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“Waste Land” Opens This Friday in NYC!

“Waste Land” Opens This Friday in NYC!

See Lucy Walker‘s award winning documentary, Waste Land about a superstar artist (Vik Muniz) and an inspiring group of scavengers in the world’s largest landfill. Opens THIS FRIDAY at the Angelika in NYC.

Bill Plympton’s “Idiots and Angels” at the IFC Center

Bill Plympton’s “Idiots and Angels” at the IFC Center

Bill Plympton is a Rooftop Alum and and Academy Award Nominee. His latest feature, Idiots and Angels is being called “ambitious” and “hilariously demented.” Go see it tonight at the IFC Center.

“Last Train Home” in Theaters!

“Last Train Home” in Theaters!

Rooftop Alum Lixin Fan’s beautiful and haunting film Last Train Home, opened September 3rd at the IFC Center. If you’re in New York, do yourself a favor and go see it.

Rooftop Alum Beesley’s “Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo” on Tour

Rooftop Alum Beesley’s “Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo” on Tour

Bradley Beesley’s rousing, hardscrabble doc Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo is embarking on a Western Swing Tour. Similar to Rooftop’s Gasland tour, is this maneuver a fun but necessary requirement for an independent film to thrive?

Rooftop ’09 Film “45365” In Theaters Now

Rooftop ’09 Film “45365” In Theaters Now

45365, one of the most beautiful, fascinating, unique feature films of Rooftop’s 2009 season, is playing at the Anthology Film Archives from June 17-24. The glowing review in The Times called it “a beguiling slice of Midwestern impressionism.”

Best Worst Movie in Theaters

Best Worst Movie in Theaters

Best Worst Movie, the award-winning film about the worst movie ever made: Troll 2, opens in NYC MAY 14th at Village East Cinema

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