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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.






Ben Stiller on the Walter Mitty Set

Aubrey Plaza’s Perfect Game
Justin Davidson on the City Opera's Orpheus
Broadway Songwriting in Critical Condition
Look Book: Dr. Lila Wolfe, Chiropractor
Manhattan-Style Tapas Come to Cobble Hill
Fashionables: Beach Sweaters
Where to Drink 2012
The Interminable Horror of the New Old Age
What George Romney's Doomed Run Taught Mitt
Frank Rich on the Post-Racial Farce
Will This Be the Worst Mosquito Summer Ever?


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