TRIBECA FESTIVAL June 10-20, free with RSVP Other tickets and passes 20% off with code TFMEMORIAL21 through May 31 tribecafilm.com The 2021 Tribeca Festival might have dropped the word Film from its name, but it is still jam-packed with movies, being held this year indoors, outdoors, and virtually for people hanging at home. From June […]
Who: Nuala Clarke What: Live discussion about so i have observed video series Where: Zoom When: Saturday, September 5, free with RSVP, 3:00 Why: During the pandemic, Irish artist Nuala Clarke created so i have observed, a five-part video that incorporates images from her series The Dream Drawing with text from Irish alchemist Robert Boyle’s […]
THE LANDLORD (Hal Ashby, 1970) Film Forum 209 West Houston St. Sunday, July 23, 12:30, 4:30, and 8:30 Series runs through July 27 212-727-8110 filmforum.org When rich kid Elgar Winthrop Julius Enders (Beau Bridges) finally decides to do something with his spoiled life of privilege, he takes a rather curious turn, buying a dilapidated tenement […]
NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman, 1977) Film Forum 209 West Houston St. Wednesday, July 19, 8:30, and Tuesday, July 25, 5:40 Series runs through July 27 212-727-8110 filmforum.org In 1971, twenty-year-old Chantal Akerman moved to New York City from her native Belgium, determined to become a filmmaker. Teaming up with cinematographer Babette Mangolte, she made […]
THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (Joseph Sargent, 1974) Film Forum 209 West Houston St. Saturday, July 8, 4:45, Sunday, July 16, 6:20, Friday, July 21, 5:00 & 10:00 Series runs through July 27 212-727-8110 filmforum.orgg On October 29, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford refused to grant a federal bailout of New York, resulting […]
The Arts Center at Governors Island, Building 110 Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays through September 25 Admission: free, 12 noon – 5:00 212-219-9401 lmcc.net/event/winged It’s one of the most haunting and memorable works of contemporary art you’re ever likely to see. Michael Richards’s 1999 “Tar Baby vs. St. Sebastian,” on view weekends through September 25 in the […]
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (Clint Eastwood, 1973) Bryant Park Sixth Ave. between 40th & 42nd Sts. Monday, August 8, free, sunset Festival continues Mondays through August 22 www.bryantpark.org Director and star Clint Eastwood paints the town red in High Plains Drifter, one of the best films of his long, distinguished career. In the ultimate revenge drama, […]