The newly restored Egyptian Theatre is welcoming a series of festive double features for cinephiles.
The Los Angeles-based theater is transforming into a holiday wonderland for acclaimed features, ranging from “Eyes Wide Shut” to “The Killer.” IndieWire exclusively announces the programming of curated double features that select “favorite new movies paired with classics ready for another moment in the spotlight,” per the Egyptian. The inaugural holiday series reflects on the best films of the year, pairing features with their creative inspirations.
Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” will screen Christmas Day after Netflix’s erotic thriller “Fair Play,” with Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein ode “Maestro” screening side by side with the 1961 film “West Side Story” in IB Technicolor 35mm from the Academy Film Archive, featuring Bernstein’s music. Natalie Portman pulls double duty with “Black Swan” and Netflix’s “May December,” both screening December 27.
All double-bills are only $13, with ticket-holders having the same seat in both screenings. The Egyptian Theatre was purchased by Netflix in 2020 and reopened November 9 in partnership with the American Cinematheque. David Fincher’s “The Killer” was the first film screened at the new theater, with Fincher providing a Q&A afterward. Netflix also unveiled the short documentary “Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre” including interviews with filmmakers Rian Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, Lynette Howell Taylor, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, and the theater restoration architect Peyton Hall.
December screenings included “Days of Heaven,” “L’amour Fou,” “Don’t Look Now,” “Imitation of Life,” “Lone Star,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and a 70mm screening of Zack Snyder‘s “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire.”
See the full lineup for the Egyptian Theatre holidaying programming below.
Monday, December 25
1:00pm – NYAD followed by The Kids Are All Right (2010)
6:30pm – Fair Play followed by Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Tuesday, December 26
1:00pm – Maestro followed by West Side Story (1961) in IB Technicolor 35mm from Academy Film Archive
7:00pm – Society of the Snow followed by The Orphanage (2007) in 35mm
Wednesday, December 27
1:00pm – Rustin followed by Sweet Smell of Success (1957) in 35mm
7:00pm – May December followed by Black Swan (2010)
Thursday, December 28
1:00pm – American Symphony followed by Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
7:00pm – Maestro followed by All That Jazz (1979) in 35mm
Monday, January 1
1:00pm – Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget followed by Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Short Films (1989-2008)
7:00pm – NYAD followed by Panic Room (2002) in 35mm
Tuesday, January 2
7:00pm – The Killer followed by Seven (1995) in 35mm
Wednesday, January 3
7:00pm – The Killer followed by Charley Varrick (1973) in 35mm
Tuesday, January 9
7:00pm – May December followed by Safe (1995) in 35mm
