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Deets: Rooftop Films is partnering with Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) o expand their programming into Queens this summer with a new drive-in movie location on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science, located 47-01 111th Street in Queens.

The new theater joins the Brooklyn Drive-In, located on the pier of The Brooklyn Army Terminal at 80 58th Street, providing a safe way to enjoy movies this summer while New York City recovers from the pandemic.

The Queens Drive-In officially kick off on Aug. 13 with a screening of IFC Films’ Tesla, directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Ethan Hawke. Also on the line-up for the Queens Drive-In is the the documentary thriller The Last Out, directed by Sami Khan; the classic family favorite The Muppet Movie; the New York premiere of Summer White (Blanco de Verano), directed by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson; the Academy Award-winning feature film Mad Max: Fury Road, directed by George Miller; David Osit’s documentary feature Mayor; and Stanley Kubrick’s enduring and visionary sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Free film screenings presented by Queens Borough President Sharon Lee will also be held at the Queens Drive-In beginning in mid-August. The full schedule of Borough President Lee’s free screenings, and other details, will be announced in the coming days.

Doors will open around 7:30 p.m., with events beginning at 8:30 p.m. and ending by 11 p.m.

Hint for the Average Socialite: Tickets start at $35 per car (up to five passengers per car) — members of the presenting organizations will receive a 15% discount. Tickets are available on the Rooftop Films website. 

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