BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL

Tribeca Cinemas 54 Varick St. at Laight St. November 2-6, $20 per program www.bigapplefilmfestival.com www.tribecacinemas.com The seventh annual Big Apple Film Festival gets under way November 2, kicking off five days of screenings of more than one hundred shorts and features, focusing on independent cinema in New York and around the country. The first few […]

HUMAN CONDITIONS: THE FILMS OF MIKE LEIGH

HUMAN CONDITIONS: THE FILMS OF MIKE LEIGH Film at Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater 165 West 65th St. at Amsterdam Ave. May 27 – June 8 www.filmlinc.org For more than fifty years, British auteur Mike Leigh has been making character-driven films set in working-class worlds, anchored by memorable performances: Katrin Cartlidge in Career Girls, David […]

UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL

The Public Theater unless otherwise noted 425 Lafayette St. by Astor Pl. January 6-17, $25 unless otherwise noted 212-967-7555 www.undertheradarfestival.com The Public Theater’s 2016 Under the Radar Festival features eighteen innovative music, dance, and theater hybrids from around the globe, taking place primarily at the Public’s many stages. The fun begins with the French duo […]

NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: THE GO-GO BOYS

THE GO-GO BOYS: THE INSIDE STORY OF CANNON FILMS (Hilla Medalia, 2014) Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater 165 West 65th St. between Eighth Ave. & Broadway Thursday, January 29, 1:00 & 6:15 Festival runs through January 29 212-875-5050 www.filmlinc.com www.facebook.com At the beginning of The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon […]

FUN CITY — NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES 1967-75: YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW

YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, 1966) Museum of the Moving Image 35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria Saturday, August 10, free with museum admission, 2:00 Series runs August 10 – September 1 718-777-6800 www.movingimage.us Poor Bernard Chanticleer (Peter Kastner). His mother (Geraldine Page) sends him locks of her hair and pays a […]

UNSOUND FESTIVAL 2011

Goethe-Institut, Wyoming Building (and other venues) 5 East Third St. between Bowery & Second Ave. April 1-10, free – $30 www.unsound.pl/en www.goethe.de After a successful debut last year, the Unsound Festival is back with an amazing lineup of concerts, lectures, discussions, and film presentations that explore the past, present, and future of electronic music. Focusing […]

GIFTS OF LIFE: PROFILES IN COURAGE FROM THE TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY (online premiere and live Q&A)

Who: Shelby Caban, Jack Cloonan, Jennifer Lentini, Doug Housman, John Redican, Joy Oppedisano, Michael David Drucker What: Online film premiere and live discussion/Q&A Where: Zoom link available here When: Wednesday, May 13, free (donations accepted), 8:00 Why: After being selected for the Queens World Film Festival, the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York, the […]