By RAY KELLY
To kick off what is fast becoming the Year of Orson Welles, the Film Forum in New York City will screen his greatest works and several rarities between January 1 and February 3, 2015.
The prodigious undertaking features nearly three dozen movies ranging from early efforts like The Hearts of Age and Too Much Johnson to the masterpieces: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and a new restoration of Chimes at Midnight. There are several appropriate pairings in the mix – Immortal Story with F For Fake; Mr. Arkadin and Orson Welles in Spain; and Compulsion and The Long Hot Summer. Multiple versions of Touch of Evil and Macbeth will be shown over the five-week span.
Weeks later, the Paley Center for Media in New York will screen the seldom-seen, Welles-directed The Fountain of Youth, Hallmark Hall of Fame’s The Man Who Came to Dinner, Omnibus’ King Lear, an I Love Lucy appearance, several TV interviews and more. Those showings are slated for February 7-8 and February 14-15, 2015.
Noted Welles’ author Joseph McBride is serving as a consultant on the Film Forum series, which comes just four months before the 100th anniversary of Welles’ birth. He will speak at several offerings during the run. The series was programmed and organized by Bruce Goldstein, director of Repertory Programming at Film Forum.
Here is a rundown of what to expect:
January 1-8 – Citizen Kane (4K restoration)
January 9-10 – The Magnificent Ambersons
January 9-10 – The Stranger
January 11 – The Muppet Movie
January 11-12 – The Stranger with Journey Into Fear (double feature)
January 13 – Man in the Shadow (new restoration) and Black Magic (double feature)
January 14 – Touch of Evil (preview version) introduced by Joseph McBride
January 15-17 – Macbeth (“Scottish” version) – Jan. 16, 7:10pm introduced by Joseph McBride
January 15 and 17 – “Wellesiana” including The Hearts of Age introduced by Joseph McBride
January 17 – The Magnificent Ambersons – post-film analysis of original cut by Joseph McBride
January 18-19 – Jane Eyre and Tomorrow is Forever (double feature)
January 20 – Compulsion and The Long Hot Summer (double feature)
January 21-22 – Immortal Story and F For Fake (double feature)
January 23-24 – The Lady From Shanghai and The Third Man (double feature)
January 25-26 – Othello
January 25 – It’s All True
January 25 – Macbeth (original release version) and Return to Glennascaul (double feature)
January 26 – Chimes at Midnight (DCP restoration courtesy Filmoteca Española)
January 27 – Prince of Foxes and The Black Rose (double feature)
January 28 – It’s All True
January 28-29 – Mr. Arkadin and Orson Welles in Spain (double feature)
January 29 – Touch of Evil (release version)
January 30-31 – The Trial (new restoration)
February 1 – Chimes at Midnight (DCP restoration courtesy Filmoteca Española)
February 1-2 – Touch of Evil (reconstruction)
February 2 – Too Much Johnson
February 3 – A Man For All Seasons
February 3 – Someone to Love
Visit the Film Forum website for times, ticket prices.
The Film Forum is located in the West Village near Soho at 209 West Houston Street. The Paley Center for Media is located midtown at 25 West 52nd Street.
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