Outdoor Movies

A North Kildonan church is reviving a favourite Winnipeg tradition. At least once a month the parking lot at Kilcona Park Alliance Church is transformed into a drive-in movie theatre replete with a giant, portable projection screen. Hundreds of moviegoers including members of the congregation, area residents and curious passersby have been attending the free [...]

Estevan is one of 14 communities from across Saskatchewan that will receive a visit from the Cinema4Change Outdoor Movie Tour this year. The performance will be on Monday, August 16 at the Hillcrest Playpark. Proceeds from the event will go to Estevan’s playpark program, which allows young children to enjoy games, crafts and swimming for [...]

The 2010 Summer Screen series in McCarren Park kicks off tonight The free outdoor movie festival begins at sundown and takes place at the McCarren Park Ball Fields in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Tonight’s movie is “Say Anything” with John Cusack. Hudson River Park’s “River Flicks” has 2 movie screenings a week, one for adults on Wednesday’s [...]

Ford is to sponsor a series of family outdoor movie screenings at stately homes in August and September, to promote the release of its latest Galaxy model. The screenings are being staged in conjunction with Global Radio and GMG Radio, in an undisclosed deal brokered by WPP media agency Mindshare, and will take place at [...]

Yesterday, I was hanging out in Asheville with an old friend, and talking about movies. It’s what we mostly talk about when we get together, and it was even more relevant because he was showing me the basics of three-point lighting for a non-Spark project I’ve been working on. As we talked about all kinds [...]

Giant-screen movie technology company IMAX Corp is looking to pump up ticket revenues by opening IMAX Portable Theaters in the country’s third- and fourth-tier cities. “Made with a type of hard plastic, an IMAX Portable Theater is a big structure like a tennis bubble blown up. They can be set up anywhere from the Great [...]

Downtown Youngstown will welcome back for the third year in a row the PEPSI Outdoor Movie Series starting Monday June 28. This year the series has a new name and a sponsor, Pepsi Beverage Company. The movies will be shown on the Covelli Centre lawn at dusk. According to a press release from the city [...]

Grease is still one of the most popular movie musicals of all time. Now, 32 years after its exhilarating cinematic debut with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as the clique- crossed lovers, it sports a brand-new singalong score. And the very first place you will be able to see Grease: Sing-A-Long locally is at Frisco [...]

“CARY GRANT — A STAR TO REMEMBER” “My Favorite Wife,” Monday at 6:30. Free, tickets distributed 30 minutes prior to screening. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-6161. http://www.nationaltheatre.org. “I [HEART] THE ’90S” ROSSLYN OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL At Gateway Park: “Bio-Dome,” Friday at 8. Lee Highway and North Lynn Street, Arlington. 703-276-7759. http://www.rosslynva.org. AFI SILVER [...]

Educational programming will now be brought to the children of Haiti, via a partnership between Mercy Corps and Sesame Workshop (the nonprofit educational organisation behind Sesame Street). Sesame Workshop has dubbed one DVD featuring two Sesame Home Videos into Creole, and produced three short original films shot in Haiti specific to the country’s post-earthquake challenges. [...]