By Gersh Kuntzman
Mean Streets: Here’s one filmmaking competition that really is on a roll.
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By Sabrina Jaszi
Cinema: It’s a weird retrospective, but one of the best: 12 of the best films ever, all from 1962.
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By Ben Muessig
Cinema: Here’s our preview of the Red Hook and Coney Island film festivals.
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By Ben Muessig
Cinema: “The Warriors” goes head to head with “Lavender Lake” at rival film fests this weekend.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Cinema: The United Artists Court Street Cinema discriminated against its own customers when it started searching only women’s pocketbooks, not men’s bags, at the Brooklyn Heights multiplex this summer, some moviegoers charge.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
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Cinema: Even if you miss Robert Redford’s two-night stand at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, there will still be hours and hours of Redford to soak in during BAMcinematek’s retrospective, “Robert Redford: Artist and Activist,” Sept. 8–16.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
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Cinema: Two of the most important journalists of the 20th century — and the actor who brought their story to life in one of the greatest movies of the same century — will be at BAM on Sept. 12.
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By Shannon Geis
Cinema: What’s better than watching a movie with a bunch of friends and popcorn? Watching a movie with a bunch of friends and pizza in the garden of a great restaurant.
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By Ben Muessig
Cinema: A trio of rockers will bring some noise to a silent kung fu film during a rare screening.
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By Jacob Kleinman
Cinema: It’s coming to Celebrate Brooklyn this Saturday.
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By Jacob Kleinman
Cinema: One of the most exciting events of the summer is a participatory screening of Prince’s classic film “Purple Rain” in Prospect Park — but it never could have happened without one Park Slope man.
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By Ben Muessig
Cinema: Believe it or not, but four out of 10 young auteurs in a Netflix-sponsored filmmaking contest are from Brooklyn. But all four are trailing in the balloting. What’s up with that?
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By Dustin Seplow
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Cinema: The Academy Awards were taking place on Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday night, but the real action was on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. That’s where one part of the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, “Man on Wire,” watched the big show.
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