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You can see a movie free of charge in New York practically every day!

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The quality and quantity of free events, free things to do that happen in New York City every day of the year is truly amazing.

Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge!

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89 free (and almost free) movies in New York City (NYC)

Free movies/films/screenings are among the many free or low budget, inexpensive events of the highest quality that saturate New York City's everyday life! Please see below a schedule of free movies/films/screenings that New York has to offer

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Stars: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer. An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. 146 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 23
11:00 am
Free
Films, April 23, 2018, 04/23/2018, Tate Taylor's The Help (2011): Oscar-Winning Drama
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Stars: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark. Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife. 120 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 23
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 23, 2018, 04/23/2018, Delmer Daves's Pride of the Marines (1945): Wounded Soldier Returns
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Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas. During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. 125 min.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Apr 23
3:00 pm
Free
Films, April 23, 2018, 04/23/2018, Joe Wright's Darkest Hour (2017): Gary Oldman's Oscar
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A painterly and sensual immersion in late nineteenth-century Italian farm life, The Tree of Wooden Clogs lovingly focuses on four families working for one landowner on an isolated estate in the province of Bergamo. Filming on an abandoned farm for four months, Olmi adapted neorealist techniques to tell his story, enlisting local people to live as their own ancestors had, speaking in their native dialect on locations with which they were intimately familiar. 186 min. In Bergamasque dialect with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 23
6:00 pm
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Films, April 23, 2018, 04/23/2018, Ermanno Olmi's The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978): Italian Drama
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Set in a time of leg warmers and Cold War chill, The Americans follows two Soviet spies (Felicity’s Keri Russell and Brothers & Sisters’ Matthew Rhys) undercover as a troubled married couple trying to steal U.S. secrets and blend seamlessly into American suburban life of the 1980s. Vividly detailed, the show captures Reagan-era politics and pop culture with equal brilliance. Creative team members Joe Weisberg, himself a former CIA officer, and Joel Fields screen an episode and take you behind the scenes of crafting FX’s award winning drama. Guests: Joe Weisberg, Creator, Executive Producer, and Writer Joel Fields, Executive Producer and Writer Moderator: Shruti Ganguly, Filmmaker
   New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Apr 23
6:30 pm
Free
Screenings, April 23, 2018, 04/23/2018, FX's The Americans: spy drama, watch an episode, meet the creators
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Stars: Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez, Tom Felton. Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. 116 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 24
11:30 am
Free
Films, April 24, 2018, 04/24/2018, Gabriela Cowperthwaite's Megan Leavey (2017): Iraq War Drama
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Stars: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa . Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. 120 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 24
12:00 pm
Free
Films, April 24, 2018, 04/24/2018, Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017): Superhero Rumble
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Poet, playwright, activist; seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement and mentor to generations of poets and hip-hop artists, Sonia Sanchez plays all these roles. BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez is a performance-filled documentary about this 80-year old artist for whom writing is both a personal and political act. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 24
4:00 pm
Free
Films, April 24, 2018, 04/24/2018, Barbara Attie & Janet Goldwater's BaddDD Sonia Sanchez (2015): Performance-Filled Documentary
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Stars: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville. Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. 130 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Apr 24
6:00 pm
Free
Films, April 24, 2018, 04/24/2018, Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-Winning Phantom Thread (2017): Fashion Designer's Love
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Eva Hesse's (1936-1970) pioneering sculptures, using latex, fiberglass, and plastics, helped establish the post-minimalist movement. Dying of a brain tumor at age 34, she had a mere decade-long career that, despite its brevity, is dense with complex, intriguing works that defy easy categorization. Director: Marcie Begleiter
   New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Apr 24
6:30 pm
Free
Screenings, April 24, 2018, 04/24/2018, Documentary about America’s foremost postwar artists, Eva Hesse
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Stars: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Laughton. After murdering someone, a magazine tycoon tries to frame an unknown, innocent man of the murder instead, while the innocent man tries to solve the murder himself. 85 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 25
11:15 am
Free
Films, April 25, 2018, 04/25/2018, John Farrow's The Big Clock (1948): Framed for Murder
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African dance scholar Carolyn Webb will help celebrate the life and work of Haitian dancer and choreographer Jean Léon Destiné.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Apr 25
1:30 pm
Free
Screenings, April 25, 2018, 04/25/2018, Dance on Film: Haitian dancer and choreographer Jean Léon Destiné
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Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner. The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public. 111 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 25
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 25, 2018, 04/25/2018, Bob Fosse's Lenny (1974): Life of the Comedian
