The Theater of the Matters presents…
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU

A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
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On the new episode of Emulsion, Nick Newman talks to Cinema Guild's @edwardmc.bsky.social about Shinji Somai, the new restoration of Love Hotel, and particulars of distribution. thefilmstage.com/emulsion-epi...

Feedback Loop: The Portuguese Revival Up until last year, my understanding of Portuguese cinema was rather limited. I’d encountered the work of contemporary directors such as João Pedro Rodrigues and Catarina Vasconcelos over the years, a...

Thank you for looking at Portuguese cinema yet again @screenslate.bsky.social & @nicopsetzer.bsky.social 💫 (apologies for saying Queer Lisboa was the oldest film fest in Portugal—they're not, but they've been around since the 20th century FWIW...)

The Theater of the Matters presents…

In the Midst of the End of the World—a reading

Join us at Unnameable Books to celebrate the new publication on Reis/Cordeiro. There will be reading and talking, and we will screen a film by Marguerite Duras. April 6!
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Cinema Guild Acquires Restored Films Of French New Wave Master Luc Moullet Cinema Guild will mount a touring theatrical retrospective of Moullet’s work starting at Film at Lincoln Center in New York in August.

▸ @cinemaguild.com takes N. American rights to restorations of Luc Moullet’s films and is planning a touring retrospective.

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Jaime, José Manuel Costa, 1985 The directorial debut of António Reis was something of a bolt from the blue. While it was certainly not the first instance of a great first work in Portuguese cinema – a cinema whose most interesting ...

“The directorial debut of António Reis was something of a bolt from the blue ... Jaime was nonetheless an arresting spectacle, due to its own beauty as a work as well as the striking impression that it conveyed.” – José Manuel Costa

YOU BURN ME: The Exhibition.

Now on view in the lobby of @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, displaying Matías Piñeiro’s editing scroll and other production materials from his new film. Opens tonight w/ a conversation moderated by Mariano Llinás!

A look at the pristine check print we’ll be screening tomorrow. See you at BAM! We’ve been moved to the biggest theater, so bring your friends, families, loved ones, comrades.

‘Fire Of Wind:’ Locarno & NYFF Title From Marta Mateus Lands North American Distribution Via Cinema Guild 'Fire Of Wind' debuted at last year’s Locarno Film Festival and had its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival

Marta Mateus' first feature FIRE OF WIND is a film of rare strength and beauty. An investigation of a land, a people, and their struggles expressed through the most essential cinematographic matter: bodies, faces, words, noises, light, shadow. See it in the cinema in 2025.

In collaboration with
Punto de Vista, International Film Festival of Navarra, we are pleased to present two Frans van de Staak texts from 1966: ‘An Interview with Jean-Marie Straub’ + an essay ‘On NICHT VERSÖHNT and MACHORKA-MUFF.’

Links below.

Thanks to David and Criterion Daily for highlighting our Reis/Cordeiro program, opening tomorrow in NYC and Chicago.

Something very special this weekend at Metrograph thanks to @theaterofmatters.bsky.social: António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro.

Read Jonathan’s great article.

António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro One of my biggest objections to many of the films that pass through the festival circuit today is the phony cosmopolitanism of many productions: films made from nowhere, but seemingly addressed to eve...

Humbling to write about the great António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro for @screenslate.bsky.social , in support of the retrospective by @theaterofmatters.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/ant...

Thank you, Francisco!

I spoke with Pedro Costa about António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. Hope to see you in the cinema this weekend.

We are honored to publish two poems by António Reis from his legendary book 'Poemas Quotidianos' (1957-60), newly translated by Miguel Cardoso.
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The story of João César Monteiro’s Marquis de Sade film, according to Pedro Costa:

Come see Matías’ great film, the astonishing preface he’s just completed for it, and the selection of films accompanying it.

For instance, Jean-Daniel Pollet’s MÉDITERRANÉE, which inspired Rivette to make OUT 1:

João César Monteiro (Santos)’s favorite films from 1968.

O CHARLATÃO = THE BIG MOUTH by Jerry Lewis

READ:

1) The Big Mouth Strikes Again: A Dialogue by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah
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2) “The Big Mouth” from Le Monde de Jerry Lewis by Noël Simsolo, translated by Nicholas Elliott
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The Theater of the Matters: The Big Mouth Jerry Lewis directs and stars in this irreverent 1967 comedy about a hapless accountant.

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The Theater of the Matters presents…
Jerry Lewis’ THE BIG MOUTH

“If Jerry Lewis had been working in 1917, he would have made genuine Marxist movies.” - Jean-Luc Godard

March 4 at BAM.
Rare 35mm.
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The Big Mouth Strikes Again — The Theater of the Matters A Dialogue on Mid-Period Jerry Lewis by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah

The Big Mouth (Jerry Lewis, 1967) will be playing in 35mm at BAM on Mar 4, so the programmers asked Chris Fujiwara and me to discuss it, which you can read here: theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...

JAIME, THE UNEXPECTED IN PORTUGUESE CINEMA:

António Reis interviewed by João César Monteiro (1974)

This astonishing conversation appears here for the first time in English, incl. JCM’s introductory text.
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Peasants of the Cinema: António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro — The Theater of the Matters Opens February 21, 2025 at Metrograph (New York) & Feb. 22 at Doc Films (Chicago) Largely unknown outside Portugal, filmmakers António Reis (1927-1991) and Margarida Cordeiro (b. 193...

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The Theater of the Matters presents…
PEASANTS OF THE CINEMA:
ANTÓNIO REIS & MARGARIDA CORDEIRO

A full retrospective of the legendary Portuguese duo, who made films of deep commitment rooted in reality and poetry, the earth and the cosmos. Opens Feb 21 at Metrograph and Doc Films.

Stavros Tornes // Statue of a seated old man, Chrysippus, a Greek Stoic philosopher, 2nd century AD

a terrific new archival find, an article about Francis Ford, from Photoplay magazine Feb 1914, which discusses his three years of directing experience. yay!