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If you're in the mood for some live-action Saturday afternoon cartoons, see Freaked at @RoxyCinemaNYC with an intro by Funny Pages director Owen Kline
Screening in 35mm as part of our Screaming Mad George retrospective: roxycinemanewyork.com/screen…
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as a faithful Screen Slate reader I've come to accept NYC's place as the greatest film city despite great loyalty to L.A. where I spent my 20s, but respectfully, neither place has anything on Newark Public Library tonite, shorts on abandoned movie theaters & haunted hospitals!
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Looked through the archives and discovered that our upcoming shows of Big Trouble in Little China Nov. 3 & 4 at @RoxyCinemaNYC are the first 35mm screenings in nearly 10 years. (Last was in 2017.) Don't miss it! roxycinemanewyork.com/screen…
The Devils re-release doubled the box office of Digger on a fraction of the screens, and it's biggest marketing cost was allegedly the $600 billboard (which is probably not true, but...). Even with the costs of the restoration, striking prints, staff overhead, it's a big win.
Also significant that this is not Casablanca or Singin' in the Rain, but a movie that was considered a stain on the WB's reputation. As a result I think we could more studios mining their back-catalogs for niche (by Casablanca standards) titles w prestige restoration treatments.
20 years from now there's gonna be a "Fall of '26" series that shows Harlem, Concrete, Digger, Primetime, YCSE, NAZA, The Devils uncut, and Resident Evil, plus The Social Reckoning, which misguided young people will for some reason argue is the true misunderstood masterpiece.
Also in The Devils lore: opening week of @SpectacleNYC in Oct. 2010 was Ken Russell's The Devils with Andrzej Żuławski's The Devil
I live around the corner from Cafe Grumpy, cannot wait to steal catering from this set
Lena Dunham's show is back—might it return to its Greenpoint roots? greenpointers.com/2026/10/14…
Performance art is back
Nathan Fielder, Ari Aster, Lance Oppenheim, and Abigail Rowe at the Screen Slate Gala in June
35mm photo by John Wilson
On @NicolasRapold's podcast, I discuss Resident Evil lore; Screaming Mad George; and many issues related to corporate repertory, AI-powered engagement-baiting accounts like "Occupy Cinema," and attempts to exploit & institutionalize microcinemas.
Listen! soundcloud.com/the-last-thin…
Do you have Ken Russell fever?
Our Ken Russell x Celebrity Big Brother UK shirt is in stock: shop.screenslate.com/collect…