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The Picture House is excited to bring you this special Bedford Playhouse production, available online beginning Friday, December 11th at 7:00 pm. Enjoy an intimate evening of music and conversation with Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway, the original voice of Anastasia. Liz will perform a mix of holiday favorites and beloved Broadway showtunes, share stories [...]

A MESSAGE FROM FRANCILE ALBRIGHT, PICTURE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TPH is proud to present 2020 NYICFF Kid Flicks and Holiday Arts Breaks bringing you the best new children’s films from around the world and accompanying family-friendly activities just in time for Thanksgiving. This year’s extremely diverse program is sponsored by longtime Picture House supporter the Wildlife [...]

October is my favorite time of year at The Picture House – and normally our busiest. Fall Film Club gets underway and we get to watch advance screenings of some Oscar-worthy films as well as amazing documentaries that may go unnoticed in the busy fall movie release season. But what I love the most about October is [...]

Last weekend, Governor Cuomo announced a reopening date of October 23rd for movie theaters in parts of New York State and on Tuesday the guidelines for opening were issued in detail. While we will not be opening on the 23rd, we are thrilled that there is finally a path forward. The guidelines are extensive and comprehensive – and we want to [...]

The Picture House took center stage last weekend as reporters from WNBC NY, News 12, and Fox 5 visited our historic theater to interview Director of Programming Clayton Bushong about the reopening news. We were so pleased to be featured and thank all of these outlets for helping spread the good news about the reopening [...]

Last week at The Picture House Film Club with Marshall Fine, the topic was the first film produced by The Atlantic, White Noise. Our guest was director Daniel Lombroso, who, as a reporter for the Atlantic, spent four years reporting on and filming the alt-right. His stories of filming solo in groups of white supremacists were frightening (Lombroso is [...]

We’re pleased to announce that for the FIRST time ever we’ll be opening our sold-out Film Club with Marshall Fine to the general public. While the closure of the theater has posed many challenges over the past six months, it has also given us the flexibility to open Film Club to a wider audience as [...]

Dear Picture House Community,  At The Picture House, we strive to bring film education programs to every community and provide access to the arts to anyone who wishes to participate. Since having to move online in March we’ve worked hard to come up with new and creative ways to connect with our students. And today, [...]

Exclusive Q&A with RBG Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen Join TPH as we celebrate the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg with a special re-release of RBG followed by an exclusive recorded Q&A with the film’s directors, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, moderated by Melena Ryzik from The New York Times. When you purchase through TPH at Home you’ll [...]

This time of the year we’re usually busy planning one of our favorite events of the year – Picnic in the Park. Coming together with old friends and new to celebrate film and community is something we look forward to all year. But if there’s one thing we know for sure, this year has been NO picnic.  [...]