Films this week 8/25 to 8/27/2023
by Gary Palmucci | 24th August 2023 | Gary's Corner
This Friday night New Plaza Cinema will be presenting the third installment of the NYC Short Filmmakers’ Showcase. Our tireless programmer Michael Jacobsohn has compiled another eclectic program of new talent, many of whom will join us for a “group Q&A” after the screening. This program always sells out — order your tickets online early!
Also joining this weekend’s schedule:
- The Eternal Memory — This piercing documentary, winner of the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, chronicles an aging couple’s struggle with the husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The NY Times’ Ben Kenigsberg wrote “An unusually intimate portrait of a couple adapting their relationship to a disease that affects the mind, The Eternal Memory doesn’t aim to hold spectator’s hands…”
- Shortcomings — Another 2023 Sundance selection and the directorial debut of popular actor Randall Park, tracks the scrambled courtship of a hip young Asian American couple, at odds with both each other and the myriad contradictions of our moment’s popular culture. NPR’s Claudia Puig’s reports: “An engaging and likable romantic comedy that doesn’t follow the formulas…and that’s a good thing.”
This weekend’s holdovers include Fellini’s classic 8 1/2 and Past Lives, both sellouts last weekend, Make Me Famous (with-of course- its filmmakers back for another Q&A), as well as Visconti’s The Leopard, The Miracle Club with its beloved cast, and Aurora’s Sunrise.
Gary Palmucci, Film Curator
New Plaza Cinema