The latest at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema:
70 henry street | bklyn, ny 11201 | 718 596 5095

Upcoming events:

SPECIAL EVENT: Brooklyn Heights Cinema Celebration Event
Sunday April 28th: 6 - 8pm
A special event to celebrate 40+ years of movies at 70 Henry Street
Tickets start at $60.00

With a special performance by the host of NPR's "Ask Me Another" Ophira Eisenberg

And some other cool surprises [silent auction, raffle...]

Bring your ticket to Bavacco after the event and enjoy a free glass of wine and some snacks with us

The money raised will go towards keeping the cinema solvent

CURRENT SHOWINGS:

The Place Beyond The Pines |
2 hours 20 minutes (R)
For the first time in 31 years - nominated in all 4 acting categories!

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes

Fri - Sun: 1:45pm | 4:30pm | 7:10pm | 9:40pm
Mon - Thurs: 5:30pm | 8:15pm

The highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine") powerfully explores the consequences of motorcycle rider Luke's (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) fateful decision to commit a crime to support his child. The incident renders him targeted by policeman Avery (Golden Globe Award nominee Bradley Cooper), and the two men become locked on a tense collision course which will have a devastating impact on both of their families in the years following.

Ginger & Rosa | 1 hr 29 min. (PG-13)
Starring: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening & Oliver Platt

Fri - Sun: 2:00 | 7:00pm
Mon - Thurs: 2:00 | 7:30pm

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

Admission | 2 hrs (PG-13)
Starring: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd & Lily Tomlin

Fri - Sun: 4:45 | 9:30pm
Mon - Thurs: 5:00 | 9:00pm

NO 9PM SCREENING Wednesday

A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption

Standup Comedy
Wednesday: 9 pm

Hosted by Shelly Colman
Featuring
with David Finklestein, Dave Lester Dean Masello & Katherine Williams

Now playing at my friend's independent movie house:

Brooklyn Heights Cinema
70 henry street [@ orange] Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 596 5095

Live standup comedy the 3rd Wednesday of each month @ 9 pm

MOVIES:

Quartet | 1 hr 34 min. (R)
Wed 5:00 pm | 7:00 pm
Thurs: 5:00 pm | 8:00 pm

Beecham House is abuzz. The rumor circling the halls is that the home for retired musicians is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. For Reginald Paget (Tom Courtenay), Wilfred Bond (Billy Connolly) and Cecily Robson (Pauline Collins) this sort of talk is par for the course at the gossipy home. But they're in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean Horton (Maggie Smith).

Emperor | 1 hr 38 min. (PG-13)
Wed - Thurs: 5:50 pm | 8:10 pm

Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, enlists a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Fox) to reach a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal?

Admission | 2 hrs (PG-13)
Starring: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd & Lily Tomlin
Fri - Sun: 2:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 7:00 pm | 9:30 pm
Mon - Tues: 5:30 pm | 8:00 pm

A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption

Ginger & Rosa | 1 hr 29 min. (PG-13)
Starring: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening & Oliver Platt

Fri - Sun: 2:15 pm | 4:15 pm | 7:15 pm | 9:10 pm
Mon - Tues: 5:00 pm | 8:10 pm

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

Upcoming events at the independent movie (and live music) theater the Brooklyn Heights Cinema at 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn, 11201:

Silver Linings Playbook | 2 hours (R)
For the first time in 31 years - nominated in all 4 acting categories!

starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and
Robert De Niro & Jacki Weaver

Fri - Sun: 2:15pm | 4:45pm | 7:20pm | 9:45pm
Mon - Thurs: 5:30pm | 8:15pm
Special Wednesday Matinee @ 3:00pm (tickets $7.00)

Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert DeNiro) after spending eight months is a state institution on a plea bargain.

Pat is determined to rebuild his life. When Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat, but only if he'll do something important for her in return.

Stand Up Guys | 1 hour 34 min. (R)
starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin

Fri - Sun: 2:00 | 4:15pm | 7:00pm | 9:15pm
Mon - Thurs: 5:00 | 7:00pm | 9:00pm
Special Wednesday Matinee @ 3:00pm (tickets $7.00)
NO 9PM SCREENING Wednesday

Val (Al Pacino) is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend Doc (Christopher Walken) is there to pick him up, and the two soon re-team with another old pal, Hirsch (Alan Arkin). Their bond is as strong as ever, and the three reflect on freedom lost and gained, loyalties ebbed and flowed, and days of glory gone by. But one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret...

LIVE MUSIC
Featuring
The Friedman Brothers
&
kenn lowy

Wednesday: 9 pm

For advance ticket reservations: rsvp@htscinema.com

My friend owns one of the very few independent movie theaters around, the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. I remember back in High School I loved going to obscure movies...and not so obscure movies (like Dr. Strangelove, Breaker Morant, etc.) at our local independent theaters in Los Angeles. So having this place around is a huge asset to the cultural scene in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Heights Cinema
70 Henry Street (at Orange)
718 596 5095

Here are some upcoming events at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema:

Silent Films with Live Music series resumes

The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari

live music performed and composed by Kenn Lowy

Sunday Sept. 30th @ 7:45 pm sharp!

click here to see a preview trailer

Gasland
Directed by Josh Fox

Monday October 1st @ 6:45 pm

Sponsored by Council Member Stephen Levin

Steve Witt

Wednesday October 3rd @ 9pm

singer-songwriter & author Steve Witt will be singing and reading from his new novel "The Street Singer"
The book follows a flat-broke subway musician who stumbles into contact with a high-powered developer named Thaddeus Hoover - a thinly veiled take on developer Bruce Ratner.

He ends up playing project supporters and opponents off against each other as he plots to get a hip hop song he’s written to a rapper dubbed Zack-J, based on Nets minority owner Jay-Z.

Click here for more info and for regular movie showings.