Six In Italy

"Since 1996 Ocularis has exhibited contemporary film and video work combined with independent, avant-garde and repertory cinema." That being said, swing by Galapagos, grab a drink at the bar, and watch six shorts that all take place in Italy (this is definitely not going to help my urges to ship out to the Tuscan country side). On the line up tonight is Intervals by Peter Greenaway, Roma by Jacob Burckhardt, Nettezza Urbana by Michelangelo Antonioni, The Assignation by Curtis Harrington, Travel Song: Italy by Jonas Mekas, Bambini in Citta by Luigi Comencini.

Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Galapagos, 70 North 6th
Cost: $6

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Girls Gone Skating

For the girls who like to run with the boys, and the boys that like the girls who do, you may want to check this one out. While Lindsay on a skateboard is not a pretty sight, some girls can ride one like nobody's business. Tonight, Anthology Film Archives screens the new film from Element, Getting Nowhere Faster, a skate video all about the ladies.

Date: Thursday, March 10th
Time: 6:15pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives, 2nd and 2nd
Cost: Free

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Hello Ginga

First I received the above cryptic flyer with some image that looks like its pulled from the Cevaleiro Marginal opening this weekend at Deitch. Thankfully, Josh Rubin has come to the rescue with a fantastic synopsis of the film.

"I wish all documentary filmmakers could rock Nikes to make films, but this time around, it’s a Brazilian story being told. In the vein of last spring’s Art of Speed film collaborations, tonight RES presents a screening and event of the Nike-sponsored documentary film about Ginga (loosely translates to “art of movement”) and the sport of futebol in Brazil. Executive produced by Fernando Meirelles, the director of the incredible film City of God, the film highlights futebol players at both the local and national level in Brazil, and captures six different players, in different regions and in various arenas of play all around the Brazilian wonderland – the beach, the street, the sandlot. The film is about an hour long, directed by Hank Levine, Tocha Alves, and Marcelo Machado from O2 Films. Meirelles rhapsodizes, "Ginga is the Brazilian secret ingredient to the world’s most beautiful game.” The film is currently awaiting wider distribution, unless you're lucky enough to catch it at one of these special RES/Nike events.

Nike’s inspiration is this je ne sais quoi of Brazilian people – which they have capped with the term Ginga - for infusion into their global spring sportswear collection, in addition to several smaller retail spin-offs, such as three different colorwaves for Nikeid.com shoppers (for use in customizing the Dunk, Presto, and Zoom FC). The line will feature graphics designed by the Aprendiz School in Sao Paulo, and 1950s Copcabana-inspired apparel from the Brazillian fashion designer Jum Nakao. The graffiti celebrities Os Gemeos have created work for display at the afterparty, in a continuing relationship with the shoe company we love to hate (on). (OG have created public works for Nike in Los Angeles in the past, and they are designing a shoe as part of the Ginga thing). I guess there's nothing left to do but - Ginga!" by Ranjani Gopalarathinam on 10 March 05 for Cool Hunting.

Date: Friday, March 11th
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Venue: The Firehouse (209 Elizabeth between Prince and Spring)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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At the Late Night, Double Feature...

Its a double feature of classic horror goodness tonight at Rafifi. First its the Stephen King classic amish-gone-wild film Children of the Corn followed by the freak-out Exorcist-esque Omen. Dj's fill out the evening with a soundtrack of DarkWave, BritPop, Electro, Metal, etc. $3 beers (not so cheap).

Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 9:30pm (movies at 10:00pm)
Venue: Rififi (332 11th Street between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free

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End of the Century Release

Celebrate the release of End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones by drinking free Red Stripe at CB's. Note: no guarantee that the film with show here.

Date: Tuesday, March 15th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: CB's Lounge - downstairs (313 Bowery)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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17 Short Films by Yves Klein

While not a direcor himself, the French conceptualist artist and archeitect, Yves klein, recruited professionals from the Gaumont Studio in Paris to shoot some of his performances. Recently, these films have been restored by the Yves Klein Archive. Organized in conjunction with the exhibit, Air Architecture, at the Storefront For Art and Architecture these films will be showing tonight at the Anthology Film Archives.

Date: Tuesday, March 22nd
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Females in/on Film

CineWomen NY, New York Women in Film and Television, African-American Women in Cinema and Women Make Movies have put together a screening celebrating Women's History Month. Tonight at the Donnell Media Center of the New York Public Library catch "New York Hat," starring Mary Pickford, "Unmasked," a rare find from Grace Cunard the silent screen star known as the Queen of the Serials, "His/Herstory," written and directed by Nzinga Kadalie Kemp, and "Dreams of Jagodina" from writer/director Nora Malone. Following the screenings there will be a panel discussion.

Date: Thursday, March 24th
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Donnell Media Center, 20 West 53rd st
Cost: Free

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Reggae Retro

Spend Saturday night soaking up the culture of the islands in all forms. Start the night by catching a screening of Ras Cuba, a documentary about the origins and development of Rastafarian culture in Cuba. Then stick around for the tribute to Garnett Silk, a singer from the 80's dancehall scene who was shot back in 94. Today would have been his 39th birthday. Music will be brought to you by Strugglers Movement and special guest DJs including DJ Tree & DJ Styff.

Date: Saturday April 2nd
Time: doors at 8pm
Location: Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue, Park Slope
Cost: Free only before 10pm

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Reanimator

Catch this gore-classic remake of HP Lovecrafts novel of the same name tonight at Metropol. The film will be complimented by death metal, darkwave and all other spooky music forms. $3 pints of PBR all night long.

Date: Monday, April 4th
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Rififi (332 11th street between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free

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Gigantic Film Screening

Gigantic Brand (parents of the Gigantic Art Space) are celebrating the last few days of early sunsets with a screening of Dario Argento's classic Italian horror film Susprisa which boasts "the most vicious murder scene ever filmed." Please call ahead if you have a large group (212.966.2361)

Date: Wednesday, April 6th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Gigantic Brand (59 Franklin Street between Broadway and Lafayette)
Cost: Free

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Heart of the Congo

Its nice to know that I can count on my alma mater to host good, free events to "drop some knowledge" on the city of New York. Tonight, catch a screening of the documentary film Heart of the Congo. In summation, "In the Heart of the Congo, at the end of five years of civil war and 300 miles from the nearest paved road, a handful of aid workers help refugees who have lost everything. Filmmaker Tom Weidlinger lives amongst them and tells their story as they train Congolese staff to run health clinics, mobilize villagers to dig wells for clean water and nurse children suffering from acute malnutrition." Following the film there will be a discussion with Program Director, David Blanc and Food Security Coordinator, Devrig Velly, from Action Against Hunger. This one just may make you cry before its over.

Date: Friday, April 8th
Time: 6pm
Locatin: The New School, 66 West 12th Street room 404
Cost: Free

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Best In Show

Here are a bunch of things that the FreeNYC staff really love; dogs, ridiculous comedy, good directors, Philadelphia, free events, and trips to the beach (ok, well the beach has nothing to do with this but just thought you'd like to know). All that being said, this screening at the MoMA has pretty much packed all of those things into one. Tonight, get in at no cost as part of the museum's Free Friday Nights, then grab a ticket to the screening of Best In Show which will be introduced by the films director, Christopher Guest. I'd line up early for tickets as they are sure to go quick!

Date: Friday, April 8th
Time: 8:30pm
Location: MoMA, 11 West 53 Street
Cost: Free

**For more information on free admission into the MoMA and other museums, stay tuned for the FreeNYC A Museum A Day guide coming soon to our culture section**

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Gen Art Film Panel Part 1

It seems to be film fest time in the city with Gen Art's Film Fest this weekend and Tribeca just around the corner. We generally don't give you too much info on these events as they cost a pretty penny. This weekend though there will be some free discussions panels about film making. Today, take part in "Making It" an intimate discussion about making a film with actors, filmmakers, and crew members from On The Outs. Additionally, a little birdy told me there is a free screening of On the Outs prior to the discussion at 3pm, but you didn't hear that from me! (For Part 2 of the discussion panel see Sunday)

Date: Saturday, April 9th
Time: 5pm
Location: Clearview Chelea West, 333 W. 23rd St
Cost: Free

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Gen Art Film Panel Part 2

Today's Gen Art panel "The Independent Minds" will focus on what feeds the spirit of the independent filmmaker and how do they vent their passions beyond filmmaking. Taking part in this discussion will be Susan Buice and Arin Crumley (Co-Directors of “Four-Eyed Monsters”), Michael Dowse (Director of "It's All Gone Pete Tong"), Jonathan Zames (Director of “Dog Eat Dog”), Jed Weintrob (Director of “The F Word”), Michael Showalter (Director of “The Baxter”), Louis Helfer (Director of “Life on the Ledge”), and Alexandra Brodsky (Director of “Bittersweet Palace”).

Date: Sunday, April 10th
Time: 5pm
Location: Clearview Chelsea West, 333 W. 23rd St
Cost: Free

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Can Ya DIG It

Tonight catch a screening of the film DIG! A "feature-length documentary shot over seven years about musicians Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, head of the Dandy Warhols, star-crossed friends and bitter rivals" Thanks to The Onion you will also have some free beer from 7 to 9.

Date: Monday, April 11th
Time: 7pm
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Cost: Free with RSVP

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We Love A Free Screening

"Death by Hanging, Nagisa Oshima’s absurdist critique of the Japanese state and the death penalty, is a classic of New Wave cinema. Both hilarious and provocative, it has lost none of its potency or relevance. The film will be shown with his rarely screened short Diary of Yunbogi, a poetic montage of still images taken by Oshima in Korea. Introduced by Japanese film expert Michael Raine from the University of Chicago." This is not available on DVD and also not to be missed.

Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time:12pm, but show up early, space is limited
Location: Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E 3rd St.
Cost: Free

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Proud Screening

The late Ossie Davis stars in this true wartime story of the only African-American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II. The ship's first port of call was in Northern Ireland, where, for the first time, the sailors were treated simply as Americans. Catch this free screening as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. First come first served

Date: Saturday, April 23rd
Time: 4:00pm
Venue: Regal Battery Park 6 (102 North End Ave between Vesey and West Street)
Cost: Free

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Release the Twins Foundation

I watched a lot of Twin Peaks on VHS in college because I missed a lot of it the first time around (much how I feel about Lost right now). Tonight Laula Lounge screens the season finale. You will either be completely lost or grabbing a great memory (and you may still be completely lost.) Drink with a proper shot.

Date: Tuesday, April 27th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Laila Lounge (113 N 7th St)
Cost: Free

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Empire Square Screening

Join delinquent school leavers Richie, Hooks and Rabbit on their misadventures in bestiality, cannibalism, electro-shock therapy, crucifixion and all the other issues affecting young people today. If Viz and South Park had a baby and it was taken into care by the Young Ones, that unholy infant might be called Empire Square. Catch this free screening as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. First come first served.

Date: Friday, April 29th
Time: 12:00am (midnight
Venue: Tribeca Cinemas, Theatre 2 (54 Varick Street below Canal)
Cost: Free

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Muppets Wizard of Oz

Here’s your chance to see the latest from the Muppets for free. Contemporary teenager Dorothy (Grammy Award-winner Ashanti) joins the Scarecrow (Kermit the Frog), the Tin Thing (Gonzo), and the Cowardly Lion (Fozzie Bear) to fight off the Wicked Witch (Miss Piggy) as they journey to the showbiz capital of Oz in the hopes that the Wizard (Jeffrey Tambor) will make her a star! Also featuring Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier and Quentin Tarantino as himself! Admission granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is very limited, so arrive early. Part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Date: Saturday, April 30th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Scholastic Auditorium (557 Broadway Between Prince & Spring Streets)
Cost: Free

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Muppets Wizard of Oz

Another chance to see the latest from The Muppets for free. Contemporary teenager Dorothy (Grammy Award-winner Ashanti) joins the Scarecrow (Kermit the Frog), the Tin Thing (Gonzo), and the Cowardly Lion (Fozzie Bear) to fight off the Wicked Witch (Miss Piggy) as they journey to the showbiz capital of Oz in the hopes that the Wizard (Jeffrey Tambor) will make her a star! Also featuring Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier and Quentin Tarantino as himself! Admission granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is very limited, so arrive early. Part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Date: Sunday, May 1st
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Scholastic Auditorium (557 Broadway Between Prince & Spring Streets)
Cost: Free

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Super 8 Film Festival

Super 8 film at its best with specials on Bloody Marys. Super 8 new (artists who will be there) and vintage (think excerpts from Taxi Driver and old cartoons) to the soulful tunes of whatever ends up on the turntables, is voiced over live, or played on the upright piano. Open screening as well so bring some super 8 film.

Date: Sunday, May 8th
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Lucky Cat (245 Grand Street between Driggs & Roebling, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free

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Original Star Wars Screening

Put on your best Star Wars costume and go catch a free screening of the original Star Wars - "A New Hope." Seating is first come, first serve. Fans in costumes will receive the best seats.

Date: Tuesday, May 17th
Time: 9:30PM
Venue: Ars Nova Theater (511 W. 54th St at 10th Ave)
Cost: Free

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Ease on Down the Road

Another free screening over at Apt. This week its Dianna Ross in the remake classic "The Wiz." No Cover and free popcorn ($3 beers, $5 vodka drinks). Dress in red, gold, or green suggested.

Date: Tuesday, May24th
Time: doors at 7:00pm
Venue: Apt (419 west 13th Street)
Cost: Free (but please RSVP)

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BTS in the House

No, not that BTS. We're talking the new movie Bomb The System. I got a chance to catch this over a year ago in a sweaty 100º+ tent at Coachella and it was almost as hot as the movie itself. Without going into details, its nice to see someone portray the artistic aspect of graf on film as well as the trial and tribulations of making it in this city. Get their early as this event - like any thing with the keywords hip-hop, graffiti, free drinks, and DJ - is sure to be packed.

Date: Thursday, May 26th
Time: 7:00pm (doors at 6:30)
Venue: Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick below Canal)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Skate More

This email came across my desk this morning with this disclaimer on it "Your eyes will be pan seared from complete skateboarding mayhem... Be there or get maimed...not a joke." So it looks like to prevent being "maimed," I will be FORCED to go watch the premier of the new DVS video and hang out with cute skateboarders ALL freaking night. Damn It!

Date: Thursday, May 26th
Time: 9pm
Location: Delancy Bar, 168 Delancy
Cost: Free

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Drive-In BK Style

While the Brooklyn International Film Fest costs money for each screening, they are offering two days of drive-in movies in the Brooklyn Museum parking lot. However, you wont need a car for the drive-in as Zipcar will be filling up the lot with convertible Mini's, BMW 325's, and Toyota Prius hybrids. "The drive-in film programs will provide a sample of the Opinion_8 theme, including short narrative, animation, and experimental films. In true drive-in movie tradition, a wide variety of snacks and beverages by Two Boots restaurant, Red Bull and Budweiser beer will be but a honk away." Oh, and get there early as the seats will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Date: June 6th and 7th
Time: 9pm
Location: Brooklyn Museum parking lot (200 Eastern Parkway)
Cost: Free

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Drive-In BK Style

While the Brooklyn International Film Fest costs money for each screening, they are offering two days of drive-in movies in the Brooklyn Museum parking lot. However, you wont need a car for the drive-in as Zipcar will be filling up the lot with convertible Mini's, BMW 325's, and Toyota Prius hybrids. "The drive-in film programs will provide a sample of the Opinion_8 theme, including short narrative, animation, and experimental films. In true drive-in movie tradition, a wide variety of snacks and beverages by Two Boots restaurant, Red Bull and Budweiser beer will be but a honk away." Oh, and get there early as the seats will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Date: June 6th and 7th
Time: 9pm
Location: Brooklyn Museum parking lot (200 Eastern Parkway)
Cost: Free

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Indie Drive-In at the Rock

Replace crazy ice skating tourists in the winter with a giant projection screen, outdoor seating and a bag of popcorn and you've got a lovely summertime evening at the movies. All week long, sit in Smart Cars parked along the Channel Gardens off of Fifth Avenue, and catch advanced screenings of some upcoming indie films. Tonight's movie is the new David LaChapelle film "Rize". Seating is done at a first come, first served basis so I suggest you get there early.

Date: Tuesday, June 14th
Time: seating begins at 6pm, film at 9pm
Location: Rockefeller Plaza Channel Gardens,Between 49th & 50th off Fifth Ave
Cost: Free

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In the Soup, On the Screen

Every 2nd Tuesday of the month is movie night at Gigantic Brand. Tonights selection is In the Soup, an early Steve Buscemi film (okay, 1992 but thats kind of early these days). In the film Aldolpho (Steve Buscemi) is an aspiring movie writer/director who has penned the 500-page script to a film called Unconditional Surrender. Needing money to pay the rent, Aldolpho offers to sell the script for a few hundred dollars. Enter Joe (Seymour Cassel), who, much to Aldolpho's surprise, is not so much interested in buying the script as in producing the movie. So, with Aldolpho's help, Joe sets out to raise the $250,000 budget through a variety of crimes, including theft and drug dealing.

Date: Tuesday June 14th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Gigantic Brand (59 Franklin Street between Broadway and Lafayette)
Cost: Free

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Indie Drive-In at The Rock

Replace crazy ice skating tourists in the winter with a giant projection screen, outdoor seating and a bag of popcorn and you've got a lovely summertime evening at the movies. All week long, sit in Smart Cars parked along the Channel Gardens off of Fifth Avenue, and catch advanced screenings of some upcoming indie films. Tonight's movie is "The Baxter." Seating is done at a first come, first served basis so I suggest you get there early.

Date: Wednesday, June 15th
Time: seating begins at 6pm, film at 9pm
Location: Rockefeller Plaza Channel Gardens,Between 49th & 50th off Fifth Ave
Cost: Free

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Indie Drive-In at The Rock

Replace crazy ice skating tourists in the winter with a giant projection screen, outdoor seating and a bag of popcorn and you've got a lovely summertime evening at the movies. All week long, sit in Smart Cars parked along the Channel Gardens off of Fifth Avenue, and catch advanced screenings of some upcoming indie films. Tonight's movie is Rosanna Arquette's new documentray "All We Are Saying Is." Seating is done at a first come, first served basis so I suggest you get there early.

Date: Thursday, June 16th
Time: seating begins at 6pm, film at 9pm
Location: Rockefeller Plaza Channel Gardens,Between 49th & 50th off Fifth Ave
Cost: Free

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Indie Drive-In at The Rock

Replace crazy ice skating tourists in the winter with a giant projection screen, outdoor seating and a bag of popcorn and you've got a lovely summertime evening at the movies. All week long, sit in Smart Cars parked along the Channel Gardens off of Fifth Avenue, and catch advanced screenings of some upcoming indie films. Tonight is a screening of the documentary "SHow Business." Seating is done at a first come, first served basis so I suggest you get there early.

Date: Friday, June 17th
Time: seating begins at 6pm, film at 9pm
Location: Rockefeller Plaza Channel Gardens,Between 49th & 50th off Fifth Ave
Cost: Free

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Dumb Comedy Dressed Up In a Suit

Over here we pride ourselves on bringing you smart, illuminating, life changing information through which to spend your days entertained in an economic fashion. Well that and real dumb humor...

"Stella features the comedic trio of Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain (the brains behind The State & Wet Hot American Summer) as three characters whose travels through everyday life are unlike anything else on television. With a perfect blend of cleverness and absurdity, Stella satirizes everyday experiences like finding an apartment, hanging out at a coffee shop, going camping and trying to meet women... Even though they're always dressed in suits, their maturity level doesn't always fit their attire..."

Tonight catch a free screening of the show and some free Redstripe for a couple hours at BK fave, Supreme Trading.

Date: Friday, June 17th
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Location: Supreme Trading, N. 8th and Driggs
Cost: Free

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Indie Drive-In at the Rock

Replace crazy ice skating tourists in the winter with a giant projection screen, outdoor seating and a bag of popcorn and you've got a lovely summertime evening at the movies. All week long, sit in Smart Cars parked along the Channel Gardens off of Fifth Avenue, and catch advanced screenings of some upcoming indie films. Tonight is a special screening of the film "Alchemy." Seating is done at a first come, first served basis so I suggest you get there early.

Date: Saturday, June 18th
Time: seating begins at 6pm, film at 9pm
Location: Rockefeller Plaza Channel Gardens,Between 49th & 50th off Fifth Ave
Cost: Free

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The Way We Were

The Summer tradition of Bryant Park films begins tonight with The Way We Were... "Opposites can and do attract. Radical political activist Barbra Streisand meets the guy of her dreams, Robert Redford, in this Grade A Hollywood romance. Some serious melodrama (McCarthy era blacklisting) is discernible amidst the gloss, but it’s mostly about star power, star power, star power. Marvin Hamlisch’s score and the title tune won Oscars. "Memories..." (1973 - Sony/Columbia) 118 Min."

Date: Monday, June 20th
Time: Sunset (Lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicing)
Venue: Bryant Park
Cost: Free

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The Fly in Bryant Park

"Sure, it’s a tad campy, but this sci-fi landmark also manages to be sad, even poignant, in its depiction of the fragile human condition. When a scientist’s experiments go awry, he finds himself taking on the characteristics of a common house fly. Fortunately, his sympathetic wife (though none too thrilled to be married to an insect) refrains from reaching for the swatter."

Date: Monday, June 27th
Time: Sunset (lawn opens at 5:00pm)
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd St. & 5th Ave)
Cost: Free

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Wet Hot New York Summer

Its been both wet and hot today making it the perfect weather to dip inside, enjoy a cool air-conditioned movie, and relive those days of summer camp. Tonight, Anthology Film Archives will screen a full episode of Stella, the new Comedy Central series that they have been promoting like mad. Thats incidental, however, because afterward they will be playing Wet Hot American Summer, our writing staff's favorite film on summer camp. Tickets are available starting at 6pm at Anthology and the screenings start at 7pm. Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain will be on hand for a Q and A about Stella and Free Grolsch will served. Obviously, early arrival is suggested. [swiped from gothamist]

Date: Monday, June 27th
Time: 7:00pm (tickets at 6:00pm)
Venue: Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue - 212.505.5181)
Cost: Free (first come first served)

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Stop Making Sense

While New Yorkers flock to SummerStage to watch David Byrne and the Tosca Strings perform, those of us on a budget can take in the next best thing. Jonathan Demme's classic film Stop Making Sense about the 1980's Talking Heads. Watch Mr. Bern in his earlier days dance around in Giant White suit while summer study kids exclaim "isn't that the guy on the unicycle on St. Marks?"

Date: Wednesday, June 29th
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Washington Square Park
Cost: Free

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Movies With A View Kickoff

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s Movies With a View 2005 kicks off tonight. The theme this year is Water and the crew over at Halcyon will be spinning before the movies to set the mood. Tonight's feature is Key Largo, a twisting Florida murder mystery featuring Bogart and Bacall. Music starts at 6:00 pm and movies begin at sunset.

Date: Thurday, June 30th
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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White Heat

James Cagney is white hot (especially in his prison meltdown scene) as Cody Jarrett, tough guy/mama’s boy. The Oedipal overtones are anything but subtle in this bold gangster classic that is undisputedly top of the world. Director Raoul Walsh orchestrates an explosive climax for the Oscar®-nominated story reportedly inspired by real-life Ma Barker and one her ever loving sons.

Date: Monday, July 4th
Time: Lawn opens at 5:00pm
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd and 5th)
Cost: Free

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Zorba the Greek

The films in Socrates Sculpture Park kick off tonight. The film is Zorba the Greek with Anthony Quin, Alan Bates, Irene Pappas. In his definitive performance, Quinn plays the earthy, larger-than-life peasant Zorba.

Date: Wednesday, July 6th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd at Broadway in Long Island City, Queens)
Cost: Free

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Summer Slacking

All summer long, Riverflicks brings you free movies in Hudson River Rark. Wednesday's are for "grownups" and Friday's are family friendly. This summer though we are very lucky as the "themed summer movie series has hit an all-time low. Spend your summer goofing off with this cornucopia of movies featuring a cast of dweebs, wastoids, scammers, partiers and nerds."

So if your still recovering from your July 4th weekend, why don't you go bum around the park and watch a movie. To help you unwind tonight is Slackers. And as usual at Riverflicks, the movie and the popcorn is free.

Date: Wednesday, July 6th
Time: 8:30
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54
Cost: Free

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Brazilian Arts & Film Festival - Day 1

The Brazilian Film Festival Of New York kicks off its third year with two special nights at SummerStage. The festival will present a week and a half of great new films from one of cinema’s most vibrant creative communities.

Opening night on Friday, July 8 begins with a performance from Brazilian rapper Gabriel O Pensador. One of the most popular (and controversial) rappers in Brazilian hip-hop, Gabriel Contino, a.k.a. “Gabriel the Thinker,” first emerged in during the early ‘90s with songs that mixed pop production with witty and caustic observations of Rio’s wealthy youth subculture. Gabriel’s performance will be followed by Maria’s Place (Bendito O Fruto) from director Sergio Goldenberg. An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance reunion between two childhood friends—one a widow, the other the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions that end up threatening the hairdresser’s de facto marriage.

Date: Friday, July 8th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Central Park SummerStage
Cost: Free

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Hop-Fu

Live hip-hop meets classic Kung-Fu cinema as DJ IXL and DJ Excess of Kolabz Crew scratch their way through an original score to Hong Kong legend Sammo Hung's great and hilarious 1982 chop socky homage PRODIGAL SON.

Date: Friday, July 8th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell
Cost: Free ($3 Suggested)

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Daddy Does Daycare

All summer long, Riverflicks brings you free movies in Hudson River Rark. Wednesday's are for "grownups" and Friday's are family friendly. This Friday the family fun is in the form of Daddy Daycare. And as always, the movie and the popcorn are free.

Date: Friday, July 8th
Time: 8:30
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 25
Cost: Free

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Brazilian Arts & Film Festival - Day 2

The Brazilian Film Festival Of New York kicks off its third year with two special nights at SummerStage. The festival will present a week and a half of great new films from one of cinema’s most vibrant creative communities.

Under the direction of its late front man Chico Science, Nação Zumbi was one of the first bands to pioneer the mangue beat in the early ‘90s. Basically an embrace of all things contemporary, mangue beat bands incorporate hip-hop, funk, British acid rock, free jazz and much more into more traditional forms of Brazilian music. The Owner of History (A Dona da Historia), directed by Daniel Filho, is the compelling vision of a middle-aged woman who confronts her younger self, reliving her past and discovering what direction her life might have taken.

Date: Saturday, July 9th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Central Park SummerStage
Cost: Free

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God On Film

"I talked to God, and she said 'Yo, what's up?'" is possibly one of my favorite lines from the '90s teen hit, Empire Records. If you are seeking films which are actually spiritual in nature though, you may want to check out the second annual God On Film film festival tonight. All films will be shown at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom, click here for the full line up.

Date: Monday, July 11th
Time: 12pm - 6pm
Location: Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom, 311 W. 34th at 8th Ave.
Cost: Free

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Experimental Rooftop Films

If they mayhem of the Bryant Park movies is not your style, perhaps a night of experimental video on a rooftop in Long Island City is. Bethany Fancher, Duron Jackson, Jill Moser, Shaun Gamboa, and Jason Duval? [sic] will be presenting works to the backdrop of the Manhattan Skyline. Food and drink may be served but come prepared. Directions after the fold.

Date: Monday, July 11th
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Apple art Studio (30-30 Northern Blvd, LIC)
Cost: Free

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In Cuba, Music Flows Like a River

Wim Wenders classic documentary Buena Vista Social Club is one of my all time favorite movies. The music, the culture, and the people all pulse with the islands's rhythm. Check it out tonight at the Socrates Sculpture Park and expect some barefoot dancing on the grass in the back.

Date: Wednesday, July 13th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd at Broadway in Long Island City, Queens)
Cost: Free

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Dude, This is Totally Awesome

All summer long, Riverflicks brings you free movies in Hudson River Rark. Wednesday's are for "grownups" and Friday's are family friendly. This summer though we are very lucky as the "themed summer movie series has hit an all-time low. Spend your summer goofing off with this cornucopia of movies featuring a cast of dweebs, wastoids, scammers, partiers and nerds." And well you can't really get more dweeby or wastoid than Bill and Ted. And as always, the movie and the popcorn are free.

Date: Wednesday, July 13th
Time: 8:30
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54
Cost: Free

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Under the Bridge With Gidge

I hope you're not tired of hearing us go on about all the outdoor movies this summer, 'cause we still got a whole lot more under our belts. If you missed out on Dinosaur Jr. tickets tonight, head over to the Brooklyn Bridge Park for the weekly movie showing. Tonight's feature is Gidget, the 1959 surf classic. As an added bonus, DJs from Halcyon will spin some retro surf music before the movie rolls up on shore.

Date: Thursday, July 14th
Time: DJ at 6pm, movie at sunset
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1 Main Street, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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Where's Your Golden Ticket?

All summer long, Riverflicks brings you free movies in Hudson River Rark. Wednesday's are for "grownups" and Friday's are family friendly. Tonight is the anual showing of FreeBYC favorite, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And as always, the movie and the popcorn are free.

Date: Friday, July 15th
Time: 8:30
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 25
Cost: Free

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Touch of Evil

"Moody, film noir masterpiece paints a nightmare landscape of police corruption, deception and murder. Charlton Heston is a beleaguered Mexican narcotics cop working on a border town case, Janet Leigh his jittery new bride. Inspired turns from Orson Welles (who also directed with a touch of brilliance), Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff and Dennis Weaver (1958 - Universal) 108 Min."

