Sunday's parting shots

Marquee letter spotting at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street ...

This week at the Village East Cinema

Two special screenings to note this week at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street...

Wednesday, June 28, 7 p.m. — "Bad Lieutenant"

Twenty-fifth anniversary screening of Abel Ferrara's corrupt cop drama with Harvey Keitel as The Lieutenant with a drug and gambling addiction, among other addictions. Plus, he's a Met's fan.

Fun for the whole family!



Thursday, June 29, 7:30 p.m. — Hedda Lettuce presents "Serial Mom"

The comedy by John Waters from 1994 gets the Hedda Lettuce interactive treatment.



Find ticket info for both movies here.

50th anniversary screening of 'Cool Hand Luke' tomorrow night at Village East Cinema

The Paul Newman prison classic, nominated for nine Academy Awards, gets a 50th anniversary screening tomorrow (April 26!) night at 7 at the Village East Cinema, Second Avenue and 12th Street. Details here.

An appreciation: the Village East Cinema

The Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street is one of my favorite places to see a movie here or anywhere.

And the theater was the subject of a recent feature at 6sqft, which provides a history of the space as well as details on the restoration of the main auditorium's ornate ceiling.

Per the post, which features photos by James and Karla Murray:

Village East Cinema was once known as The Louis N. Jaffe Theater, built in 1925-26 by the Brooklyn lawyer, developer and prominent Jewish leader Louis N. Jaffe. Jaffe built the theater as a permanent home for the Yiddish Art Theater to be devoted to the work of Maurice Schwartz, a renowned Yiddish speaking actor known as “Mr. Second Avenue.”

The Yiddish theater produced many of the creative figures of the 20th century American stage, including actors, directors, writers and designers, and had a major influence on theatrical form and content.

And!

Yiddish theater was performed at the Jaffe Art Theater from 1926-1945, but the theater itself changed its names numerous times and housed many different Yiddish theater companies. The theater later showed vaudeville productions and was used an off-Broadway theater venue, housing the original productions of “Grease” and “Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” which both went on to Broadway.

The theater also was used to show burlesque, dance, concerts, and movies but finally closed in 1988. The interior was converted into a complex of seven movie theaters in 1991 in a way that retains most of the original spaces, but with new uses.

Read the whole post here.

The piece also notes that the theater is on both the State and National Historic Registers and its façade and interior including the lobby and domed auditorium are designated New York City landmarks.

A few other FYI things... all screenings before noon are just $8. And on Thursdays, moviegoers 55 and over can get $8 tickets for all times.

And there's a 75th-anniversary screening of "Casablanca" on Feb. 14.

Coming next week:
I went to the AMC Village 7 and got vertigo looking at the carpet...



Previously on EV Grieve:
At the Village East Cinema

The 13th South Asian International Film Fest is this week at Village East Cinema (and an offer for EVG readers)

[A scene from "Gardaab," playing Friday night]

The 13th annual South Asian International Film Fest takes place this year from Wednesday (tomorrow!) through Sunday at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street.

Here's more about the fest:

The South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) is the largest film premiere destination for South Asian/Indian filmmakers in the United States. SAIFF was founded in New York City due to the lack of support for many emerging filmmakers and the overall underrepresentation of Indian cinema in a capital that is recognized by the world as the birthplace of independent filmmaking! The Festival is committed to exhibiting films from South Asia (i.e India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal) and within the Indian Diaspora.

One of the Festival's producers is an EVG reader, and he's making this offer to other readers: A 50% discount on all SAIFF tickets. Please enter this code at checkout: ZAZZY2016 (it must be all caps).

You can find the list of films playing right here.

Another day, another equine sighting on 2nd Avenue

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— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) November 19, 2016

Outside the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and 12th Street ... a little promo for the film "Unbridled."

And flashback to yesterday here. (OK, so it was a pony.)

Florence and the Machine time at Village East Cinema

The Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at East 12th Street is prepping for tonight's U.S. theatrical premiere of "The Odyssey," a 47-minute film that strings together video clips released in 2015 of songs from Florence and the Machine's latest album, "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful," per Rolling Stone.

Here's more from the film's director, Vincent Haycock:

"Like the layers of Dante's purgatory, each song or chapter represents a battle that Florence traversed ... that embodied each song or story," he said.

And here's a clip of Florence...



As for the one-night-only screening at 7, it's by invite. And the after party will NOT be held across the street at DumplingGO.

Thanks to EVG regular Daniel for the photo and info!

Remembering Prince: 'Purple Rain' showing Monday night at Village East Cinema

[Thanks to @justzubin for the photo]

Monday, April 25 at 7. Tix are on sale here.

The theater is on Second Avenue at East 12th Street.



And "Purple Rain" is the midnight movie at the Sunshine Cinema on the weekend of May 13-14.

