So has the Quad made a permanent decision to cut way back on their repertory screenings? They don't even print a monthly guide anymore. Was this because of the ownership change I read about a while back?
― Josefa, Saturday, 14 March 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
that happened months ago, and yes, it seems
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 March 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
bummer, their programming used to rule. i basically stopped going for financial reasons - member price at FF or student price at Anthology just clobbers $16 for a not-super-great viewing experience.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 14 March 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
I had been looking fwd to this rarity in their scheduled Sellers sampler
https://quadcinema.com/film/mr-topaze/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 March 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
i like the quad! but its not as good as ff or anthology, i agree.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 March 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
BAM cinemas now closed, with no timely notice on their site til mid-afternoon to save me a trip. I shan't be renewing my membership anyway.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 March 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
Film Forum now closed too.
― MrDasher, Sunday, 15 March 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
well, I might as well be living in a basement in Sandusky now. Making a better living.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:41 (four years ago) link
Quad is closed now too; I think they were the last.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 March 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
Sorry snobs :(
― silby, Monday, 16 March 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
I had no use for them but RIP anyway
― Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette Alone) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
ScreenSlate, Light Industry, and others have started a fundraiser to support NYC movie theater employees out of work because of COVID-19. I know one or two affected folks and I'm sure y'all do as well. Consider kicking in, say, what you might have spent on movies and concessions this week, and share in your networks!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 16 March 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
Spectacle is doing Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/spectaclenyc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
http://www.ifccenter.com/films/marquee
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
the hungarian film archives are streaming 39 classic hungarian films for free on their website - jancsó's the only one i've heard of here, anyone seen any of the others?
https://filmarchiv.hu/en/news/hungarian-classics-free-to-watch
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
You never heard of Colonel Redl?
― Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
Autocorrect wanted Colonel Redd.
Anyway, thanks, this will be yet another way to test my pitiful Duolingo Plus Hungarian.
― Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
Hong, Friday
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/yourself-and-yours/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
Amplifying Anthology Film Archives latest outreach; full links and additional statement of purpose here: https://mailchi.mp/anthologyfilmarchives/update_6_03_2020-622592
Since Anthology is, after all, a cinema and film archive, with a conviction that movies can foster engagement rather than distraction, we’d like to use the cinema as a lens to focus attention more squarely on the struggle, by sharing a list of films (available online from various sources) whose continuing relevance has been underlined in the wake of further instances of police brutality and the gross infringement of civil rights. The list itself (a highly selective and partial one) suggests, even at a glance, how entrenched racism has been and continues to be in our society, and illustrates the courage of those activists who have waged the fight for generations. • The 6-part documentary series REST IN POWER: THE TRAYVON MARTIN STORY (Jenner Furst & Julia Willoughby Nason, 2018) is an in-depth chronicle of the Trayvon Martin killing and its aftermath. • CRIME + PUNISHMENT (Stephen Maing, 2018) exposes systemic corruption within the NYPD via the story of the NYPD12, a group of NYC police officers who brought a lawsuit against the city and the department over racist and illegal policing practices. • WHOSE STREETS? (Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis, 2017) is one of the most important documentaries to emerge from the killing of Michael Brown and the subsequent protest movement in Ferguson/St. Louis. • Among the best of the films produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rodney King incident, John Ridley’s LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992 (2017) is available on many different platforms. • Roger Guenveur Smith & Spike Lee’s RODNEY KING (2017) documents Smith’s one-man theatrical production. • Yance Ford’s personal documentary STRONG ISLAND (2017) charts the aftermath of the killing of his brother William Ford Jr. by a 19-year-old white mechanic, who was acquitted following an investigation that treated Ford more as a suspect than a murder victim. • FOR AHKEEM (Landon Van Soest & Jeremy S. Levine, 2017), an intimate and moving portrait of the daily life of a St. Louis high school student, was filmed over the course of two years, a period that saw the killing of Michael Brown and the subsequent protest movement. • Available to watch for free, STAY WOKE: THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT (Laurens Grant, 2016) chronicles the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement. • Two exposés of America’s system of mass incarceration and its devastating and disproportionate impact on African Americans: THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (Eugene Jarecki, 2012) and Ava DuVernay’s 13th (2016). • THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 (Goran Hugo Olsson, 2011) is drawn from 16mm material shot by visiting Swedish journalists who documented some of the leading figures of the Black Power Movement, including Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver. • Sherry Millner & Ernest Larsen’s 41 SHOTS (2000) is a short reflection on the murder of Amadou Diallo. • The 14-part history of the Civil Rights Movement that aired on PBS from 1987-90, EYES ON THE PRIZE remains a monumental achievement. • Shot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2 (Howard Alk, Mike Gray & Film Group, 1969) charts the unlikely relationship between the Black Power movement in Chicago and the Young Patriots, a primarily white group that was beginning to organize around issues of social mobility, police brutality, and income inequity. • Santiago Alvarez’s still-vital short film NOW! (1965), depicting the civil rights struggle (and the brutal crackdown it incurred), can be viewed for free here. • James Blue’s classic film THE MARCH (1964) documents the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. • Madeline Anderson’s INTEGRATION REPORT 1 (1960) – the first known documentary film by an African American female director – examines the struggle for black equality in Alabama, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/new-yorks-indie-movie-theaters-are-cautiously-preparing-reopen
