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Follow the Fleet

(G) Dir. Mark Sandrich, USA, 1936, 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
35mm print available.
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake’s buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry’s sister Connie.

Roberta

(G) Dir. William A. Seiter, 1935. 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
35mm print available.
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianans travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately.

The Gay Divorcee

(G) Dir. Mark Sandrich, USA, 1934. 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
35mm print available.
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent.

Shall We Dance

(G) Dir. Mark Sandrich, USA, 1937, 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
35mm print available.
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. A budding romance between a ballet master and a tap dancer becomes complicated when rumours surface that they’re already married.

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

(G) Dir. H.C. Potter, USA, 1939, 93 min | Biography, Musical, Romance
35mm print available.
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The film tells of novice dancer Irene Foote (Rogers) who convinces vaudeville comic Vernon Castle (Astaire) to give up slapstick comedy in favor of sophisticated ballroom dancing.

Russian Ark

★★★★★ “Totally exhilarating and surprisingly moving” – Margaret Pomeranz, The SBS Movie Show

“One of the most astonishing films ever made” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“Has to be seen to be believed. A glorious experience” – Village Voice

(G) Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia, 2003. 99 min | Historical drama

Alexander Sokurov’s spellbinding masterpiece RUSSIAN ARK is a multi-award winning film consisting of one unbroken camera shot that moves through St. […]

Iconic Jacques Tati Comedies

“Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights” –  Roger Ebert

Potential Films is excited to announce that fully restored and remastered Jacques Tati comedy classics – JOUR DE FÊTE, M. HULOT’S HOLIDAY, MON ONCLE, PLAYTIME, TRAFIC and PARADE – are available in 2K DCP digital format. […]