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Revolution ‘67, a documentary about the riots that tore apart Newark in the summer of 1967, will be screened Saturday, March 27, at 2 p.m. in the Highland Park Public Library, 31 North Fifth Avenue. The filmmakers, Jerome Bongiorno and Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, will be on hand to discuss their work on the film, which has been [...] With the borough socked in by another layer of snow, Nighthawk Books has announced a second day-long marathon screening of films from its DVD rental collection. The Friday, Feb. 26, roster of films starts at 1 p.m. with The Little Mermaid, one of the most enduringly popular Walt Disney animated films. The family-friendly lineup continues art 3 [...] Viewers interested in catching up on this year’s Oscar-nominated films have three shots this weekend at seeing Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, which will be screened tonight, Friday and Saturday by the New Jersey Film Festival in New Brunswick. Precious itself is a Best Picture contender, while lead performer Gabourey Sidibe is up for a Best [...] Three critically praised foreign films will be screened on separate nights at the Highland Park Public Library, 31 North Fifth Avenue. The monthly screenings in the Friends of the Library International Film Festival are set for Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Admission is free. All three films are subtitled. First up is Jellyfish on Oct. 20. The [...] The Age of Stupid, an eco-documentary from British filmmaker Franny Armstrong, will be screened at the Regal Commerce Center 18 theater in North Brunswick as part of a worldwide launch for the film on Monday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Nine cinemas in New Jersey are screening the film, but the North Brunswick cineplex is the [...] Legend has it that Surrealist painter Salvador Dali and Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel filled their pockets with rocks before attending the 1929 premiere of their first collaborative film, Un Chien Andalou, expecting they would have to defend themselves against outraged viewers. Disappointed when the audience actually enjoyed the film, Dali and Bunuel went to work [...] There was a time in recent memory — all right, the Eighties — when New Brunswick’s music scene seemed about to draw the national spotlight. Local heroes like the Smithereens and Crossfire Choir were signing records deals, and the rafters of bars like the Melody, the Roxy, and the Court Tavern shook with the sound [...] |
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