Saturday, August 18th: Final Night of Rooftop Films’s Season – Shorts Program
Rooftop Shorts The Old American Can Factory (232 Third St., Brooklyn) 8pm $12 at the door only 8:00 PM Doors Open 8:30 PM Live Music by Beacon 9:00 PM Film Starts 11:00PM–12:30AM Reception in Courtyard Closing Night! The sharpest short films—Award-winning comedy, drama, animation and documentary—fired from the roof one last time. We celebrate and [...]
Friday, August 17th: ‘Love Story’ + Afterparty with Free Drinks
Love Story Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 8:00 PM Doors Open 8:30 PM Live Music by Slowdance 9:00 PM Film Begins 11:30PM-1:00AM After Party at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St.) with complimentary Red Hook Ale New York City is the backdrop, inspiration, and co-creator of this funny and passionate meta-fictional romance. Filmmaker [...]
Thursday, August 16th: ‘The Sandlot’
The Sandlot Richmond County Bank Ballpark (75 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island) 7:30pm doors Free, rain or shine (covered) Scotty Smalls, the shy new kid in town, musters up the courage to play baseball with the neighborhood boys. Although he’s not very good at first, as the summer passes he becomes a vital team member and [...]
Tuesday, August 14th: ‘Five (5) Broken Cameras’
Five (5) Broken Cameras Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd Ave & E 47th St., Manhattan) pm Free A documentary on a Palestinian farmer’s chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army. Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Tuesday, August 14th: ‘Once in a Lullaby’
Once in a Lullaby Richmond County Bank Ballpark (75 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island) 7:30pm doors Free, rain or shine (covered) 7:30PM Doors open 8:00PM Live performances by former PS22 Chorus member Clive Baird accompanied by Corey Powell and current members Kiarah Mitchell and Kahlil Williams. 8:30PM Film begins Live performances by former PS22 Chorus member [...]
Saturday, August 11th: ‘Detropia’ + Afterparty with Free Drinks
Detropia The Old American Can Factory (232 Third St., Brooklyn) 8pm $12 A cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising. Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady will be in attendance for a Q and A following the screening. After the Q and [...]
Monday, August 6th: ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ – Final Free Film of the Summer on the Coney Island Boardwalk
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn Dusk Free Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt in the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series. Hunt and his team, who are implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, must go rogue to clear the Impossible Missions Force’s name. Click here for more free New York [...]
Saturday, July 28th: ‘Grandma Lo-Fi’
Grandma Lo-Fi The Old American Can Factory (232 Third St., Brooklyn) 8pm $12 Sigríður Níelsdóttir started making music in her living room at age 70, recording 59 albums and becoming an Icelandic cult hero. It’s never too late to do what you love. 8:00PM Doors Open 8:30PM Live Music 9:00PM Film Begins 11:30PM-12:30AM Reception in [...]
Thursday, July 26th: ‘The Natural’
The Natural Richmond County Bank Ballpark (75 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island) 7:30pm doors Free A beautifully filmed movie about baseball as myth. Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), a young man whose gift for baseball sets him apart, finds that trouble dogs him, particularly when it comes to women. In time, as an aging rookie, Roy must [...]
Tuesday, July 24th: ‘The Waiting Room’
The Waiting Room Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd Ave & E 47th St., Manhattan) 8pm doors Free The American medical system is in tatters, and political arguments often overlook the most fundamental element: human beings’ health. Director Peter Nicks knew the problems would be most evident, the drama most poignant, in one place: a low-income, urgent [...]
Saturday, July 21st: ‘Brooklyn Castle’ + Free Drinks
Brooklyn Castle The Old American Can Factory (232 Third St., Brooklyn) 7:30pm doors $12 in advance Brooklyn Castle tells the story of I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where most students come from low-income homes – that also happens to have the most winning chess team in the country. Presented by Rooftop Films and Kickstarter [...]
Friday, July 20th: Free Short Films + Shenandoah and the Night
Coming Home MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn 8pm doors Free 8:00 PM Open 8:30 PM Live Music by Shenandoah and the Night 9:00 PM Films It’s never easy to go home, but this program of spirited black comedies, fraught animations and intimate documentaries offers hope for reconciliation. Everybody grows up, and finds their own way. Friends are [...]
Friday, June 29th: New York Non-Fiction Shorts with Rooftop Films + Afterparty
New York Non-Fiction Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 in advance 8:00pm Doors open 8:30pm Live music by Despers 9:00pm Films 11:30pm-1:00am After-party at R Bar (218 Bowery @ Rivington) courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Saturday, June 23rd: ‘Gayby’ Screening
Gayby Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 A young, gay New Yorker decides to have a baby with his best friend from college, but neither of them is sure what they really want from the arrangement. Screening on Gay Pride weekend. 8:00pm Doors open 8:30pm Live Music by Ski Lodge 9:00pm Film [...]
Friday, June 22nd: Is It Love? Romance Shorts with Rooftop Films + Afterparty
Is It Love? Romance Shorts Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 Romantic short films about the unusual nature of love in the modern world 8:00pm Doors open 8:30pm Live music by Blonds 9:00pm Films 11:30pm-1:00am After-party at R Bar (218 Bowery @ Rivington) courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner Click here for more cheap [...]
Thursday, June 21st: ‘An Oversimplification of Her Beauty’ with Rooftop Films
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty Dekalb Market (138 Willoughby St., Brooklyn) 8pm $12 Nance’s explosively creative debut feature documents the relationship between Terence and a woman as they teeter on the divide between platonic and romantic. 8:00pm Doors open 8:30pm Live music by Terence Etc. 9:00pm Film Click here for more cheap New York City [...]
Monday, June 18th: ‘Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best’
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Nitehawk Cinema (136 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn) 7pm $12 Recently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex (O’Nan) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim (Michael Weston). By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term “lo-fi,” Alex and Jim find their [...]
Saturday, June 16th: ‘I Think It’s Raining’ Screening + Afterparty
I Think It’s Raining Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 8:00PM Doors Open 8:30PM Live Music by Alexandra Clayton 9:00PM Film Begins 11:30PM-1:00AM After-party at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St. @ Grand) Renata is an idealistic and free-spirited young woman, full of eccentricities and contradictions. She is an extroverted singer and an insecure [...]
Saturday, June 9th: ‘Sun Don’t Shine’ with Rooftop Films
Sun Don’t Shine Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 A young couple flee a violent past in this visceral road trip through the desolate bywater towns of Florida. Filmmaker Amy Seimetz will be in attendance for a Q and A following the screening. After the Q and A there is an after-party [...]
Saturday, June 2nd: ‘The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom’
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 in advance Every life has its share of hardship, and yet we persevere. Every society encounters disaster, yet we survive. Some people press on stubbornly, ignoring the crumbling world around them. Some people craft rituals to build order out of [...]
Friday, June 1st: ‘This Ain’t California’ with Rooftop Films + Afterparty with Free Drinks
This Ain’t California Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St., Manhattan) 8pm $12 in advance A hit at the 2012 Berlinale,This Ain’t California takes a look at the transformation of Germany over the course of 40 years through the lens of three skateboarder friends. Filmmaker Marten Persiel will be in attendance for a Q and A [...]
