Coming April 16th

The Homecoming

1h 54min | PG

The Homecoming is a 1973 British-American drama film directed by Peter Hall based on the play of the same name by Harold Pinter. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the United States from 1973 to 1975

British philosophy professor Teddy (Michael Jayston) comes back home from America the first time in nine years to visit his father, uncle and two brothers and introduce them to his wife, Ruth (Vivien Merchant). The family’s working class background is vastly different from Teddy and Ruth’s academic lifestyle, and the homecoming is uncomfortable for Teddy. But, unexpectedly, Ruth fits right in. While the men compete with one another, she not only enjoys herself but earns their respect.

Coming April 21st

New York Filmmakers Shorts

Running time 1h 15min | NR

New Plaza Cinema is excited to present a collection of ten short films by talented New York filmmakers, from documentaries, animations and experimental works. Attendees will have the opportunity to discover the authentic voices of New Yorker filmmakers who use their art to share their unique perspectives on the world around them. This special screening event will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers, providing a chance for audiences to engage with the artists and gain insights into their creative processes.

Patrice D, Bowman: Under the Sun After the Wind
An isolated Black woman struggles physically, mentally, and spiritually against the news of COVID-19 and police brutality she sees online. An experimental adaptation of the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Yasmin Mistry: For A Better Life
Sold for $100 at the age of 5, Fekri suffers through years of abuse before his plight is discovered. After almost a year of hospitalization and therapy Fekri moves into a group home where he finds support, mentorship, and eventual forgiveness towards the family which sold him.

Dane Benko: Sometimes a Figure Grabs Me by the Wrist While I Sleep
Replicating the feeling of anxiety and entrapment felt in sleep paralysis, Sometimes a Figure Grabs Me by the Wrist While I Sleep follows a mysterious figure to an unavoidable conclusion.

Rachel Wang: Yo On the Go
It’s a film to introduce a blind musician, Yo Kano, to bring alive Yo’s positive effects on people around him and his winning attitude towards everything he does.

Melissa Hacker: Letters Home
Letters Home is a three channel video created around the text of letters my great- aunt Freda wrote to her family in New York as she traveled through Germany and Austria in 1945 as a member of the American Army’s Women’s Army Corps.

Andrew Jason Kra: Harari Loses his Squash
An attempt to hack a human being results in disaster.

Giorgio Citarella II: Tantamount
Tantamount: The Freeway Phantom” exposes the chilling truth behind the unsolved slayings of 6 young black girls in DC in the 1970s, revealing systemic failures that allowed the killer to remain free.

Ellen Silverman: Thomas Naegele A Poem
Thomas Naegele is 90 years old and a third generation painter. This film is inspired by a poem he wrote about the painters in his family.

Michael Jacobsohn: A Side Hustle
Filmmaker Michael Jacobsohn chanced encounter with crochet artist Thaddeus D. Peterson leads to six months of artistic collaboration.

Baron Carr: Drink Lounge
An inspirational story of two black fraternity brothers get together to create a successful bar lounge, DRINK is in Crowne Heights.