Films this week 03/14/2025 to 03/20/2025
by Gary Palmucci | 14th March 2025 | Gary's Corner
This will be our last New Plaza Cinema weekend of ‘limited operation’ for a couple of months – we’re closed on Saturday for some annual CUNY student events. Since so many patrons were turned away from last weekend’s sold out shows of Oscar-winner No Other Land and There’s Still Tomorrow, our Friday and Sunday schedules will consist solely of those two titles, each with three screenings apiece.
Last weekend’s full house was mesmerized from the opening scene of our ‘sneak preview’ of There’s Still Tomorrow. In her Critic’s Pick review, the NY Times’ Beatrice Loayza wrote:
“There’s Still Tomorrow is set in Rome after World War II, but it unfolds with timeless verve and romanticism. It’s the directorial debut of the Italian singer and comedian Paola Cortellesi, who also stars. This feminist dramedy tells a story about domestic abuse — echoing still-timely concerns about violence against women and toxic masculinity in Italy — in captivating, unexpected ways.”
Coming later this month:
- on March 21 and 23, another chance to catch Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language feature The Room Next Door, with its incomparable stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore
- on March 22, a unique free screening of Martin Scorsese’s epic documentary No Direction Home – Bob Dylan (check our website for special ticketing details); later that day, one of our ‘residency’ docs, Heaven Stood Still-The Incarnations of Willy DeVille will return, with filmmaker Larry Locke and some ‘live’ musical guests; and capping off that Saturday, an ‘anniversary’ screening of the one-of-a-kind Hundreds of Beavers, hosted by its gagman and propmaster Mike Wesolowski
- opening March 28, a new documentary, Janis ian: Breaking Silence, chronicling the transporting songbook and turbulent life story of the remarkable singer-songwriter, now in the fifth decade of her inspiring career
- on March 28-29 we’ll be joined by West Coast film historian and author Steven C. Smith, a regular guest on our classic film webcasts and author of A Heart at Fire’s Center, the definitive biography of Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann.
Renowned for his classic suspense scores for Alfred Hitchcock, Herrmann also did rapturous work for many other auteurs, two of which we’ll be presenting: Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground.