Films this week 11/04 – 11/05/2022
by Gary Palmucci | 2nd November 2022 | Gary's Corner
Due to our (very) close proximity to the NYC Marathon’s finish line, New Plaza Cinema at Macaulay Honors College will be closed on Sunday, November 6. But our reprise screenings this weekend of the inspiring documentary Four Winters will feature a pair of special guests — On Friday November 4th filmmaker Julia Mintz will be joined for an after-film discussion with Eva Haller, a Hungarian-American philanthropist, Holocaust survivor and activist.
And on Saturday November 5th, Julia will welcome actor/screenwriter Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos, GoodFellas, Summer of Sam) for another discussion of her documentary and its indelible subjects.
The Good House with Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline will also screen again on Saturday afternoon, and joining our lineup following its downtown premiere will be a new French drama, Peaceful (De son vivant) starring the iconic Catherine Deneuve as a mother whose son (Benoit Magimel) is suddenly and tragically stricken with cancer. The NY Times’ reviewer noted that “Because of these actors and a subtly self-reflexive script, Peaceful also plays like a eulogy to a nearly bygone era of French cinema.” Writer-director Emmanuelle Bercot is a rising talent in French cinema and Magimel, who starred with Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher as well as in the scorching La Haine, has grown into a cinematic icon in his own right.
In the coming weeks New Plaza Cinema viewers can also look forward to: On November 11-13, screenings of a new documentary, Black Notebooks: Ronit, a portrait of the late Israeli actress Ronit Elkabetz — who shone brightly in The Band’s Visit, Late Marriage, and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem — as compiled by her brother, director/actor Shlomi Elkabetz (star of the HBO series Our Boys); he will be joining us along with some VERY special friends to be announced shortly.
On November 19th in the midst of her non-stop Oscar campaign, The Automat’s director Lisa Hurwitz will return for another in-person presentation of New Plaza’s all time favorite. And in late December, a special, first run holiday attraction with an Upper West Side “connection” whose title and full details we’ll be announcing shortly…
Gary Palmucci, Film Curator
New Plaza Cinema