Because of the challenge of operating a restaurant within the theater — and having nearly 180 employees who’d need to feel safe coming back to work — Viragh said Nitehawk may not open until next year, and he doesn’t expect business to get back to pre-pandemic levels for another 18 months to two years.Meanwhile, at Film Forum in SoHo, the full expectation is to reopen next month... “So my colleagues and I have been developing programming to start July 29th.” Cooper said that when the theater reopens, attendees will be seated in a checkerboard pattern, so no one is directly next to or behind anyone. Certain staff members will be solely dedicated to cleaning and disinfecting. And ticket-sellers and concessionists will work behind plexiglass windows.For now, Film at Lincoln Center has pivoted to showing movies in virtual, online screening rooms (as have Film Forum and Nitehawk). Executive Director Lesli Klainberg said the viewership so far has been minimal. Klainberg said her organization’s biggest event of the year, the New York Film Festival, is still on for its scheduled start date of September 25th. But depending on the reopening guidelines — and what feels safe — she and her staff are considering a mix of outdoor screenings, digital screenings, and events at other sites besides the Walter Reade.“My secret fear is that everyone is sitting at home watching every movie they’ve ever wanted to watch that they never had time to watch,” Klainberg said. “And when they come out of this, and everyone feels safe, we’re going to have to offer them something that’s new and unique and special, because that’s what they come to the movies for.”
Meanwhile, at Film Forum in SoHo, the full expectation is to reopen next month... “So my colleagues and I have been developing programming to start July 29th.” Cooper said that when the theater reopens, attendees will be seated in a checkerboard pattern, so no one is directly next to or behind anyone. Certain staff members will be solely dedicated to cleaning and disinfecting. And ticket-sellers and concessionists will work behind plexiglass windows.
For now, Film at Lincoln Center has pivoted to showing movies in virtual, online screening rooms (as have Film Forum and Nitehawk). Executive Director Lesli Klainberg said the viewership so far has been minimal. Klainberg said her organization’s biggest event of the year, the New York Film Festival, is still on for its scheduled start date of September 25th. But depending on the reopening guidelines — and what feels safe — she and her staff are considering a mix of outdoor screenings, digital screenings, and events at other sites besides the Walter Reade.
“My secret fear is that everyone is sitting at home watching every movie they’ve ever wanted to watch that they never had time to watch,” Klainberg said. “And when they come out of this, and everyone feels safe, we’re going to have to offer them something that’s new and unique and special, because that’s what they come to the movies for.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 12 June 2020 03:28 (three years ago) link
Why is that a secret fear? Finally a challenge for studios more than programmers. This is as much if not more of an existential threat to theaters as TV was in the 1950s. There should be far more repertory programming in EVERY movie theater, and not just the same 20 Hollywood classics you see on posters and murals at Cinemarks and Cinebistros. Get stuff in there from literally any time. and SCREEN NETFLIX FILMS!
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 June 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
i imagine i'm not the only one feeling a lot of emotional twinges, skimming back over this thread this particular morning. i miss the movies, i miss these theaters. when it's possible, we should all go see something. and raise some glasses afterwards.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 22 October 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link
Yeah, i am in.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 22 October 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
I'd love to come up to NYC for something like that.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 22 October 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
So, odd question maybe.
But why would a festival such as DOCNYC throttle streaming of their films online, so that screenings actually 'sell out'? What purpose does that serve? Like, I'd love to pay to screen a film or two, and it simply won't allow me to do so.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
I can only guess some unfathomable rights issues. All I know is that certain AFI Silver online streams are limited to households in the Washington, DC area, and others are more generally available. Were you required to put in a Zip code before being told that the screening was "sold out"?
(There are historic reasons for rights issues, including market-by-market rights deals and incompatible formats in different territories. But it BOILS MY BUTTOCKS when contemporary media submits to this throttling.)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
No postal code required, streaming available throughout the US. But Sold Out, somehow?
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
I guess that to me, it snacks of... gatekeeper tendencies that the subject of the documentary in question would frown down upon. But, I digress.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
some guesses:1 - gives everyone the ability to point to "sold out DOC NYC" status 2 - continues to allow for the arbitrary assignment of "ticket cost" to each viewing and allows for specific minimum and maximum rights payments to the film owners so that the event organizers don't get submarined by paying too much or the creators by getting paid too little to screen3 - level playing field for everyone showing in the festival4 - technical issues that could potentially crash DOC NYC's backend
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
5 - ILPLEX, btw
Those all kiiiind of make sense, but still reek of gatekeeper tendencies, and sort of fall flat when everyone could be making more money if they just opened it up.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Thursday, 19 November 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
Besides tech issues, the one that seems possible to me is being able to say "SOLD OUT at [x festival]," but in this instance that could easily be "OVERFLOW or SCREENINGS ADDED at [x festival]!"
