Socrates Sculpture Park

Free Screenings this Summer at Rooftop!

Free Screenings this Summer at Rooftop!

Summer is here. Be sure to check out our lineup of FREE screenings for the 2013 Summer Series.

Backyard Band/with Silent Film (and Pie) Fest

Backyard Band/with Silent Film (and Pie) Fest

Film + music + pie = a truly social media.

Epix Presents “Biutiful” at Socrates Sculpture Park

Epix Presents “Biutiful” at Socrates Sculpture Park

On August 17th, “Biutiful” will screen in Long Island City, Queens. Javier Bardem gives a tour de force performance as Uxbal, a Barcelona man who operates on the wrong side of the law while trying to provide for his two young children. Take the journey through the rougher corridors of life, and find redemption in bright, bad, biutiful love, entirely for free and only at EPIX Movie Free-For-All .

Rural Route Festival Returns to Queens

Rural Route Festival Returns to Queens

The Rural Route Film Festival Returns to Queens with screenings and personal appearances at Museum of the Moving Image, plus special events at Brooklyn Grange Farm & Socrates Sculpture Park, co-presented by Rooftop Films.

“The Straight Story” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village” screening this week

“The Straight Story” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village” screening this week

“The Straight Story” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village” screen as part of EPIX Free-For-All summer series.

Catch “The Good, The Bad, The Weird” and “Arthur” this week as the Epix free for all continues!

Catch “The Good, The Bad, The Weird” and “Arthur” this week as the Epix free for all continues!

EPIX Movie Free-For-All is giving you yet another dose of amazing movies outside…this week they’re showing The Good, The Bad, The Weird and Arthur.

Epix Presents A Sweet Night of “Caramel” at Socrates Sculpture Park

Epix Presents A Sweet Night of “Caramel” at Socrates Sculpture Park

On July 20th, the acclaimed Lebanese film “Caramel”, directed by Nadine Labaki, will screen in Long Island City, Queens. This bittersweet comedy about women, love, friendship, and life in Beirut will be presented entirely for free. Come out to Socrates Sculpture Park with a blanket and ice cream, and get ready to treat yourself to a warm touch of caramel.

“Who Wants to Kill Jessie” and “The Warriors” This Week at the Epix Movie Free-For-All

“Who Wants to Kill Jessie” and “The Warriors” This Week at the Epix Movie Free-For-All

This week, the EPIX Movie Free-For-All takes us through adventures both fantastic and dangerous–and its completely free, so the risk is well worth taking.

Filmmaker Interview: Tussilago

Filmmaker Interview: Tussilago

Rooftop Films spoke to Jonas Odell about Tussilago, his brilliantly animated short that places a 1970’s terrorist act into a human perspective. See it for free TONIGHT at Socrates Sculpture Park.

Filmmaker Interview: Anders & Harri

Filmmaker Interview: Anders & Harri

Åsa Blanck and Johan Palmgren spoke to Rooftop Films about using a national tragedy as a device to tell a heartwarming tale of fear and friendship in their film Anders & Harri. See it for free TONIGHT at Socrates Sculpture Park.

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