Going on (August 17-30).
Friday, August 17 (through the 27th)
The Other Claude Chabrol at MoMA
Screenings usually from 2pm
Tickets $10 (applicable toward the $20 museum admission)
The Warriors / Superfly double feature at Film Forum
Showtimes 2:50, 6:25, 10pm / 1, 4:35, 8:10pm
Tickets $10.50 ($5.50 seniors and Film Forum members)
Saturday, August 18
Grand Avenue Block Party
From noon to 9pm
Free
Summer Literary Fest in Fort Greene Park
From 4:30pm
Free
Perhaps Love (peep: more Takeshi Kaneshiro) at BAM
Showtimes 2, 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15pm
Tickets $11
Friday, August 24
Lee Scratch Perry aboard the Temptress
Boarding 8pm, departure 9pm
Tickets $35 advance, $40 day of
Saturday, August 25
Beezu’s Back Yard Party
From 3 to 6:30pm
Admission $10 adults, $5 kids
Welcome to Nollywood screening + DJ Rich Medina at Fort Greene Park
From 5pm
Free
Sunday, August 26
Revenge of the Bookeaters at the Beacon Theatre
From 7pm
Tickets $35-$50 (826NYC benefit)
Wednesday, August 29
Midnight Cowboy / Panic in Needle Park double feature at Film Forum
Showtimes 3:15, 7:30pm / 1:10, 5:25, 9:40pm
Tickets $10.50 ($5.50 seniors and Film Forum members)
Thursday, August 30
Darfur: 20 Years of War & Genocide in Sudan exhibit opens at the powerHouse Arena
’til Sept 30
Free
Kid Koala aboard the Temptress
Boarding 6pm, departure 7pm
Tickets $25 advance, $30 day of
August 16th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Lotsa movies in this list? Why, yes! What else better to do in the dog days of summer in Gotham than to camp out in an ice-cold movie theater with some popcorn and a Slurpee? The Film Forum’s NYC Noir series is especially unmissable, even if you’ve seen some of the films before; I’ve only mentioned two pairs of the many worthwhile ones on offer.