New Plaza Cinema

08/31/2026

Our final classic film Talk Back of the summer is now on YouTube!

Film historians Max Alvarez, Dan Cahill, and Gary Palmucci discuss Arthur Penn's neo-noir NIGHT MOVES (1975) starring Gene Hackman.

https://youtu.be/wlstYwd2UO0?si=FNduwNRfiG1bDeVH

Recorded Talk Back 8/22/2026, hosted by Max Alvarez, Gary Palmucci ...

08/30/2026

WILD INSIDE is now sold out, but owl'll bet you'll enjoy our other films on Sunday!

Remember: we're back at 35 W. 67th St starting this weekend.

https://newplazacinema.org/calendar/

08/28/2026

We're back at 35 W. 67th St. this Saturday w/ two popular holdovers and a new documentary that's a The New York Times Critic's Pick!

https://newplazacinema.org/calendar/

08/27/2026

The legend of Flaco lives on in Penny Lane’s WILD INSIDE — Sun 2:30pm w/ director intro + participant Q&A.

“During his year in the city, he inspired countless people and changed so many lives. Lane’s film reminds us that that journey doesn’t have to end” — IndieWire

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001362/wild-inside/

08/27/2026

The Sundance award-winning HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR returns for two shows this weekend — Sat 4:30pm • Sun 12:15pm

Lithuania’s official submission for the 2027 Oscars! “One of the best films of the year.” — New York Sun

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001364/how-to-divorce-during-the-war/ Kino Lorber Zeitgeist Films

08/27/2026

A trio of medical practitioners travel to Gaza to provide their services to patients in the “bracing, tortured, and utterly vital” (IndieWire) documentary AMERICAN DOCTOR.

Sat 2:30pm + Sun 5pm at New Plaza Cinema — 35 W. 67th St.

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001378/american-doctor/

08/27/2026

THE MARCHING BAND returns after a sold-out opening!

Two long-lost brothers — one raised in privilege, one in poverty — bond over music in this French crowd-pleaser starring Pierre Lottin and Benjamin Lavernhe.

Three shows this weekend — Sat 12:15pm + Sat/Sun 7pm — at our 35 W. 67th St. location! Get tix in advance!

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001366/the-marching-band/

08/26/2026

“The Flaco documentary” WILD INSIDE returns by popular demand — Sun 2:30pm

“A collective tribute to an animal that will always be part of civic lore.” — Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times

Intro by director Penny Lane + Q&A w/ documentary participants Jacqueline Emery and David Lei

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001362/wild-inside/

08/26/2026

From Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, AMERICANDOCTOR follows three American physicians — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — united by a single oath to save lives.

After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza,they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind,taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress

The The New York Times Critic's Pick screens Sat 2:30pm + Sun 5pm at our 35 W. 67th St. location.

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001378/american-doctor/ Watermelon Pictures

08/26/2026

HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR charmed the New Plaza Cinema audience in its opening weekend!

Our thanks to filmmaker Andrius Blaževičius, who joined us for a Q&A moderated by Ass’t Programmer Abbe Harris.

The darkly comic Sundance award-winning film returns for two shows this weekend back at 35 W. 67th Street — Sat 4:30pm + Sun 12:15pm

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00001364/how-to-divorce-during-the-war/