Date: Monday, July18th
Time: Sunset (lawn opens at 5:00pm)
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd and 6th)
Cost: Free

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The Art of Rhyme

So its beginning to seem I only post about a couple of things these days, hip hop and films, ok, ok, fine and open bars. So this my friends is a combination of all of the aforementioned items. Tonight, at the Tribeca Grand catch a screening of the film Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, featuring Mos Def, Black Thought, Questlove, Jurassic 5, Pharoahe Monch and Wordsworth, just to name a few. Following the film there will be a Q&A with the director and of course "complimentary cocktails." Doors are at 6 but I would arrive as early as possible as these things are always PACKED!

Date: Tuesday, July 19th
Time: 6pm
Location: Tribeca Grand Screening Room, Lower Level
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Wener Herzog Speaks

"In his mesmerizing new documentary, Grizzly Man, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and violent death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons. In October 2003, Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were killed by a grizzly near their campsite in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Reserve. In Grizzly Man, Herzog explores the larger questions about the uneasy relationship between man and nature as he chronicles Treadwell's final years in the wilderness. A discussion with director Werner Herzog, co-executive producer Jewel Palovak, and renowned grizzly expert/wildlife biologist Barrie Gilbert, moderated by WNYC Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen, will take place immediately after the screening.

Date: Wednesday, July 20th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: American Museum of Natural History (77th between central park west and columbus ave)
Cost: Free (first come first served)

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It's All About The Dude

So Riverflicks claims that their "themed summer movie series has hit an all-time low." But I gotta say, their list contains some of FreeNYC's very favorite films. "Spend your summer goofing off with this cornucopia of movies featuring a cast of dweebs, wastoids, scammers, partiers and nerds." Tonight check out The Big Lebowski, and as always, the movie and the popcorn are free.

Date: Wednesday, July 20th
Time: 8:30
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54
Cost: Free

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Park It Wanda

Are you Wanda-ing what to do with yourself tonight? (sorry, really bad joke, I know) Park it a the Brooklyn Bridge Park and check out the 80s favorite, A Fish Called Wanda. DJs from Halcyon spin some records until the movie begins.

Date: Thursday, July 21st
Time: DJ at 6pm, movie at sunset
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1 Main Street, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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The Art of Rhyme

So its beginning to seem I only post about a couple of things these days, hip hop and films, ok, ok, fine and open bars. So this my friends is a combination of all of the aforementioned items. Tonight, at the Tribeca Grand catch a screening of the film Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, featuring Mos Def, Black Thought, Questlove, Jurassic 5, Pharoahe Monch and Wordsworth, just to name a few. Doors are at 6 but I would arrive as early as possible as these things are always PACKED!

Date: Thursday, July 21st
Time: 6pm
Location: Tribeca Grand Screening Room, Lower Level
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Shorts and Shots

"Come party with Quickflicks, Gotham's hippest filmmaking co-op at an exclusive riverfront screening of their freshest films on an unforgettable midsummer evening." Tonight will feature eight filmmakers who all created original works within 30 days. Plus, its outdoors on the pier so what is better than that.

Date: Friday, July 22nd
Time: 7:00pm (screening at 8:00pm)
Venue: Frying Pan, Pier 63 (23rd and the Hudson River)
Cost: Free (?)

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BTTF

Um, I have just a few words for you...hoverboard, delorean, flux capacitor, Calvin Klien, Biff, "save the clock tower", need I go on?

Date: Friday, July 22nd
Time: 8:30
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 25
Cost: Free

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Suspicion

The Bryant Park HBO film series continues tonight with Suspicion. "Dashing playboy Cary Grant sweeps rich wallflower Joan Fontaine off her feet. Does he marry her for the money? Will death do them part? Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, is working in a subtle mode this time. Watch how he can make even a harmless glass of milk take on sinister overtones." Um, I would love to see how one makes a glass of milk have "sinister overtones," now if only I could get a dashing playboy to go with me!

Date: Monday, July 25th
Time: Lawn opens at 5pm, movie at sunset
Location: Bryant Park, 40th and 6th
Cost: Free

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Dig In

So I am still writing about films here, but at least I can give you one that is not about hip hop... Tonight, catch a screening of the film Dig!. "DIG! follows the talented underground musicians Anton Newcombe, leader of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, head of The Dandy Warhols � star-crossed friends and bitter rivals. From the moment they met Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor quickly bonded over a desire to not conform to the tastes of the recording industry. Yet the musicians' choices over how to express their creativity and originality in a profit-driven industry eventually put them at irreconcilable odds. Shot over seven years and culled from 1,500 hours of footage, DIG! is about both musicians' love and obsession, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and their choice between art and industry." Following the film there will be a Q&A with the director and of course "complimentary cocktails." Doors are at 6 but I would arrive as early as possible as these things are always PACKED!

Date: Tuesday, July 26th
Time: 6pm
Location: Tribeca Grand Screening Room, Lower Level
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Zardoz

Ever wondered what it would be like to see a young, pony-tailed Sean Connery in nothing but a loincloth for an hour and a half? Well, now you have your chance! Apt. will screen Zardoz tonight... "In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group after which it's members cease to have any interest in life and become nearly catatonic. When Sean Connery one of the barbarians, crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world is threatened." $3 beers, $5 vodkas, free popcorn. [summary swiped from IMDB]

Date: Tuesday, July 26th
Time: 7:00pm (film at 8:00pm)
Venue: APT (419 West 13th)
Cost: Free, but please RSVP

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Up In Smoke

Up in Smoke was one of those films that rounded out my days of corduroy pants with plaid side inserts, hemp necklaces, and summers touring with Phish (ah, the memories). This is a timeless tale of a pair of stoners who steal a van made of marijuana and start a rock band. I won't ruin the rest of the plot line for you (or I can't remember it...)

Date: Wednesday, July 27th
Time: Dusk (around 8:30pm)
Venue: Pier 54 (hudson river and 14th street)
Cost: Free

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Take Care of My Cat

"The vitality of contemporary South Korean cinema is shown in this coming-of-age film directed by Jae-eun Jeong about five young women in the port city of Inchon navigating the hazards of young adulthood."

Date: Wednesday, July 27th
Time: 8:30pm (music at 7:00pm)
Venue: Socrates Scupture Park (Broadway and Vernon Blvd, Long Island City)
Cost: Free

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No, Dr. No

So you guys ever heard of some dude named James Bond? Well back in 1963, Dr. No is where is all began. Tonight check out Mr. Bond's humble beginnings set "in Jamaica where two British Secret Service agents have been brutally murdered. James Bond, special agent, licence to kill, is sent to investigate. Bond survives numerous attempts on his life and quickly learns of the mysterious Doctor No, a recluse who seems to be behind various goings-on. Bond travels to Doctor No's island and finds himself embroiled in a deadly plot." Before all the fun 60's spy action check out the bachelor-pad inspired tunes from the Halcyon DJs.

Date: Thursday, July 28th
Time: DJ at 6pm, movie at sunset
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1 Main Street, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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The Sound of Prospect Park

The hills of Prospect Park are alive with the sound of the Von Trapp family singing their little hearts out in the greatest musical of them all! Julie Andrews stars in this epic 1965 wide-screen masterpiece. The evening begins with the wacky mobile percussion of SLAM, drummer Kenny Wollesen's raucous marching band.

Date: Friday, July 29th
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell (click for directions)
Cost: Free ($3 Suggested)

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

"John Huston’s direction of this corrosive tale of gold lust in the Mexican mountains won an Oscar. Ditto his screenplay. Yet another award went to the director’s father, Walter, for his performance as a crusty old prospector. Humphrey Bogart is a fellow treasure hunter. The drama achieves Shakespearean dimension in conveying the tragic effect of greed on ordinary mortals. (1948 - Warner Bros.) 124 Min."

Date: Monday, August 1st
Time: Dusk... lawn opens at 5:00pm
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 5th Ave)
Cost: Free

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Knife in the Water

"Come to Socrates Sculpture Park and sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass as the sun sets over the city, enjoy performances by local musicians and dancers and, as the sky darkens, see exceptional international films on a large format screen - all set against the spectacular backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Tonights film is Knife in the Water with Leon Niemczyk. A handsome young hitchhiker joins a married couple on a weekend yacht trip, setting a dark psychological drama in motion in Roman Polanski's debut feature film."

Music by Komeda Project, Polish cuisine by S & B Restaurant

Date: Wednesday, August 3rd
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd, LIC)
Cost: Free

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Clerks

Continuing down the yellow brick road of slacker films at Riverflicks, we find one of my very favorites, Clerks. It was Kevin Smith's first big film and it gave us memorable quotes such as "You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work." And as always, the movie and the popcorn are free.

Olaf's "Berzerker" clip (mov)
"Jay's Chant" clip (mov)
(clips from View Askew website)

Date: Wednesday, August 3rd
Time: Dusk (around 8:30pm)
Venue: Pier 54 (Hudson River and 14th street)
Cost: Free

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After School Special

You remember. One day you were playing tag, enjoying the swingset, seeing and sawing......then, before you knew it, the world became complicated. Suddenly, your body was mutating. Your brain was emitting a hormonal hum. Your parents could no longer be trusted. The world had grown strange. Ah, incomprehensible youth.

In honor of the awkward times, Union docs we will be screening two masterpieces of the adolescent experience, selected from ABC's After School Specials. tonights screening, Schoolboy Father (1980), features a very, very young Rob Lowe who must deal with the consequences of his summer camp conquest (Dana Plato, of Different Strokes). Continues Thursday with a different film (see site) [swiped from NewRelease]

Date: Wednesday, August 3rd (continues August 4th)
Time: 8:30pm (doors 8:00pm)
Venue: Union Docs (332 Union Ave, Williamsburg)
Cost: $5, but beer is included

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3 Crazies 1 Movie

What do you get when you put Cher, Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci all in one film? The 90s teen angst filled drama, Mermaids. Flap your tail over to Brooklyn Bridge Park for a showing of the film and DJs from Halcyon giving you a little pre-show action.

