Round-Up: A FIPS Guide to FREE Outdoor Summer Movies!

Grab your blankets, bug spray and artisanal cheeses because OUTDOOR SUMMER MOVIE SEASON IS NEARLY UPON US! I've rounded up the big'uns, but if you guys think of any other cheap/free films going on this summer drop a comment in the box! 

MONDAYS: BRYANT PARK SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL 

WHERE: Bryant Park (duh).

THE DEETS: The lawn opens at 5:00 (If you've never experienced this competitive race for a good spot it's a little like being on Nickelodeon's GUTS, but without the bungee cords and Agro Crag. OK, so it's nothing like GUTS. But remember Mo? She was HAWT). All bags will be checked upon entering the lawn, so leave your illegals at home maybe? Movies start between 8-9PM.

6/20: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

6/27: The 39 Steps

7/4: Easy Rider

7/11: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

7/18: In the Heat of the Night

7/25: The Lady Eve

8/1: Cool Hand Luke

8/8: Airplane!

8/15: High Sierra

8/22: Dirty Harry

 

WEDNESDAYS: HUDSON RIVER PARKS RIVER FLICKS 

WHERE: Pier 63 Lawn, Chelsea

THE DEETS: Free popcorn! Beverages and snacks also available for purchase. Movies start around 8:30PM.

7/6: The Social Network

7/13: Easy A

7/20: The Kids Are All Right

7/27: The Other Guys

8/3: The Fighter

8/10: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

8/17: The Town

THURSDAYS: BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK SYFY MOVIES WITH A VIEW 

WHERE: Pier 1, Harbor View Lawn

THE DEETS: DJs from Brooklyn Radio play starting 6PM, movies start at sunset. 

7/7: Manhattan

7/14: Ghostbusters

7/21: Sweet Smell of Success

7/28: Basquiat

8/4: An American Tail

8/11: Breakfast at Tiffany's

8/18: Crooklyn

8/25: Rosemary's Baby

9/1: PUBLIC VOTE! The people will choose the final movie!

Central Park Film Fest (ALSO FREE!) has not yet released their calendar for the weekly movies in August, but check back! 

 

CHEAP MOVIES/FESTS ALSO WORTH MENTIONING! 

Rooftop Films: Currently in full swing. They do have some free shows, but most tickets run about $10. 

Rooftop Films is a New York based non-profit whose mission is to engage diverse communities by showing independent movies in outdoor locations, producing new films, coordinating youth media education, and renting equipment at low cost to artists.

Kings County Cinema Society Presents: Short Film Slam: This is going down Friday, 5/27 @ 7:30PM in Gowanus.

Kings County Cinema Society is an ongoing, roving, curated, eclectic screening series in Brooklyn NY. With a focus on classic, cult, art, and local film, they work to shine a light on film and media that lies off the tired, beaten path. The society ultimately hopes to bring together a coalition of fans, friends, filmmakers, critics, curators and cinephiles interested in gathering, watching, and discussing. They began their cinematic reign of terror in 2008, and now hold court at an array of venues across the borough.

Battle For Brooklyn: Screening in NYC for a limited time starting 6/9

BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN is an intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood facing condemnation of their property to make way for the polarizing Atlantic Yards project, a massive plan to build 16 skyscrapers and a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets.