‘One Battle After Another’ to Screen in 35mm for the First Time at Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema

The Oscar-winning epic has played around the world in 70mm, VistaVision, and multiple other formats, but a new 35mm print makes its debut as part of the New Bev's stacked June calendar.

Format nerds got the cinematic gift of a lifetime last fall when Warner Bros. released Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” in a variety of dazzling formats, including not just the usual suspects like IMAX and 4DX but multiple celluloid iterations, including the ultra-rare VistaVision. One format in which “One Battle” was not available was old-school 35mm — but that’s about to change with the debut of a new print at Quentin Tarantino‘s New Beverly Cinema.

On June 18-20, the New Bev will screen “One Battle After Another” in 35mm, giving cinephiles an excuse (as though one was really needed) to dive into Anderson’s Oscar-winning epic once again and see how the grain and color of 35mm measure up against 70mm, VistaVision, and numerous digital formats. It’s just part of a typically robust June calendar, which sees the New Beverly hosting a wide range of cinematic treats from beloved classics (“The Third Man,” “E.T.”) and crowd-pleasers (a Tom Cruise sci-fi double bill of “War of the Worlds” and “Edge of Tomorrow”) to masterpieces by foreign auteurs (Truffaut’s “Wild Child,” Antonioni’s “The Passenger”) and obscure kung-fu gems (“Snake in the Monkey’s Shadow,” “Snake Deadly Act”).

As usual, there are films that are completely unavailable on physical media or streaming platforms, like “Blonde Ransom,” a comedy from director William Beaudine never before released on home video, and rare opportunities to see old favorites as they were meant to be seen — in the case of “Creature from the Black Lagoon” and “It Came From Outer Space,” in their native 3D. There’s also a special advance screening of “Pig” director Michael Sarnoski’s new film “The Death of Robin Hood” in 35mm with Sarnoski in person, and midnight screenings of Tarantino’s own “Inglourious Basterds” and cult favorites “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” John Waters’ “Desperate Living,” “Mars Attacks!” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4.”

There are plenty of other treats as well, including weekend matinees of Lawrence Kasdan‘s “Silverado” on June 27 and 28. Kasdan is having a bit of a well-deserved moment right now, with the release of his latest film, “Marty, Life Is Short,” on Netflix and a reissue of his debut feature, “Body Heat,” from Criterion, and the chance to see his 1985 Western on the big screen should not be missed.

In keeping with Kasdan’s usual practices, it’s a rich ensemble film (Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, and Jeff Goldblum are just the start of the cast list) that’s both philosophically rich and spectacularly entertaining — it combines the escapist thrills of Kasdan’s screenplays for “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with the more contemplative, adult pleasures of his “The Big Chill” and “Grand Canyon.” And like all of the movies on the New Beverly calendar, it’s even better when watched with a packed crowd.

For the full New Beverly June line-up, visit the theater’s website.