Special Screenings
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
PARADISE THEATRE 1006c Bloor St. W
Buy tickets in Advance or at the door (if not sold out)
NOVEMBER 16TH 2PM
HAXAN: WITHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES 1922
Denmark 105 min
"Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages and early modern era suffered from the same ills as psychiatric patients diagnosed with hysteria in the film's own time. Far from a dry dissertation on the topic, the film itself is a witches’ brew of the scary, the gross, and the darkly humorous. Christensen’s mix-and-match approach to genre anticipates gothic horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for an experience unlike anything else in the history of cinema." - Criterion website
This screening will be presented with the original score, first heard at the Danish premiere. It's been re-recorded by the Czech Film Orchestra under the arrangement by film-music specialist Gillian B Anderson. Film courtesy of Janus Films
JANUARY 18TH 2PM
SALOME 1922
Alla Nazimova
February 22nd 2pm
FLESH AND THE DEVIL 1927
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
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CASANOVA 1927
France 159 min
courtesy of Flicker Alley
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