Date: Thursday, August 4th
Time: DJ at 6pm, movie at sunset
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1 Main Street, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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Me Tarzan, You Mocean Worker

This is it, the final Celebrate Brooklyn event of the summer [tear]. Tonight the 1932 classic Tarzan the Ape Man gets an updated score from Mocean Worker who creates a sort of space-jazz-funk sound. Opening the night is Joan Wasser's Joan as Police Woman.

Listen to Mocean Worker's Right Now
Listen to Joan as Police Woman's Game of Life

Date: Sunday, August 7th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell (click for directions)
Cost: Free ($3 suggested)

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The Odd Couple

"Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau (before they were grumpy old men) are the mismatched roomies in this endearingly funny adaptation of Neil Simon’s stage hit. After his wife walks out, Felix (the fussy one) moves in with friend Oscar (the slobby one). The one-liners are priceless, as is the master class in comic timing from a couple of laugh-getting geniuses. (1968 - Paramount) 105 Min."

Date: Monday, August 8th
Time: Dusk... lawn opens at 5:00pm
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 5th Ave)
Cost: Free

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

"You’re invited to George and Martha’s for an evening of bitterness, backbiting and booze. Let the games begin! Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are explosive as the bickering couple acting out scenes from a miserable marriage. Sandy Dennis and George Segal co-star in Mike Nichols’ perceptive take on Edward Albee’s prize-winning play. (1965 - Warner Bros.) 131 Min."

Date: Monday, August 8th
Time: Dusk... lawn opens at 5:00pm
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 5th Ave)
Cost: Free

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House Party at Socrates Sculpture Park

Come to Socrates Sculpture Park and sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass as the sun sets over the city, enjoy performances by local musicians and dancers and, as the sky darkens, see exceptional international films on a large format screen - all set against the spectacular backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.

Tonight, see House Party. Directed by Reginald Hudlin.With Christopher Reid, Robin Harris. One of the most popular films of the early-1990s "Black New Wave," this energetic musical comedy captures the textures of suburban teen life. (swiped from Socrates Sculpture Park)

Date: August 10th
Time: Sunset, although pre-screening performances begin at 7 pm
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C (directions)
Cost: Free
(click here for series schedule)

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Central Station at Socrates Sculpture Park

Come to Socrates Sculpture Park and sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass as the sun sets over the city, enjoy performances by local musicians and dancers and, as the sky darkens, see exceptional international films on a large format screen - all set against the spectacular backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.

Tonight, see Central Station, from Brazil. With Fernanda Montenegro. A young boy and an aging woman join up for an unlikely journey across the Brazilian landscape in a film that combines heartwarming yet unsentimental drama, social commentary, and beautiful landscapes. Directed by: Walter Salles. (swiped from Socrates Sculpture Park)

Date: August 17th
Time: Sunset, although pre-screening performances begin at 7 pm
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C (directions)
Cost: Free
(click here for series schedule)

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Jaws!

"Who’s afraid of the big bad shark? We all are! Based on Peter Benchley’s bestseller about an underwater predator stalking a New England beach resort. Incredibly successful terror ride has that definitive Spielberg touch. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss are the heroic fishermen who may wish they had a bigger boat. John Williams’ score is legend. 30th anniversary celebration. (1975 - Universal) 124 Min."

Date: Monday, August 22nd
Time: Dusk... lawn opens at 5:00pm
Venue: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 5th Ave)
Cost: Free

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The Baxter Factor

I have been on an insane movie marathon lately. Just ask Mr. Publisher about the two and half hour epic film I made him go with me to on Saturday. It made me think it may be time for a lil movie break. Then I found out that there is a free screening of Baxter tonight and the movies were quickly back on. Baxtor is a romanitc comedy set in Brooklyn, created by the same crazies that brought us Wet Hot American Summer and Stella. As with all movie screening we recommend you get there super early and dont forget to rsvp!

Date: Monday, August 22nd
Time: 7pm
Location: Chelsea Clearview, 260 West 23rd
Cost: Free with RSVP

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The Constant Gardener

Here is yet another free screening for you this week. "The
Constant Gardener tells the story of one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy. Starring two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, This film is beautifully shot and incredibly meaningful, especially if you're following the current struggles between Africa and the pharmaceutical companies." As always remeber to show up early and RSVP for location and time information.

Date: Tuesday, August 23rd
Time: ?
Location: ?
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Almost Famous

Summer is almost over so now may be a good time to get in some of those last outdoor movies. Tonight check out Almost Famous in Central Park as part of their Central Park Film Fest.

Date: Tuesday, August 23rd
Time: 8pm
Location: Central Park Rumsey Field, 72nd and 5th
Cost: Free

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Pather Panchali at Socrates Sculpture Park

Come to Socrates Sculpture Park and sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass as the sun sets over the city, enjoy performances by local musicians and dancers and, as the sky darkens, see exceptional international films on a large format screen - all set against the spectacular backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.

Tonight, see Pather Panchali, from India. The tough life of a poor Benegalese family is dramatized with great realism and humanity by Ray, in the first and most powerful film of his "Apu Trilogy," featuring music by Ravi Shankar. Directed by: Satyajit Ray. (swiped from Socrates Sculpture Park)

Date: August 24th
Time: Sunset, although pre-screening performances begin at 7pm.
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C (directions)
Cost: Free
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Zorba the Greek & Take Care of my Cat

Come to Socrates Sculpture Park and sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass as the sun sets over the city, enjoy performances by local musicians and dancers and, as the sky darkens, see exceptional international films on a large format screen - all set against the spectacular backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Tonight, see Zorba the Greek, from Greece and Take Care of My Cat. A double grand season finale movie night!!! (Three exclamation points.)Zorba the Greek, irected by Michael Cacoyannis. With Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Pappas. In his definitive performance, Quinn plays the earthy, larger-than-life peasant Zorba. Take Care of My Cat, directed by Jae-eun Jeong. The vitality of contemporary South Korean cinema is shown in this coming-of-age film about five young women in the port city of Inchon navigating the hazards of young adulthood.

Arrive early Korean dance by Song Hee Lee Dance Company at 6:30 and Greek music by Mikrokosmos at 7:00. (swiped from Socrates Sculpture Park)

Date: August 24th
Time: Sunset, although pre-screening performances begin at 6:30.
Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C (directions)
Cost: Free

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Bullets in the Hood Screening

"Terrence Fisher, a teen living in the Louis Armstrong Housing Project in Bed-Stuy decided to make a film about gun violence after seven of his friends were shot and killed. In the middle of filming, yet another friend, Timothy Stansbury Jr., was shot and killed by a police officer before his very eyes. This powerful short film captures the mobilization of a community around Timothy’s death, in grief and anger, as they address the issue of gun violence in their neighborhood. Winner of a special award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival." Tickets distributed in the BAM lobby at 6:30 on a first-come, first-served basis. a discussion with filmmakers Terrence Fisher and Daniel Howard, and free reception in BAMcafé featuring live spoken word performance & refreshments will follow. Film is 20 minutes.

Date: Tuesday, September 6th
Time: 6:30pm (film starts at 7:30)
Venue: BAM Rose Cinemas (click for directions)
Cost: Free

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Evil City Film Festival

"The Evil City Film Fest begins its inaugural foray with an attempt to become an event synonymous with its locale. NYC's East Village has long been home to artists, filmmakers and musicians alike, dedicated to interpreting the attitude and atmosphere of city life. The goal of the Evil City is to celebrate this world of city life. Though NY's perspective is surely welcome, this festival is not merely for New York filmmakers; we encourage films from other cities, US and international, that celebrate life in the city." Kicks off today and runs through September 12th. More info Here

Get the full program of events here

Date: Thursday, September 8th
Time: Various
Venue: Various
Cost: Free to $5

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September 12th Screening

A conversation about the effects of 9/11 on the filmmaking industry, followed by the screening of the movie “SEPTEMBER 12TH”, winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2005 Long Island Film Festival
A Q & A session with the director will follow the screening. Speaker list after the fold.

Date: Sunday, September 11th
Time: 2:00pm
Location: The Lighthouse Theatre (111 East 59th between Lexington and Park)
Cost: Free

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Amos Poe Films

"Independent film maker Amos Poe, who directed 1976's portrait of the NY punk scene, Blank Generation, Alphabet City, and the Steve Earle documentary, Just An American Boy among others, will screen selections from his work" at Magnetic Fields in Brooklyn tonight. A nice end to the weekend.

Date: Sunday, September 17th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Magnetic Fields (97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn)
Cost: Free

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Manhattan Short Film Festival

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The Manhattan Short Film Festival has been a ritual for me ever since I lived in a cockroach infested dorm on 18th street and Union Square West (they tell me it is much cleaner now). Each year, the festival travels to all across the USA asking viewers to pick the "most creative film" out of over 504 entries. Tonight, the 12 final films will be screened and the winners will be announced. It all goes down in Union Square park for free. Early arrival is suggested but there will be music and interviews beforehand. Paper bags or opaque Arizona bottles also suggested.

Date: Sunday, September 25th
Time: 5:00pm (screenings at 7:00pm)
Location: Union Square Park
Cost: Free

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La Strada

Usually I don't go for Fellini movies. I fell asleep in 8.5 about 4 times and it took me 3 sittings to get through Satyricon. But La Strada is something different. It is a battered love tale of a strong man circus performer and the abusive relationship with his purchased bride. It is, to me, Fellini at his best touching on man's inability to connect, struggle for love and independance, and need for companionship all tangled up in beautifully framed scenes and amazing acting. If you have not seen this film, catch it tonight for free or at least Netflix it.

