Film

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RADIO DAYS The host of the WFUV radio show “The Big Broadcast,” Rich Conaty, introduces a screening of a 1932 comedy of the same name. “The Big Broadcast” stars some of the era’s most popular radio stars – including Kate Smith, Cab Calloway, George Burns, and Gracie Allen – in the story of a group of performers determined to save their station using the tried-and-true “Let’s put on a show!” method. Tonight, 7:25 p.m. show introduced by Mr. Conaty, 1 p.m. and 4:10 p.m. additional screenings, Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street, 212-727-8110, $10 general, $5 members and children under 12, $5 seniors Monday-Friday before 5 p.m.


LIGHT = ACTION Solar One, a solar-powered building located on a 2-acre plot along the East River, presents the Solar-Powered Film Festival. Up next, director Albert Maysles discusses his 1995 documentary “Grey Gardens,” about two cousins of Jacqueline Onassis who live in a ramshackle mansion in the Hamptons. Tonight, 8:45 p.m., Stuyvesant Cove Park, East 23rd Street and FDR Drive, 212-688-4800, $6 suggested donation.


KEY LARGO TO CHINATOWN The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s outdoor film festival kicks off with a screening of John Huston’s “Key Largo,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (July 7). Other water-themed movies to be screened against a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge include “A Fish Called Wanda” (July 21), “Mermaids” (August 4), and “Chinatown” (August 11). Before each screening, a DJ spins music relating to that night’s film – surfing tunes before “Gidget” (July 14), and suave ’60s bachelor-pad music before “Dr. No” (July 28). Lawn chairs are available for rental. Thursdays, tonight-August 11, sunset, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, along the East River between Main Street and New Dock Street, free. Please go to www.brooklynbridgepark.org for a full schedule and more information.


CRITICAL CYCLE The new documentary “Still We Ride” explores the monthly Critical Mass ride, which organizers call a “bicycle celebration” and critics call a dangerous nuisance. The film includes a segment on the August 2004 arrests of 264 bicyclists participating in the ride days before the Republican National Convention. A 45-minute program of “more light-hearted” shorts accompanies the film. Proceeds from the screening go to the legal defense of New York City bicyclers arrested in the ongoing crackdown. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $6 seniors and students, $5 members.


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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.


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