This film made by Jonathan Demme in 1992 may be primarily about his cousin Robert Castle, an Episcopalian priest who served in a Harlem church, but it is also a family reunion and his most personal film. While profiling Cousin Bobby and his mission to help the poor and dispossessed, it provides … [Read more...]
Films
COUSIN BOBBY, a seldom-seen film by Jonathan Demme
| Location: Nyack Center Title: COUSIN BOBBY Year: 1992 Country: USA Genre: Documentary Director: Jonathan Demme |
CAPERNAUM
| Location: Nyack Title: CAPERNAUM Year: 2018 Country: Lebanon Genre: Drama,Foreign Director: Nadine Labaki Actors: Boluwatife Treasure Bankole,Yordanos Shiferaw,Zain Al Rafeea |
In Beirut, 12-year-old Zain is suing his parents for bringing him into the world and failing to care for him or his siblings. Prior to the suit, Zain finds relief from his disorderly home by running errands for shopkeepers. After his parents marry off his younger sister, Zain flees, moving into the … [Read more...]
THE WIFE
| Location: Nyack Center Title: THE WIFE Year: 2017 Country: Sweden/USA Genre: Drama Director: Björn Runge Actors: Christian Slater,Glenn Close,Jonathan Pryce |
Joan Castleman has been married to celebrated, egotistical writer Joe for years, subjugating her own talents. When he wins the Nobel Prize, they travel to Stockholm, where Joan keeps Joe in line while he and the other all-male winners prepare to receive their glory. Another writer—hoping to be Joe’s … [Read more...]
MEGAMALL
| Location: Nyack Center Title: MEGAMALL Year: 2009 Country: USA Genre: Documentary,Meet the Filmmaker,Rockland Filmmaker Director: Roger Grange,Sarah Mondale,Vera Aronow |
If you don’t know the story of the Palisades Center in West Nyack, don’t miss this! If you do know the story, you might want a refresher, because the Town of Clarkstown may be voting on permission to let the mall expand. In 1985 a mall developer came to Rockland County to build its biggest mall on a … [Read more...]
BIRDS OF PASSAGE
| Location: Nyack Center Title: BIRDS OF PASSAGE Year: 2018 Country: Columbia Genre: Crime,Drama,Foreign Director: Ciro Guerra,Cristina Gallego Actors: Carmiña Martinez,José Acosta,Natalia Reyes |
A film about how the world changes, how individual actions and the forces of fate together bring glory and ruin to a hero and his family. A Homeric tale revolving around the Colombian drug trade from the sixties to the eighties, shady deals, double-crosses, and miscalculations, it becomes a … [Read more...]
The Nyack Library Presents the American Creed Film Festival with Rivertown Film: RESCHEDULED for June 8
