Cabaret Cinema
Fridays at 9:30 p.m. Free with a $7 bar minimum (unless otherwise noted)
New Series! COSMIC CABARETCINEMA
“Cosmic Cabaretcinema” series Feature films that explore a new frontier in humankind’s understanding of the universe.
February 19 Brothers John Reed & Matt Lenski introduce 2001: A Space Odyssey
February 26 Sci-fi writer Jack Womack introduces Earth vs. The Flying Saucers
March 5 Sci-fi writer S.C. Butler introduces It Came From Outer Space
March 12 Fantasy writer Ellen Kushner introduces Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet
March 19 Illustrator (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Brett Helquist introduces Contact
March 26 Multiple Oscar-winner Thelma Schoonmaker introduces her late husband’s A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven)
April 2 Documentarian filmmaker Henry Chalfant introduces Fellini’s La strada
April 9 Playwright John Guare introduces Things to Come
April 30 Novelist and broadcaster Kurt Andersen introduces Destination Moon
May 7 Novelist and screenwriter Larry Doyle introduces The Day the Earth Stood Still
*Members may reserve CabaretCinema tickets in advance by calling (212) 620-5000 ext. 344, which will be held no later than 9:30 p.m.
*Members at the Sustaining level and up may reserve actual cabaret tables in advance.
Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet
Friday March 12, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1968, Franco Zeffirelli, UK/Italy, 138 minutes
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey play the star-crossed lovers.
Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Introduced by Ellen Kushner
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Contact
Friday March 19, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1997, Robert Zemeckis, U.S., 150 minutes
Jodie Foster plays the lead in this cinematic envisioning of Carl Sagan's novel.
Introduced by Brett Helquist
Free with a $7 bar minimum
A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven)
Friday March 26, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1946, Powell & Pressburger, UK, 104 minutes
Fallen aviator David Niven argues for his life before a celestial court. With Kim Hunter.
Narrator: This is the universe. Big, isn't it.
Introduced by multiple Academy Award winner Thelma Schoonmaker
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Fellini's La strada
Friday April 2, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1954, Italy, Federico Fellini, 108 minutes
"I don't know. If I knew I'd be the Almighty, who knows all. When you are born and when you die... Who knows? I don't know for what this pebble is useful but it must be useful. For if its useless, everything is useless. So are the stars!"
- Richard Baseheart as The Fool
Introduced by Henry Chalfant
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Galileo
Friday April 16, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1975, UK/U.S., Joseph Losey, 145 minutes
Bertolt Brecht's play of public compromise with a cast that includes Tom Conti, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, Judy Parfitt, and Topol in the title role.
Introduced by Peter Minchiello
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Earth Girls Are Easy
Friday April 23, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1988, UK/USA, Julian Temple, 100 minutes
A day-glo musical romp ensues when furry aliens Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, and Damon Wayans land in valley girl Geena Davis's pool.
Free with a $7 bar minimum
