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John Vanco

@jhvanco.bsky.social
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I program cinemas in NYC & LA for Netflix. Previously: IFC Center, Cowboy Pictures, The Screening Room, Miramax, New Yorker Films, Fine Line Features, UVA.

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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🎂 Happy birthday to Alfred Hitchcock, born this day in 1899. Celebrate the master of suspense with a 70mm screening of VERTIGO – two chances to see Hitchcock’s masterpiece thriller in this summer’s edition of Big & Loud. Get tickets: www.paristheaternyc.com/film/vertigo...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO has inspired filmmakers for over 60 years, including Brian De Palma, Mel Brooks, and the late David Lynch. Don’t miss the 1958 psycho-thriller when the 70mm print of the 1996 restoration screens as part of our series Big & Loud. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/vertigo...
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John Vanco @jhvanco.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Join me at the Paris Theater tonight at 645pm for a rare 35mm screening of Lynne Ramsay's MORVERN CALLAR, one of my very favorite movies, and a critical film in the history of Cowboy Pictures.
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Our series Around the World with Luis Buñuel, co-presented by The Academy Museum, continues tomorrow with his final feature film, THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE. See the absurdist satire that was nominated for two Academy Awards: www.paristheaternyc.com/film/that-ob...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Neighborhood boys form a baseball team – and confront a terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall – in beloved 1993 kids' comedy THE SANDLOT. Three more chances to see it in our series Big Swings, a celebration of America’s pastime! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/the-san...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Tomorrow, see the final film in our series Around the World with Luis Buñuel: TRISTANA. Catherine Deneuve plays the title role in this Oscar-nominated drama about the hypocrisy of the ruling class. Co-presented by The Academy Museum. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/tristan...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A MAN AND A WOMAN was an arthouse sensation upon release in 1966, running for a record-breaking 65 consecutive weeks at the Paris! The iconic love story returns to our screen with a new 4K restoration in our series Something Borrowed, Something Blue. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/a-man-a...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ida Lupino sizzles in Raoul Walsh's THE MAN I LOVE (1947), the melodramatic road trip that inspired Martin Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977). See it as part of NOIR CITY: NEW YORK, co-presented with @noirfoundation.bsky.social! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/the-man...
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Neil Fleischer @neilfleischer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
“Él” (1953) at the Paris Theater
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Mike Meltzer @mikemeltzer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just saw a great Luis Bunuel double feature of The Young One and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie at the Paris Theater:
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Creative License 🎬 @creativelicense.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Marriage Story screening at Paris Theater, NYC June 30-July 2 #AdamDriver
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Mike Meltzer @mikemeltzer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just saw Luis Bunuel’s Phantom of Liberty in 35mm at the Paris Theater. Seeing the Phantom of Liberty ostrich in 35mm made this one of the greatest days of my life:
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Neil Fleischer @neilfleischer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“A Letter to Three Wives” (1949) at the Paris Theater
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Film Spotlight @filmspotlight.org · 04/06/2026
Blues in the Night + Black Angel with Eddie Muller (Introduction), Elizabeth Bougerol & Her Band (Musical Performance) 🎬 Blues in the Night + Black Angel Friday, July 10 Paris Theater In Person: Eddie Muller (Introduction), Elizabeth Bougerol & Her Band (Musical Performance)
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Blues in the Night + Black Angel with Eddie Muller (Introduction), Elizabeth Bougerol & Her Band (Musical Performance)
Blues in the Night + Black Angel - Paris Theater
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Alice @aliceinthecity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🎞 Portraits by an Artist: The Cinematic Visions of Julian Schnabel 📍 Paris Theater 🔗 www.paristheaternyc.com/series/portr...
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Alice @aliceinthecity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🎞 Around the World with | Autour du monde avec | La vuelta al mundo con Luis Buñuel 📍 Paris Theater 🔗 www.paristheaternyc.com/series/acade...
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Alice @aliceinthecity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🎞 Noir City: New York 📍 Paris Theater 🔗 www.paristheaternyc.com/series/noir-...
