Jim McBride's BREATHLESS Screens at the Roxy Cinema Tomorrow; McBride's DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY Screens This Month in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room

RICHARD GERE IN A PROMOTIONAL IMAGE FOR JIM MCBRIDE’S BREATHLESS (1983). SOURCE: ROTTEN TOMATOES.

OFFICIAL POSTER ART FOR JIM MCBRIDE’S DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY (1967). SOURCE: LETTERBOXD.

Tomorrow, July 5th, at 5pm, Jim McBride’s controversial 1983 remake of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 French New Wave classic BREATHLESS screens at the Roxy Cinema in Tribeca as part of the series “This is Cinématographe.” This series spotlights recent releases from Vinegar Syndrome’s new sub-label, Cinématographe, whose mission is to “fill gaps in the canon of American cinema” and “offer a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and ‘70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and ‘90s.” McBride’s BREATHLESS was recently restored and reissued as a 4K Blu-Ray by the label.

McBride co-wrote the screenplay for BREATHLESS with L.M. Kit Carson, who starred in McBride’s feature directorial debut, the groundbreaking 1967 “mockumentary” DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY. Adrienne Mancia, a longtime friend and colleague of GME President Jon Gartenberg, championed McBride’s debut during her time as a curator in the The Museum of Modern Art’s film department, wherein she redefined the field of film programming by showcasing new and innovative works by emerging artists.

DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY streams this month in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room. Click here to view McBride’s film and read an excerpt from Gartenberg’s program note about DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY, written for the occasion of the film’s inclusion in MoMA’s 2023 Adrienne Mancia tribute.