Big & Loud
DETAILS
For a second year, the Paris Theater is bringing a visual and sonic feast to New York City with BIG & LOUD a series of cinema’s most unforgettable sensory experiences featuring a jam-packed lineup of 70mm, Dolby Atmos, and audio-obsessive cinema.
The series - which will play over five weeks across August, September, and October - originally debuted in 2023 upon the historic Paris Theater’s reopening to showcase its state-of-the-art technical upgrades, including a newly installed Dolby Atmos sound system and the technology to screen 70mm for the first time in fifteen years. With over 500 seats, Manhattan’s last remaining single screen theater also became its largest Atmos cinema.
All that technical firepower is a recipe for a cinephile’s dream, with the ability to fully immerse the viewer in the world onscreen, and the films in this year’s lineup more than deliver on that promise. Foremost among the series’ unmissable events: Big & Loud opens with the New York premiere of a brand new 70mm print of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, regularly voted one of the greatest films ever made.
Newly struck 70mm prints of Hitchcock’s North By Northwest and John Ford’s The Searchers will also feature in Big & Loud; those films (along with Vertigo) were shot in VistaVision, the 1950s high-resolution widescreen format, but now both are being presented in 70mm for the first time. Many more 70mm classics, as well as films outfitted with the thrilling soundscapes of a Dolby Atmos mix, special in-person filmmaker appearances, and more surprises are in store across the full Big & Loud lineup.
Check out the highlights of the full five-week series below, and the complete list of titles and showtimes for Week Three (Oct 4-10), Week Four (Oct 18-24) and Week Five (Oct 25-31) will be announced in September.
Featuring the New York premiere of brand new 70mm print of
Alfred Hitchcock’s VERITGO • PLUS • LIGHT & NOISE: A Don Hertzfeldt Residency, featuring his new film, ME, and a conversation with Ari Aster
Additional titles in Weeks One & Two are:
THE ABYSS: SPECIAL EDITION in Atmos • BOOGIE NIGHTS in 70mm • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND • DAYS OF HEAVEN 4K Restoration • EAST OF EDEN in Atmos • FORBIDDEN PLANET • GRAVITY in Atmos • THE GREEN FOG (double-feature with VERTIGO) • INSTRUMENT 25th Anniversary + Q&A with Jem Cohen & Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto • KOYAANISQATSI • THE LAST WALTZ 4K Restoration • MALCOLM X in 70mm • OKJA in Atmos • PHANTOM THREAD in 70mm • THE REMAINS OF THE DAY in 70mm + Q&A with James Ivory • SPARTACUS in 70mm • TRAINING DAY in Atmos • UNCUT GEMS in Atmos
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEKS ONE & TWO:
Opening night screening - Friday, August 23 - introduced by legendary NYC film writer Amy Taubin. New York Premiere of new 70mm print! Playing Aug 23, 25, 29, 31, & Sept 3. August 25th show plays in a double feature with The Green Fog, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson.
Light & Noise: A Don Hertzfeldt Residency
Oscar-nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt premieres his brand new film, ME, along with screenings of It’s Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow as well as a rare presentation of one of Don’s sci-fi inspirations, Forbidden Planet (preceded by a surprise short film favorite). Don will be in person at all shows, with Ari Aster (Midsommar) moderating the Q&A after World of Tomorrow and film critic & author Simon Abrams moderating the Q&A after It’s Such a Beautiful Day.
25th Anniversary Screening with director Jem Cohen and Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto in person for a Q&A
Rare screening of 70mm print, followed by a Q&A with director James Ivory, writer & filmmaker Hugo Perez
Boogie Nights & Phantom Thread
Two enduring classics by Paul Thomas Anderson, both In 70mm
Spike Lee’s Academy Award-nominated portrait of an icon in 70mm!
Stanley Kubrick directs and Kirk Douglas stars in the ultimate sword-and-sandals epic. In 70mm
HIGHLIGHTS IN WEEKS THREE, FOUR & FIVE
(full lineup & tickets announced in September)
70mm SCREENINGS:
North By Northwest | New 70mm Restoration of Hitchcock’s classic!
The Searchers | Newly struck 70mm print!
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lawrence of Arabia
Nope
Inception
Hamlet (1996)
The Untouchables
AUDIO-OBSESSIVE CINEMA:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch with director/star John Cameron Mitchell in person!
Dazed and Confused | New 4K Restoration!