Spike Lee’s classic is powerful, funny, daring and relevant, moving gracefully from comedy to social commentary as we explore all sides of a day in the life of a Brooklyn neighborhood. Lee shows the good, the bad and everything in between as we follow Mookie on his pizza deliveries to a vivid cast of neighborhood characters.
Great performances from an all-star ensemble including Spike Lee, Samuel Jackson, John Turturro, Rosie Perez, Martin Lawrence and the incomparable Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee with a gorgeous jazz score punctuated by the fiery sounds of the unstoppable group Public Enemy.
Questlove will be on the turntables selecting a special set of tunes before and after the screening, join us for this one-night-only event.
Cinema’s greatest gangster epic in our city’s most spectacular movie palace. A hidden gem rarely open to the public, the theatre is the most opulent ever imagined, with soaring ceilings, gold leaf angels, and a cascading crystal fountain.
Join us before the show as we relive the Corleone wedding downstairs in the ballroom. Sip drinks beneath floating chandeliers with a live band, full bars and a Cinespia Photobooth to capture you and your moll.
DJs Zach Cowie and Elijah Wood spin records upstairs in the beautiful grand lobby. Jacket and tie recommended for men, 40s attire or evening wear for women, outta respect: it is the Corleone wedding, after all!!!
Hitchcock’s masterpiece is haunting, wildly colorful and compelling in its eeriness. Jimmy Stewart is at his most passionate and Kim Novak at her most cool. Stewart plays a cop with a crippling fear of heights. A friend asks him to follow his wife, a woman who may or may not be possessed by a spirit from the past. As they begin to fall in love, he must free her from the supernatural forces which control her. Will she ever be free?
This is Hitchcock at the peak of his powers, and the dream-like feel of the film is heightened by a fantastic score by Bernard Herrmann. Considered by many to be the greatest film ever made. Join us for this special screening under the stars.
Richard Linklater’s love letter to teenage life captures the exhilaration of youth as we follow a group of high school kids on their last day of school in 1976. A group of seniors teeter on the unknown as they enter adulthood, and freshmen run for their lives from a brutal initiation, inevitable to all who attend the Texas high school. Characters rule the film, and Linklater’s dead-pan pop sensibility favors those on the fringe and as a late night outdoor party brings everyone together, the camaraderie of adolescence outshines social rigidity. The film is pure joy, the kind of movie you want to stay in forever, and the rock soundtrack is the most ripping in all of cinema. DJs Zach Cowie and Elijah Wood spin before the screening.
Spielberg wrote and directed this science fiction masterpiece that can still fill us with wonder. When strange sightings start to occur across the globe, a team of scientists and government officials make plans to make contact. But the mysterious visitors have other plans, and some ordinary people are invited to what may be the first encounter between two distant planets.
Still awe-inspiring, Close Encounters dazzles with its special effects and compelling story. It is an adventure movie in the truest sense. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut and Teri Garr, Vilmos Zsigmond won an Oscar for his gorgeous cinematography.
DJ Carlos Niño spins before and after the screening.
