Here's a list of upcoming special event type screenings at theaters in New York from July 21st and beyond. These are the screenings that have actors, directors or producers at them to answer questions from critics and audience members. With the SAG-AFTRA strike going on, there were some drops last week and this strike may diminish the amount of actors at upcoming screenings. Nevertheless, here's the updated list with mostly directors. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
info@greenroomnewyork.com.
BDC Films Fellows - Screening + Q&A at the Bronx Documentary Center has been rescheduled from July 21 to September 19.
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy - Q&A with Director Nancy Buirski
July 21 (6:30pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
Make Me Famous - Q&A with Director Brian Vincent and Producer Heather Spore
July 22 (5pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
Make Me Famous is the story of the Lower East Side art movement through an unknown artist, fully allowing the creativity itself to take centerstage. Set during arguably the last great art explosion in American history, Make Me Famous tells the story of unknown painter, Edward Brezinski in his quest for fame. The film gives an intimate portrait of what it was like to be an artist in N.Y.C. in the 1980s.
Starring Jerry As Himself - Q&A with Director Law Chen and Producer Jon Hsu
July 25 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
A family documents how their immigrant father Jerry, a recently retired Florida man, was recruited by the Chinese police to be an undercover agent, only to discover a darker truth.
The Box - Q&A with Director Richard Kelly
July 25 (9pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.
Faith in Blackness - Q&A with Director Charles Reynoso & Producers Michael A. Lopez, Jr. and Guesnerth Josué Perea
July 25 (6:30pm) - Part of Latin American Foto Festival
Bronx Documentary Center (614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx)
Black Latine people around the world practice a myriad of faith traditions. This short-form documentary explores the dynamic identities of these AfroLatine people and their journey for a home, a faith in Blackness.
Donnie Darko - Q&A with Director Richard Kelly
July 26 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Blockers - Q&A with Director Kay Cannon
July 26 (6:45pm)
Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
When three parents stumble upon their daughters' pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
We Were Famous, You Don't Remember: The Embarrassment
Q&A with Director Daniel Fetherston and Embarrassment drummer Woody Geissmann
July 26 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema - Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Through original interviews, restored concert footage, the band's inimitable songs, and appearances by fans including Evan Dando, Freedy Johnston, Grant Hart, and Thomas Frank, this documentary shows how the Embarrassment rose out of nowhere in Reagan-era Middle America.
Desperately Seeking Susan - Q&A with Susan Seidelman
July 27 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Think!Chinatown Short + Big Fight in Little Chinatown - Q&A with filmmakers
July 27 (6:30pm) - Part of Asian American International Film Festival
DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
This in-person screening of Big Fight in Little Chinatown will be preceded by a collection of short films produced by Think!Chinatown. After the screening, there will be a live in-person Q&A with the filmmakers. This screening is part of the series, "Retrospectives in Dialogue".
The Unknown Country
Q&A with director/co-writer Morrisa Maltz, actress/co-writer Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, and actress/co-writer Lily Gladstone
July 27 (7:15pm)
Q&A with actress/co-writer Lily Gladstone and director/co-writer Morrisa Maltz
July 28 (7:15pm, 9:30pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Reeling from a devastating loss, Tana is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin's wedding. She packs up her late grandmother's Cadillac and hits the open road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota. After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. As she travels, Tana finds connection in the stories of everyday people who've settled down far off the main roads including Isaac, who provides a pivotal clue to understanding the lost location that could cultivate closure.
Walid - Q&A with Director Areel Abu Bakar and Actor Megat Sharizal
July 28 (6pm)
Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, Manhattan)
WALID lives a simple small town life, donating his time to teaching under-privileged children, as well as repairing electrical items for the villagers. One day he notices a young girl, Aisha, hanging around his class and invites her to join, which she does. A bond builds between teacher and student until it is shattered by a local crime syndicate that snatches Aisha and other children. When Walid starts to investigate Aisha's disappearance, he realizes the local police are outnumbered, and takes matters into his own hands to get Aisha and her friends back before they are sold.
