Films this week 4/10/2026 to 4/16/26
by Gary Palmucci | 10th April 2026 | Gary's Corner
This weekend we’re welcoming back director Sarah T. Schwab and producer Brian Long for the premiere NY theatrical screenings of s piercing new suspense drama, Crybaby Bridge. New Plaza Cinema regulars may recall their 2023 feature A Stage of Twilight, starring Karen Allen, who graced our cinema with a pair of extended Q&As. Brian specifically asked distributor Menemsha Films – one of our steady suppliers – if he could come back to NPC to present his new work, which follows an urban family’s fateful decision to move to a rural enclave to escape its troubled past.
The filmmakers and some other special guests will be on hand for discussion after both of this weekend’s screenings. Saturday’s show is already very close to capacity, but more seats are available for Sunday’s at 245 pm.
Coincidentally, another filmmaking duo is making a return visit this weekend: Sabine Krayenbuhl and Zeva Oelbaum, whose documentary Obsessed with LIght, the story of dance pioneer Loie Fuller played multiple shows here two years ago. They had asked us to reprise their 2016 film Letters from Baghdad, an archival portrait of British explorer and political officer Gertrude Bell who in the aftermath of World War I was instrumental in the formation of modern-day Iraq. With The President’s Cake on NPC’s roster this month, and the Middle East very much on our minds, this screening takes on some added poignancy. Tilda Swinton’s voiceover brings Ms. Bell, a gifted chronicler of her times, to stirring life; Martin Scorsese’s polestar film editor – and friend of New Plaza Cinema – Thelma Schoonmaker is an executive producer.
Just a few tickets remaining for this one as well.
This weekend’s holdovers:
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the convulsive, sweeping Israeli cri de coeur, YES;
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Oscar winner Mr Nobody Against Putin;
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two shows of the Tangiers-set Calle Malaga (advance tickets strongly recommended);
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SHTTL with after-talk from its inexhaustible leading man Moshe Lobel;
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concussive Palestine 36;
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and our exuberant doc-in-residence Rebel With a Clause, hosted of course by director Brandt Johnson and his leading lady, overseer of orthoepy, Ellen Jovin.