― flappy bird, Thursday, 19 November 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
also i imagine everyone wants to limit exposure somewhat so that they can eventually do a theatrical run somewhere and/or run it for sale of their own website and/or sell it to a digital distributor who knows it hasn't been fully saturated on the interwebs
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
THAT is convincing to me and not entirely based on bullshit.
Sorry for derail, btw, I was just very angry that I couldn't watch the new Wojnarowicz documentary.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Thursday, 19 November 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah i am looking forward to that too and will let u know when it lands on ilplex
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
Thanks forks
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 20 November 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link
"21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020" online film series hosted by Japan Society up now in the US. Keen to watch the new Sion Sono - anything else I should check out?
https://film.japansociety.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=film
― donna rouge, Sunday, 7 February 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
the New York African Film Festival is up now too, hope to catch something here: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/page/new-york-african-film-festival/
― donna rouge, Sunday, 7 February 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7286-jean-claude-carri-re-harvester-of-cinema
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
https://mailchi.mp/ifccenter.com/reopening
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
Film Forum too, in April, I think
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
Friday, April 2nd.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
Angelika is coming back: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/showtimes-and-tickets/now-playing/2021-03-05
Anthology taking a wait and see attitude, which makes sense given that a lot of their staff likely volunteers.
BAM, Quad, Metrograph, MoMa, Spectacle, Lincoln Center, Nitehawk all still on radio silence.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
MoMA is open in some capacity. Maybe I can ask around about public screenings.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 February 2021 22:13 (three years ago) link
meantime, screen slate revamped its website and is now listing select time-sensitive online screenings, and hosting some titles for streaming too
https://www.screenslate.com/
― donna rouge, Sunday, 28 February 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
yeah, i like them a lot.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
Nitehawk just announced a 25% reopen on friday... that and alamo are probably the riskiest of theatershttps://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/covid-prevention-at-nitehawk/
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
yeah the dine-in model seems particularly tough to imagine going back to, at least until the numbers (vaccines, new cases, etc.) get wayyyyyyyy better. i am itching to finally spend the Nitehawk credit i got by returning a ticket to a show schedule for 3/12/20. but it can wait.
― honkin' on bobo, honkin' with my feet ten feet off of beale (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
Seems about right?
Here’s what you can expect at IFC Center when we reopen:Mandatory masks at all times:Mandatory face coverings on staff and customers throughout the building at all timesNo concessions will be sold, and no eating or drinking allowed in the theaters, so there will be no reason for anyone to remove their masksSocial distancing:Reserved seating at all shows, so that you don’t have to arrive early to get the seat you wantAt least 6 feet of distance between seats available for purchase Reduced capacity of only 25% in all theaters—our biggest house is limited to a maximum of 50 moviegoers; the smaller rooms will have fewer seatsOnline and contactless ticketing and ticket scanning Longer gaps between shows so you won’t have to line up to wait for your theater to open for seatingFeatures (not the preshows) begin at the showtime to allow you to control the amount of time you’re in the building: Arrive 15 minutes before the showtime to catch the trailers and a short film before the feature, with lights up until showtime; or show up right at showtime if you only want to catch the main eventBuilding sanitation:Newly installed hospital-grade MERV-13 air filtrationSeats will be sanitized in between showsTouchless hand-sanitizer stations will be available throughout the complexBathrooms will be sanitized hourlyYour cooperation with our new guidelines will be important for everyone's safety, so we appreciate your diligence. These policies and instructions will be visible on signage throughout the building as well. And as always, if you are feeling sick, please stay home.
Mandatory masks at all times:Mandatory face coverings on staff and customers throughout the building at all timesNo concessions will be sold, and no eating or drinking allowed in the theaters, so there will be no reason for anyone to remove their masksSocial distancing:Reserved seating at all shows, so that you don’t have to arrive early to get the seat you wantAt least 6 feet of distance between seats available for purchase Reduced capacity of only 25% in all theaters—our biggest house is limited to a maximum of 50 moviegoers; the smaller rooms will have fewer seatsOnline and contactless ticketing and ticket scanning Longer gaps between shows so you won’t have to line up to wait for your theater to open for seatingFeatures (not the preshows) begin at the showtime to allow you to control the amount of time you’re in the building: Arrive 15 minutes before the showtime to catch the trailers and a short film before the feature, with lights up until showtime; or show up right at showtime if you only want to catch the main eventBuilding sanitation:Newly installed hospital-grade MERV-13 air filtrationSeats will be sanitized in between showsTouchless hand-sanitizer stations will be available throughout the complexBathrooms will be sanitized hourlyYour cooperation with our new guidelines will be important for everyone's safety, so we appreciate your diligence. These policies and instructions will be visible on signage throughout the building as well. And as always, if you are feeling sick, please stay home.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link