Walter Reade Theater
165 W. 65th Street,
New York,
NY
10023
165 W. 65th Street,
New York,
NY
10023
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also a must, letting potential attendees know the schedule & how to get tickets/passes
https://www.filmlinc.org/series/unspeakable-the-films-of-tod-browning/
There’s gonna be an excellent Tod Browning film festival here from March 17 to March 26 of 2023. Most of the movies except for a few will be on 35 mm film stock. This is a must for Cine files
I’ve uploaded a street view showing the high rise the theater is in. Juilliard School is the building at far right.
Bruce C.’s photo shows the box office and entrance located on that second level.
Does anyone have a picture of the front of the building?
I don’t know whether it’s funny or sad that you would have to explain to readers of this site, who Walter Reade was.
Does this theater have recliners?
This has always been a great theater. How have the upgrades been? I heard it may become the NY Dolby theater like its sister in California.
Excellent screen, and excellent programming by the Film Society! Saw “MASH” here in 2010 with Elliott Gould in attendance for Q&A. Mr. Gould was great, and I had a five-plus minute conversation with him about conspiracy films of the 1970’s, since I love “Capricorn One” so much! He and Tom Skerritt were great and signed a commermorative 20th Century-Fox 75th Anniversary poster for a number of us.
The auditorium is very nice, a great balance of nice size and excellent projection and sound. I would love to come back and see more films!
Ryan’s Daughter was one of the finest examples of 70mm filmmaking it has ever been my privilege to see and hear. The sound was especially powerful. Whenever I watch this film at home, I always worry about it being too loud for the people downstairs. What a thrill to hear it blasting away in a theater. On the visual side, easily one of the most beautifully photographed films ever made. Thanks to the Walter Reade and the Film Society of Lincoln Center for showing this too-rarely-screened 70mm masterpiece.
Tron is being shown in 70mm as well.
Glad you had a good time, Chas. I’ll be going later today for Ryan’s Daughter. Been waiting 42 years to see that in 70mm. It’s going to be spectacular! Hope the Swedish subtitles aren’t too distracting.
Well, I didn’t get the pristine print I’d hoped for, but after a rough start it was mostly good, and seeing PLAYTIME on the big screen was wonderful.
Anyone see the first showing of PLAYTIME? I’m coming down for that one today, with hopes high for a great print.
They used the curtains for “2001”, maybe because Keir Dullea was in the audience. Unfortunately, they did not use them for Mad Mad World or West Side Story.
Do they open & close a curtain?
Yes, it was. The very best way to see and hear West Side Story.
was the presentation of West Side Story the restored five front channel soundmix?
I’ve seen three of the 70mm shows so far: 2001, Mad Mad World and West Side Story. All were beautiful prints. They looked brand new. Mad Mad World did wind up playing for over three hours because the police calls reel (sound only) was played after the intermission instead of during the intermission, but that was the only flaw in the festival that I could see. And the screen is quite big if you sit down near the front. Looking forward to Ryan’s Daughter on Saturday.
The screen at the Walter Reade Theatre does look awfully small for the showing of 70mm prints of films, but hey….I wish I could be at that late-December 70mm film festival! I’d pick up a ticket for West Side Story and maybe one or two of the other films on the schedule in a heartbeat if I resided in NYC!
Here’s hoping that WSS comes to Boston..and soon!
That photo was taken from a vantage point way in the back of the house with a wide angle lens. I’ve seen 70mm presentations here, the screen is more than adequate for the job.
What length was the film at the Castro?
Thanks for that information, Peter, regarding IAMMMMW. I imagine the running time of 197 minutes is also incorrect? Hard to imagine 43 minutes of police radio calls would sufficiently flesh out the general release run-time of 154 minutes. Even with an overture, entr'acte and exit music, 197 minutes seems like a stretch.
It will actually probably be a little smaller when the masking is adjusted for the 70mm presentations. Although many people associate 70mm with really big screens, 70mm can be properly projected onto smaller screens if they are masked to the appropriate aspect ratio. The result will be a really sharp image, but it won’t be the same experience as, say watching a good 70mm print at the Ziegfeld.
That screen looks awful small for 70mm presentaions.
The mother supposedly made the donation in the eighties so apparently she was still alive. The son died in 1973.