North Circular - Q&A with Director Luke McManus and musician Annie Hughes
July 28 (7pm, 9:30pm), July 29 (4:30pm, 7:30pm), July 30 (6pm)
DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
North Circular is a documentary musical that travels the length of Dublin's North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country’s most beloved and infamous places.
Alphabet City - Q&A with Director Amos Poe
July 29 (5:45pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Pontiac Firebird-driving Vincent Spano as a heroin dealer who decides to turn his back on the dope game when his gangster overlords command him to burn down the tenement building where his mother and sister live—but soon discovers his bosses aren’t going to let him walk away without a fight
Topology of Sirens - Q&A with Director Jonathan Davies
July 30 (7:30pm)
Spectacle Theater (124 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn)
Cas, an academic assistant and amateur musician, moves into her aunt's old home. In the bedroom closet, she finds a cache of mysteriously labeled microcassette tapes, containing cryptic recordings of sounds ranging from everyday objects to abstract soundscapes. Cas's curiosity to discover the origin of these tapes leads her on a meditative journey through unknown verdant Californian landscapes, encountering experimental music performances, eccentric shop owners, and early music treasures along the way. As her adventure progresses, the mystery unravels in equally enigmatic and enlightening ways.
Periodical - Q&A with Director Lina Lyte Plioplyte
August 1 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
Periodical tells the unexpected story of the human body by exploring the marvel and mystery of the menstrual cycle, from first period to last. But this is not your middle school sex-ed class. Bringing you stories from soccer champions to scientists, from movie stars to young activists, Lina Lyte Plioplyte's innovative mixed media storytelling uncovers shocking truths, challenges taboos, and celebrates the end of centuries of societal-enforced stigma.
Passages - Q&A with Director Ira Sachs
August 3 (7:00pm), August 4 (7:05pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
Set in Paris, this seductive drama tells the story of Tomas and Martin, a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe, a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film.
Our Body - Q&A with Director Claire Simon
August 3 (7pm), August 4 (7pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Cinema is no stranger to exposing women's bodies. But rarely do we experience their corporeal reality, through sickness and health, aging and change. With access to the examination rooms of a gynecology clinic in Paris, Claire Simon trains her compassionate eye and ear to doctor-patient interactions, both intimate and epic: a young girl candidly divulges an unwanted pregnancy; a trans woman reveals the physiological and emotional challenges of transition; a couple shares their long struggle with infertility; a doctor holds a patient's hand while breaking the news of terminal illness. Unexpectedly, the filmmaker herself becomes a patient, plunging this omnibus of emotionally engaging stories into even more personal depths.
The Eternal Memory - Q&A with Director Maite Alberdi
August 8 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
In their youth, Augusto and Paulina had vibrant cultural vocations – he as a television social commentator and reporter who called for his nation to never forget its traumatic political legacy, she as an acclaimed actress and later Minister of Culture for Chile. Now in their autumn years, they contend with Augusto's Alzheimer's diagnosis and Paulina's fears of impending loss.
Shiva Baby - Q&A with Director Emma Seligman and Actor Danny Deferrari
August 9 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
While at a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student has an awkward encounter with her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend.
The Eternal Memory - Q&A with Director Maite Alberdi and film subject Paulina Urrutia
August 11 (7pm), August 12 (7pm)
Angelika Film Center (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In their youth, Augusto and Paulina had vibrant cultural vocations – he as a television social commentator and reporter who called for his nation to never forget its traumatic political legacy, she as an acclaimed actress and later Minister of Culture for Chile. Now in their autumn years, they contend with Augusto's Alzheimer's diagnosis and Paulina's fears of impending loss.
Viva - Q&A with Director Anna Biller
August 17 (8:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Two suburban couples experiment with sex, drugs and bohemia in early 1970's Los Angeles.
Mutt - Q&A with Director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
August 18 (6:50pm), August 19 (6:50pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Within the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.