Events

This event will take place in person at the St. George Library Center. Come and join us as we watch the film Turning Red (2022) and color on Friday, May 24, 2024, from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. This movie will be screened in the Auditorium. A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda. Runtime: 1 hour, 40 mi…

This event takes place in person. Every month we will watch a movie that is based on a form of literature. We will discuss comparisons between the film and its literary counterpart and enjoy the movie with free snacks. Bring your classmates and friends. Vote for the movie that will be played using the QR or by filling out this form. Patrons must be 13-18 years old to attend this screening.

Join the staff of the Mulberry Street Library for a free, in-person, afternoon movie at the library -- Poor Things (2023). While experimenting with human life and death, scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter brings a young woman named Bella back to life. Her newer version begins relearning about the world while she pursues liberation and equality. Wildly imaginative and over the top, with adult themes that may unsettle some viewers. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Direc…

Easy Rider A generation-defining movie about friends who engage in a motorcycle journey across the country to discover the true America. (95 minutes) In a way, freedom is what Easy Rider is about—the craving for freedom and the inability to use it once it’s been attained. —Harriet R. Polt, Film Quarterly The National Film Preservation Board serves as an advisory group to the Librarian of Congress to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film…

This event will take place in person at Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Branch. Join us for a special screening of the Anime film, "Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie". Ten-year old Sakura Avalon, Cardcaptor of the elusive, magical Clow Cards, unexpectedly wins a trip to Hong Kong where strange dreams lead her to an imprisoned sorceress with close connections to the creator of the cards. Directed by Morio Asaka 1999| PG-13 | 1 hr 21 minutes

This event takes place in person. Every month we will watch a movie that is based on a form of literature. We will discuss comparisons between the film and its literary counterpart and enjoy the movie with free snacks. Bring your classmates and friends. Vote for the movie that will be played using the QR or by filling out this form. Patrons must be 13-18 years old to attend this screening.

This event will take place in-person at the Clason's Point Library. Join us for a screening of a surprise movie! (Rated PG.) Snacks will be provided.

Join the Parkchester Library for an afternoon movie picked by library staff. Open to adults and teens. ***Sign up for NYPL Connect to get updates from NYPL and information about our digital resources and services available during our temporary closure.”

Please join us for an in-person screening of the film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is trying to prevent his house from being bulldozed when his friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) whisks him into outer space. It turns out Ford is an alien who has just saved Arthur from Earth's total annihilation. Ford introduces Arthur to his myriad friends, including many-headed President Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell) and sexy refugee Trillian (Zooey Deschanel). Arthur makes…

Irene, an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a "forgotten man"—An apparent down-and-out drifter—at a dump. She gives him work as the family butler and soon falls head over heels for him. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household's dysfunction make for a string of madcap high jinks. (94 minutes) The sum of it is that “My Man Godfrey” is an exuberantly funny picture. —Frank S. Nugent, New York Times: THE SCREEN The…

This event takes place in person. Every month we will watch a movie that is based on a form of literature. We will discuss comparisons between the film and its literary counterpart and enjoy the movie with free snacks. Bring your classmates and friends. Vote for the movie that will be played using the QR or by filling out this form. Patrons must be 13-18 years old to attend this screening.

A rooftop sniper named Scorpio has killed twice. Streetwise San Francisco police detective Harry Callahan will nail the perp one way or another—no matter what "the system" prescribes. The film’s story is based on the Zodiac Killer murders of the early seventies. (102 minutes) If you read Harry as a fascist, then it’s to the credit of Don Siegel and the writers that, after so indulging in his approach to justice, the film concludes by saying it’s an approach with nowhere to go. —Robert Cashi…

“Animal Advocacy and the Arts” is a captivating exploration into the symbiotic relationship between creativity and animal advocacy. The talk spans literature, visual art, and cinema, including works by writers Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, photographer Ravi Agarwal, and ethical discussion of films such as Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja" and Pixar's "Finding Nemo.” The lecture will be followed by a screening of the recently showcased short film “How Do You Milk an Almond?” — a whimsical stick-puppet mu…

A barbaric Broadway gossip columnist ropes an unprincipled press agent into smearing an up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. (96 minutes) When Sweet Smell of Success appeared, in 1957, the title was not initially prophetic. It delighted neither audiences nor critics, and helped sink the career of its director, Alexander Mackendrick. […] Sweet Smell of Success was too dark (and some would say too smart) for the mainstream entertainment of the day. —Krin Gabbard, Chronic…

Based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel, a young mother-to-be grows increasingly suspicious that her overfriendly elderly neighbors and self-involved actor husband are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby. (137 minutes) Rosemary’s vulnerability, underscored by Farrow’s quiet manner, carries strong hints of the younger generation’s fears regarding traditional gender and household roles; and her longing for pregnancy and tolerance of Guy’s naked careerism provide early clues to backl…

Through the vehicle of a series of vignettes, American Graffiti tells the tale of four teenagers coming of age in 1962 on the last summer night before they go off to college, jobs, or the army. The film was loosely based on George Lucas’ experience growing up in Modesto California. (110 minutes) In breaking with the prevailing sentiment of contemporary engagement in New Hollywood films of the time, Lucas casts his gaze backwards to a seemingly simpler time. […] Modesto stands in for the kind…

Lou is a small time gangster, who thinks he used to be something big. He meets up with a younger girl, Sally, who is learning to be a croupier. Together they become involved in an escapade of love, money, and danger. (104 minutes) Atlantic City is an unusual move—a singular work of art about the American character. Generations and worlds collide as the failed city crumbles around increasingly desperate but lively protagonists. —Andrew Repasky McElhinney, Film International The National F…