IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED VIEWING INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE CHECK YOU EMAIL SPAM FOLDERS The Wild & Scenic Film Festival WILL GO ON despite Covid-19 social distancing. For the first time, this two-hour selection of 14, family-friendly short films curated from the nation’s … [Read more...]
Upcoming Movies at Rivertown Film Online
THE WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: ONLINE, hosted ROSA 4 Rockland and Rivertown Film
| Showing: Wednesday, April 22, 7:00 PM Title: THE WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Documentary,Nature |
HELD OVER! THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES, from Rivertown Film and Rockland Organized for Sustainability and a Safe Aquifer
| Showing: Now through May 4 Title: THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Documentary,Nature |
In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild. In THE WOMAN WHO LOVES … [Read more...]
THE AMERICAN NURSE and MEET THE FILMMAKER, free, in appreciation of the health care community
| Showing: Continuously in May Title: THE AMERICAN NURSE: MEET THE FILMMAKERS Year: 2014 Country: USA | Genre: Documentary Director: Carolyn Jones |
In acknowledgement of Nurse Appreciation Month, Week, and Day, we salute our health care community. The American Nurse, which Rivertown Film presented in May, 2015, has been made available for free streaming for free. And on Nurse Appreciation Day, May 6, our Artists from the Archive series will … [Read more...]
KUSAMA— INFINITY, streaming online only for Rivertown Film
| Showing: Friday, May 8 - 5:00PM through 8:00PM Title: KUSAMA— INFINITY Year: 2018 Country: USA | Genre: Art,Documentary Director: Heather Lenz |
Yayoi Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her: the trauma of growing up in Japan during World War II, life in a dysfunctional family, sexism and racism in the art establishment, mental illness in a culture where that was shameful. In spite of it all, she has created a legacy that … [Read more...]
SORRY WE MISSED YOU
| Showing: Wed. May 13 - Tues. May 19 anytime Title: SORRY WE MISSED YOU Year: 2019 Country: UK | Genre: Drama,Foreign Director: Ken Loach Actors: Debbie Honeywood,Kris Hitchen,Thys Stone |
A former laborer and his home-attendant wife—who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash—are desperate to get out of their financial distress. When a job comes up as a delivery driver they sell their only asset, a car, to buy a van and the dream of someday owning a delivery franchise. Instead, … [Read more...]
BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT, held over
| Showing: May 8 through May 21, continuously Title: BEYOND THE VISIBLE: Hilma af Klint Year: 2019 Country: German | Genre: Art,Biography,Documentary Director: Halina Dyrschka |
Art history is being rewritten. Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term existed, a visionary, trailblazing figure who, inspired by spiritualism, modern science, and the riches of the natural world around her, began in 1906 to reel out a series of huge, colorful, sensual, strange works … [Read more...]
TAPE, presented online by Rivertown Film and Center for Safety and Change
| Showing: June 3 and 4, continuously Title: TAPE Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Drama,Meet the Filmmaker,Rockland Filmmaker Director: Deborah Kampmeier Actors: Annarosa Mudd,Isabelle Fuhrman,Tarek Bishara |
Based on true events, TAPE is the story of two aspiring actresses who cross paths with the darker side of the entertainment industry. In order to inspire her own courage, Rosa pierces her tongue, cuts her wrists, and shaves her head, as a ritualistic homage to Shakespeare’s Lavinia from Titus … [Read more...]
THE UNIVERSITY, presented by Rivertown Film and the Center for Safety and Change
| Showing: June 5 through June 11 Title: THE UNIVERSITY Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Drama,Meet the Filmmaker,Rockland Filmmaker Director: Juliana Roth Actors: Carly Van Liere |
This premier screening is free, but registration is required in order to receive a link to the film and to the discussion with the filmmaker. Abbey is a college freshman with hopes of starting a life away from home, traveling the world, and falling in love. Within the first few months of being on … [Read more...]
RIFIFI, streaming from 6/26 through 7/2
| Showing: June 26 through July 2, anytime Title: RIFIFI Year: 1955 Country: France | Genre: Crime,Foreign Director: Jules Dassin Actors: Carl Mohner,Jean Servais,Robert Manuel |
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...]
BAND OF OUTSIDERS, streaming 7/2 through 7/8
| Showing: streaming from 7/2 through 7/8 Title: BAND OF OUTSIDERS Year: 1964 Country: France | Genre: Crime,Foreign Director: Jean-Luc Godard Actors: Anna Karina,Claude Brasseur,Sami Frey |
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...]
QUARANTINE CAT FILM FESTIVAL, held over, through 8/6
| Showing: 7/24 through 7/30 continuosly Title: QUARANTINE CAT FILM FESTIVAL Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Cats!,Documentary,Family Director: Brian Mendelssonh |
Cat enthusiasts from around the world filmed their beloved felines during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, and out of their 1,100 submissions has been compiled the cutest, funniest, bravest and most loving – exclusively filmed during the pandemic. Welcome to the Quarantine Cat Film Festival, which … [Read more...]
