The social change advocacy organization change.org is circulating a petition to boycott Syfy Movies with a View at Brooklyn Bridge Park because of the screening of Breakfast at Tiffany’s scheduled for Thursday, August 11. As we previously noted, the 1961 Blake Edwards movie, starring Audrey Hepburn, is controversial because of Mickey Rooney’s “yellowface” portrayal of […]
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Mr. J. Goes to Movie with a View
Mommy and baby duck, Dodger the muskrat, ships and boats, the Statue of Liberty rising from the mist, tasty treats, a Gershwin score, Marty, and Woody. All for free. Such a deal! Video after the jump.
Reminder: “Movies with a View” Starts Tomorrow
SyFy Movies with a View starts tomorrow (Thursday, July 7) from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. on the harbor lawn at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, with Woody Allen’s Manhattan (and, appropriately, the Manhattan skyline in the background). The evening starts with DJs from Brooklyn Radio and shorts curated by BAMcinématek. If you’re getting there by […]
Battle for Brooklyn Returns to Heights Cinema
The critically acclaimed documentary film Battle for Brooklyn will return to the Heights Cinema, Henry and Orange streets, this Wednesday, July 6, to begin a one week run every evening starting at 7:15. At the first two showings, this Wednesday and Thursday, the filmmakers, Mike Galinsky and Suki Hawley, along with Daniel Goldstein, who led […]
Kenn Lowy, New Brooklyn Heights Cinema Owner, Talks About His Plans
L Magazine’s Mark Asch interviewed Kenn Lowy, Heights resident, musician, and new owner of Brooklyn Heights Cinema. Lowy talked about his plans for the beloved movie house: L Magazine: Lowy plans to renovate the lobby, to make it “more of a coffee bar,” conducive to admiring the monthly photography exhibits he plans to show, presumably […]
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