Hurricane Irene may have slowed us down a bit, but there is still plenty of stuff to do this week!
AUGUST 12TH - SEPTEMBER 1ST
IFC Center Docuweeksâ„¢
IFC Center
DocuWeeks™ premiered in 1997, and over the past 14 years, the showcase has qualified over 160 short and feature-length films, yielding 20 nominations and seven Oscar winners. Previous participants include Academy Award® winners Smile Pinki (2008), Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) and 2010 Oscar® Nominees Killing in the Name and Sun Come Up. This year’s edition includes films from the U.S., Latin America, Africa, Russia, Afghanistan, South Korea and Thailand.
AUGUST 26TH - AUGUST 30TH
Cinematic Passages: Ocean Liners on Screen
Walter Reade Theater
The ocean voyage was a perfect vehicle for recording all kinds of transformations: characters falling in or out of love; con men reforming, or succeeding in their scams; the weak becoming strong, or the brave turning cowardly. The ships themselves, with their labyrinthine passageways, lonely decks and hidden stairways, were perfect for plots in which we expected the characters to do the unexpected. Although the class nature of ocean travel is often emphasized, at the same time ocean liners have a curious sense of egalitarianism—we’re all on the same boat, after all, a point emphasized in later years when ocean liners frequently were seen as the sites of communal disasters.
A Night at the Opera, A Night to Remember, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Love Affair, Royal Wedding, Shall We Dance, The Lady Eve, The Poseidon Adventure, The Princess Comes Across, Titanic
AUGUST 24TH - AUGUST 31ST
10 Years of Magnolia Pictures
BAM, 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
BAMcinématek salutes the visionary independent film distribution company on its 10th anniversary. Formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, the pioneering company has brought provocative, intelligent independent and international cinema to screens across the country.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30th
Free Outdoor Movie Screening
Pump Up the Volume
Sunset, on the Brooklyn waterfront; Valentino Pier
Red Hook Films
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24th
AMC Special Event
Scarface
7:30pm, Check your local theater
Free Outdoor Movie Screening
The Straight Story
Sunset, Queens Socrates Park
EPIX Free-For-All
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH
Free Outdoor Movie Screening
Stake Land
Sunset, East Village Tompkins Square Park
EPIX Free-For-All
Below is the Google calendar with all upcoming events. Please comment below if you're going to an event or if you know of something else happening!
Feature by Melissa Hanson.
