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- Maysles Cinema
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343 Lenox Ave., nr. 127th St.; 212-582-6050
It won’t be putting Film Forum out of business, but the tiny, extremely low-budget Maysles Cinema at least has the pedigree of an art-film palace. The year-old Harlem screening room is the brainchild of acclaimed doc-maker Albert Maysles, who, with his late brother David directed Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens, among other masterworks of the genre. What it lacks in stadium seating and surround sound, it makes up in sheer character—there’s just 60 folding chairs with cushions set on a Persian rug—and inventive programming. For a $7 suggested donation per screening, you can catch rarely seen documentaries (including the ones in this month’s “Tibet in Harlem” festival), often followed by discussions and/or appearances by the filmmakers.






Woody Harrelson on His Role in Rampart
A New Showrunner Revives Walking Dead
Recalling the First Days of Performance Art
The Met’s Fiery, Six-Hour “Ring” Finale
A Bedroom Built From 20,000 Legos
Look Book: The Designer
Illuminating the Latest Green Lightbulbs
Deli Classics, Perfected at Kutsher's Tribeca
The End of an Era on Wall Street
The Virgin Father of Fifteen Children
A Hip-Hop Blog Becomes an Alterna-YouTube
Why D’Antoni Was Never Right for the Knicks


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