NOV '09 - The Nyack Villager

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Rivertown Film Society
NOTE—screenings in November will be at the
Lafayette eatre, 97 Lafayette Ave, Suffern.
Info: (845) 353-2568 or www.rivertownfilm.org
Tickets at the door: $9 general admission
$7 for students, seniors and general members
$6 for student and senior members.
• Wed, Nov 4 at 8pm
IN THE LOOP
Director: Armando Iannucci, with Peter Capaldi,
Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini. UK, 2009,
106 min, unrated.
In the Loop deals with the power games at the
heart of political endeavor. In this satire, done in
mock-Cinéma vérité style, governments of both
US & Britain gear up to invade an unspecified
Middle Eastern country.
e dangerous incompetence of these warring factions
will strike you as more than familiar. at's
why the laughs stick in the throat. But laugh you
will, loud and often.. e whole cast is stellar. And
it proves that smart and funny can exist in the same
movie. —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
• Wed, Nov 11 at 8pm
CHERI
Director: Stephen Frears, with Michelle Pfeiffer,
Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend. 2009 UK, Germany,
France. 86 min, rated R.
Based on the 1920 novel by the great Colette,
this melodrama is about a savvy courtesan and
her eyebrow-raising relationship with the young
son of her best friend.
Plenty of terrible movies know how to work your
tear ducts. Here's a weepie that, in Pfeiffer's performance,
touches you on the highest levels. Grade: A.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
• Wed, Nov 18 at 8pm
IL DIVO
Director: Paolo Sorrentino with Toni Servillo,
Anna Bonaiuto, Italy/France, 2008,110 minutes,
in Italian with English Subtitles, unrated.
e true story of the scandal-ridden, seven-time
Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Employing
the tone of a blood-soaked comic opera,
the complicated relationship among politicians,
the Mafia and the Vatican are laid bare, as are the
Prime Minister’s connections to a stream of political
assassinations and killings. A riveting character
study.
An intensely political film so wildly inventive and
witty that it will become a touchstone for years to
come ... a masterpiece.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety
• Tues, Nov 24 at 8pm
YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG
Director: Aviva Kempner, USA, 2009, 92 min,
documentary, unrated
Broadcast pioneer Gertrude Berg was a beloved
radio and TV star who rose to fame on the radio
during the Depression with e Goldbergs, a
show she wrote, produced and starred in, Berg
and her show established the domestic sitcom as
a TV staple, and paved the way for I Love Lucy,
e Honeymooners, and all that followed. A charming
portrait of a gracious grande-dame with a
dry sense of humor.
ere's far more to this groundbreaker who built an
empire in the face of formidable challenges. So why
would you miss it? Go already.
—Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
• Wed, Dec 2 at 8pm
TAKING WOODSTOCK
Director by Ang Lee with Demetri Martin,
Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber. USA, 2009 ,110
min, rated R.
Opportunity knocks when a man returns home
to the Catskills to help his parents with their
struggling motels, and he becomes involved with
promoters of a Woodstock Arts Festival, encountering
the colorful cast of characters who begin
massing and making history, loosening social
barriers, finding enlightenment.
“Taking Woodstock” has the freshness of something
being created, not remembered.
—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
MUSIC
Soirée Society
In the Carnegie Room at Nyack Library, 59 S. Broadway,
Nyack NY. Info: www.carnegieroom.org
• Carnegie Room Concerts Saturdays at 7:30pm
Nov 7: Chopin & Ragtime Mas Ikemiya, piano.
Nov 14: Spanish Music Luiz Castro, piano.
Nov 21: Great Romantics Corbin Beisner, piano.
10 The Nyack Villager November, 2009