Hitchcocktober movie of the week: 'Rear Window'

Tonight at 8, a personal favorite with the Hitchcocktober movie of the week at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at East 12th Street... it's "Rear Window"



And thus we conclude another Hitchcocktober. See you next month for NovemBay, featuring the oeuvre of Michael Bay...

Hitchcocktober movie of the week: 'Marnie'

It wouldn't be a Thursday in October without a Hitchcocktober movie of the week at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at East 12th Street.

And tonight at 8! "Marnie" …



And upcoming (Hitchcocktober always goes by so quickly!):

Oct. 29 — "Rear Window"

You can buy advance tix online here.

Hitchcocktober movie of the week: 'North by Northwest'

As we continue to cut-and-paste... Hitchcocktober continues tonight at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at East 12th Street.

Tonight at 8! "North by Northwest"



And upcoming:

Oct. 22 — "Marnie"

Oct. 29 — "Rear Window"

You can buy advance tix online here.

Hitchcocktober movie of the week: 'Shadow of a Doubt'

Hitchcocktober continues tonight at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at East 12th Street.

Tonight at 8! "Shadow of a Doubt."



Do you know the world is a foul sty?

And upcoming:

Oct. 15 — "North by Northwest"

Oct. 22 — "Marnie"

Oct. 29 — "Rear Window"

You can buy advance tix online here.

Hitchcocktober starts tonight at Village East Cinema with 'The Birds'

Once again, Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at East 12th Street is presenting Alfred Hitchcock films (Hitchcocktober!) on Thursday evenings in October...

Tonight at 8! "The Birds."



And upcoming:

Oct. 8 — "Shadow of a Doubt"

Oct. 15 — "North by Northwest"

Oct. 22 — "Marnie"

Oct. 29 — "Rear Window"

You can buy advance tix online here.

Hitchcocktober movie of the night — 'Psycho'

All this month, Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and East 12th Street will be screening an Alfred Hitchcock classic on Thursday evenings.

And tonight — "Psycho" starring Vince Vaughn.



Here's the schedule for the rest of Hitchcocktober:

• Oct. 23 — "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

• Oct. 30 — "Strangers on a Train"

The films start at 8 p.m. Head to the Village East Cinema website for more info and tickets.

Hitchcocktober: Give 'em enough 'Rope' tonight at Village East Cinema

All this month, Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and East 12th Street is screening an Alfred Hitchcock classic on Thursday evenings.

And tonight, it's "Rope" from 1948 with Jimmy James Stewart ... which "is notable for taking place in real time and being edited so as to appear as a single continuous shot through the use of long takes."



Here's the remaining schedule for Hitchcocktober:

• Oct. 16 — "Psycho"

• Oct. 23 — "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

• Oct. 30 — "Strangers on a Train"

The films start at 8 p.m. Head to the Village East Cinema website for more info and tickets.

Hitchcocktober begins at Village East Cinema

All this month, Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and East 12th Street will be screening an Alfred Hitchcock classic on Thursday evenings.

Here's the schedule for Hitchcocktober:

• Oct. 2, "North by Northwest"

• Oct. 9, "Rope"

• Oct. 16 — "Psycho"

• Oct. 23 — "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

• Oct. 30 — "Strangers on a Train"

The films start at 8 p.m. Head to the Village East Cinema website for more info and tickets.

To get you in the mood for Hitchcocktober...

Hitchcocktober continues at Village East Cinema

Hitchcocktober continues for the next three Thursday evenings at the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue and East 12th Street... Tonight at 8: "Vertigo."



Details here.

For scary Halloween-time movies of a different sort, the CBGB biopic is also playing at the Village East Cinema.

A Second Avenue and East 12th Street now and then

Here's a good one from our friends at NYC Corners... Second Avenue and East 12th Street... in 1930 as The Yiddish Art Theater ... and today as the Village East Cinema...

Find more corners here.

Did you stand in line to see 'The Master' this past weekend?

[Photo via Cigarettes & Red Vines]

Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" opened Friday at the Angelika and the Village East on Second Avenue where it played in 70mm.

The buzzy drama — the Times called it an "imposing, confounding and altogether amazing new film" — stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams. And it made $729,745 in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles for a record-setting per-screen average of $145,949, according to the Associated Press. (This was a record previously held by Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom.")

Anyway, a reader who tried to get tickets this past weekend for the Village East said that every screening was sold out. I saw the lines on Second Avenue stretch around the corner on East 12th Street. Just curious if anyone saw the movie ... and if it was worth the wait...

Why you can now feel good about the popcorn popped at Village East Cinema

I suppose it makes sense that movie theaters would receive a letter grade from the DOH just like restaurants and bars ... seeing as they prepare and store popcorn and what not... Anyway, I never noticed that the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street placed its grade so prominently ... (Has that A always been hanging right there?)

... 0 points on the last inspection in January ... an improvement from the 21 points from a December 2010 inspection...Now if they can only inspect some of the movies playing here! (OK — kidding... that was too easy...)