96th Street Branch
New York Public Library
112 East 96th Street (btwn Park & Lex.)
(212) 289-0908
AdultEvents for January2010
All Programs are ADMISSION FREE
Saturday, January2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Adults, Film
Film Noir — “BEHIND LOCKED DOORS” (1948) & “RAILROADED” (1947)
“BEHIND LOCKED DOORS” (dir. by Oscar “Budd” Boeticher, 1948), starring Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley, Ralf Harolde, Thomas Browne Henry and Herbert Heyes.A journalist fakes mental illness to have himself committed to an asylum where he believes a crooked judge is hiding.
“RAILROADED” (dir. by Anthony Mann, 1947), starring Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph, Ed Kelly and Charles D. Brown.A detective attempts to clear his girlfriend's brother of a murder rap and find the real killer. In the process he uncovers the hidden workings of the city's seedy underworld.
A Looney Tunes cartoon will precede the feature.
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Adults, Musical Program
New York Opera Forum performs Mozart’sLA CLEMENZA DI TITO
New York Opera Forum performs the complete opera of LA CLEMENZA DI TITO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).Vitellia, daughter of deposed Roman Emperor Vitellius, to get revenge seduces Sextus into a treasonous plot to murder Emperor Titus.
The musical program is cosponsored with New York Opera Forum which was founded by Richard Nechamkin in 1983 to give classically trained singers the opportunity to learn and perform standard operatic repertoire in the original languages. They work with singers on all levels, from student to professional, providing quality training and performance opportunities. Complete operas and opera selections are performed in concert with piano accompaniment. NYOF, (212) 865-6786,
Tuesday, January12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Adults, Film
Film: Jan Švankmajer – “ALICE” (1988)
“ALICE” (dir. by Jan Švankmajer, 1988), starring Kristýna Kohoutová.Based on the novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. A young girl follows a rabbit through a broken glass case into Wonderland. Using live action and animation, Švankmajer creates a surreal version of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
Saturday, January16, 2010 at 2:00p.m.
Adults, Film
Film Noir — “PENGUINS BEHIND BARS” (2003) & “THE HITCH-HIKER” (1953)
“PENGUINS BEHIND BARS” (dir. by Janet Perlman, 2003). Doris, a beautiful young penguin from a loving family, meets Charlie Abaloney, a flashy, big-beaked, small-time gangster.
“THE HITCH-HIKER” (dir. by Ida Lupino, 1953), starring Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Sam Hayes and Wendell Niles.Two travelers, who are on a fishing trip to Mexico, make the mistake of giving a lift to a killer whose right eye never closes.
A Looney Tunes cartoon will precede the feature.
Saturday, January23, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Adults, Film
Film Noir — “HANGMEN ALSO DIE” (1943)
“HANGMEN ALSO DIE” (dir. by Fritz Lang, 1943), starring Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Nana Bryant and William Roy.Pursued by the Germans after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Dr. Svoboda enlists the aid of a young woman who is oblivious to the lethal crosscurrents that surround her in Czechoslovakia. As she learns more about the mysterious doctor, she grows aware of the involvement of her father and fiancé in the resistance, and soon finds herself entangled in the revolution's secret operations.
A Looney Tunes cartoon will precede the feature.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 2:00p.m.
Adults, Film
Film: Jan Švankmajer – “LITTLE OTIK” (2000)
“LITTLE OTIK” (dir. by Jan Švankmajer, 2000), starring Veronika Zilcová, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová and Dagmar Stribrná. In Czech with English subtitles.In this adaptation of a Czech legend about an infertile couple, a husband presents a tree stump that physically resembles a baby to console his wife. When she treats it like a real baby, it comes to life and acquires a monstrous appetite.
Saturday, January30, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Adults, Film
Film Noir — “SUDDEN FEAR” (1952)
“SUDDEN FEAR” (dir. by David Miller, 1952), starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston and Mike Connors.A playwright heiress finds that her husband is plotting to kill her.
A Looney Tunes cartoon will precede the feature.