Date: Monday, September 26th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Jefferson Market Branch of the NYPL (425 Avenue of the Americas)
Cost: Free

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Trans:it

Store Front News is screaning Bartolomeo Pietromarchi's Trans:it MOVING CULTURE THROUGH EUROPE THE DOCUMENTARY CYCLE (THE INVISIBLE COMMUNITY, RUINS FOR THE FUTURE, FLUID CITIES) 2003/2004 which may just take the record for longest event title on FreeNYC. "The documentaries include interviews with curators, architects and critics and present works of art and interventions, described by the artists themselves. The first phase took place in France, Italy and the Netherlands (THE INVISIBLE COMMUNITY, 2003); the second in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia (RUINS FOR THE FUTURE, 2004); and the third in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey (FLUID CITIES, 2004)."

Date: Tuesday, September 27th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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On Screen at Bauplatz

You may have walked by Bauplatz a million times and not even realized it was there. It’s the little, gravel-filled, open-air space just off Bedford that has sporadically opened its doors to music performances where the sounds come out of hanging gourds and to Sunday night screenings of high quality cinema projected onto concrete walls. The space was dreamed for such sundries. It has modular elements that allow each night to have a setup of its own. (It also has a food cart from which a chef makes cuisine that dabbles in New York corner kebab, Argentinean barbecue and Thai street food.) Tonight begins On Screen, their last weekend of events in their inaugural year. On Screen features the video art installations by Amanda Anderson, Cristina Hernandez-Botero, Julien ourdes, Julian Lwin, Marta Lwin, Werner Morath, Sharpy, Mariko anaka and Jurate Veceraite. Cocoa Cracker Brown accompanies the nstallations with a DJ set.

Date: Friday, September 30
Time: 7-10 pm
Venue: Bauplatz, 174 Grand St. just east of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg
Cost: Free

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Gummo

So I have never actually watched Gummo because I'm scared of the multitude of dead cats that appear in the movie, but I hear its quite good. Check out a free screening tonight at Flux Factory.

Date: Sunday, October 2nd
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Flux Factory (38-38 43rd Street, LIC)
Cost: Free

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Film

Regular or Super - Views on Mies van der Rohe (2005)
Jakub Wagner: Profil Jan Kaplicky (2005)
Bregtje van der Haak: Lagos (2005)
Jeffrey Kipnis: A Constructive Madness (2003)
S. Shahbazi & T. Zolghadr: Tehran 1380 (2002),
Thomas Wartmann & Stefan Tolz: Adobe Towns (2005)

Date: Oct 9
Time: 10am-4:30pm
Venue: Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place
Cost: FREE

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Film

Jean-Luc Godard: Operation Beton (1954)
VDB: Die Kunst mit Beton zu bauen (1993)
The North Carolina Institute of Concrete: The Virtues
of Pre-Stressed Concrete (1967)
Douglas Stanley: Monuments to Man (1991)

Date: Oct 11
Time: 5-7pm
Venue: Asphalt Green 555 East 90th Street
Cost: FREE

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Sometimes Girl Trouble, Often Justice Trouble

Tonight see Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko's award-winning documentary, Girl Trouble. The film shows "the disastrous consequences of poverty, domesetic violence, drug addictions, and homelessness" for teenage girls today who have ended up in the juvenile justice system. Seems like girl trouble to me. Not only will you get a critical look at the the juvenile justice system through the documentary lens of Leban and Szajko, but you'll also get to hear Stephanie Sabini and Marlene Sanchez from the the Center for Young Women's Development talk about girl trouble.

[swiped from bcrw Center News]

Date: Tuesday, October 11
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Julius Held Lecture Hall, 304 Barnard Hall, Barnard College (117th Street and Broadway)
Cost: Free

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The Truth About Pro Wrestling

Remember watching wrestling as a kid and being like there is no way he survived that! Well he didn't because it didn't happen. But as filmaker Mark Ezovski says, "Just because it's fake doesn't mean it's not real." The Anthology Film Archives is a sweet place, don't miss this free world premiere of "The Absolute Truth About Pro Wrestling," a film by Brooklyn filmmaker Mark Ezovski. More info at The Diabolical Brain.

Date: October 15
Venue: Anthology Film Archives. 32 Secondnd Ave. at 2nd St.
Time: Doors open @ 6:30, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Cost: Free

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Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic

"Sarah Silverman is known as one of the funniest and most provocative people in comedy. Despite the current political climate, in JESUS IS MAGIC she takes on such pitch-black topics as September 11th, unwanted body hair, and the Holocaust, and spins them into decidedly un-politically correct comedic gold. The film comprises Silverman's performance before a live audience interwoven with stylish musical numbers and backstage intrigue. Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn and Silverman's comedian/actor sister, Laura Silverman, make appearances along with Silverman's band The Silver Men." It all goes down for free tonight at Galapagos as part of the Sneak Peak 35mm series.

Date: Wednesday, November 9th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (70 North 6th, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free

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Holiday Films and Fun with Kiehl's

Rooftop Films, our favorite outdoor theatre, is teaming up with Kiehl's to bring some good holiday times your way tonight. Rooftop will invade the flahship store and present 5 holiday themed films (running time 45min). Then, you can enjoy free food and drink as well as free gifts from the Kiehl's crew afterwards to help you ward off dry hands this winter. Full info about the films on the Rooftom Film's Site.

Date: Wednesday, December 1st
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Kiehl's (109 3rd Ave at 13th Street)
Cost: Free, but please RSVP

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Clik It, Clik It Good

Swing by the American Apparel Pop Up Shop in Tribeca today and check out some of Cliktrax's favorite videos of the year on the big screen. Videos by Soulwax, The Kills, Hot Chip, be your own PET, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, and lots more! Most importantly, free Red Stripe from 8 til 10. Plus, music by DJ Jaclyn of the Bangers. All party people receive a 10% discount on all store items.

Date: Wednesday, December 14th
Time: 8pm - 10pm
Venue: American Apparel, 140 W. Broadway
Cost: Free

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The Body Image in Cristóbal Gabarrón’s Art

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Rachel Stella, daughter of artist Frank Stella will be screening her latest work "The Body Image in Cristóbal Gabarrón’s Art: 1963-2005" for free tonight at the Chelsea Museum. A panel discussion will follow with both director and subject.

Date: Thursday, December 15th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Chelsea Art Museum (556 West 22 Street at 11th Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Oh The Horror!

Free screening of the summer camp horror film, The Burning (1981). And if scary eighties movies don't get you there, maybe the $3 PBR all night long will lure you in.

Date: Monday, December 19th
Time: 10pm
Location: Rififi (332 11th St. bet. 1st and 2nd Ave.)
Cost: Free with one drink min.

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Challenging the “Charity Mentality”: Disability and the Media

Remember in the summer time when I was posting free movie screenings on a daily basis? Well I know its been a while, but here is a screening of a couple docs with some social consciousness. Tonight at the Lantern Free Film Screening: Disability and the Media check out two films, Fast and Reliable which documents the story of Dexter Benjamin, a NYC bike messenger with one leg and The Kids Are All Right a documentary about a renegade Jerry's Kid named Mike Ervin who was s Muscular Dystrophy Association poster child in the 1960s.

Date: Tuesday, December 20th
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 330 W 38th Street, btw 8th and 9th Ave., Suite 511
Cost: Free

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Go Further Screening

This unconventional documentary from Ron Mann explores the concept that individuals can achieve monumental change by altering the most trivial aspects of their lives. The documentary follows actor Woody Harrelson and cast characters on a bus ride down California's Pacific Coast Highway to promote social change on a global level by opting to modify our current customary, often environmentally damaging actions.

Date: Thursday, Dec 22nd
Time: 8.00 pm
Location: Time's Up! Space, 49 E. Houston St. between Mott and Mulberry
Cost: Free

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Black Christmas

If you've had enough of the festive cheer head down to this free screening of the Christmas horror sorority set film Black Christmas (1974).

Date: Monday, December 26th
Time: 10pm
Location: Rififi 332 11th St. Btw 1st and 2nd Ave.
Cost: Free with one drink min.

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Screening of Rebel Music, The Bob Marley Story

Free screening of Jeremy Marre’s documentary about the life and times of Bob Marley.

Date: Wednesday, December 28th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: International Student Center, Common Lounge (38 West 88th between Central Park West and Columbus Ave)
Cost: Free, donations welcome

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Haydenfilms Online Film Festival Awards Ceremony

The top four festival films from Season One of the Haydenfilms Online Film Festival, a national open short film competition, will be screened tonight along with a Q & A with the filmmakers. One lucky filmaker will even go home with a $10,000 grand prize. You can check out all four films online but you have to register for free on the site.

Date: Thursday, January 12th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: DGA Theater (110 West 57th betwen 6th and 7th)
Cost: Free

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Beaches

Get your tissues out ready to watch this classic girly eighties flick Beaches with Bette Midler.

Date: Friday, January 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location:Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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Sunday Night Double Feature

Every Sunday, Bar Rio plays a double movie feature with free popcorn to munch on. This week there is a music theme with Wilco: I am Trying to Break Your Heart (6:30) and This is Spinal Tap (8:30). Nice way to ease into the work week.

Date: Sunday, January 15th
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Bar Rio (559 Broome Street)
Cost: Free

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Sunday Night Double Feature

Every Sunday, Bar Rio plays a double movie feature with free popcorn to munch on. This week there is an indie theme with Dummy (6:30) and personal favorite Ghost World (8:30). Nice way to ease into the work week.

Date: Sunday, January 22nd
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Bar Rio (559 Broome Street between 6th and Varick)
Cost: Free

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Rare Screening of Rockets Red Glare

If you get a chance this is definitely worth checking out, it's an intimate documentary by Luis Fernandez de la Reguerra that chronicles the life of Michael Morra.
Better known as Rockets Redglare, Morra was an actor (in films including Stranger than Paradise, In the Soup, After Hours, Down By Law, Desperately Seeking Susan, Big, and Trees Lounge), stand-up comic, model (for Julian Schnabel), junkie, bodyguard and drug dealer to Sid Vicious, and con artist.
His life makes for very good watching in this touching documentary.

