Metrograph’s Owners Name Their Top Ten Films
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Metrograph, a cinema on Ludlow Street that opened in February, hopes to bring back the Hollywood Golden Era of moviegoing. It’s founders grew up going to the independent arthouses, some of which are now closed. We asked them to list their top ten favorite movies and they came up with some classics.
JACOB PERLIN
Perlin is the artistic director at Metrograph. He also founded a distribution company called The Film Desk in 2008.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Trading Places
The Clock
The Cool World
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Husbands
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Je t’aime, je t’aime
Mission: Impossible
Vivre Sa Vie
ALEXANDER OLCH
Alexander is the founder and CEO at Metrograph. He is also a filmmaker and met Perlin when his documentary “The Windmill” debuted in 2008. Alexander designs ties and owns a boutique around the corner from Metrograph.
The 39 Steps
The Magnificent Ambersons
Letter from an Unknown Woman
All About Eve
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Frantic
The Rocketeer
F For Fake
Heist
Vivre Sa Vie
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