Updated on Jan. 11 to include new dates
By RAY KELLY
Orson Welles’ newly restored Chimes at Midnight premieres at the Film Forum in New York City and Cinefamily in Los Angeles on January 1 before moving on to a dozen other theaters across the country in early 2016.
Janus Films is distributing Welles’ favorite film and has made improvements to the Filmoteca Española restoration, which debuted earlier this year. Criterion Collection President Peter Becker detailed those upgrades in a recent interview with Wellesnet.
The upcoming release, Becker said, is the culmination of more than 20 years and two generations of effort on the part of Janus Films. “There is no film we have waited longer for or worked harder to free up, and none we are prouder to present.”
Initial screening dates are:
January 1-13 – Los Angeles – Cinefamily
January 1-19 – New York City – Film Forum
January 2 – Portland, Oregon – Northwest Film Center
January 15-16 – Dallas – Texas Theatre
January 19 – San Francisco – Castro Theatre
January 29-31 – Fort Worth, Texas – Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Opens January 29 – Scottsdale, AZ – Harkins Camelview 5
February 4-7 – Cleveland – Cleveland Cinematheque
Opens February 5 – Lincoln, NE Opens February 5 – Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
Opens February 5 – Philadelphia, PA Opens February 5 – Philadelphia Film Society
February 12 – Washington, D.C. – Landmark E Street
February 19 – Minneapolis – Landmark Theatres
February 21-23 – Hartford – Cinestudio
Opens February 26 – Pittsburgh – Hollywood Theater
February 28 – Columbus, Ohio – Wexner Center for the Arts
March 3 – Albany – Madison Theater
March 5, 7 – Baltimore – Charles Theatre
March 6-7 – Ottawa, ON – ByTowne Cinema
Opens March 18 – Chicago – Music Box Theatre
Opens March 18 – Tucson, AZ – Loft Cinema
April 2, 3, 7 – Houston – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
April 15-17 – Detroit – Detroit Institute of Arts
April 20 – Boulder, CO – International Film Series
April 27 – Bryn Mawr, PA – Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Opens June 24 – Seattle – SIFF Cinema
TBA – Austin, TX – Violet Crown Cinema
TBA – Kansas City, MO – Tivoli Cinemas
TBA – Waterville, ME – Railroad Square
Although a home video release date has not yet been announced, it is expected that the Criterion Collection will release Chimes at Midnight on Blu-ray in the second half of 2016.
Along with the re-release of the movie, Janus Films has created a poster with an illustration depicting Welles as Falstaff and Keith Baxter as Prince Hal. On the bottom of the poster are logos for Filmoteca Española, Mr. Bongo and Janus Films. Mr.Bongo has released the Filmoteca Española restoration theatrically and on home video in England.
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