Date: Sunday, January 22nd
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Magnetic Field Cocktail Lounge, 97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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Vintage Films at The Fix

Tonight, The Fix will "present an evening of vintage experimental & visually arousing 8-mm & Super-8 films spanning the 1920's to the 1970's. This four hour program of obscure celluloid will feature too many titles to list but will include a wide spectrum of early animation, kooky comedies, Burly Q & glamour, pre-code curio's, coming attractions, TV commercials, and assorted featurettes." Free Popcorn.

Date: Wednesday, January 25th
Time: 7:30 (runs continuously until midnight)
Location: The Fix
Cost: Free (110 Bedford Ave at North 11th, Williamsburg)

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Teabag Film Workshop

"As many people know, many great film makers of our day got their start in New York. And at their beginning, they cut their teeth in the industry by making short films. [The Teabag Film Workshop] will feature four emerging local film makers each week and have a Q&A for each filmmaker following each film. The venue is a unique space that has a stage, screen, bar and Internet café. Come and see the next Spike Lee, Scorsese or Ang Lee before they hit it big."

Date: Thursday, January 26th
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Silk Road Place (30 Mott Street)
Cost: Free

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Double, Double Feature

It's a war tinged theme this week at Bar Rio's weekly double feature. Only this week it's gone to a double double feature with four films: Battle of Algiers, Fog of War, Dr. Strangelove, and Jacob’s Ladder. Free popcorn to munch on as always.

Date: Sunday, January 29nd
Time: 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Bar Rio (559 Broome Street between 6th and Varick)
Cost: Free

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Get Your Film Fix

Something I really like writing about, but rarely get to, are free films. Fix in Williamsburg is now doing a weekly film night. On the big screen (ok fine, it's probably actually not quite so big) tonight and every Wednesday are "a wide variety of films, shorts, tv shows, obscure bits of film, trailers, features, commercials, animation, home movies (you name it) all projected in 16, 8 and super8mm!"

Date: Wednesday, February 1
Time: 8:00pm to 2:00am
Location: FixLounge, 110 Bedford Ave (enter on N 11th)
Cost: Free

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Free London Screening

"In collaboration with L Magazine, [galapagos] presenting a Free Screening of the feature film London, starring Jessica Biel. It's a a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend." Note, last time we tried to go to this there was a space so packed that no only could you not get into the screening but you could not get to the bar. My recommendation is that if you are going to this then get there early.

Date: Wednesday, February 1st
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (70 North 6th Street)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Teabag Film Workshop

"Many great film makers of our day got their start in New York. And at their beginning, they cut their teeth in the industry by making short films. To provide a place for these future film giants to show their early work, [Teabag Film Workshop] will feature four emerging local film makers and their short films. After each film we'll have a Q&A with the filmmaker and take questions from the audience. The venue is a unique place that has a stage, screen, bar and Internet café. This week will feature film makers Jennifer Li, Francisco Aliwalas, Lana Yang and Eric Lin.

Date: Thursday, Febuaray 2nd
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Silk Road Place (30 Mott st.)
Cost: Free

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Hot Lunch

Come out tonight to catch a free screening of indie film Hot Lunch...
"In a cross between the British "Coupling" and American "American Pie," four men, Jack, Tom, Hugo, and Shag, and their female counterparts are all in varying degrees of woeful love lives. In an attempt to improve their situations they tackle the New York dating scene, hitting the clubs and bars, restaurants and parties with an enthusiasm that is unparalleled. They soon learn though, that in order to find the lighter side of love, they'll have to experience the darker side of dating." Free appitizers and drink specials.

Date: Friday, February 3rd
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Crash Mansion (199 Bowery at Spring)
Cost: Free with RSVP (first come, first served)

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The Confederate States of America

Catch another free film screening tonight at the IFC. Showing is a new mockumentary CSA: The Confederate States of America.
It asks: What would have happened had the South won the Civil War? The straight-faced Ken Burns-style documentary is directed by Kevin Willmott and Executive Produced by Spike Lee.
CSA presents an alternate modern-day America land where slavery exists as law, where other non-whites and non-Christians are relegated to reservations, where the country is embattled in a never-ending Cold War with Canada, and the Slave Shopping Network's an institution on TV.
Stick around after for a director Q&A.

Date: Wednesday, 8th February
Time: 7:00pm
Location: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave
Cost: Free

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London Calling

Yay free movies yay! I love movies and even more, I love free movies. Tonight check out a free screening of the new film London. London, played by Jessica Biel, is leaving NYC for LA, but Syd (Chris Evans) cant let her go. So he does what any normal person would do, he crashes her going away party with an enigmatic Englishman he just met (Jason Statham), and a massive bag of cocaine. Sounds about right. The entire soundtrack was done by The Crystal Method. RSVP is a must, and the ever coveted plus 1 will be implied. Arrive early, and I mean EARLY, as the seating is done on a first come first served basis. There will be some sort of after party to follow.

Date: Wednesday, February 8th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Loews Village VII, 2nd Ave and 11th St.
Cost: Free with RSVP

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FilmFix

The crew over at the fix has been picking up steam lately and that makes me all too happy as Williamsburg life has begun to hibernate in the new year. Tonight they continue their Wednesday series FilmFix with a pair of films about a certain foursome of bowl-cut british boys. The first one involves a submarine and the 2nd a concert in DC. "Assorted pop culture curios, coming attractions, animation, burly-Q, glamour & obscure mondo featurettes follow." Free Popcorn as always.

Date: Wednesday, February 8th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Fix (110 Bedford Ave, enter on N11th, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free

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The Confederate States of America

Catch another free film screening tonight of the new mockumentary CSA: The Confederate States of America. It asks: What would have happened had the South won the Civil War? The straight-faced Ken Burns-style documentary is directed by Kevin Willmott and Executive Produced by Spike Lee. CSA presents an alternate modern-day America land where slavery exists as law, where other non-whites and non-Christians are relegated to reservations, where the country is embattled in a never-ending Cold War with Canada, and the Slave Shopping Network's an institution on TV.

Date: Thursday, 9th February
Time: 6:00pm
Location: NYU, 721 Broadway, Room 1038
Cost: Free

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Teabag Film Workshop

"Many great film makers of our day got their start in New York. And at their beginning, they cut their teeth in the industry by making short films. To provide a place for these future film giants to show their early work, [Teabag Film Workshop] will feature four emerging local film makers and their short films. After each film we'll have a Q&A with the filmmaker and take questions from the audience. The venue is a unique place that has a stage, screen, bar and Internet café. This week will feature film makers George Su, John Entrada, Zao Wang, Brian Chang and Joe G.M. Chan.

Date: Thursday, Febuaray 9nd
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Silk Road Place (30 Mott st.)
Cost: Free

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Sunday Night Double Feature

Every Sunday, Bar Rio plays a double movie feature with free popcorn to munch on. This week is a New York themed night with Ken Burn's Brooklyn Bridge at 6 and Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (director's cut) at 7:30pm.

Date: Sunday, February 12th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Bar Rio (559 Broome Street between 6th and Varick)
Cost: Free

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Winter Passing - Free Screening

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We've got the inside scoop on a couple great free film screenings coming up over the next few weeks. Tonight's is "Winter Passing" in which Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father (Ed Harris), a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student (Warner) and a would-be musician (Will Ferrell) have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
RSVP to w.passing@yahoo.com for tickets.

Date: Monday, February 13th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Sunshine Theatre (143 E. Houston street between 1st & 2nd aves)
Cost: Free with RSVP, first come first served

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Date Movie - Free Screening

We've got the inside scoop on a couple great free film screenings coming up over the next few weeks. Tonight's is "Date Movie," a hilarious spoof on romantic comedies such as Meet The Parents, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Wedding Planner, and My Best Friend’s Wedding. The twisted minds of two of the six screenwriters behind Scary Movie this time skewer the romantic comedy genre. The new film tells the story of hopeless romantic Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan), who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Fuckyerdoder. But before they can have their “Big Fat Greek Wedding,” they’ll have to “Meet the Parents;” hook-up with “The Wedding Planner,” and contend with Grant’s friend Andy-a spectacularly beautiful woman who wants to put an end to her “Best Friend’s Wedding.”

Date: Thursday, February 16th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Clearview Cinemas (62nd and Broadway)
Cost: Free with RSVP, first come first served

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Night Watch - Free Screening

We've got the inside scoop on a couple great free film screenings coming up over the next few weeks. Tonight's is "Night Watch." "Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage."

Date: Thursday, February 16th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: AMC Empire 25 (234 West 42nd Street)
Cost: Free with RSVP, first come first served

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Tons of Tim Burton Love

My opening comment on this one is "better late than never!" If you have some time to spare this weekend I recommend you head downtown to the Tribeca Cinemas' Gallery. Last Saturday kicked off their opening of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride The Exhibit which will only run through Monday, Febuary 20th. The show features special Stop-Motion Animation and Artwork from Corpse Bride. In addition to the exhibit this weekend, Tribeca Cinemas is holding a Tim Burton retrospective and playing a number of his films including Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetle Juice and Edward Scissorhands. Click here for the film schedule. Admission to the gallery is free, as well as the screenings. In order to be admitted to the screenings though you must have a ticket, which are being given out all week long, so I would call and see what is still available.

Date: Saturday, February 18th
Time: Gallery Hours are 12:00pm - 8:00pm daily, film times vary
Location: Tibeca Cinemas Gallery, 54 Varick St
Cost: Free

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Tons of Tim Burton Love

My opening comment on this one is "better late than never!" If you have some time to spare this weekend I recommend you head downtown to the Tribeca Cinemas' Gallery. Last Saturday kicked off their opening of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride The Exhibit which will only run through Monday, Febuary 20th. The show features special Stop-Motion Animation and Artwork from Corpse Bride. In addition to the exhibit this weekend, Tribeca Cinemas is holding a Tim Burton retrospective and playing a number of his films including Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetle Juice and Edward Scissorhands. Click here for the film schedule. Admission to the gallery is free, as well as the screenings. In order to be admitted to the screenings though you must have a ticket, which are being given out all week long, so I would call and see what is still available.

