NY NY | Animation Block Party Sets Record, Lou Reed Visits Film Forum, and Lincoln Center Celebrates Madame Kawakita – indieWIRE

The summer heat continues in New York, as its cinematic institutions continue to offer the option of escaping or embracing it. The 5th Annual Animation Block Party had a record screening outdoors on Friday night in conjunction with Rooftop Films, while Lou Reed showed up at Film Forum for a prickly Q&A following a screening of Julian Schnabel’s concert film “Lou Reed’s Berlin”. And for the upcoming week, the Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates one of the pillars of Japanese film culture…