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Rare photos, re-enactments, personal writing and archive film are complied in this documentary exploring the early life of Walter Rodney, a renowned Guyanese revolutionary, from his university years to his emergence as a political radical in the 1960s. It’s as much a tribute to the Caribbean during the sweeping transformations of the 60s as it is to Rodney’s enduring voice. Director Matthew Smith (also Chair of the Department of History and Archaeology, University of West Indies, Mona Campus) will be present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 25
6:00 pm
Free
Films, April 25, 2018, 04/25/2018, The Past Is Not Our Future (2018): Documentary on Renowned Guyanese Revolutionary
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The Times' A.O. Scott says viewers “will find solace, enlightenment and surprise in João Moreira Salles’s In the Intense Now, a bittersweet, ruminative documentary essay composed of footage from the era of the 1960s, accompanied by thoughtful, disarmingly personal voice-over narration. Some of the images — and virtually the only ones in color — come from Mr. Salles’s own archives… and they punctuate a main narrative devoted to the ‘events of May’ in France. Mr. Salles offers both fresh visual material and a gently revisionist interpretation of events.” 127 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 25
6:30 pm
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Films, April 25, 2018, 04/25/2018, João Moreira Salles's In the Intense Now (2017): French Documentary
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Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer. 101 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 26
11:00 am
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Mark Sandrich's Top Hat (1935): Fred and Ginger Hoof It
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Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone. A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot. 80 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 26
1:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, W.S. Van Dyke's Love On The Run (1936): Chasing Spies Across Europe
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Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas. During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. 125 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Apr 26
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Joe Wright's Darkest Hour (2017) Gary Oldman's Oscar
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Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy. A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts. 94 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 26
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950): Murderer or Not?
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Shelley Hennig. A lawyer gets involved in a complicated murder case, which offers him an opportunity to get rich if he compromises his ethics. 117 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 26
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Dan Gilroy's Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017): Unconventional Attorney
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Stars: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges. Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. 134 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Apr 26
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Joseph Kosinski's Only the Brave (2017): Firefighting Tragedy
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Shelley Hennig. A lawyer gets involved in a complicated murder case, which offers him an opportunity to get rich if he compromises his ethics. 117 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Apr 26
4:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Dan Gilroy's Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017): Unconventional Attorney
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Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House. 93 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 26
5:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro (2016): Oscar-Nominated Documentary
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Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash. Army doctor Robert Neville struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 26
6:00 pm
Free
Films, April 26, 2018, 04/26/2018, Boris Sagal's The Omega Man (1971): Plague Apocalypse
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Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson. A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. 153 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 27
1:00 pm
Free
Films, April 27, 2018, 04/27/2018, Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987): Nominated for 6 Oscars
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Starring: Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson. The incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters 5th grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. 113 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 27
1:00 pm
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Films, April 27, 2018, 04/27/2018, Stephen Chbosky's Wonder (2017): Child with Differences
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Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd. In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically. 118 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 27
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 27, 2018, 04/27/2018, Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971): Won 2 Oscars
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Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon. At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. 123 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Apr 27
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 27, 2018, 04/27/2018, Oscar's Best Picture of the Year in 2018: Guillerno del Toro's The Shape of Water
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Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance. Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. 106 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 27
2:00 pm
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Films, April 27, 2018, 04/27/2018, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017): 3-Time Oscar Winner
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Frank and Simone have fulfilled their dream and live with their two children in a townhouse in the suburbs. They are a happy couple until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death. The time to say goodbye is short, which makes the situation all the more difficult for Frank. Director Andreas Dresen conveys through this moving and yet unsentimental drama how people cope with this problem in isolation and within the family circle, at home rather than in a hospital or hospice. It is inspired by experiences with people from his immediate surroundings. What’s special about this film is that he directs his attention where others either look away, hide behind metaphors or blur reality. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of Un Certain Regard. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 27
