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Seeing a movie at home: kind of routine, not special. Seeing a movie at a movie theater: depends on your comfort level and whether studios start releasing decent new films again. But seeing a classic movie on a giant drive-in theater screen: pretty sweet (assuming you have a car). The popularity of drive-in movie theaters in the city during the pandemic, and it looks like they re sticking around and this summer, you ll have the chance to see at least six free screenings at the Queens Drive-In.
The Queens Drive-In, located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, was one of the most popular of the new drive-ins to pop up last summer; it resumed showing films, including a lot of well-curated double features with clever themes, this past March. On Friday, they announced six Free Movie Nights at the Queens Drive-In including:
This Sunday caps an abnormally long award season for Hollywood. The 93
rd Academy Awards ceremony, which was originally slated for Feb. 28, 2021, was rescheduled to April 25 due to the pandemic.
This year is different for other reasons, too. It is no doubt a novel year for diverse nominees. With nine actors of color earning nominations, two women receiving nominations for best director and an all-Black production team nominated for best picture, the #OscarsSoWhite and #OscarsSoMale movements of past years appear to have made a meaningful impact.
That said, notable exemptions exist, including Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” which seemed like a shoo-in for best picture and best actor (Delroy Lindo) nominations. The film received just one nomination for best original score.
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