Date: Sunday, February 19th
Time: Gallery Hours are 12:00pm - 8:00pm daily, film times vary
Location: Tibeca Cinemas Gallery, 54 Varick St
Cost: Free

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Double Double Feature

this is back on, but starts at 6:30 now. The event has been cancelled for tonight due to emergency bar construction.

Bar Rio's weekly double feature gets a bit heady this week with some serious art/philosophy screenings. This week features Jean Renoir's "The River," Marcel Camus' "Black Orpheus," Anh Hung Tran's "Cyclo," and Alejandro Inarritu's "Amores Perros." Free popcorn to munch on as always.

Date: Sunday, February 19th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Bar Rio (559 Broome Street between 6th and Varick)
Cost: Free

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War Zone Free Film Screening

Grab your local construction worker, garbage man or general thug in an oversized white Jeezy tee shirt with fake jewlery selling cand bars for his basketball team and take them down for a bit of women's rights education at this free film screening... "War Zone is about sex, power and what happens when men—either knowingly or unknowingly—threaten a woman's right to walk undisturbed on the streets. What exactly do catcalls, leers or a whole litany of other behaviors mean to a woman? And why do men engage in these behaviors?" Discussion panel guests include members of Holla Back NYC, a local grassroots organization that empowers New Yorkers to confront and snap pics of street harassers. Light refreshments will be served. Film begins at 7pm.

Date: Tuesday, February 21st
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Whirlwind Creative Gallery (330 West 38th St between 8th and 9th)
Cost: Free with RSVP

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Running Scared

Dont be scurred its time for more free movies, yay! This time on the big screen is Running Scared. To sum it up nice and quick, "Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is a low level mob flunkie whose role is to dispose of "hot" guns from mob killings." Then there is some sort of botched drug deal... you get the gist. The screening is being held in Brooklyn and you can pick up free passes (while the gettin's good) from 2 Brooklyn Industries locations.

Date: Wednesday, February 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Pick tickets up at Brooklyn Industries, 206 5th Ave or 328 7th Ave, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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God's Forgotten House

As part of Wales week Pioneer Theatre are screening God's Forgotten House by Welsh artist and director Justin Golding. God's Forgotten House is about the difficulty of what to do with innocence once it is lost. It is the story of a confused and struggling young man, John Phillips, who is court mandated to work in a home for troubled children in Harlem. Each child presents a unique set of emotional challenges, and the house is full of violent outbursts and emotional scars where only the strongest survive. The film itself isn't very Welsh but it's free and the screening will be followed by a question and answer session with Justin Golding.

Date: Saturday, February 25th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Pioneer Theatre (155 East 3rd Street)
Cost: Free

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Tripping With Caveh

Tonight catch a rare screening of the Tripping With Caveh documentary about an afternoon the director Caveh Zahedi spent with musician Will Oldham tripping on magic mushrooms.

Date: Sunday, February 26th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Magnetic Field, 97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
Cost: Free

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xPress Fest

Date: Tuesday, March 7th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: The Scion xPress Fest, is a national filmmaking competition where students compete to make a music video for one of ten indie rock bands, tonight the top 10 are screened.

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Duck Season Screening

Date: Thursday, March 9th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Angelika Film Center (18 West Houston)
Cost: Free with RSVP, First Come First Served
Summary: A pair of fourteen year old boys learn about life and love on yet another boring Sunday in this free screening of "Temporada de Patos." View the trailer.

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A Panther in Africa Screening

Date: Monday, March 13th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Carlitos (1701 Lexington Ave between 106 and 107)
Cost: Free
Summery: Free screening of Raoul Peck's epic documentary about the Congo's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba at this bar/cafe/gallery space

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Lonesome Jim Screening

Date: Tuesday, March 14th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: RSVP for info
Cost: Free with RSVP closed out, sorry
Summary: Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler star in this quirky dark comedy by director Steve Buchemi about a 27 year old who moves back in with his parents. Check out an advanced screening tonight. View Trailer

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Thank You For Smoking

Date: Thursday, March 16th
Time: 8:30pm
Location: AMC Empire 25 (234 W 42nd Street)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Catch this free screening of Jason Reitman's satirical comedy, Thank You For Smoking, if you RSVP fast enough that is! The film follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son.

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Take The Lead

Date: Tuesday, March 21st
Time: 12:00pm
Locaiton: Dulaine Dancenter (25 West 31st, 4th Floor)
Cost: Free
Summary: Take the Lead is a new movie starring Antonio Banderas as a former professional dancer who volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system. SO if your into it, head over to Dulaine Dancenter today and grab a free pass for you and a friend. Plus you can enter to will 5 free dance lessons with Pierre Dulaine.

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Quantum Leaps

Date: Tuesday, March 21st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Kitchen (512 West 19th Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: No, this is NOT a marathon for the MacGyver meet Star Trek film series... instead, Astria Suparak curated this collection of recent video works by "artists who break out of traditional constraints of time and social convention to create alternative fantasy lineages that compress historical eras, catalogue personal heroes, and hallucinate new futures." Hallucinate new futures, huh, not so far from the TV series.

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MTV2 Preview Screening

Date: Wednesday, March 22nd
Time: 8:00pm (doors, 7:45pm)
Location: NYU, Cantor Film Center (36 E. 8th St)
Cost: Free, first come first served
Summary: Catch a preview from the new seasons of two MTV2 shows.

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An Injury of One Screening

Date: Sunday, March 26th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Larry Lawrence Bar (295 Grand Street, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.

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Free Movie Screening!

Date: Tuesday, March 28th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Galapagos (70N. 6th Street, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free but must RSVP
Summary: Tonight catch this advance screening of Iowa at Galapagos. A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.

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Monumental David Brower's Fight for Wild America

Date: Thursday, March 30th
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Times Up (49 East Houston Street)
Cost: Free but donations are gladly accepted
Summary: David Brower's Monumental is screened for free tonight at TImes Up.

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Dead or Alive

Date: Monday, April 3rd
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Dekk (134 Reade Street at Hudson)
Cost: Free
Summary: Columbia Universiy's Undercase Showground kicks off their monthly showcase of eclectic Japanese Yakuza Theatre tonight with Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive. Its the perfect combination of original indie theatre and good old fashioned sex and violence. 17+ to enter.

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Quality of Life Ticket Giveaway!

Tomorrow is the opening of Quality of Life, a 100% independent DIY film that shines dramatic light on true-to-life underground graffiti culture as it paints a portrait of two torn young artists. Since we're all about DIY, and all about graffiti, and all about free sh!t, we've copped a pair of free tickets to one of next week's screenings (Monday - Wednesday) for the person who sends us the best writing story. Deadline is this Thursday so holler at us. In the meantime, Quality of Life is playing through next weekend at the Pioneer and selling out fast so learn more about the film here or grab your presales here.

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Future of Food Screening

Date: Thursday, April 20th
Time: 8:00pm Sharp
Location: Time's Up (49 E. Houston St. between Mott and Mulberry)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The Future Of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade." organic refreshments served.

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BAC Film Festival Kickoff

Date: Tuesday, April 25th
Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Higgins Hall Center Auditorium, Pratt (61 St. James Place, BK)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight kicks off the two week long Brooklyn Arts Council International Film and Video Festival. Now in its 40th year, this festival brings together underground and experimental films and presents them in a free (or free with museum admission) environment. This evening features an installation as well as several international short screenings (see schedule after the jump). Check the site for full calendar of events.

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Nine to Five

Date: Thursday, April 27th
Time: Doors at 6:30pm, Film at 8:00pm
Location: The North Cove at the World Financial Center (behind the Winter Garden)
Cost: Free (Tickets will be available beginging the 17th up at the Tribeca Film Festival Box Office, 13-17 B Laight Street btw Varick and Ave. of the Americas)
Summary: So while it is not quite summer yet, The Tribeca Film Festival has set up Drive-In style screenings in honor of the upcoming festival. Today they screen the 1980 classic, Nine to five, starring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.

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Tropfest

Date: Friday, April 28th
Time: Doors at 6:30pm, Film at 8:00pm
Location: The North Cove at the World Financial Center (behind the Winter Garden)
Cost: Free
Summary: So while it is not quite summer yet, The Tribeca Film Festival has set up Drive-In style screeningd in honor of the upcoming festival. Today is Australia's Tropfest. "The largest outdoor short film festival in the world, gets its North American premiere in a collaboration with the Tribeca Film Festival to bring you eight shorts made exclusively for Tropfest@Tribeca, screening with eight classic Tropfest shorts."

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The Hip Hop Project

Date: Saturday, April 29th
Time: Doors at 6:30pm, Film at 8:00pm
Location: The North Cove at the World Financial Center (behind the Winter Garden)
Cost: Free (Tickets will be available beginnging the 17th and must be picked up at the Tribeca Film Festival Box Office,13-17 B Laight Street btw Varick Street and Ave. of the Americas)
Summary: So while it is not quite summer yet, The Tribeca Film Festival has set up Drive-In style screeningd in honor of the upcoming festival. Today is Word.Life aka The Hip Hop Project. "From executive producer Bruce Willis comes an inspiring documentary about New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, led by a formerly homeless teen turned rap mentor. On this journey of self-discovery and empowerment, hip-hop is the key that will set them free."

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Lost Fans Can Freak Out Now

Date: Tuesday, May 2nd
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Apple Store SoHo (103 Prince Street)
Cost: Free (first come sirst served for seats)
Summary: In honor of the Apple store's brand freakin' new theater and the Tribeca Film Festival mayhem that going on, we are in for treat. Today J.J. Abrams, director of Mission: Impossible 3 and creator of Felicity, Alias, and LOST, will chat about the role Apple technology plays in everything he does. Ok well maybe his plan is to discuss Apple technology, but my plan is much more like ask 1)Who are the The Others? 2) What is that crazy black smoke monster and 3) Why are there so many reruns?

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