6:30 pm
Free
Films, April 27, 2018, 04/27/2018, German cinema Stopped on Track: moving, unsentimental drama
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Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. In 2006-7 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is. 130 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 28
1:00 pm
Free
Films, April 28, 2018, 04/28/2018, Adam McKay's Oscar Winner The Big Short (2015): Market Madness
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Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman. The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time. 118 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 28
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 28, 2018, 04/28/2018, Patrick Hughes' The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017): Protecting the Assassin
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Stars: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly. An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell-raising hero, Dylan Thomas. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 28
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 28, 2018, 04/28/2018, Andy Goddard's Set Fire to the Stars (2014): Saving DylanThomas
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Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton. Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. 129 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 28
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 28, 2018, 04/28/2018, Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): Winner of 3 Oscars
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Stars: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville. Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. 130 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 28
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 28, 2018, 04/28/2018, Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-Winning Phantom Thread (2017): Fashion Designer's Love
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A documentary about Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and his wife, who was born in Brooklyn, depicts the encounter of two personalities whose impact on Czech history has been fundamental. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the Czechoslovak Republic would not have come into existence without Charlotta.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 28
6:00 pm
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Films, April 28, 2018, 04/28/2018, Josef Císařovský's Charlotta: Documentary on Key Couple in Czech History
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A "visual history" of the 1968 Columbia University student protests, as pieced together from nearly seven hundred filmed interviews, archival footage, and a newly-assembled archive of 35,000 photos. This ten-chapter, seven-hour film will be screened in its entirety, intercut with discussion and contributions from audience members. The day will incorporate several breaks, including a lunch break (bring your own). Directed by Paul Cronin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 29
10:00 am
Free
Films, April 29, 2018, 04/29/2018, A Time to Stir: Columbia ’68 (2018): A Ten-Chapter, Seven-Hour Film
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Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies. A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. 120 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 30
11:00 am
Free
Films, April 30, 2018, 04/30/2018, Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn (2006): Shot Down in the Vietnam War
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Stars: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant. A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite. 125 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 30
2:00 pm
Free
Films, April 30, 2018, 04/30/2018, Jean Negulesco's Humoresque (1946): Ill-Fated Love
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Stars: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton. A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down. 82 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 30
6:15 pm
Free
Films, April 30, 2018, 04/30/2018, Miguel Arteta's Beatriz at Dinner (2017): Class Clash
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Stars: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé. 108 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 2
2:00 pm
Free
Films, May 02, 2018, 05/02/2018, Stanley Kramer's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967): Interracial Romance and Tension
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A presentation of unpublished films by Jean Rouch and a discussion with Jean-Pierre Dozon, Valerie Berty, Jaime Berthe, and Catherine Ruelle. To mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, this is a selection of unfinished, unpublished films by the filmmaker, including “Monsieur Albert, Prophete” (Cote d’Ivoire, 1962-63) and “Moi fatigué, moi couché” (Niger, 1966-97). These will be presented and discussed by three specialists of Jean Rouch’s work. About half of his oeuvre remained unfinished and unpublished. Rouch was an adherent of improvisation, or “creative disorder” when filming and constructing his works in the editing process. Fluidity and indeterminacy are characteristic of his style, creating a dialogue and tension in his oeuvre between the finished and the unfinished.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 2
5:00 pm
Free
Screenings, May 02, 2018, 05/02/2018, Anthropologist Jean Rouch and Modernity
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Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film.  In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. Directed by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman. 94 min
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 2
5:00 pm
Free
Films, May 02, 2018, 05/02/2018, Loving Vincent (2017): world's first fully painted film about Vincent van Gogh
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A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town. 87 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 3
2:00 pm
Free
Films, May 03, 2018, 05/03/2018, Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit (2007): Israeli Comedy-Drama
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A Dutch couple, Martin and Margo Verfondern, move to a remote Spanish village of Santoalla to start a new life. There is conflict with the Spanish residents, resulting in the disappearance of Martin. 83 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 3
2:00 pm
Free
Films, May 03, 2018, 05/03/2018, Andrew Becker & Daniel Mehrer's Santoalla (2016): Missing Person Mystery
