Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Training Day”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. Director:…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Glory”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates. Director: Edward…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Great Debaters”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “American Gangster”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film. Director:…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Malcolm X”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesBiographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Au Revoir Les Enfants” (PG)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Pan’s Labyrinth” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesIn this fairy tale, a small family in Spain moves into an old house in 1943 after the rise of Fascism. Their eldest daughter, at…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Slumdog Millionaire” (PG)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". Directors: Danny…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “City of God” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesBased on the novel by Paolo Lin. Gangland violence sweeps the slums of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s and '70s, when shifting alliances result…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Parasite” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesBong Joon Ho brings his singular skillset home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And…