Guy Maddin's Careful

Name: Guy Maddin's Careful
Start: 2026-06-30T00:50:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-09T16:30:00.000Z
Location: Film Forum, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

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No living director makes films that look like Careful: Guy Maddin shot his repressed-alpine-village melodrama to resemble a hand-tinted 1920s part-talkie, all irises, painted skies and hysterical whispering. It's one of the great cult objects of the 1990s, nearly impossible to see projected, and today is the final day of the held-over restoration run. For adventurous filmgoers, this is the week's strangest and most rewarding two hours.

What to expect

A genuinely singular viewing experience — melodrama pitched between camp and dream logic, in saturated antique color with a repertory crowd that knows what it signed up for. Four showtimes run across the day, from a matinee to a late-evening slot.

Good to know

Film Forum is at 209 W Houston St — take the 1 to Houston St
This is the final day of the held-over run
Ideal double feature with The Third Man, also ending its run in the next room
Members get discounted admission
The restoration preserves Maddin's intentionally archaic color and texture — it's supposed to look like that
Best for viewers who enjoy Lynch, silent-film aesthetics or midnight-movie oddities

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Common questions

What is Careful about?

In a Bavarian alpine town where any loud noise can trigger a deadly avalanche, the townsfolk whisper, repress everything — and the repression curdles into gothic melodrama.

Why does the film look so strange?

Guy Maddin deliberately shot it in the style of early two-strip Technicolor and part-talkie cinema — the antique look is the point, fully preserved in the restoration.

Guy Maddin's Careful

What to expect

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