CATNIP NATION, streaming from Aug. 4 at 6PM to Aug. 6 at 6PM, AND August 12, 6PM to August 13, 6PM
| Showing: August 4, 6PM to August 6, 6PM Title: CATNIP NATION Year: 2019 Country: USA | Genre: Cats!,Documentary,Meet the Filmmaker,Rockland Filmmaker Director: Tina Traster |
The last opportunity for streaming CATNIP NATION will be at 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 13. The discussion on Zoom begins at 7:30. Would you risk arrest for a cat? A stray cat? Would you disassociate yourself from your longtime political allies and upset your status quo to protect cats? Stray … [Read more...]
BEARS OF DURANGO, rescheduled for streaming at 6PM on Sunday, August 16
| Showing: Sunday, August 9, at 6:30 Title: BEARS OF DURANGO Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Documentary,Nature Director: Dusty Hulet |
TICKET SALES END AT 6:00 PM ON SUNDAY. Our region may not be quite as much bear country as Durango is, where this film is shot, but we are increasingly likely to see these large animals on the streets of our villages and suburbs. Why is this happening? Can we coexist? Dive headfirst into bear … [Read more...]
JOHN LEWIS: Good Trouble, 3rd week! Presented by Nyack Center Teen Council, sponsored by OCADA
| Showing: Streaming from August 7 through August 27 Title: John Lewis: Good Trouble Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Biography,Documentary Director: Dawn Porter |
Held over for a 3rd week! JOHN LEWIS (1940 – 2020) gave 60-plus years of his life to social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using interviews with Lewis last year, when he was 80 years old, John Lewis: Good Trouble … [Read more...]
ROCKLAND IN MOTION: Short Films with Roots in Rockland
| Showing: September 16 through October 13, continuous Title: ROCKLAND IN MOTION: Short Films with Roots in Rockland Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Rockland Filmmaker,Rockland Filmmaker Screenings Director: Multiple Directors |
A series of 20 short films made by filmmakers with roots in Rockland County Sponsored by Emerald Medicare Filmmakers have been living and working in Rockland County since early in the silent era, some providing their talents to the commercial film and television industries, others … [Read more...]
ROCKLAND IN MOTION: Program 1
| Showing: September 16 through September 29, continuous Title: ROCKLAND IN MOTION: Program 1 Year: 2002 Country: USA |
Part 1 of Rockland in Motion begins on Wednesday, September 16, and streams continuously through Tuesday, September 29. VISIT ROCKLAND IN MOTION PROGRAM 2 HERE LEARN ABOUT PROGRAM 1, BELOW Sponsored by There will be a Zoom discussion hosted by Travis Stever on … [Read more...]
ROCKLAND IN MOTION: Program 2
| Showing: September 30 through October 13, continuously Title: ROCKLAND IN MOTION: Program 2 Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Rockland Filmmaker,Rockland Filmmaker Screenings Director: Multiple Directors |
Program 2 of Rockland in Motion begins on Wednesday, September 30, and streams continuously through Tuesday, October 13. VIEW PROGRAM 2 HERE Sponsored by There will be a Zoom discussion on Wednesday, October 7, at 6:30. The discussion host is Nana Kwame … [Read more...]
HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING, presented with ArtsRock
| Showing: October 23 through December 3, continuously Title: HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Biography,Documentary,Music Director: Rick Korn |
Award-winning singer/songwriter Harry Chapin (Taxi and Cats in the Cradle) spent his fame and fortune chasing a dream to end world hunger and poverty, and in the process inspired, changed, and saved the lives of millions of people. His lyrics and melodies tell us about ourselves, our lives, and our … [Read more...]
CITY HALL, streaming at Rivertown Film Online
| Showing: Streaming through December 3 Title: CITY HALL Year: 2020 Country: USA | Genre: Documentary Director: Frederick Wiseman |
City government touches upon almost every aspect of our lives. Most of us take for granted necessary services like sanitation, veterans affairs, elder support, parks, licensing bureaus, recordkeeping, as well a myriad of other activities that support the citizenry. In City Hall, through a series of … [Read more...]
MARTIN EDEN, at Rivertown Film Online
| Showing: currently streaming Title: MARTIN EDEN Year: 2019 Country: Italy | Genre: Epics/Historical,Foreign Director: Pietro Marcello Actors: Carlo Cecchi,Jessica Cressy,Luca Marinelli,Vincenzo Nemolato |
Martin Eden is a sprawling, enthralling, narrative that sweeps though Italy in the 20th Century. Martin is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica … [Read more...]
