Film Works Alfresco presents “Rope”
108 minutes. Mystery Thriller in English with Spanish subtitles (1948, USA). Appropriate for Young Adult. Pre-show strings performance by Cinema Quartet
As formally audacious as it is narratively brilliant, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope connects a powerful ensemble in service of a darkly satisfying crime thriller. Starring Jimmy Stewart.
7:30pm – Pre-show live performance
8:30pm (approximately) – Feature Presentation
Programming will take place rain or shine Food and drink available for purchase until 9pm.
Free admission. Donations appreciated.
Film Works Alfresco: Raising Victor Vargas
98 minutes. Drama in English with Spanish subtitles (2003, USA). Appropriate for Young Adult. Pre-show performance by Curtis Turney and his Afro-Caribbean Septet at 7:30pm.
On New York City’s Lower East Side, Dominican teen and aspiring ladies’ man Victor Vargas has nothing but girls on his mind in this touching coming-of-age film.
7:30pm – Pre-show live performance
8:30pm (approximately) – Feature Presentation
Programming will take place rain or shine Food and drink available for purchase until 9pm.
Free admission. Donations appreciated.
A new one act play “Uptown Boys”
Andy Price (Bernie), Vincent Saia (Anthony), Jonathan Ellers (Ralph), and Tuto Taveras (Chico) star in Adrian Miranda’s Uptown Boys, a raw, fiercely funny, and deeply moving drama directed by Adrian Miranda. Set around a four-top table in Washington Heights, this bilingual one-act play captures the sharp wit, buried trauma, and unbreakable bonds of lifelong brotherhood.
Set during a routine neighborhood card game cluttered with dominos, chips, and beer, Uptown Boys centers on four aging friends whose lives are upended when Bernie (Price) drops a bombshell announcement: he is leaving the Heights for a new life in a different city. The revelation ignites forty years of unhealed turf wars and personal grief, hitting Ralph (Ellers) hardest as he drowns in the unaddressed loss of his family. But when a sudden, chaotic dual medical emergency strikes the table, the masks of machismo must come down, forcing these men to work as a team to save each other’s lives. Uptown Boys is a powerful exploration of aging, survival, and the ultimate strength it takes to finally ask for help.