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Black Ballerina tells the story of several black women from different generations who fell in love with ballet. Six decades ago, Joan Myers Brown, Delores Browne, and Raven Wilkinson faced racism in pursuit of careers in classical dance. Today, young dancers of color continue to face formidable challenges breaking into the overwhelmingly white world of ballet. Moving back and forth in time, this lyrical, character-driven film shows how far we still have to go and stimulates a fresh discussion about race, inclusion, and opportunity across all sectors of American society.\ 57 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 3
6:00 pm
Free
Films, May 03, 2018, 05/03/2018, Frances McElroy's Black Ballerina (2016): Dance Pioneers
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This film tells the story of a group of women in rural Veracruz, who more than twenty years ago began cooking and delivering meals for Central American migrants travelling on the top of the freight trains that make up La Bestia. Since then, these women have not only been providing food to migrants in precarious situations, but have transformed their kitchen into a political space. Las Patronas have learned how to talk about Mexico’s problems, poverty in the countryside, human rights, society’s indifference towards migrants and about their own rights as women. Following the documentary screening, a panel discussion will take place featuring Javier García, the documentary director, and producers Ana Paula Uruñuela and Iliana Martínez, chaired by Alexandra Délano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 3
6:00 pm
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Films, May 03, 2018, 05/03/2018, La Cocina de Las Patronas: A Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
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Stars: Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes. Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to lifer. The problems begin when Venus falls in love with him. 82 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 4
1:30 pm
Free
Films, May 04, 2018, 05/04/2018, William A. Seiter's One Touch of Venus (1948): Goddess of Love
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A "visual history" of the 1968 Columbia University student protests, as pieced together from nearly seven hundred filmed interviews, archival footage, and a newly-assembled archive of 35,000 photos. This ten-chapter, seven-hour film will be screened in its entirety, intercut with discussion and contributions from audience members. The day will incorporate several breaks, including a lunch break (bring your own). Directed by Paul Cronin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 5
10:00 am
Free
Films, May 05, 2018, 05/05/2018, A Time to Stir: Columbia ’68 (2018): A Ten-Chapter, Seven-Hour Film
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Stars: Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew. Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society. 80 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 5
1:00 pm
Free
Films, May 05, 2018, 05/05/2018, Wayne Wang's Chan Is Missing (1982): Cabbies on a Quest
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Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill. A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape. 132 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 7
2:00 pm
Free
Films, May 07, 2018, 05/07/2018, Henry King's Oscar-Winning Twelve O'Clock High (1949): Ragtag Unit Shapes Up
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A drama about grandmother-grandson relationships. 90 min.
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Tue, May 8
6:00 pm
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Films, May 08, 2018, 05/08/2018, Classic Cuban Films: The Silly Age (2006)
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Filmmakers don’t always get it right when they put jazz into their films, but when they do, it should be celebrated. You’ll see Benny Goodman with his quartet and big band in Hollywood Hotel (1937), Nat King Cole in The Blue Gardenia (1953), Duke Ellington in Murder at the Vanities (1934), and much more.
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Tue, May 8
7:30 pm
Free
Screenings, May 08, 2018, 05/08/2018, The Best Jazz in the Movies: Benny Goodman, Nat King Cole and others
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Stars: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart. A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life. 129 min.
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Wed, May 9
2:00 pm
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Films, May 09, 2018, 05/09/2018, Vincente Minnelli's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970): Hypnotic Comedy
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Get a fresh perspective on today’s most pressing issues at a special screening and talk-back with some of the great minds behind VICE.  
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Wed, May 9
7:30 pm
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Screenings, May 09, 2018, 05/09/2018, VICE Media Watch & Learn
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Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman. A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder - a theory that he plans to implement. 101 min.
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Thu, May 10
1:00 pm
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Films, May 10, 2018, 05/10/2018, Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951): Classic Suspense
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THE KENNEL MURDER CASE (1933) [1st film of double feature] 73 min., b&w, Michael Curtiz, Dir. Starring William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette. Philo Vance must prove that a murder occurred when everyone thinks it is a suicide. SHERLOCK JR. (1924) [2nd film of double feature] 48 min., b&w, Buster Keaton, Dir. Starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton. Dramatizes the uproarious exploits of a meek theater projectionist turned amateur sleuth.
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Thu, May 10
2:00 pm
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Films, May 10, 2018, 05/10/2018, Double Feature: The Kennel Murder Case / Sherlock Jr.
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Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney. Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. 119 min.
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Thu, May 10
2:00 pm
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Films, May 10, 2018, 05/10/2018, Craig Gillespie's Oscar Winner I, Tonya (2017): Discgraced Skater Biopic
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Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart. Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. 119 min.
