
Taxi Driver Rooftop Films and Summerscreen aren't your only sources for outdoor cinematic entertainment paired with live music in NYC this summer. The free Films in Tompkins series will be showing classic films with live music every Thursday through August 16. The series kicks off tonight, June 28, with Martin Scorsese's lurid, visceral 1976 masterpiece, Taxi Driver , which if you've never seen you really need to and if you have, it's worth seeing again. Tonight's live performance is [...]

E.T.: The Extra Terrestial The "Movies with a View" series returns in 2012 at Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn near the Brooklyn Bridge for two months of film under the stars and in front of that stellar view. This year's series runs Thursdays in July and August, and is now actually called " SyFy Movies With a View " (it's sponsored by the SyFy network), though only the July 5 opening film, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial , falls under science fiction. Yes, that is slightly confusing, but remember... it's free. [...]

Popular Williamsburg outtdoor film (and music) series Summerscreen is back for another season in McCarren Park, put on by the good folks at The L Magazine . Bands haven't been announced yet, but the films have. Here's the schedule: Continue reading "Summerscreen 2012 lineup -- free movies in McCarren Park" at brooklynvegan
Take the comforter off your bed and pack a picnic of Fritos and brie, SummerScreen presented by EPIX and The L Magazine is back for a sixth year. Every Wednesday for six weeks we're taking over the ballfields at McCarren Park to bring you a night of good music, great food and drink, and, when the sun goes down, we'll play one of the greatest movies ever made (that's not an opinion, these movies really are the greatest movies ever made). The best part? It's still completely FREE to attend. All you have to do is bring something [...]

Movies with a view at Brooklyn Bridge Park ( oh poppycock ) The "Movies with a View" series returns in 2011 at Pier 1 near the Brooklyn Bridge for two+ months of film under the stars and in front of the skyline. Kicking off in early July, the NYC-themed series will offer showings as varied as Basquiat and An American Tail , in addition to crowdpleasing favorites like Ghostbusters and Breakfast at Tiffany's . Full film schedule is below, and make sure [...]

Sony's new Crackle app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch lets you stream more than 200 movies, including The Da Vinci Code, Pineapple Express and Ghostbusters, as well as numerous TV series, such as Seinfeld, Married With Children and Charlie's Angels. The new free app just hit the App Store and you can download it HERE . Viewers can watch episodes and movies for free with advertisements appearing at the outset and about every 10 minutes. Currently the application offers content from Columbia Pictures, Tri-Star, Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures Classics. [...]