By Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
BATTERY PARK CITY — Cinephiles who have never seen Woody Allen's early movies on a big screen will finally have their chance.
Starting tonight, the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City is launching a free summer film series called "Woody Allen A to Z: Classic Films From Annie Hall to Zelig."
The six films, being shown every Wednesday until July 27, include 1972's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" and 1979's "Manhattan," which stars Allen alongside Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep.
"His films are a postcard from New York," said Betsy Aldredge, spokeswoman for the museum. "They're just a lot of fun. We thought it would be great for younger folks to experience them on a big screen for the first time."
The museum, which is devoted to commemorating the Holocaust, has done several film series in the past but they have usually focused on more serious foreign films or documentaries.
The Woody Allen retrospective is a way of examining a more lighthearted aspect of Jewish culture in New York, Aldredge said.
The first film, showing Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m., is 1985's "Purple Rose of Cairo," a Depression-era love story starring Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels.
Free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 3 p.m. at the museum, 36 Battery Pl.