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Film Spotlight @filmspotlight.org · 05/06/2026
Zodiac with Megan Abbott (Journalist, Author) 🎞️ Zodiac Sunday, June 7 Paris Theater In Person: Megan Abbott (Journalist, Author)
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Zodiac with Megan Abbott (Journalist, Author)
Zodiac - Paris Theater
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Mike Meltzer @mikemeltzer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Saw Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts give an intro talk before a 35mm screening of Lonely Are The Brave at the Paris Theater tonight:
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Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Had a grand time at the @paristheaternyc.bsky.social talking with Kenneth Lonergan about one of his favorite films, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, as part of the @nyfcc.bsky.social series.
Kenneth Lonergan and Monica Castillo on stage at the Paris Theater. I’m on stage! Lonergan and CastilloLonergan and Castillo
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Vengeance brings Dracula's daughter to Giuliani's New York in Michael Almereyda’s 1994 arthouse thriller NADJA, screening June 9 for Bleak Week New York. Featuring a new 4K restoration of the director’s cut, followed by a Q&A with Almereyda & more: www.paristheaternyc.com/film/nadja-b...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Martin Scorsese’s lavish adaptation of Edith Wharton’s THE AGE OF INNOCENCE stars Daniel Day-Lewis & Winona Ryder. See it tomorrow at 6:45 PM in our new series Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a cinematic journey through the stages of marriage. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/the-age...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Douglas Sirk’s ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS set a new Technicolor standard for melodrama, inspiring legendary queer filmmakers like Rainer Werner Fassbinder and John Waters. Tonight at 7 PM, our series Something Borrowed, Something Blue continues with a 35mm screening of this masterpiece! t.co/Yi1obYWPCw
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
One of the great American films of the 90s -- and the movie that knocked out David Chase to such a degree that he hired Buscemi's casting directors and several of his actors – is playing in New York. Buscemi's gonna be there.
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Announcing Portraits by an Artist: The Cinematic Visions of Julian Schnabel! A complete retrospective in honor of IN THE HAND OF DANTE, opening Fri., June 12 at the Paris, followed by Q&A with Schnabel & actor Sabrina Impacciatore. Tickets & showtimes: paristheaternyc.com/series/portr...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Cinephile power couple Carrie Coon & Tracy Letts open the third edition of Bleak Week New York with their hand-picked selection: 1962’s LONELY ARE THE BRAVE. Don’t miss the special 35mm screening on June 5 when Bleak Week returns to the Paris! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/lonely-...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Just announced! Added screening of the newly restored TREES LOUNGE with an extended introduction by writer, director & star Steve Buscemi on Saturday, June 6 at 9:55 PM. Part of Bleak Week New York, co-presented by American Cinematheque. Tickets on sale now! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/trees-l...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Bleak Week New York presents a rare archival 35mm print of Sydney Pollack’s 1969 masterpiece THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY? introduced by HIS THREE DAUGHTERS director Azazel Jacobs, on June 6! Don’t miss this one - it’s not available on streaming! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/they-sh...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Bleak Week New York wouldn’t be complete without Todd Solondz’s 1996 coming-of-age nightmare WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE. See it June 11 on 35mm, introduced by IF I HAD LEGS, I’D KICK YOU filmmaker Mary Bronstein! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/welcome...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
On June 6, filmmaker Azazel Jacobs (HIS THREE DAUGHTERS) will introduce a rare 35mm archival print of Sydney Pollack’s 1969 masterpiece THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY? Don’t miss this one - it’s not available on streaming! Part of Bleak Week New York. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/they-sh...
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Karen V. Juliette @karenvjuliette.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Friends of @filmsack.com in NYC, if you want to see Zodiac on the big screen here is your chance!
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Ben Guilfoy @bkguilfoy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Soooo stoked to see "Lonely Are the Brave"
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My Chemical Imbalance @hollowmirth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
this movie hits me with a wave of powerful nostalgia that knocks me out for days
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Never Say Die: Ageless Adventures That Built THE BOROUGHS, starts May 11 at the Egyptian, curated by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews. See the cinematic inspiration for their series THE BOROUGHS! Catch a free screening of Ep 1 on Wed May 20 at 7PM followed by a conversation with Addiss & Matthews!
