Films 2/19/21

by Gary Palmucci | 20th February 2021 | Gary's Corner

Hello everyone.  As most of you may know, there was good news earlier this week from distributor A24 on their special, pre-video-on-demand Virtual Cinema engagement of Minari. After their initial ticket allocation for the February 12-25 run quickly sold out, A24 — a company whose films New Plaza has frequently played (e.g. First Reformed, 8th Grade, Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Farewell) — stepped up and released a new batch of tickets which, as of today, are still available for daily performances from February 19-25.

From what I’m reading and hearing from our fellow art houses around the country, Minari has been coming on strong with audiences and local critics as a potential Oscar contender, with special attention being paid to Korean actress Yuh-jung Youn as the uproariously feisty grandmother.

The nominations will be announced on March 15th. We’re currently featuring three Academy “short listers” in the categories of International Film (Two of Us from France and Collective from Romania) and Documentary Feature (76 Days and Collective, again).

Next week we’ll be adding the Danish “short lister” Another Round, with international star/007 nemesis Mads Mikkelsen.

This week, I was also very moved when I revisited Gordon Parks’ 1969 classic The Learning Tree and hope you’ll join us and some special guests on this Sunday (2/21) evening’s Talk Back…

Gary Palmucci, Film Curator
New Plaza Cinema