 1941 thriller SUSPICION!
See it on Mon, June 23 on 35mm:
See it on Mon, June 23 on 35mm:
The Egyptian Theatre - Suspicion
35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
www.egyptiantheatre.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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 Hitchcock’s 1941 thriller SUSPICION!
See it on Mon, June 23 on 35mm:
See it on Mon, June 23 on 35mm:
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We're proud to announce the US Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Charles Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH!
Happening June 26, on the exact 100th anniversary of the masterpiece’s premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925.
Intro by Jeffrey Vance, film historian & author of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema.
Happening June 26, on the exact 100th anniversary of the masterpiece’s premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925.
Intro by Jeffrey Vance, film historian & author of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema.
www.egyptiantheatre.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We're proud to announce the US Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Charles Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH!
Happening June 26, on the exact 100th anniversary of the masterpiece’s premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925.
Intro by Jeffrey Vance, film historian & author of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema.
Happening June 26, on the exact 100th anniversary of the masterpiece’s premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925.
Intro by Jeffrey Vance, film historian & author of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema.
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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:
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA with Lucas Hedges & Kenneth Lonergan Q&A
HAPPINESS with Todd Solondz Q&A
Get yours now:
Paris Theater - Bleak Week New York
Co-presented by the American Cinematheque
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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:
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA with Lucas Hedges & Kenneth Lonergan Q&A
HAPPINESS with Todd Solondz Q&A
Get yours now:
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Starring CALIGULA’S Malcolm McDowell as twisted teen gang leader Alex DeLarge, Stanley Kubrick’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
Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by
@amcinematheque.bsky.social
Paris Theater - A Clockwork Orange
Screening on 35mm | Part of "Bleak Week"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Starring CALIGULA’S Malcolm McDowell as twisted teen gang leader Alex DeLarge, Stanley Kubrick’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
Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by
@amcinematheque.bsky.social
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Loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel “The Secret Agent,” 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!
See it June 9 on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer!
The Egyptian Theatre - Sabotage
35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
www.egyptiantheatre.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel “The Secret Agent,” 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!
See it June 9 on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer!
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Alfred Hitchcock’s influence knows no borders, and celebrated Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography is littered with homages to the horror hero.
Our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer continues with Almodóvar’s suspenseful BAD EDUCATION on 35mm!
Our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer continues with Almodóvar’s suspenseful BAD EDUCATION on 35mm!
Paris Theater - Bad Education
Screening on 35mm | Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Alfred Hitchcock’s influence knows no borders, and celebrated Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography is littered with homages to the horror hero.
Our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer continues with Almodóvar’s suspenseful BAD EDUCATION on 35mm!
Our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer continues with Almodóvar’s suspenseful BAD EDUCATION on 35mm!
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JUST ANNOUNCED ✨ 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.
Paris Theater - Vox Lux
Q&A with Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold & Daniel London | Part of "Bleak Week"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED ✨ 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.
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Print edition of our #bleakweek New York Times article out now 📰🩶
And for all the local readers, don’t miss Bleak Week NY starting June 8th at the Paris Theatre @paristheaternyc.bsky.social
And for all the local readers, don’t miss Bleak Week NY starting June 8th at the Paris Theatre @paristheaternyc.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Print edition of our #bleakweek New York Times article out now 📰🩶
And for all the local readers, don’t miss Bleak Week NY starting June 8th at the Paris Theatre @paristheaternyc.bsky.social
And for all the local readers, don’t miss Bleak Week NY starting June 8th at the Paris Theatre @paristheaternyc.bsky.social
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Exciting news: Academy Award® 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...
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Exciting news: Academy Award® 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...
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Set over the course of one fateful London weekend, the new 4K restoration of Mike Leigh’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...
June 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Set over the course of one fateful London weekend, the new 4K restoration of Mike Leigh’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...
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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.
Part one is on sale now, including 12 screenings on 35mm, with more showtimes to be announced.
The Egyptian Theatre - HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer
Additional dates & titles to be announced!
www.egyptiantheatre.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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.
Part one is on sale now, including 12 screenings on 35mm, with more showtimes to be announced.
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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.
Paris Theater - Sweet Smell of Success
Part of "Academy Museum Branch Selects" - Selected by the Marketing and Public Relations Branch
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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.
