Series
PLAYTIME: Family Matinees
December 7 to December 31
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. As we head into the holiday months, we’re getting into the spirit by visiting with some of our favorite seasonal standards, movies only a true Scrooge could resist. 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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The Nightmare Before Christmas
DIRECTOR: HENRY SELICK
1993 / 76min / dcp -
The Muppet Christmas Carol
DIRECTOR: BRIAN HENSON
1992 / 85min / dcp -
It's A Wonderful Life
DIRECTOR: FRANK CAPRA
1946 / 130min / dcp -
Where the Wild Things Are
DIRECTOR: SPIKE JONZE
2009 / 101min / dcp
Previously Screened
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*batteries not included
DIRECTOR: MATTHEW ROBBINS
1987 / 106min / 35mm -
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 Black Stallion
DIRECTOR: CAROLL BALLARD
1979 / 108min / dcp -
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 -
City Lights
DIRECTOR: CHARLES CHAPLIN
1931 / 87min / dcp -
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 -
Edward Scissorhands
DIRECTOR: TIM BURTON
1990 / 105min / 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 -
Gremlins
DIRECTOR: JOE DANTE
1984 / 106min / dcp -
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 -
Howl's Moving Castle
DIRECTOR: HIYAO MIYAZAKI
2004 / 119min / dcp -
Inside Out
DIRECTOR: PETE DOCTER & RONNIE DEL CARMEN
2015 / 95min / dcp -
The Invisible Man
DIRECTOR: JAMES WHALE
1933 / 71min / 35mm -
The Iron Giant
DIRECTOR: BRAD BIRD
1999 / 86min / dcp -
Jason and the Argonauts
DIRECTOR: DON CHAFFEY
1963 / 104min / 35mm -
The Kid
DIRECTOR: CHARLIE CHAPLIN
1921 / 68min / 35mm -
The King And The Mockingbird
DIRECTOR: PAUL GRIMAULT
1980 / 83min / dcp -
King Kong
DIRECTOR: MERIAN C. COOPER AND ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK
1933 / 100min / 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 -
A Little Princess
DIRECTOR: ALFONSO CUARóN
1995 / 97min / 35mm -
Little Women
DIRECTOR: GEORGE CUKOR
1933 / 115min / 35mm -
The Love Bug
DIRECTOR: ROBERT STEVENSON
1968 / 108min / dcp -
Mad Hot Ballroom
DIRECTOR: MARILYN AGRELO
2005 / 106min / 35mm -
Mary Poppins
DIRECTOR: ROBERT STEVENSON
1964 / 139min / dcp -
Miracle on 34th Street
DIRECTOR: GEORGE SEATON
1947 / 96min / dcp -
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 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 -
Raiders of the Lost Ark
DIRECTOR: STEVEN SPIELBERG
1981 / 115min / 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 -
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 Sound of Music
DIRECTOR: ROBERT WISE
1965 / 172min / dcp -
Spirited Away
DIRECTOR: HAYAO MIYAZAKI
2001 / 125min / 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