SUNDANCE REVIEW: GASLAND
Lighting Tap Water on Fire
Gasland opens on September 15th at the IFC Center in New York City. Learn more about Gasland screenings in your area. When a natural gas mining company offered Josh Fox and his upstate New York neighbors $100,000 each for the right to drill for gas on their land, Fox thought he’d better examine what was […]
My Sundance Day 1 (though it was actually Day 3 for some): “Boy” shows maturity, “Catfish” makes a splash, “Splice” should be torn to pieces.
My first day at Sundance went pretty smoothly, especially considering that I had to wake up at 4 AM to catch my plane and that they had to make an emergency landing when someone fell seriously ill over the Midwest. I didn’t get into Park City until 2 PM, yet still managed to catch four […]
INDIEWIRE ON THE FILM EXHIBITION ECONOMY AND HOW ROOFTOP FILMS IS IN THE SAME BOAT, BUT DESTINED NOT TO SINK
Eugene Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief at IndieWire: It’s a been a tough summer for cinema. The economic crisis has hit film organizations and festivals hard. With corporate support for arts programs and events dwindling, administrators and planners have taken a closer look at their financial situations and, in many cases, made significant cutbacks. In the past few […]
8/14 – HOME MOVIES (SHORT FILMS) – TRAILER
FRIDAY AUGUST 14 ROOFTOP FILMS and VERIZON FIOS present HOME MOVIES Short films and video about moments in time, capturing and imagining what it felt like to be there. OPEN BAR AFTER PARTY FOLLOWING THE SCREENING FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE Venue: On the lawn of Automotive High School Address: 50 Bedford Ave. @ North 13th […]
8/15 – WHERE YOU LIVE (SHORT FILMS) – TRAILER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15TH ROOFTOP FILMS and VERIZON FIOS present WHERE YOU LIVE Short films that show us where you live and how you live. From the harshest African deserts to the fertile Irish countryside, from rapidly growing guesthouses in Hong Kong to the slowly fading inner city of Detroit, these fun and fascinating documentaries invite […]
INTERVIEW WITH ARON GAUDET,
DIRECTOR OF THE WAY WE GET BY:
SEE THE FILM AGAIN AT THE IFC CENTER,
OPENING JULY 17
See The Way We Get By at the IFC CENTER. Filmmakers and Doc Subjects in Attendance! On Friday, June 10th, Rooftop Films screened Aron Gaudet’s film The Way We Get By on the lawn of the Automotive High School. Aron Gaudet is an award-winning director and editor. Past films include India: A New Life, a WGBH-Frontline […]
ROOFTOP LAUNCHES PARTNERSHIP W/ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, “BLIND PIG WHO WANTS TO FLY” & “LOS HEREDEROS” TO HAVE US PREMIERES
Rooftop Films (NYC) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) have joined forces to present two remarkable films from IFFR 2009 in Rooftop’s Summer Series. Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly by Edwin (Indonesia) and Los Herederos by Eugenio Polgovsky (Mexico) will be screened on July 17 and 18, 2009 with the filmmakers and IFFR […]
INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER MAYTORENA TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF NEW MUSLIM COOL
On Saturday, June 20th, Rooftop Films will be screening Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s film New Muslim Cool on the roof of El Museo del Barrio. Get tickets now before it sells out. Jennifer Maytorena Taylor is a director, producer, photographer, and narrator. Her latest feature film , New Muslim Cool, chronicles the personal journey of Puerto-Rican […]
ENTER WNYC’S BRIAN LEHRER SHOW’S “UNCOMMON ECONOMIC INDICATORS” VIDEO CONTEST GRAND PRIZE: A SCREENING OF YOUR FILM AT ROOFTOP
Rooftop Films and WNYC’sThe Brian Lehrer show are proud to share a similar ethos: we love New York, baseball, arts, bicycling, and political issues explored through personal stories. We both value populist media, made by, reported on and respecting the views of everyday people and experts alike. Here at Rooftop, we have a tremendous respect […]
TRAILER FOR “VOICES FROM EL-SAYED” FEATURE DOC PLAYING AT ROOFTOP 6/27
SATURDAY, JUNE 27 VOICES FROM EL-SAYED (Oded Adomi Leshem | Israel | 75 min.) New York PremiereIn this smart and charming documentary, the world’s largest community of deaf people is suddenly given a gift that threatens to disrupt local heritage. BUY TICKETS. Venue: On the roof of the Old American Can FactoryAddress: 232 3rd St. @ 3rd Ave. […]