Take the comforter off your bed and pack a picnic of Fritos and brie, SummerScreen presented by EPIX and The L Magazine is back for a sixth year. Every Wednesday for six weeks we're taking over the ballfields at McCarren Park to bring you a night of good music, great food and drink, and, when the sun goes down, we'll play one of the greatest movies ever made (that's not an opinion, these movies really are the greatest movies ever made). The best part? It's still completely FREE to attend. All you have to do is bring something to sit on.

We're proud to introduce this year's lineup:

July 6 - Friday
July 13 - Wayne's World
July 20 - Ghost World
July 27 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
August 3 - Clueless
August 10 - Jurassic Park
August 17 - Rain Date
August 24 - Rain Date

So have you found something to sit on yet? You have less than two months, so make it a priority. Until then, cinephiles, we'll be stealing our Dads' Ferrari, searching for a cane with a mosquito fossilized in amber at the tip, and trying to get Marky Mark to plant a celebrity tree.

the Rooftop Films opening on May 15th (more by Ryan Muir)

Rooftop Films is off and running with its summer series. But that's hardly the only outdoor movie series in NYC, though it might be the only one that costs money.

Hudson River Park's Take Me to the River '09 will present RiverFlicks, which shows movies for "adults" on Wednesdays starting on July 8th and films for kids on Fridays starting July 10th. That film series accompanies the park's RiverRocks shows. Bands appearing at RiverRocks include Yeasayer, Ted Leo, Matt & Kim, Radio 4 and Extra Golden.

The SummerScreen series, which ran last year in McCarren Park Pool, returns this year, but in the McCarren Park ball fields. Those films run Wednesdays starting July 8th. Movies include Fame, Reality Bites, and Evil Dead 2.

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival screens films on Mondays starting June 15th. Brooklyn Bridge Park's Movies With A View series kicks off July 9th and runs every Thursday through August.

All the above-mentioned events (barring Rooftop Films) are free and open to the public. All lineups and locations below...

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