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The Egyptian Theatre - NEVER SAY DIE: AGELESS ADVENTURES THAT BUILT THE BOROUGHS
THE BOROUGHS | New Series in Netflix May 21
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Filmmaker Craig Foster forges an friendship with an octopus in MY OCTOPUS TEACHER, "a rewardingly intimate deep dive" raves THR. The Academy Award®-winning doc screens May 6 & 9 in our series Wild Tales: REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES & Other Unlikely Friendships! paristheaternyc.com/film/my-octo...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Announcing Never Say Die: Ageless Adventures That Built THE BOROUGHS, a collection starting May 15 specially curated by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews that contains the cinematic inspiration for their series THE BOROUGHS! Catch a free screening of Episode One on Thursday, May 28 at 7 PM.
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Paris Theater - Never Say Die: Ageless Adventures That Built THE BOROUGHS
THE BOROUGHS | New Series on Netflix May 21
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Wild Tales: REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES & Other Unlikely Friendships continues tomorrow at 1PM with Kelly Reichardt's poignant WENDY AND LUCY, starring Michelle Williams as a Northwestern drifter searching the outskirts of American life for her lost pup. paristheaternyc.com/film/wendy-a...
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Not to be confused w his 1937 thriller SABOTAGE, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1942 story of WWII-era sabotage stars Norman Lloyd as the titular SABOTEUR! The beloved actor & comedian got his big break as the mischievous meddler, screening 6/17 on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
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The Egyptian Theatre - Saboteur
35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Starring a rogue’s gallery of legendary character actors, including Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann & Algonquin Roundtable member Robert Benchley, it's Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT! Screening Mon, 6/16 in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer.
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The Egyptian Theatre - Foreign Correspondent
PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Joan Fontaine nabbed the only Oscar for an actress in a Hitchcock film for her role as a rich but plain Englishwoman - taken in by rakish playboy Cary Grant - in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 thriller SUSPICION! See it on Mon, June 23 on 35mm:
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The Egyptian Theatre - Suspicion
35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We're proud to announce the US Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Charles Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH! Happening June 26, on the exact 100th anniversary of the masterpiece’s premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925. Intro by Jeffrey Vance, film historian & author of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema.
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
PSA: we've just released more tickets to the following shows: MANCHESTER BY THE SEA with Lucas Hedges & Kenneth Lonergan Q&A HAPPINESS with Todd Solondz Q&A Get yours now:
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Paris Theater - Bleak Week New York
Co-presented by the American Cinematheque
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Starring CALIGULA’S Malcolm McDowell as twisted teen gang leader Alex DeLarge, Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 psychedelic, ultra-violent horrorshow A CLOCKWORK ORANGE screens tomorrow & Saturday on 35mm! Screening in Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social
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Paris Theater - A Clockwork Orange
Screening on 35mm | Part of "Bleak Week"
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel “The Secret Agent,” SABOTAGE stars Sylvia Sydney as a young wife who suspects her husband might be a nefarious spy. See it June 9 on 35mm in our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer!
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The Egyptian Theatre - Sabotage
35MM PRINT | PART OF HITCH! THE ORIGINAL CINEMA INFLUENCER
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Alfred Hitchcock’s influence knows no borders, and celebrated Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography is littered with homages to the horror hero. Our series HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer continues with Almodóvar’s suspenseful BAD EDUCATION on 35mm!
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Paris Theater - Bad Education
Screening on 35mm | Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
JUST ANNOUNCED ✨ Our Bleak Week New York VOX LUX screening will be on archival 35mm and will be preceded by Brady Corbet's first short film, PROTECT YOU + ME, starring Daniel London! Get tickets now.
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Paris Theater - Vox Lux
Q&A with Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold & Daniel London | Part of "Bleak Week"
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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Print edition of our #bleakweek New York Times article out now 📰🩶 And for all the local readers, don’t miss Bleak Week NY starting June 8th at the Paris Theatre @paristheaternyc.bsky.social
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Exciting news: Academy Award® nominee Lucas Hedges will join Kenneth Lonergan for Q&A following MANCHESTER BY THE SEA! Part of Bleak Week New York, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/manches...
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The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Set over the course of one fateful London weekend, the new 4K restoration of Mike Leigh’s acclaimed 1995 drama NAKED screens Monday and Wednesday in our series Bleak Week New York, co-presented by American Cinematheque. Tickets: www.paristheaternyc.com/film/naked-b...
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Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We're proud to present HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer, a summer screening series beginning Mon, June 9 and currently scheduled through Thu, July 3! Part one is on sale now, including 12 screenings on 35mm, with more showtimes to be announced.
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The Egyptian Theatre - HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer
Additional dates & titles to be announced!
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