Short Film Premiere: “Afterimage” Explores Memories of Moviegoing in Ridgewood, Queens
Last week, Filmmaker published my Spring 2026 print issue report on the crop of communal cinema offerings in Ridgewood, Queens. There’s Low Cinema, co-founded by John Wilson and the first theater to open in the neighborhood in nearly 100 years; Music Movie Mondays, curated by Shannon Wiedemeyer at the bar/venue Cassette; Ridgewood Community Cinema, co-created by Ali Jaffery with regular screenings hosted at Stone Circle Theater and Ridgewood Commons; UnionDocs, a non-fiction film center and theater that relocated from Williamsburg to Ridgewood; and the recently-shuttered Seneca Cinema, which allowed attendees to submit ranked-choice ballots to vote on the evening’s movie […]
by Natalia Keogan on Apr 28, 2026
