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Founded in 1997 by Bruce Goldstein, who was joined a year later by partner Adrienne Halpern, New York–based Rialto Pictures has become a leading theatrical distributor of classic foreign and American films in the US, with a catalog that ranges from Alfred Hitchcock’s silent The Ring (1927) to John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981)—including generous selections of French New Wave and poetic realism, British and French film noir, Ealing comedies, British social realism, American cult classics, and commedia all’italiana in between.
Rialto specializes in relaunching venerable classics in new 35mm prints or 4K digital restorations—after decades of being circulated only in inferior copies—with updated subtitles and creative new posters and trailers. But it’s also known for rediscovering overlooked, undistributed, and underappreciated films like Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows, Claude Sautet’s Classe tous risques, Robert Hamer’s It Always Rains on Sunday, Jean Renoir’s The Crime of Monsieur Lange, and Dino Risi’s Una vita difficile. And, as the US theatrical representative of the vast Studiocanal library, the company now handles such unexpected titles as Ted Kotcheff’s First Blood, Joe Dante’s The Howling, James Cameron’s Terminator 2, and Mel Brooks’s The Producers. This monthlong series features both audience favorites and under-seen gems from Rialto’s 25-year history, beginning with the world premiere of a new restoration of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 science-fiction provocation Alphaville.
Organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, Department of Film
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by Debra and Leon D. Black, with major contributions from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, and Karen and Gary Winnick.
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Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville). 1965. France. Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Courtesy of Photofest
Army of Shadows. 1969. France. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Courtesy Rialto Pictures.
Breathless. 1960. France. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Christ Stopped at Eboli. 1979. Italy/France. Directed by Francesco Rossi. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Crime of Monsieur Lange. 1936. France. Directed by Jean Renoir. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Escape from New York. 1981. USA. Directed by John Carpenter. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Grand Illusion. 1937. France. Directed by Jean Renoir. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
It Always Rains on Sunday. 1947. Great Britain. Directed by Robert Hamer. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Kind Hearts and Coronets. 1949. Great Britain. Directed by Robert Hamer. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
La Piscine. 1969. France/Italy. Directed by Jacques Deray. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Le Jour Se Lève. 1939. France. Directed by Marcel Carnè. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Metropolitan. 1990. USA. Directed by Whit Stillman. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Mr. Klein. 1976. France/Italy. Directed by Joseph Losey. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Nights of Cabiria. 1957. Italy/France. Directed by Federico Fellini. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Panique. 1946. France. Directed by Julien Duvivier. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Quai Des Orfèvres. 1947. France. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Ran. 1985. France/Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Rififi. 1955. France. Directed by Jules Dassin. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Conversation. 1974. USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. France. 1972. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Howling. 1981. USA. Directed by Joe Dante. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Runner. 1984. Iran. Directed by Amir Naderi. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Third Man. Great Britain. 1949. Directed by Carol Reed. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The Trial. 1962. France/Italy/West Germany. Directed by Orson Welles. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
The White Sheik. 1952. Italy. Directed by Federico Fellini. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi. 1954. France. Directed by Jacques Becker. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Went the Day Well? 1942. Great Britain. Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. Courtesy Rialto Pictures
Kind Hearts and Coronets. 1949. United Kingdom. Directed by Robert Hamer. Courtesy Rialto Pictures