Restoration Roundup

Year in and year out — with or without a pandemic — the work to digitally preserve the films of the past continues unabated by studios and archives both large and small. While restorations appear in our programming throughout the year, the effort to highlight this work has heretofore been a longstanding and dedicated yearly series. Yet our last Restoration Roundup — scheduled to kick off Mar 25, 2020 — was not meant to be and, quite frankly, this modest summation of only recently-released efforts barely scratches the surface of what we missed in the Years Between, including a few from the recent Sight and Sound poll.

Mon, Dec 9 at 3:30pm, 8:00pm

LET’S GET LOST

Seen through conversations with the musician himself, as well as archival footage and interviews with his friends and family — this essential portrait of jazz icon Chet Baker weaves in the moods of modern coastal L.A. to paint a nuanced black-and-white portrait of the trumpeter/vocalist in what would be the final year of his life. New 4K Restoration

Fri-Mon, Dec 27-30 at 12:15pm

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

In one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time, an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome mechanic, must grow up quickly when her lover is shipped off to fight in Algeria.

Sun, Dec 22 at 3:30pm

BLAST OF SILENCE

A hit man stalks his next victim through the streets of New York in the days leading up to Christmas in this swift, brutal, and blackhearted neo-noir. New 4K Restoration

Wed, Oct 30 at 9:00pm

CARRIE

Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is an ostracized girl saddled with a strict mother and nascent telepathy. When the high school “in crowd” torments her with a sick joke at the prom, Carrie’s fury lashes out with devastating power. De Palma deftly transfers Stephen King’s first novel to the screen.

Mon, Nov 4 at 8:00pm

THE FALL

In this inimitable cult classic starring a magnetic Lee Pace, singular filmmaker Tarsem crafts a magical love letter to the power of storytelling and the human imagination. Now restored in spectacular 4K, this visual feast of magnificent costumes and stunning locations rivals the wildest of dreams.