Outdoor Cinema: August 16-29
by Mara Lander
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Kikujiro
Socrates Sculpture Park August 16
Japanese road movie about a seedy gangster and a nine-year-old manchild. Ha, manchild.
Broadway at Vernon Blvd. (Long Island city)
Goodfellas
RiverFlicks August 16
Italians using terms like “MotherFucka.” and “Jew Broad.”
Hudson River Park’s Pier 54
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movies with a View August 17
Where keeping up with the Joneses is a lot harder than it looks.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
RiverFlicks August 18
The original tale of a poor kid’s magical tour of a candy factory. Not the scary new version.
Hudson River Park’s Pier 46
Darwin’s Nightmare
Solar One August 18
When Nile Perch were released into Lake Victoria for economic reason, they eliminated almost all of the other species of fish. What now?
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Found Footage Fest
RoofTop Films August 18
Hysterical detritus from the video revolution.
AHS (50 Bedford Ave)
Beyond Beats and Rhymes
RoofTop Films August 19 (Rain date Aug 20)
Insider addresses Hip-Hop’s problems with homophobia, misogyny, racism and violence.
Fort Greene Park
Soylent Green
Solar One August 19
Science fiction thriller about the future of the planet and a society where natural foods have been replaced by something more sinister.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Silent Running
Solar One August 20
A crew member of a spaceship holding Earth’s last nature reserves goes renegade when he is told to abandon his beloved plants.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Rocky
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival August 21
I used to watch this to get pumped to study for finals in college. Yeah, I’m serious.
Lawn @ Bryant Park
Dog Day Afternoon
The L Magazine SummerScreen August 22
Al Pacino plays a schlub who robs a bank to pay for his transvestite “girlfriend’s” operation.
McCarren Park Pool (Lorimer between Driggs and Bayard)
A Clockwork Orange
RiverFlicks August 23
It’s a metaphor.
Hudson River Park’s Pier 54
Balseros
Socrates Sculpture Park August 23
Documentary follows up with a group of Cubans 7 years after they’ve made a daring raft trip to the states.
Broadway at Vernon Blvd. (Long Island city)
The Warriors
Movies with a View August 24
Not to be confused with The Orphans, The Lizzies, The Baseball Furies, The Van Cortlandt Rangers, The Boppers, The Electric Eliminators, or The Satan’s Mothers.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
ET
RiverFlicks August 25
Not to be confused with a pervert or a deformed kid.
Hudson River Park’s Pier 46
Gimme Shelter
Solar One August 25
Documentary about the tragic Rolling Stones concert at Altamont. Hell’s Angels; not to be confused with security guards.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Home Movies
RoofTop Films August 25
AHS (50 Bedford Ave)
Style Wars
The L Magazine SummerScreen August 26
Documentary about graffiti, and graffiti related topics of interest.
McCarren Park Pool (Lorimer between Driggs and Bayard)
Best of New York Non-Fiction: Brooklyn
RoofTop Films August 26 (Rain date Aug 27)
True tales of Brooklyn, the borough that’s thorough.
Broolyn Navy Yard
Contested Streets
Solar One August 26
A look at New York City streets, from before automobiles to today.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Princess Mononoke
Solar One August 27
When a prince is infected with a curse he travels to the forest for a cure and stumbles upon a war between the forest dwellers and an iron mining town. Not to be confused with Meet the Deedles starring heartthrob Paul Walker as Phil Deedle.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Socrates Sculpture Park August 16
Japanese road movie about a seedy gangster and a nine-year-old manchild. Ha, manchild.
Broadway at Vernon Blvd. (Long Island city)
Goodfellas
RiverFlicks August 16
Italians using terms like “MotherFucka.” and “Jew Broad.”
Hudson River Park’s Pier 54
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movies with a View August 17
Where keeping up with the Joneses is a lot harder than it looks.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
RiverFlicks August 18
The original tale of a poor kid’s magical tour of a candy factory. Not the scary new version.
Hudson River Park’s Pier 46
Darwin’s Nightmare
Solar One August 18
When Nile Perch were released into Lake Victoria for economic reason, they eliminated almost all of the other species of fish. What now?
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Found Footage Fest
RoofTop Films August 18
Hysterical detritus from the video revolution.
AHS (50 Bedford Ave)
Beyond Beats and Rhymes
RoofTop Films August 19 (Rain date Aug 20)
Insider addresses Hip-Hop’s problems with homophobia, misogyny, racism and violence.
Fort Greene Park
Soylent Green
Solar One August 19
Science fiction thriller about the future of the planet and a society where natural foods have been replaced by something more sinister.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Silent Running
Solar One August 20
A crew member of a spaceship holding Earth’s last nature reserves goes renegade when he is told to abandon his beloved plants.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Rocky
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival August 21
I used to watch this to get pumped to study for finals in college. Yeah, I’m serious.
Lawn @ Bryant Park
Dog Day Afternoon
The L Magazine SummerScreen August 22
Al Pacino plays a schlub who robs a bank to pay for his transvestite “girlfriend’s” operation.
McCarren Park Pool (Lorimer between Driggs and Bayard)
A Clockwork Orange
RiverFlicks August 23
It’s a metaphor.
Hudson River Park’s Pier 54
Balseros
Socrates Sculpture Park August 23
Documentary follows up with a group of Cubans 7 years after they’ve made a daring raft trip to the states.
Broadway at Vernon Blvd. (Long Island city)
The Warriors
Movies with a View August 24
Not to be confused with The Orphans, The Lizzies, The Baseball Furies, The Van Cortlandt Rangers, The Boppers, The Electric Eliminators, or The Satan’s Mothers.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
ET
RiverFlicks August 25
Not to be confused with a pervert or a deformed kid.
Hudson River Park’s Pier 46
Gimme Shelter
Solar One August 25
Documentary about the tragic Rolling Stones concert at Altamont. Hell’s Angels; not to be confused with security guards.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Home Movies
RoofTop Films August 25
AHS (50 Bedford Ave)
Style Wars
The L Magazine SummerScreen August 26
Documentary about graffiti, and graffiti related topics of interest.
McCarren Park Pool (Lorimer between Driggs and Bayard)
Best of New York Non-Fiction: Brooklyn
RoofTop Films August 26 (Rain date Aug 27)
True tales of Brooklyn, the borough that’s thorough.
Broolyn Navy Yard
Contested Streets
Solar One August 26
A look at New York City streets, from before automobiles to today.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
Princess Mononoke
Solar One August 27
When a prince is infected with a curse he travels to the forest for a cure and stumbles upon a war between the forest dwellers and an iron mining town. Not to be confused with Meet the Deedles starring heartthrob Paul Walker as Phil Deedle.
Stuyvesant Cove Park (E. 23rd and East River)
