The Paris Theater is proud to partner with the American Cinematheque to bring you BLEAK WEEK NEW YORK from June 9-16, 2024. For the past three years, the Cinematheque has hosted Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair, a weeklong festival in Los Angeles that spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world to explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as some of the bleakest points in human history. A harrowing, yet powerful lineup of films defined by stark imagery, unimaginable tragedies, existential fear, nihilism and shocking acts of brutality, this series features the world’s leading filmmakers who wholly embrace a cinema of despair in pursuit of unpleasant truths and raw empathy.

2025 showtimes to be announced! Click here for the 2025 series page.