Series
PLAYTIME: Family Matinees
August 24 to September 1
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 installment, among other things, is a celebration of special effects: a trio of films showcasing the singular talents of stop-motion miracle-maker Ray Harryhausen; the mind-bending interstellar trip of The Black Hole; and some favorites from the late ‘80s—the last days before the CGI takeover. Revisit the movies you know by heart, take a chance on something you’ve never heard of— and be sure to hang around to talk about your favorite scenes over brunch in the upstairs Commissary.
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*batteries not included
DIRECTOR: MATTHEW ROBBINS
1987 / 106min / 35mm -
Jason and the Argonauts
DIRECTOR: DON CHAFFEY
1963 / 104min / 35mm
Previously Screened
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
DIRECTOR: RICHARD FLEISCHER
1954 / 127min / 35mm -
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
DIRECTOR: CHARLES LAMONT
1953 / 76min / dcp -
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
DIRECTOR: CHARLES BARTON
1948 / 82min / 35mm -
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
DIRECTOR: CHARLES LAMONT
1955 / 79min / 35mm -
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
DIRECTOR: TERRY GILLIAM
1988 / 126min / dcp -
The Adventures of Robin Hood
DIRECTOR: MICHAEL CURTIZ AND WILLIAM KEIGHLEY
1938 / 102min / 35mm -
An American Tail
DIRECTOR: DON BLUTH
1986 / 80min / dcp -
Babe: Pig in the City
DIRECTOR: GEORGE MILLER
1998 / 97min / dcp -
The Band Wagon
DIRECTOR: VINCENTE MINNELLI
1953 / 112min / 35mm -
The Barefoot Executive
DIRECTOR: ROBERT BUTLER
1971 / 96min / 35mm -
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
DIRECTOR: EUGèNE LOURIé
1953 / 80min / dcp -
Beauty and the Beast
DIRECTOR: JEAN COCTEAU
1946 / 93min / 35mm -
Beetlejuice
DIRECTOR: TIM BURTON
1988 / 92min / 35mm -
The BFG
DIRECTOR: STEVEN SPIELBERG
2016 / 117min / 3d dcp -
The Black Hole
DIRECTOR: GARY NELSON
1979 / 98min / 35mm -
The Boy with the Green Hair
DIRECTOR: JOSEPH LOSEY
1948 / 82min / 35mm -
Bringing Up Baby
DIRECTOR: HOWARD HAWKS
1938 / 102min / 35mm -
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
DIRECTOR: KEN HUGHES
1968 / 144min / 35mm -
The Circus
DIRECTOR: CHARLIE CHAPLIN
1928 / 72min / 35mm -
The Dark Crystal
DIRECTOR: JIM HENSON & FRANK OZ
1982 / 93min / dcp -
A Day at the Races
DIRECTOR: SAM WOOD
1937 / 111min / 35mm -
Doctor Dolittle
DIRECTOR: BETTY THOMAS
1998 / 85min / 35mm -
Doctor Dolittle 2
DIRECTOR: STEVE CARR
2001 / 87min / 35mm -
Duck Soup
DIRECTOR: LEO MCCAREY
1933 / 68min / dcp -
Dunston Checks In
DIRECTOR: KEN KWAPIS
1996 / 88min / 35mm -
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
DIRECTOR: STEVEN SPIELBERG
1982 / 115min / 35mm -
Explorers
DIRECTOR: JOE DANTE
1985 / 109min / 35mm -
Fantastic Mr. Fox
DIRECTOR: WES ANDERSON
2009 / 87min / dcp -
Flash, the Teenage Otter
DIRECTOR: HANK SCHLOSS
1961 / 70min / 35mm -
Fly Away Home
DIRECTOR: CARROLL BALLARD
1996 / 107min / 35mm -
Gay Purr-ee
DIRECTOR: ABE LEVITOW
1962 / 85min / 35mm -
The General
DIRECTOR: BUSTER KEATON
1926 / 67min / dcp -
Godzilla
DIRECTOR: ISHIRô HONDA
1954 / 96min / dcp -
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
DIRECTOR: GORDON HESSLER
1973 / 105min / 35mm -
Hans Christian Andersen
DIRECTOR: CHARLES VIDOR
1952 / 112min / 35mm -
A Hard Day's Night
DIRECTOR: RICHARD LESTER
1964 / 87min / dcp -
Harvey
DIRECTOR: HENRY KOSTER
1950 / 104min / 35mm -
Heathcliff: The Movie
DIRECTOR: BRUNO BIANCHI
1986 / 73min / 35mm -
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
DIRECTOR: JOE JOHNSTON
1989 / 93min / dcp -
Inside Out
