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Films for Adults @RT Library

Free film showings are at 1:30pm on select Thursdays, OR special times noted.
No registration is necessary and free refreshments are provided.
Download October-November 2010 film schedule


NOTE: Due to September 9 Rosh Hashanah observance,
the Thursday movie has been moved to Sept 23
Thurs SEPT 16
The Art of the Steal
art of the steal

(2009, 101 minutes, Not Rated)

Documentary that follows the struggle for control of
Dr. Albert C. Barnes' 25 billion dollar collection of modern
and post-impressionist art.

Director
Don Argott

Thurs SEPT 23
The White Ribbon (Foreign Film Fest)
white ribbon

(2009, 144 minutes, R
German with English subtitles)

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of
Germany during the years just before World War I, which
seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.

Director Michael Haneke
Thurs OCT 7
Rear Window (Thrills & Chills)
rearwindow

(1954, 115 mins. Not Rated)

A photographer with a broken leg spies on his Greenwich Village neighbors and comes to suspect that a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife. He enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate, and danger mounts to a thrilling showdown.

James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. Director Alfred Hitchcock

Thurs OCT 14
The Fall of the House of Usher (Thrills & Chills)
houseusher

(1960, 85 mins. Not Rated)

Roderick Usher is a brooding nobleman haunted by the dry rot
of madness and melancholia in his family tree and a sense of doom hanging over the gloomy, crumbling mansion that is the House of Usher. Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Vincent Price, Mark Damon, and Myrna Fahey.
Director Roger Corman

Wed. OCT 20
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe (Thrills & Chills)
poemystery

(1994, 50 mins. Not rated, A&E Biography)

This short film tells Poe's complete story, from the death of his parents when he was three, to his tragic collapse on the street
at age 40. Dramatic readings recall the devastation of his
broken engagement and the loss of his child bride.

After the movie, the audience can answer trivia questions
based on movie facts to win prizes.

Thurs OCT 28
The Ghost Writer (Thrills & Chills)
ghostwriter

(2010, 128 mins., PG-13)

When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, he quickly finds himself trapped
in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris

Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall
Director Roman Polanski

Thurs NOV 11
City Island
cityisland

(2010, 100 mins., PG-13)

Vince Rizzo ,a lifelong resident of City Island. and a corrections officer, longs to become an actor. Vince lets his wife believe
his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair rather than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan.

Alan Arkin, Emily Mortimer, Julianna Margulies, Andy Garcia

Thurs NOV 18
Me and Orson Welles
meandorson

(2009, 114 mins. PG-13)

A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of
"Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937. Great glimpse into life backstage with actors with spot-on performance as Welles .Based on the novel by Robert Kaplow.

Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Zac Efron
Director Richard Linklater

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