Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand will heat up Central Park on Saturday night in viewers choice winner A STAR IS BORN
Central Park
Landscape between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd Street Cross Dr.
August 23-27, free, 8:00 (gates at 6:30)
www.centralparknyc.org
The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival begins today, kicking off five nights of movies focusing on music. Taking place on the landscape between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd Street Cross Dr., each evening will begin at 6:30 with DJs, with the films beginning at 8:00. Although picnicking is encouraged, alcoholic beverages are not. First up is the Hector Lavoe biopic El Cantante (Leon Ichaso, 2006), followed by the Charlie Parker flick Bird (Clint Eastwood, 1988) on Wednesday. Thursday’s feature is the Broadway adaptation Dreamgirls (Bill Condon, 2006), with the Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese, 2008) helping fans to get their ya-ya’s out on Friday night. The series concludes on Saturday with the viewers choice, Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand in the remake of A Star Is Born (Frank Pierson, 1976), which beat out Loretta Lynn and Coal Miner’s Daughter (Michael Apted, 1980).