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Thu, May 10
4:00 pm
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Films, May 10, 2018, 05/10/2018, Jake Kasdan's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017): Trapped in a Video Game
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Director Francesco Carrozzini will be present for a screening of his film, an intimate portrait of his mother, Franca Sozzani, the legendary editor in chief of Vogue Italia. For 25 years, Sozzani’s magazine covers have broken rules and redefined concepts of beauty. Featuring interviews with Karl Lagerfeld, Bruce Weber, Baz Luhrmann, Courtney Love, and others, the film is deeply insightful and emotional, like a love letter from a son to his mother.
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Thu, May 10
6:00 pm
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Films, May 10, 2018, 05/10/2018, Francesco Carrozzini's Franca: Chaos and Creation: Documentary on Fashion Editor
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Stars: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper. A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship. 114 min.
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Fri, May 11
1:00 pm
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Films, May 11, 2018, 05/11/2018, David Anspaugh's Hoosiers (1986): Basketball Drama
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Arrested at 16 and tried as an adult for kidnapping and robbery, Eddy Zheng served over 20 years in California prisons and jails. This film paints an intimate portrait of Eddy - the prisoner, the immigrant, the son, the activist - on his journey to freedom, rehabilitation and redemption. 61 min.
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Sat, May 12
1:00 pm
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Films, May 12, 2018, 05/12/2018, Ben Wang's Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story (2016): Inmate's Journey
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Oliver Stone's re-examination of underreported events in American history. 58 min.
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Sat, May 12
2:00 pm
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Films, May 12, 2018, 05/12/2018, Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States (2012): Documentary
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Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman. During the early days of the Korean War, U.S. Army colonel Steve Janowski is one of the military advisers training the South Korean army and he's tasked with evacuating American civilians from the war zone. 105 min.
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Mon, May 14
2:00 pm
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Films, May 14, 2018, 05/14/2018, Tay Garnett's One Minute to Zero (1952): Korean War Drama
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Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker. 100 min.
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Tue, May 15
6:00 pm
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Films, May 15, 2018, 05/15/2018, Göran Hugo Olsson's The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011): Documentary
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Stars: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts. Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End. 105 min.
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Wed, May 16
2:00 pm
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Films, May 16, 2018, 05/16/2018, James Clavell's To Sir, with Love (1967): Inspiring Teacher
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The documentary is the story of an unusual staging of the last play written by W.Shakespeare: The Tempest. The film takes place during the 2016 Teatro Ecologico Festival (Ecological Theater Festival) in the Sicilian island of Stromboli. 55 min.   Introduced by director Alessandro Fabrizi. In Italian with English subtitles.
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Wed, May 16
6:00 pm
Free
Films, May 16, 2018, 05/16/2018, Shakespeare on the Rocks (2017): An Unusual Staging of the Bard
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Stars: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard. Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s. 150 min.
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Thu, May 17
2:00 pm
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Films, May 17, 2018, 05/17/2018, Vincente Minnelli's Home from the Hill (1960): Epic Family Drama
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Stars: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville. Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. 130 min.
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Thu, May 17
2:00 pm
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Films, May 17, 2018, 05/17/2018, Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-Winning Phantom Thread (2017): Fashion Designer's Love
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Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas. During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. 125 min.
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Thu, May 17
4:00 pm
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Films, May 17, 2018, 05/17/2018, Joe Wright's Darkest Hour (2017): Gary Oldman's Oscar
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This film-essay examines the painter Frida Kahlo and politically-conscious photographer Tina Modotti, who lived and worked during the period of the "Mexican Renaissance." The film analyzes the women's contrasting reactions to post-revolutionary Mexico, and includes candid footage of the two artists and their compatriots.
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Thu, May 17
6:30 pm
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Films, May 17, 2018, 05/17/2018, 16mm Film Nights: Laura Mulvey's Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (1983)
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Stars: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole. In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot. 97 min.
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Mon, May 21
2:00 pm
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Films, May 21, 2018, 05/21/2018, Samuel Fuller's China Gate (1957): French Foreign Legion Adventure
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Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson. About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. 118 min.
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Tue, May 22
11:30 am
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Films, May 22, 2018, 05/22/2018, Reginald Hudlin's Marshall (2017): Young Thurgood Marshall
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Each work is the result of a year of intensive study in documentary cinema -- production, history and theory -- by students from around the world.  This year’s class includes students from South Africa, Iran, India, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Lebanon, Scotland and the U.S. The festival is hosted by Deanna Kamiel, director of the Doc Studies program. Screenings will be followed by a faculty-led Q&A with the filmmakers.
