On Sunday (10/30) at 5pm and on Halloween (10/31) at 7pm, the Brooklyn Heights Cinema [70 Henry Street] will be hosting 3 classic spooky silent films: Haunted Spooks starring Harold Lloyd, The Haunted House with Buster Keaton and Dr. Pickle and Mr. Pride starring Stan Laurel. And there’s a twist – the Red Hook Ramblers […]
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Live Music Wednesday at Brooklyn Heights Cinema
Brooklyn Heights Cinema will play host to live music from acoustic singer-songwriters Kenn Lowy and Paul Sachs (photo) on Wednesday (10/12) starting at 9pm. Lowy, who also is the theater’s new owner, promises live music once a month at BHC.
Strongman Bursts into Brooklyn Heights Cinema
Coney Island may have the sideshow, but Brooklyn Heights Cinema is about to introduce audiences to a strongman capable of stealing hearts. “As soon as I met him, I knew that there was a serious film there. His personality is so layered and complex,” said director Zachary Levy, whose Strongman documentary about Stanley “Stanless Steel” […]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema Now Using iPad App Shopkeep for Ticketing
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema’s new owner Ken Lowy is featured in a promotional video for Shopkeep, a point of sale system (they use the iPad app) that the theater is using to keep track of tickets sold. According to Lowy, the new system will help them report ticket sales more accurately to distributors and hopefully […]
Brooklyn Film Festival at Brooklyn Heights Cinema this Weekend
The Brooklyn Film Festival continues this weekend at many screens across the borough including the Brooklyn Heights Cinema [70 Henry Street]. See the full schedule here.
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 […]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema Under New Ownership
Brownstoner reports that the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange), the previous owner of which has serious legal problems, has been sold to Kenn Lowy, who “said the theater would continue to show independent films and add new programming like a silent movie night with live music once a month.”
Norman Adie, Brooklyn Heights Cinema Owner, Busted for Fraud
Norman Adie, owner of the much-loved two screen Brooklyn Heights Cinema at Henry and Orange Streets, has been charged with fraud in connection with a scheme that involved promising investors he would turn the Cinema site into condos. New York Post: The feds brought down the curtain today on an alleged fraud scheme by the […]
Oy Vey! Dinner for Sch***ks in Brooklyn Heights
Apart from the just weird fact that mainstream motion picture Dinner for Schmucks is playing at the mostly indie/artsy Brooklyn Heights Cinema, I was more intrigued by a conversation I recently overheard in front of the theater. Two members of the “Greatest Generation” pondered: Man: You know schmucks is dirty word. Woman: Yes. Man: I […]
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