{"id":4637,"date":"2021-04-09T22:10:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T22:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newplazacinema.org\/test_area\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2021-11-08T21:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:23:18","slug":"films-this-week-4-09-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newplazacinema.org\/test_area\/films-this-week-4-09-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Films This Week 4\/09\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello everyone.\u00a0We’re continuing this week with our three Oscar nominees while still hoping to add one or two others next Friday as well as a few other venerable holdovers.<\/p>\n

\"\"Last Saturday night I headed back to another movie house after\u00a0that rather unusual experience of seeing Tenet<\/em> in 70mm in the cavernous (and near empty) Village East. This time it was Minari<\/strong><\/em><\/a> at the handsomely refurbished Nitehawk Cinema on Prospect Park West in, per one neighborhood wag, “the People’s Republic of Park Slope.”<\/p>\n

I had last been in this theatre some eighteen months ago, to see Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story<\/em> flawlessly projected in 35mm.\u00a0This time there appeared to be about 30 patrons in the roughly 300-seat house and a different vibe from the\u00a0previous\u00a0week, one that seemed to whisper, “We’re just happy to be here.”<\/p>\n

The inspired, and inspiring tale told in Minari<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which many of you have also experienced, seemed just right for the moment.\u00a0This Korean-American family’s struggle to survive and stick together despite seemingly endless setbacks also mirrored many scenes and emotions we’ve been living this past year.<\/p>\n

And a few coincidental details took me back to the heady opening weeks of New Plaza’s<\/strong> tenure at NYIT \u2014\u00a0Minari’s<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0generous distributor A24 had also\u00a0supplied us then with films like First Reformed <\/em>and 8th Grade<\/em>, and star Steven Yeun had appeared in another Oscar contender which we played, Burning<\/em> from South Korean master Lee Chang-dong.<\/p>\n

As Minari<\/strong><\/em><\/a> worked its wonders, my partner and I munched popcorn, sipped a soda suspiciously like Mountain Dew, and deftly adjusted our postures as Nitehawk’s\u00a0signature waitstaff periodically scurried across the aisle.<\/p>\n

For at least one evening, the return of moviegoing seemed to be incrementally moving in the right direction.\u00a0Among the pre-show trailers was the tantalizing documentary Truffle Hunters<\/em> from our friends at Sony Classics. That might well be the next visit.<\/p>\n

We’ve heard this week from a couple of our members who have also ventured out, and look forward to hearing from more.<\/p>\n

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Gary Palmucci,\u00a0Film Curator
New Plaza Cinema<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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