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Tue, May 22
7:00 pm
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Screenings, May 22, 2018, 05/22/2018, Truth Be Told 2018: 12th Annual Documentary Film Festival
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Stars: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young. A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself. 92 min.
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Wed, May 23
2:00 pm
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Films, May 23, 2018, 05/23/2018, Hy Averback's I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1969): Nerd Gets Hip
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Each work is the result of a year of intensive study in documentary cinema -- production, history and theory -- by students from around the world.  This year’s class includes students from South Africa, Iran, India, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Lebanon, Scotland and the U.S. The festival is hosted by Deanna Kamiel, director of the Doc Studies program. Screenings will be followed by a faculty-led Q&A with the filmmakers.
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Wed, May 23
7:00 pm
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Screenings, May 23, 2018, 05/23/2018, Truth Be Told 2018: 12th Annual Documentary Film Festival
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Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins. After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. 141 min.
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Thu, May 24
1:00 pm
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Films, May 24, 2018, 05/24/2018, David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): 7-Time Oscar Winner
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Stars: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson. A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead. 101 min.
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Thu, May 24
2:00 pm
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Films, May 24, 2018, 05/24/2018, Raoul Walsh's Pursued (1947): Star-Crossed Boy
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Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe. Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World. 111 min.
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Thu, May 24
2:00 pm
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Films, May 24, 2018, 05/24/2018, Sean Baker's The Florida Project (2017): Growing Up Outside Disney World
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Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish. When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone. 109 min.
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Thu, May 24
4:00 pm
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Films, May 24, 2018, 05/24/2018, Dean Devlin's Geostorm (2017): Weather Disaster
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Stars: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt. A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother. 127 min.
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Fri, May 25
1:00 pm
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Films, May 25, 2018, 05/25/2018, Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998): Mother's Illness Upends Lives
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A loving trip back to the 1964-65 New York World's fair, followed by a fun look at how the fair is still with us today in pop culture, technology, and cultural understanding. influenced by it today. 102 min.
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Tue, May 29
12:00 pm
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Films, May 29, 2018, 05/29/2018, Ryan Ritchey's After the Fair: The Legacy of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair (2014): Documentary
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Tap dance legend Brenda Bufalino will present on her seminal film about the Copasetics, Great Feats of Feet, which presents a portrait of jazz and tap dance.
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Wed, May 30
1:00 pm
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Screenings, May 30, 2018, 05/30/2018, Dance on Film: Great Feats of Feet
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Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. 95 min.
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Wed, May 30
2:00 pm
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Films, May 30, 2018, 05/30/2018, Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): Scathing Black Comedy
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Stars: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young. Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.
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Thu, May 31
2:00 pm
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Films, May 31, 2018, 05/31/2018, Vincent Sherman's Old Acquaintance (1943): 2 Writer Friends
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The filmmaker and the photographer travel the French countryside, encountering people and places that become the subjects of their public art installations. 89 min.
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Thu, May 31
2:00 pm
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Films, May 31, 2018, 05/31/2018, Agnes Varda and JR's Faces Places (2017): French Documentary
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Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey. A veteran policeman is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers. 110 min.
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Thu, May 31
6:00 pm
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Films, May 31, 2018, 05/31/2018, Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon (1987): Buddy Cop Flick
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Stars: MC Lyte, Tichina Arnold, Michael Colyar . Set in culturally rich and historic Harlem, A Luv Tale is an edgy romantic comedy - digital series that examines friendship between four beautiful and cultural lesbians of color navigating their complex lives through a world of art, music, consciousness and love. This special Pride program is part film screening, part conversation and part uptown hang. 45 min.
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Fri, Jun 1
7:30 pm
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Screenings, June 01, 2018, 06/01/2018, Sidra Smith's A Luv Tale (1999): Edgy Romantic Comedy
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Set in culturally rich and historic Harlem, A Luv Tale is an edgy romantic comedy—digital series that examines friendship between four beautiful and cultural lesbians of color navigating their complex lives through a world of art, music, consciousness and love. This special Pride program is part film screening, part conversation and part uptown hang.
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Sat, Jun 9
3:00 pm
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Screenings, June 09, 2018, 06/09/2018, A Luv Tale: The Series and the Film
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