“The Rider marries the majestic vistas of the greatest American westerns with a deeply interior story of a cowboy having to renegotiate his identity.” Ben Croll, The Wrap.
Based on a true story, The Rider stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident.
R; 105 minutes
“Armando Iannucci, a virtuoso of political evisceration . . . turn[s] horror into comedy . . . [in this] eccentric comic shocker about a strong man and his world of ashes and blood.” Manohla Dargis, New York Times
The NY Dog Film Festival™ is a philanthropic celebration of the love between dogs and their people, offering dog lovers a shared audience experience of canine-themed films from around the world that inspire, educate and entertain about the human-canine bond.
WHO RESCUED WHOM? (74 minutes)
The 1st Annual NY Cat Film Festival™ is a medley of short films – documentary and narrative - that honor the mysterious felines, who have fascinated mankind for centuries and continue to enchant us.
Cats have their own unique and indescribable bond with people – even when living independently as community cats. This festival celebrates that attachment, while giving back to animal welfare groups that protect cats and elevate their status.
Members Only: May 17, 7:30 pm
Public: May 19, noon and 2 pm
Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict Andrews’ ‘thrilling revival’ (New York Times) stars Sienna Miller alongside, Jack O’Connell and Colm Meaney.
Ben Whishaw (The Danish Girl, Skyfall, Hamlet) and Michelle Fairley (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) play Brutus and Cassius, David Calder (The Lost City of Z, The Hatton Garden Job) plays Caesar and David Morrissey (The Missing, Hangmen, The Walking Dead) is Mark Antony. Broadcast live from The Bridge Theatre, London.
“In Final Portrait, Stanley Tucci, directing his first film in 10 years, takes the biopic to an even more exquisitely homespun level of miniature close-up.” Owen Gleiberman, Variety.
“[The Israeli director Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot] builds into a devastating indictment of a nation, shock by shock, brutal moment by brutal moment.” Manohla Dargis, New York Times.
A man and his wife cope with grief after learning that their son died in the line of duty.
R; 108 minutes; Hebrew with English subtitles
