Fall is art-house movie season, the time of year when theaters full of corduroy jackets and subtitles make you truly feel like you’re living in Woody Allen’s New York. What better time of year then to check out the small, quirky, friendly Brooklyn Heights Cinema—a place with exponentially more tolerable crowds than the nearest megaplex, and now, with a great deal for Brokelyn readers. Read the rest of this entry »
Play summer hooky with $1 morning movies
What is it about seeing a movie during the day that feels like you’re beating the rat race system with your hooky playing ways? It’s all the much better in the summer, when you wake up in a puddle of your own sweat, especially if you’re the family friendly type looking for cooling activities for your brood that don’t involve $1 tuna fish and wilted salad. If you’re game for getting up early to beat the heat, Sheepshead Bay’s Regal Cinemas has your hooky plans: a 9-week morning family friendly movie festival where all films are just $1. The full schedule below: Read the rest of this entry »
Brokelyn discount at BK Heights Cinema
Fall is art-house movie season, the time of year when theaters full of corduroy jackets and subtitles make you truly feel like you’re living in Woody Allen’s New York. What better time of year then to check out the small, quirky, friendly Brooklyn Heights Cinema—a place with exponentially more tolerable crowds than the nearest megaplex, and now, with a great deal for Brokelyn readers. Read the rest of this entry »
Movie matinees to scratch your blockbuster itch
There’s no shortage of free classic & cult cinema around town this summer, but sometimes the lure of that ultra-hyped, big-budget blockbuster is nigh inescapable. Luckily, the good, old matinee’s still alive and well in Brooklyn. A handful of theaters sell single-digit tickets at off-hours, while others are a relative bargain all the time. You can even find a break on 3D if you know where to look. Here’s an updated list of Brooklyn theaters with matinee pricing: Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar cramming: cheap BK theaters
Double features may be a thing of the past (at least official double features—we do know people who routinely do the DIY version) but the matinee is alive and well in Brooklyn. A handful of theaters sell single-digit tickets at off-hours, while others, like the Kent theater on Coney Island Avenue, offer bargain seats all the time: $7.75 no matter when you go. (The Ziegfeld, it ain’t.) Here’s a list of cheap and discounted tix at theaters around the borough: Read the rest of this entry »





