Welcome to The Quad Cinema

Truly a New York institution, the Quad Cinema has been showing the best of foreign and independent films for over 25 years. Family owned and operated, the Quad continues to book films which are unique, original, and intellectual to appeal to a loyal following of New York moviegoers. Ex-mayor Ed Koch, a very big film buff and now (among other things) a film critic wrote "The Quad is one of New York's best offbeat film houses". We're located in the heart of Greenwich Village, near some great shopping and dining. So make a day of it.

Friday, May 9 thru Thursday, May 15, 2008

REFUSENIK	Theater One	1:00 3:30 6:15 9:00
NR	REFUSENIK is the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the thirty-year movement to free Soviet Jews. It shows how a small grassroots effort bold enough to take on a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights campaign that engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through the eyes of activists on both sides of the Iron Curtain - many of whom survived punishment in Soviet Gulag labor camps - the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism, sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation. (Running time 2:00) In English, Hebrew and Russian with English Subtitles More Info: Movie Web Site
A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT	Theater Two	1:00 3:25 6:00 9:10
NR	When Seattle librarian Julia Reynolds (Juliet Stevenson) takes her unadventurous husband Jack (Daniel Stern) into a family vacation on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first love Alex (Tcheky Karyo). But when the sexy Frenchman actually shows up, insisting she’s his true love, she discovers a side of her husband she never suspected. The flat-footed insurance man sets out in search of his own Malta romance, and is soon dancing the salsa with an ex-chorus girl Grace (Valerie Mahaffey). With one last day in Malta, Julia must choose between the husband she never really knew and the man she’s dreamt of for twenty-five years. This sophisticated comedy is for anyone who has ever wondered what might have been. (Running time 1:58) More Info: Movie Web Site
THE MEMORY THIEF	Theater Three	1:00 3:15 5:20 7:30 9:40
NR	THE MEMORY THIEF is the story of Lukas - an aimless, young man in contemporary L.A. who buries thoughts of his own past in the humdrum routine of a tollbooth clerk. A chance encounter with a Holocaust survivor suddenly brings into focus a world and an identity he embraces with frightening intensity - the victimized Jews of World War II. As he begins to enthusiastically act out his newfound obsession, Lukas, a non-Jew, discovers that survivor's guilt isn't just for the Jews anymore. THE MEMORY THIEF, starring Mark Webber, is a mesmerizing, audacious psychological thriller in the tradition of TAXI DRIVER. (Running time 1:32) More Info: Movie Web Site
CONSTANTINE'S SWORD	Theater Four	1:00 3:00 5:25 7:30 9:35
NR	"Constantine’s Sword" is the story of James Carroll, a former Catholic priest on a journey to confront his past and uncover the roots of religiously inspired violence and war. His search also reveals a growing scandal involving religious infiltration of the U.S. military and the terrible consequences of religion’s influence on America’s foreign policy. Carroll focuses on Christian antisemitism as the model for all religious hatred, exposing the cross as a symbol of a long history of violence against Jews (and, most recently, Moslems). The film brings the history of religious intolerance to life, tracing it as a source of the fanaticism that threatens the world today. At its core, Constantine’s Sword is a compelling personal narrative — a kind of detective story — as one man uncovers the dark areas of his own past, searching for a better future. (Running time 1:35) More Info: Movie Web Site

Accessibility: Theater One and Theater Two are both wheelchair accessible. Films now playing in Theater Three and Theater Four may be rotated to Theaters One and Two upon request and if feasible.

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