Arleen Schloss has been described as a creative force of nature. She is a prolific experimental artist whose work over the course of 30 years, beginning in the 1970's, occupied the avant-garde edge, encompassing performance art, sound poetry, video,...
Rooftop Films is partnering with EPIX, a digital video streaming company, and Verizon Fios to present free screenings at four different venues around the city this summer. They kick off the series with a screening of Martin Scorsese's Raging...
The LES Heritage Film Series is closing out its season tomorrow evening at the Seward Park Library with a film from the Fulton Fish Market in 1955 and a compilation piece of amazing footage shot in and around Seward...
We landed on the roof over the weekend to catch the Rooftop Films presentation of The Dish and the Spoon. Screened at Seward Park High School, known as Open Road Rooftop to the folks at Rooftop Films, it was...
Rooftop Films is bringing two South By Southwest 2011 film premiers to Grand Street this weekend. On Friday, they will screen the New York premier of The Dish and the Spoon, with star Greta Gerwig in person, and...
Thanks to Lo-Down reader David Flaherty for sending us this incredible shot from his balcony. Apparently, The Amazing Spider-Man was shooting some final scenes across the bridge last night. The film, directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer),...
We are pleased to introduce our newest contributor, Tobi Elkin. She checked out the second night of the Rooftop Films Summer Series 2011 and sent us this dispatch:
We hit the roof on Saturday night for Rooftop Films’ opening weekend...
The Midnight Movie at The Sunshine offers up fun for the whole family this weekend with everybody's favorite fairy tale (and comedy/adventure), The Princess Bride. Perhaps one of the most quoted films of all time, director Rob Reiner expertly...
Rooftop Films, the popular non-profit open-air film festival that supports independent filmmakers, is kicking off its 15th Annual Summer Series this weekend. The films will be screened at the Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St.) - formerly the roof...
We met Italian filmmaker Marinella Senatore a few months ago when she was in town casting for her latest collaborative film project, Variations. She was looking for residents from the neighborhood to write, shoot and perform in the...
