Rooftop Films: Beach Rats

A Brooklyn teen spends his summer scoring weed, flirting with girls & cruising for older men online. Thursday, August 17th Venue: Coney Art Walls Address: 3050 Stillwell Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224 (Coney Island) 8:00 PM: Doors Open 8:30 PM: Live Music by Sam Evian 9:00 PM: Film Begins BEACH RATS (Eliza Hittman | U.S.A. | 98) Eliza Hittman follows up her acclaimed debut It Felt Like Love with this sensitive chronicle of sexual becoming. Frankie (a breakout Harris Dickinson), a bored teenager living in South Brooklyn, regularly haunts the Coney Island boardwalk with his boys—trying to score weed, flirting with girls, killing time. But he spends his late nights dipping his toes into the world of online cruising, connecting with older men and exploring the desires he harbors but doesn’t yet fully understand. Sensuously lensed on 16mm by cinematographer Hélène Louvart, Beach Rats presents a colorful and textured world roiling with secret appetites and youthful self-discovery. A NEON release. 5 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY (Peter Huang | Canada | 5) Facebook has changed the way people interact with each other.Apple has created a second life for human beings on their devices.Google has the capacity to change the world as we know it. And yet, when it comes down to it, some people just want access to high speed porn whenever they want.5 Films About Technology is an anthology short that takes a darkly comic look at the absurd realities of how modern technology affects our lives today. ......................................... NO REFUNDS. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED. NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED. .........................................