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Uptown Joins Art House NY for Cinema Week, March 20-26

As the newest arthouse cinema coming to the block, the Uptown is proud to be participating in the first Art House New York Cinema Week, running from March 20-26, 2026, as part of a citywide partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME).

The aim of the Mayor’s office support, says new MOME commissioner Rafael Espinal, is to help our neighbors “rediscover New York together, one cinema at a time” by providing 5,000 free tickets–funded by MOME–to ensure the arthouse moviegoing experience is available to all New Yorkers.

Beth Krieger (Uptown), NYC MOME Commissioner Rafael Espinal, and Ira Deutchman Deutchman (Uptown) at the Art House New York meet-up announcing Cinema Week.

In honor of Cinema Week, the Uptown Film Center is offering FREE TICKETS to our screening of Jim Sheridan’s IN AMERICA on March 20, 6:30pm, at The New York Historical, 170 Central Park West.  The screening will be followed by a Q&A with award-winning author Colum McCann. Filmgoers are also invited to tour the galleries of The New York Historical before the film (5pm-6:15pm) as part of the museum’s Free Friday’s program.

The following eligible New Yorkers, as identified by MOME, may attend the screening for free by presenting a valid form of identification at the door:

  • New York City teachers with valid ID
  • United States active-duty military personnel and veterans with valid ID or service record
  • New York City families registered with “Cool Culture”
  • People with disabilities with the presentation of their half-fare MetroCard, Access-A-Ride ID
  • SNAP/EBT cardholders with the presentation of their SNAP/EBT card
  • CUNY student ID

Cinema Week is an initiative of Art House New York (AHNY), a pilot regional alliance for independent film exhibition whose mission is to strengthen the independent film sector through audience development, research, and strategic initiatives. Learn more about Art House NY and the first annual Cinema Week at arthouseny.org

Tales of the Immigrant City – IN AMERICA with special guest Colum McCann

IN AMERICA
Jim Sheridan, 2002, 105 minutes
With: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Djimon Hounsou

With special guest speaker, Colum McCann

About the film:

Set in early-1980s New York, In America follows an Irish immigrant family arriving illegally in Hell’s Kitchen, carrying grief, hope, and the fragile promise of a new beginning. Through the eyes of two young daughters, Jim Sheridan’s deeply personal film captures the exhilaration and hardship of starting over, the intimacy of immigrant communities, and the quiet acts of solidarity that make survival possible in an unfamiliar city.

About Colum McCann:
Colum McCann is a celebrated NYC-based Irish novelist and National Book Award winner for Let the Great World Spin. Across his fiction and nonfiction, he captures the layered lives of immigrants and explores how individuals navigate displacement, loss, and belonging in an ever-changing world, often using New York City as a crossroads of global stories.

TICKETS:
$12/adult
$10/seniors & students
$2 discount with Community partner code

BUY TICKETS HERE

FREE TICKETS with ID are available at the door for eligible New Yorkers participating in Art House NY Cinema Week.  See eligibility guidelines.

 

Co-sponsors: BAiP, LiLY, W. 90s Neighborhood Assn., W. 102nd & 103rd Streets Block Assn., W. 104th St. Block Assn., Irish Arts Center, JCC Manhattan