DIRECTOR: PETE DOCTER & RONNIE DEL CARMEN
2015 / 95min / dcp -
The Invisible Man
DIRECTOR: JAMES WHALE
1933 / 71min / 35mm -
The Kid
DIRECTOR: CHARLIE CHAPLIN
1921 / 68min / 35mm -
The King And The Mockingbird
DIRECTOR: PAUL GRIMAULT
1980 / 83min / dcp -
King Kong vs. Godzilla
DIRECTOR: ISHIRô HONDA
1962 / 91min / 35mm -
Kirikou and the Sorceress
DIRECTOR: MICHEL OCELOT AND RAYMOND BURLET
1998 / 71min / 35mm -
Labyrinth
DIRECTOR: JIM HENSON
1986 / 101min / dcp -
The Last Unicorn
DIRECTOR: ARTHUR RANKIN JR. & JULES BASS
1982 / 92min / dcp -
The Love Bug
DIRECTOR: ROBERT STEVENSON
1968 / 108min / dcp -
Mad Hot Ballroom
DIRECTOR: MARILYN AGRELO
2005 / 106min / 35mm -
Modern Times
DIRECTOR: CHARLIE CHAPLIN
1936 / 87min / 35mm -
Mon Oncle
DIRECTOR: JACQUES TATI
1958 / 117min / dcp -
Monkey Business
DIRECTOR: HOWARD HAWKS
1952 / 97min / dcp -
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
DIRECTOR: JACQUES TATI
1953 / 83min / dcp -
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
DIRECTOR: HENRY KOSTER
1962 / 116min / 35mm -
The Muppet Christmas Carol
DIRECTOR: BRIAN HENSON
1992 / 85min / dcp -
The Natural
DIRECTOR: BARRY LEVINSON
1984 / 137min / 35mm -
The Nutty Professor
DIRECTOR: JERRY LEWIS
1967 / 107min / dcp -
On the Town
DIRECTOR: STANLEY DONEN AND GENE KELLY
1949 / 98min / 35mm -
Paddington
DIRECTOR: PAUL KING
2014 / 95min / dcp -
Paddington 2
DIRECTOR: PAUL KING
2017 / 103min / dcp -
PAPER MOON
DIRECTOR: PETER BOGDANOVICH
1973 / 102min / dcp -
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
DIRECTOR: TIM BURTON
1985 / 91min / 35mm -
Peter Pan
DIRECTOR: HAMILTON LUSKE, CLYDE GERONIMI, WILFRED JACKSON, JACK KINNEY
1953 / 77min / 35mm -
The Phantom Tollbooth
DIRECTOR: CHUCK JONES, ABE LEVITOW, AND DAVID MONAHAN
1970 / 90min / 35mm -
The Pirate
DIRECTOR: VINCENTE MINNELLI
1948 / 102min / 35mm -
Playtime
DIRECTOR: JACQUES TATI
1967 / 124min / 35mm -
Ponyo
DIRECTOR: HAYAO MIYAZAKI
2008 / 103min / dcp -
The Princess Bride
DIRECTOR: ROB REINER
1987 / 98min / dcp -
ROBIN HOOD
DIRECTOR: WOLFGANG REITHERMAN
1973 / 83min / 35mm -
Sailor Moon R: The Movie
DIRECTOR: KUNIHIKO IKUHARA
1993 / 61min / dcp -
The Secret of NIMH
DIRECTOR: DON BLUTH
1982 / 82min / dcp -
Shane
DIRECTOR: GEORGE STEVENS
1953 / 118min / 35mm -
Shaun the Sheep Movie
DIRECTOR: MARK BURTON AND RICHARD STARZAK
2015 / 85min / dcp -
A Shot in the Dark
DIRECTOR: BLAKE EDWARDS
1964 / 102min / 35mm -
Sidewalk Stories
DIRECTOR: CHARLES LANE
1989 / 97min / 35mm -
The Simpsons Movie
DIRECTOR: DAVID SILVERMAN
2007 / 87min / 35mm -
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
DIRECTOR: SAM WANAMAKER
1977 / 113min / 35mm -
Singin' in the Rain
DIRECTOR: STANLEY DONEN AND GENE KELLY
1952 / 103min / dcp -
Song of the Sea
DIRECTOR: TOMM MOORE
2014 / 98min / dcp -
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
DIRECTOR: ISAO TAKAHATA
2013 / 137min / dcp -
THAT DARN CAT!
DIRECTOR: ROBERT STEVENSON
1965 / 116min / 35mm -
TIME BANDITS
DIRECTOR: TERRY GILLIAM
1981 / 116min / dcp -
Whale Rider
DIRECTOR: NIKI CARO
2002 / 101min / dcp -
The White Balloon
DIRECTOR: JAFAR PANAHI
1995 / 85min / 35mm -
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
DIRECTOR: ROBERT ZEMECKIS
1988 / 104min / dcp -
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
DIRECTOR: MEL STUART
1971 / 100min / 35mm -
Winged Migration
DIRECTOR: JACQUES PERRIN WITH JACQUES CLUZAUD AND MICHEL DEBATS
2001 / 89min / 35mm -
The Witches
DIRECTOR: NICOLAS ROEG
1990 / 91min / dcp -
The Wizard of Oz
DIRECTOR: VICTOR FLEMING
1939 / 102min / 35mm -
Yellowstone Cubs
DIRECTOR: CHARLES L. DRAPER
1963 / 48min / 35mm -
Young Sherlock Holmes
DIRECTOR: BARRY LEVINSON
1985 / 109min / 35mm