Plenty of movies will play in NYC this summer, but 92YTribeca—in its first summer of programming—will be one of the few venues in the city to routinely show new, challenging independent cinema. Film programmer Cristina Cacioppo told Eric Kohn how she plans to keep the seats packed this summer: a mix of arty, previously undistributed stuff will joined by movie fodder. Read more

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92YTribeca Welcome to summer at Manhattan’s bustling new center of adventurous cinema and events for young movie lovers. On May 30, it hosts the world premiere of The Awkward Kings of Comedy (starring NYPress photo subject Marina Franklin; see page 40). Every month, audiences flock to the Iron Mule Short Comedy Festival, while the G.I. Joe Stop-Motion Film Festival shows up in late July. Summer plans also include singalongs and screenings of Susan Seidelman’s films with the director in person. Closed in August. 200 Hudson St., at Canal St., 212-601-1000, 92ytribeca.org Anthology Film Archives Still a haven for classic alternative cinema, Anthology’s summer program offers several tantalizing looks at the past. These include a retrospective of worldly film diarist Robert Kramer running July 17 through 23, with a fresh print of his 1975 epic, Milestones, which focuses on radical veterans of civil rights campaigns and Vietnam protests. “Overlooked Seventies Films,” running August 7 through 13, contains selections by Blue Underground DVD label head William Lustig. Read more