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Kenneth Lonergan’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
Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by
@amcinematheque.bsky.social
Paris Theater - Manchester by the Sea
Q&A with Kenneth Lonergan | Part of "Bleak Week"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Kenneth Lonergan’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
Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by
@amcinematheque.bsky.social
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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 it’s Strangers on a Train)
(*unless it’s Strangers on a Train)
June 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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 it’s Strangers on a Train)
(*unless it’s Strangers on a Train)
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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
See it Wed June 11 & Thurs June 12, part of Bleak Week New York AND Hitch! The Original Cinema Influencer
Paris Theater - Peeping Tom
Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer" & "Bleak Week"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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
See it Wed June 11 & Thurs June 12, part of Bleak Week New York AND Hitch! The Original Cinema Influencer
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With an all-star cast, including Kirsten Dunst & Josh Hartnett, and an unbeatable classic rock soundtrack, Sofia Coppola’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
See it Sun June 8 in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social
Paris Theater - The Virgin Suicides
Part of "Bleak Week"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
With an all-star cast, including Kirsten Dunst & Josh Hartnett, and an unbeatable classic rock soundtrack, Sofia Coppola’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
See it Sun June 8 in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social
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On Sunday, June 15, film critic
@szacharek.bsky.social returns for a special introduction of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 genre-bending docudrama THE WRONG MAN.
Henry Fonda stars in Hitch’s only ripped-from-the-headlines crime caper, cited by Scorsese as a major influence on his 1976 film TAXI DRIVER.
@szacharek.bsky.social returns for a special introduction of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 genre-bending docudrama THE WRONG MAN.
Henry Fonda stars in Hitch’s only ripped-from-the-headlines crime caper, cited by Scorsese as a major influence on his 1976 film TAXI DRIVER.
Paris Theater - The Wrong Man
Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
On Sunday, June 15, film critic
@szacharek.bsky.social returns for a special introduction of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 genre-bending docudrama THE WRONG MAN.
Henry Fonda stars in Hitch’s only ripped-from-the-headlines crime caper, cited by Scorsese as a major influence on his 1976 film TAXI DRIVER.
@szacharek.bsky.social returns for a special introduction of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 genre-bending docudrama THE WRONG MAN.
Henry Fonda stars in Hitch’s only ripped-from-the-headlines crime caper, cited by Scorsese as a major influence on his 1976 film TAXI DRIVER.
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After decades of shocking theater-goers, Hitch took his penchant for the macabre into America’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!
Join us for two fantastic episodes, directed by Ida Lupino & Norman Lloyd, + bonus Looney Tunes cartoon THE LAST HUNGRY CAT!
Paris Theater - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Crime for Mothers & Man from the South
Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After decades of shocking theater-goers, Hitch took his penchant for the macabre into America’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!
Join us for two fantastic episodes, directed by Ida Lupino & Norman Lloyd, + bonus Looney Tunes cartoon THE LAST HUNGRY CAT!
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Rarely screened in the US, Kinji Fukasaku’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
Paris Theater - Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Part of "Bleak Week"
www.paristheaternyc.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Rarely screened in the US, Kinji Fukasaku’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
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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 ⬇️ letterboxd.com/paristheater...
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 ⬇️ letterboxd.com/paristheater...
May 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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 ⬇️ letterboxd.com/paristheater...
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 ⬇️ letterboxd.com/paristheater...
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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...
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...
May 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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...
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...
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Montgomery Clift plays a humble priest who hears a murderer’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...
See it Saturday on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
www.paristheaternyc.com/film/i-confe...
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Montgomery Clift plays a humble priest who hears a murderer’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...
See it Saturday on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
www.paristheaternyc.com/film/i-confe...
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See a movie (and me, briefly) at @paristheaternyc.bsky.social this Thursday!
Alfred Hitchcock reunited with REAR WINDOW star Grace Kelly for his 1954 thriller DIAL M FOR MURDER, starring Ray Milland as a retired tennis pro plotting against his cheating wife.
See it on 35mm with intro by @mcastimovies.bsky.social on Thurs, June 5!
www.paristheaternyc.com/film/dial-m-...
See it on 35mm with intro by @mcastimovies.bsky.social on Thurs, June 5!
www.paristheaternyc.com/film/dial-m-...
May 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
See a movie (and me, briefly) at @paristheaternyc.bsky.social this Thursday!