Movies go to the zoo

New NYFF venue announced

by Anne-Katrin Titze

Terence Dixon’s Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris will have a Drive-In screening at The Brooklyn Army Terminal
Terence Dixon’s Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris will have a Drive-In screening at The Brooklyn Army Terminal Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Film at Lincoln Center has added the Bronx Zoo as a New York Film Festival Drive-In venue, where the Opening Night film, Steve McQueen’s Lover’s Rock (September 23 at 8pm), will screen, followed by John Waters Presents: Art Movie Hell at the Drive-In (Gaspar Noé’s Climax and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days Of Sodom, September 27 at 8pm), and Spike Lee’s American Utopia (October 7 at 8pm), the documentary on David Byrne’s Broadway hit.

Previously announced Drive-In locations are The Brooklyn Army Terminal at 80 58th Street and The New York Hall of Science at 47-01 111th Street in Corona, Queens. The Bronx Drive-In is at the Bronx Zoo at 2300 Southern Blvd.

Tickets to the general public went on sale today for the 2020 New York Film Festival which runs from September 17 through October 11, 2020.

Share this with others on...
News

Precision filmmaking Casey Walker on setting rules, layering complexity, and making Home Bodies

A dangerous woman Rebecca De Mornay on finding characters' truth and making The Gentleman Thief

Divine transformation Eriko Katagiri on the itako tradition and When You Open The Door

Learning to let go Gloria Mercer and Bethany Brown on filming sex, drugs and A Safe Distance

Framing a feature Michele Fiascaris on expanding his short Rain Catcher into a rain-slicked noir thriller

A heroine of the people Avid Liongoren on the Filipino animation industry and Zsazsa Zaturnnah

More news and features

We're bringing you news, reviews and more from the Fantasia International Film Festival.



We're looking forward to the Locarno Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Frightfest.

We've recently brought you coverage of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Muslim International Film Festival, Docs Ireland, Sheffield DocFest, ImagineNative, Tribeca and Cannes.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.

Interact

Don't forget that you can follow us on YouTube for trailers of festival films and more. You can also find us on Mastodon and Bluesky.


It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:


Dinard Amira Casar to head jury, plus opening film announced


San Sebastian Leigh, Naishtat and Larraín among those joining line-up


Fantasia Nighborn is Cheval Noir Best Film; full list of award winners announced


Frightfest Full line-up announced


Sarajevo Festival to honour Asghar Farhadi and present tribute programme