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# Booze & Movies: The Best Film Events In Brooklyn This Week
- URL: https://bklyner.com/booze-movies-best-film-events-brooklyn-week/
- Published: 2017-01-23T23:32:40.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-24T00:01:59.000Z
- Author: Bklyner Staff
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Events, Nonsponsored, Amnesty International Film Festival, Art History Happy Hour, brooklyn historical society, Central Brooklyn, events spotlight, Gary Lucas, In Cold Blood, Katra Film Series, North Western Brooklyn, roulette, #wp

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(Photo via The Alamo [Drafthouse/Facebook](https://drafthouse.com/theater/downtown-brooklyn?ref=bklyner.com))

It’s cold. It’s wet. Perfect weather to stay in and watch old movies, or hunker down in an arty theater and watch critically-acclaimed ones.

To fuel your week, we’ve put together a list of top film events in Brooklyn, with a couple places to get drinks and dinner beforehand. If you have an event to share, please email us at [editor@bklyner.com](mailto:editor@bklyner.com).

**[Restaurant Week](https://www.opentable.com/promo.aspx?pid=69&m=8&ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** January 23 through February 10  
**Where:** Various locations  
**What:** Enjoy some of the borough’s best restaurants during Restaurant Week Winter 2017\. See a list of participating restaurants [here](http://www.nycgo.com/restaurant-week?neighborhoods=bay-ridge,boerum-hill,park-slope&ref=bklyner.com).  
**How Much:** 3-course lunch ($29) and dinner ($42)

[**Katra Film Festival**](http://katrafilmseries.com/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Wednesday, January 25, various times.  
**Where:** Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas at 445 Albee Square West  
**What:** Filmmakers (many of them local) face off for the final grand prize in this acclaimed film festival hosted at the Alamo. Get some sneak peaks with trailers [here](/7-must-see-brooklyn-trailers-upcoming-katra-film-festival/).  
**How Much:** Ticket prices vary.

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(Photo by Katra Film Series/facebook)

**[Whiskey Tasting](http://www.nuhotelbrooklyn.com/event/whiskey-tasting/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Wednesday, January 25, 6-7pm  
**Where:** Misdemeanor Bar (in the lobby of NU Hotel), 85 Smith Street  
**What:** Whiskey and Cocktail Tasting featuring whiskeys from Red Hook’s small batch distillery, Van Brunt Stillhouse. Catch a movie afterward at the nearby [Court Street theater](https://www.google.com/maps/place/United+Artists+Court+Street+12+%26+RPX/@40.6894743,-73.9915111,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x89c25a4e78c78e2b:0xddf251f605c057e2!2s85+Smith+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11201!3b1!8m2!3d40.6889049!4d-73.9886787!3m4!1s0x0:0x6133e50f41096207!8m2!3d40.6905854!4d-73.9921568?ref=bklyner.com).  
**How Much:** Free

**[Amnesty International Film Festival](http://www.amnestybrooklyn.org/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Thursday, January 26, 6-8pm  
**Where:** [Made in NY Media Center By IFP](http://nymediacenter.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 30 John Street  
**What:** A human rights film festival hosted by Amnesty Brooklyn focusing on films about women’s rights, refugees, and incarceration.  
**How Much:** Free

**[In Cold Blood](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capote-on-screen-in-cold-blood-tickets-29532982947?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Thursday, January 26, 7pm  
**Where:** [Brooklyn Historical Society](http://www.brooklynhistory.org/?ref=bklyner.com), 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, 11201  
**What:** A screening of the 1976 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s true-crime novel.**How Much:** Free

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In Cold Blood. (Photo via Brooklyn Historical Society)

**[Gary Lucas: Too Much Johnson](http://roulette.org/event/gary-lucas-too-much-johnson/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Friday, January 27, 8pm  
**Where:** Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue  
**What:** Guitarist Gary Lucas performs a live score for the 1938 Orson Welles silent film, “Too Much Johnson.”  
**How Much:** $20

**Bonus:** Okay, this one isn’t film, but it sounds so great we couldn’t leave it out. Plus, some local celebrities will be there!

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**[Literary Death Match](http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/?ref=bklyner.com)When:** Tuesday, January 24, 8pm  
**Where:** The Bell House, 149 7th Street  
**What:** Reading series pitting authors against one another before judges Heben Nigatu, Akilah Hughes, and John Leguizamo.  
**How Much:** $12 in advance, $15 at door