A Reely Good Time-Free Summer Outdoor Movies

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.

Here's the line-up for the rest of this week.....

Wednesday, July 22

Dinner at Eight: Pier 70, Riverside Park

The Dark Knight: Pier 54, Hudson River Park

The Dark Knight: Pier a Park, Hoboken

“Contempt” (France): Socrates Sculpture Park

Original Student Films: The Old Stone House, Park Slope

24 Hour Party People: McCarren Park Ballfields

Thursday, July 23

Paper Moon- Brooklyn Bridge Park

Toy Story- Narrows Botanical Gardens,Bay Ridge

Friday, July 24

Ghostbusters: Pier 46, Hudson River Park

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.

Full listings and more information is here.

Reel World...The Movie House comes to 3rd Ward

Hooray! 3rd Ward just added free movies to their monthly calendar. Every 2nd Sunday of the month starting September 14th, you can catch the very best of local filmmaking in Brooklyn.

The debut screening will feature Matthew Lessner's Darling Darling, starring our favorite awkward teen from Juno and Arrested Development, Michael Cera, Astronauts Visit New York by Joanne Getson and Carmen by Leat Klingman.

Doors open at 7pm and the screening begins at 8. Drinks & Snacks will be served with lively discussion with the filmmakers and a chance to dance post-movie. The evening culminates in an AFTER PARTY with VJ Clay Franklin who lays his favorite songs over spliced together found footage and old movie clips. RAD!
RSVP: moviehouse@3rdward.com.

3rd Ward is located at 195 Morgan Ave., in East Williamsburg, near the Grand, Montrose, and Morgan stops on the L train