Christian Petzold will discuss Miroirs No. 3 as part of Art House Cinema Week
ART HOUSE CINEMA WEEK NEW YORK
Multiple venues
March 20-26
www.arthouseny.org
Frustrated by how many Oscar-nominated films you never heard of? Well, that means you don’t frequent many of New York’s art houses, where you can find the best in foreign-language films, documentaries, indies, and more.
The city is trying to rectify that with the inaugural Cinema Week, sponsored by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and Art House New York (AHNY). Running March 20-26, the festival comprises special events and low-priced screenings at nearly thirty local institutions, including Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn, the Angelika, Anthology, DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema, the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Maysles Documentary Center, Metrograph, Nitehawk Cinemas, and the Paris Theater.
“Cinema Week is a chance to celebrate the local, curated, and community-oriented cinemas across our city that help New York feel like New York,” AHNY cofounder Allason Leitz said in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming new and returning audiences and together making Cinema Week a reminder of why these spaces matter as a cultural cornerstone of New York City. Our cinemas’ unwavering commitment to gathering people in real life, around complex stories and collective discussion, is an essential element to the future of our city, democracy, and daily lives.”
A central initiative is offering five thousand free tickets to New Yorkers, which can be picked up at the box office. You can also buy tickets in advance.
“These tickets will make it easier for working New Yorkers to enjoy these incredible films, and they will provide a boost for our local theaters and small businesses supporting the festival. Access to arts, culture, and entertainment should be a right for every New Yorker, not a luxury for the few,” Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su added.
Below are only some of the highlights.
Friday, March 20
Sad Girl Cinema Club: Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, 2011), Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn, $19.18, 11:10 am
Tales of the Immigrant City: In America (Jim Sheridan, 2002), with guest speaker Colum McCann, Uptown Film Center at the New York Historical, free – $12, 6:30
Black and White (James Toback, 1999), followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and cast members, Cinema Village, $16.19, 7:00
Esta Isla (Cristian Carretero & Lorraine Jones, 2025), followed by a Q&A with the directors, Village East by Angelika, $21.19, 7:20
Saturday, March 21
The Murray Center at 10: Future of Documentary Secret Screening, followed by a panel discussion with Sergei Loznitsa, Stephen Maing, Meg Vatterott, Farihah Zaman, Chris Boeckmann, Jason Ishikawa, and Yance Ford, moderated by Robert Greene, Metrograph, $18, 1:00
Miroirs No. 3 (Christian Petzold, 2025), followed by a Q&A with Christian Petzold and discount concessions, Film at Lincoln Center, $21, 6:00
Stephanie Barber: Jhana and the Rats of James Olds or 31 Days / 31 Videos, with a talk and performance by Stephanie Barber, Anthology Film Archives, $14, 7:00
Sunday, March 22
Debra Granik: Unseen America — Conbody vs Everybody (Debra Granik, 2024), With Debra Granik in person, Cinema Arts Centre, $18, noon
Stink-O-Vision show: Dead Lover (Grace Glowicki, 2025), followed by a Q&A moderated by John Early, IFC Center, $19.95, 7:00
Monday, March 23
“Built to Move: NYC Subway on Film Series” — The Wreck of the New York Subway (1969 newsreel), Elevator Pitch (Martyna Starosta, 2020), and End of the Line (Emmett Adler, 2021), DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema, $10, 7:00
Sneak Preview Screening: Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (Netflix, 2026), followed by a conversation with series creator Haley Z. Boston and cast members Camila Morrone and Adam DiMarco, moderated by Josh Horowitz, Paris Theater, free tickets available in advance, 7:00
Tuesday, March 24
Will (Jessie Maple, 1981), followed by a Q&A with E. Daniel Butler and Audrey Maple Snipes, Maysles Documentary Center, free – $15, 7:00
Wednesday, March 25
The Young Film Forum (YFF) Archive Dive: The Same River Twice (Robb Moss, 2003), introduced by Joel Coen and Frances McDormand, Film Forum, $17, 6:30
Reel Sisters & BAM present An Evening of Shorts Honoring Women’s History Month, BAM, $17, 7:00
Early Access: The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange and the Price of Truth (Eugene Jarecki, 2025), followed by a Q&A with Eugene Jarecki, Angelika, $21.99, 7:30
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival — Live Sound Cinema: Faust (F. W. Murnau, 1926), with live score by the Flushing Remonstrance, Nitehawk Williamsburg, $24, 9:30
Thursday, March 26
March Melodrama: All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999), introduced by filmmaker Tristan Scott-Behrends, Quad Cinema, $20.19, 6:10
[Mark Rifkin is a Brooklyn-born, Manhattan-based writer; you can follow him on Substack here.]