When you can live forever what do you live for? Seeing Twilight in Central Park of course! This Friday, August 21st the Central Park Film Festival hosts a screening of the film at 8pm. It's all part of the Central Park Film Festival Series which is happening this week.
When: 8/18- 8/22 Gates open at 6:00 pm, films start at 8:00 pm. Cost: Free Where: Rumsey Playfield, (enter the Park at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street) Other screenings include Oceans 11 (tonight 8/20) and Viewer's Choice (8/22)
Definitely get there early and bring your blanket to reserve a spot for this one!
So I know I'm a little late on this because the free outdoor movie season is in full bloom but tonight alone there are so many good movies that I want to see so I thought I'd share with you all the great opportunities to enjoy a movie in this awesome summer weather.
Summer Screen at McCarren Park Ballfields in Brooklyn Where: McCarren Park Ballfields, Greenpoint (this is the series formerly known as McCarren Park Pool), on the corner of Bedford and North 12th.
When: Movies begin at dusk.
Admission: Free.
Blankets and lawn chairs are encouraged.
Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan Where: Sixth Avenue from 40th to 42nd Streets
When: Lawn opens at 5 p.m. for blankets and picnicking, movies start at dusk.
Admission: Free.
Riverflicks at Pier 54 in Lower Manhattan Where: Pier 54, Hudson River at 14th Street.
When: Movies begin at 8:30 p.m.
Admission: Free.
Free popcorn.
Riverflicks at Pier 46 in Lower Manhattan Where: Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles and West Streets.
When: Movies begin at 8:30 p.m.
Admission: Free.
Free popcorn.
Movies with a View at Brooklyn Bridge Park in Lower Manhattan Where: 1 Main Street at Water Street.
When: Movies begin at dusk. Music begins at 6 p.m.
Admission: Free.
Movies Under the Stars in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side Where: Pier 1 at West 70th Street and the Hudson River.
When: Movies begin at dusk (around 8:30 p.m.).
Admission: Free.
River to River Festival in Manhattan Where: 55 Water Street, “The Elevated Acre.”
When: Movies begin at 8 p.m.
Admission: Free.
Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens Where: Broadway at Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City.
When: Movies begin at 7 p.m., weather permitting.
Admission: Free.
Held in conjunction with the Museum of the Moving Image. All films are foreign.
Movies Under the Stars in Hoboken, N.J. Where: Pier a Park, Hoboken.
When: Movies begin at dusk (8:30-9 p.m.).
Admission: Free.
Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park Where: Prospect Park Bandshell, Entrance at Ninth Street and Prospect Park West
When: Varies. Check Web site.
Admissions: $3.
Live music accompanies each movie.
Brooklyn Film Works at the Old Stone House in Park Slope Where: J. J. Byrne Park at the Old Stone House, Fifth Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets, Brooklyn.
When: Wednesday nights in July. Movies start at 8:30 p.m.
Admissions: Free.
Outdoor Cinema Series at the Narrow Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge Where: Narrows Botanical Gardens — entrance on Shore Road between Bay Ridge Avenue and 72nd Street.
When: Movies begin at sundown.
Admissions: Free.
Central Park Film Festival Where: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park.
When: Gates open at 6 p.m. Movies start at 8 p.m.
Admissions: Free.
Vote at 7online.com, from mid-July to mid-August, to cast your vote for the Saturday movie.
Pelham Bay Park Movies Where: Bartow Pell Mansion, Pelham Bay Park, 895 Shore Road, the Bronx.
When: 8 p.m.
Admission: Free.