Once again this spring, City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue and 12th Street is celebrating the work of director Stanley Kubrick on the next few Wednesday evenings... starting tomorrow night at 7 with "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 70mm (and in the big auditorium).
If you're looking for a little holiday cheer... "It's a Wonderful Life" is screening in 35mm on Wednesday night (7 and 10:10) over at City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue at 12th Street.
A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent. But when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.
... and an (updated) trailer...
Hitchcocktober wraps up on with a Halloween-night screening of "Psycho."
The Hitchcocktober movie of the week is... "Strangers on a Train" tomorrow (Thursday!) night at 8... at City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue at 12th Street.
The plot, per Google:
In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy [Ed. Note: Oh Google!] wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events.
The Hitchcocktober movie of the week is... "Shadow of a Doubt" tonight at 8... at City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue at 12th Street.
From 1943, Joseph Cotton stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie (Teresa Wright). But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer!
Is good ol' creepy Uncle Charlie really the famed Merry Widow murderer??!?!?!??!?! Is Young Charlie really old enough to be in a bar?!?!?!!?!?!?!?
John Carpenter's suitably tense version of "The Thing" from 1982 with Kurt Russell screens in 35mm on Wednesday evening at 7 as part of the Village East's SciFest.
Here's a look at the horror-science-fi combo set in Antarctica...
And the legendary Ennio Morricone scored the theme...
Advance tix are available here. The Village East is on Second Avenue at 12th Street.
A few highlights to note at the City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue at 12th Street:
• Hedda Lettuce is hosting an interactive screening of "Female Trouble," the John Waters classic from 1974, tomorrow (Wednesday!) night at 7:30. Details here.
• The original 1956 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" screens in 35mm on July 25. Details here.
Also, two movies earning positive reviews, "Leave No Trace" and "Sorry to Bother You," start here later this week. (An alternative to going to the Angelika.)
Stanley Kubrick's Academy Award-winning "2001: A Space Odyssey" returns to theaters for its 50th anniversary ... it plays on 70mm at the City Cinemas Village East starting on May 18.
Dave on 7th notes that the reels arrived today at the theater on Second Avenue and 12th Street...
The film will be playing in the Jaffe Art Theater. Advance tickets are on sale here.
On Wednesday evenings in April, City Cinemas Village East is celebrating the work of director Stanley Kubrick starting this week with "Dr. Strangelove."
The theater is on Second Avenue at 12th Street. Find more details here. The films start at 7:30 p.m.
The theater that houses City Cinemas Village East on Second Avenue at 12th Street became an official New York City landmark on Feb. 9, 1993.
On the occasion of the anniversary yesterday, Off the Grid — the blog of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation — took a look at the theater's history ...
In the first few decades of the Twentieth Century, this stretch of Second Avenue was referred to as the Jewish Rialto because of the many Yiddish language theaters and businesses connected to Jewish entertainment. In 1925 the developer Louis N. Jaffe hired the theater architect Harrison Wiseman to create the stunning theater at 189 Second Avenue to be devoted to the work of Maurice Schwartz, a Yiddish-speaking actor of such renown that he was often referred to simply as “Mr. Second Avenue.”
And now some random (and dark and rather grainy) photos of the theater's crown jewel — the main auditorium that was restored a few years back...
Like October, Hitchcocktober always seems to go by so quickly.
And so, tonight (at 8!) marks the second-to-last Hitchcocktober movie of the month at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and 12th Street.
"Rebecca" is tonight's selection. This 1940 psychological drama starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier received 11 Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Picture and Cinematography.
[In dramatic tone] This is "Rebecca" ...
And on Halloween night (Tuesday!), there's a screening of "Psycho."
Time again for the slate of Alfred Hitchcock films (Hitchcocktober!) on Thursday evenings in October at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and 12th Street.
Things begin tomorrow night at 8 with a crop duster of a thriller — "North by Northwest."
A few things to note at City Cinemas Village East, Second Avenue at 12th Street... on Wednesday evening, there's a 50th-anniversary screening of the Lee Marvin crime thriller "Point Blank." (Details here.) Then on Thursday night, the Hedda Lettuce special screening is of "Trog," Joan Crawford's last feature film. (Details here.) It is a very special film...
Speaking of the end, there's also a screening Thursday evening of "The End of the End," documenting Black Sabbath's last show. (Details here.)
A few screenings to note this week at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street.
On Wednesday night, its the 50th anniversary of the Oscar-winning "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" with Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn.
On Thursday night, Hedda Lettuce hosts a viewing of "American Gigolo."
David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" prequel (and epilogue) is getting another look in theaters (in 35mm) for its 25th anniversary. "Fire Walk With Me" plays tomorrow night at 7 at the Village East, Second Avenue and 12th Street. (Ticket info here.)
Lynch made the film to fill in the gaps and to answer questions that his ABC series didn't address. Aside from some of the original cast members, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton and Kiefer Sutherland, among many others, drop by.
