New Plaza Cinema

06/23/2026

Thanks to all who supported the launch of our summertime Film Talk Backs last weekend!

Tickets to WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) on Sun July 12 at 4pm are now on sale!

Join film historians Max Alvarez and Dan Cahill and your fellow cinephiles for a discussion Douglas Sirk's lurid melodrama!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-plaza-cinema-film-talk-back-written-on-the-wind-1956-tickets-1991388243844

06/22/2026

We got an early start on Peter Asher’s birthday w/ a packed screening of PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN!

Thanks to New Plaza Cinema Publicist and Assistant Programmer Abbe Harris for her intro — and to all who attended this infectiously entertaining documentary!

Join us Sat June 27 6:50pm for an encore. Tix available soon!

06/22/2026

Our Talk Back on Basil Dearden’s VICTIM (1961) is now on YouTube!

Film historians Gary Palmucci, Max Alvarez and Dan Cahill discusses this British Neo-Noir drama starring Dirk Bogarde, a landmark of q***r cinema.

Recorded Talk Back 6/21/2026, hosted by Max Alvarez, Gary Palmucci ...

06/22/2026

Hundreds of New Plaza Cinema patrons supported the *official* opening of our summer residency this weekend!

And we’re back at MAD | Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle every Sat through August 22.

Tell your friends! Or better yet, bring them to a movie!

https://newplazacinema.org/

06/21/2026

Director Brian Vincent and producer Heather Spore Kelly graced our summer space w/ their presence yesterday!

Their documentary Make Me Famous celebrates its third anniversary on our screen — Sat June 27 1:45pm.

Get tickets now! New Plaza Cinema at MAD | Museum of Arts and Design — 2 Columbus Circle, Lower level.

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00000454/make-me-famous/

06/20/2026

Our summer Classic Film Online Talk Backs start tomorrow.

Join film historians Max Alvarez and Dan Cahill and your fellow cinephiles as we discuss Basil Dearden's groundbreaking Neo-noir drama VICTIM (1961) starring Dirk Bogarde

All for just a $5 donation!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-plaza-cinema-film-talk-back-victim-1962-tickets-1990892443893

06/19/2026

After our “soft launch” last weekend, tomorrow is our *official* opening day at MAD | Museum of Arts and Design

We’ve got a popular French holdover, a classic British comedy, and two NYC premieres to entice you to make the journey 8 blocks south to Columbus Circle!

https://newplazacinema.org/calendar/

06/19/2026

Acclaimed French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin circles themes of homecoming and unexpected reunions in TWO PIANOS.

The Hitchcockian melodrama starring Charlotte Rampling and Francois Civil is held over for a fourth weekend — Sat 11:30am

New Plaza Cinema at MAD | Museum of Arts and Design — 2 Columbus Circle

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001332/two-pianos/ Kino Lorber

06/18/2026

We’re proud to join the NYC premiere of PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN — Sat 4:20pm

If you've ever loved a Beatles record, Linda Ronstadt album, a Carole King song, or a James Taylor record, you already know Peter Asher's work. You just might not know his name yet.

New Plaza Cinema at MAD | Museum of Arts and Design — 2 Columbus Circle, Lower level

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001336/peter-asher-everywhere-man/