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If your spring calendar is still looking a little… indoorsy so far, here’s a quick fix: take your movie night to the roof.
Rooftop Cinema Club has returned to midtown with a lineup focused on crowd-pleasers and date-night classics with just enough nostalgia. The concept is simple but effective: open-air (well, technically enclosed and heated for spring), skyline views, wireless headphones and a rotating schedule of films.
April’s theme, “Don’t judge a book by its movie,” brings a literary twist to the programming, with adaptations like Pride & Prejudice, The Great Gatsby (2013) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s anchoring the schedule. But if you’re less into period drama and more into emotional chaos or blockbuster escapism, there’s plenty of that too—The Notebook, Crazy Rich Asians and The Hunger Games are also in the lineup.
The cinema sits on the Skylawn rooftop of the Embassy Suites on West 37th Street, with views that stretch across midtown, including a peek at the Empire State Building if you time it right. It’s fully enclosed and heated for spring, so there’s no gambling with the weather and the whole thing is designed to feel more like a low-key lounge than a typical theater.
There’s also a full bar for anyone 21 and over, plus a social vibe that’s a little looser than your average movie screening—talking, texting and out-loud reactions are all part of the experience, within reason. Tickets typically run between $28 and $35 and seating is first-come, first-served, so arrive early if you’re aiming for prime skyline views.
Because after all, if you were going to watch The Notebook for the hundredth time anyway, you might as well do it under the Manhattan skyline.