Franz (Sami Frey) and Arthur (Claude Brasseur) don’t have money, jobs, or prospects, but they do have a black convertible and a shared romantic interest in Odile (Anna Karina). When Odile lets slip that a stash of cash is ineptly hidden in the isolated villa where she lives, the men hatch a plan to … [Read more...]
Movies with Crime
RIFIFI, streaming from 6/26 through 7/2
After five years in prison, a thief is invited by his dear friends and fellow criminals to steal jewels from a famous jewelry store, and he declines. But when he discovers that his former girlfriend has become the lover of a nightclub owner, he proposes to his friends a burglary of the nightclub … [Read more...]
BIRDS OF PASSAGE
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...]
NEW DATE: THE THIRD MAN at Hopper House
Rescheduled: A FREE outdoor screening sponsored by Rivertown Film and Maria Louisa Boutique. Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime. Edward Hopper, who inspired … [Read more...]
POSTPONED: GOAT, a Rockland Filmmakers Special Preview Screening
DO TO THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF HURRICANE SANDY, OUR SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING OF GOAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Meet the Filmmakers: Stay for a discussion after the screening with some of the cast and crew including local filmmaker Paul Borghese from Tappan Films and Wiliam DeMeo from West Street … [Read more...]
LOVE CRIME
It initially appears that young Isabelle is manipulated by her high-ranking boss and mentor, Christine. However, the tables are nastily turned when Isabelle is dispatched to Cairo to negotiate an important deal, and becomes unexpectedly cunning. A devilish satire on power and eros in the executive … [Read more...]
THE DOUBLE HOUR
After meeting at a speed-dating event, Guido, a former cop, and Sonia, a Slovenian chambermaid, embark on a passionate romance. But then they are victimized in a terrible crime. The less said about the plot from there, the more enjoyable its many surprises and twists, which last until the film’s … [Read more...]
Miracle at St. Anna
Sponsored by St. Thomas Aquinas College … [Read more...]
Mafioso
Sponsored by Cinema Italiano, STAC … [Read more...]
The 400 Blows
Riverspace / Lafayette Theatre July 3 & July 7 … [Read more...]
