Free Day supported by the Rochester Area Community Foundation.
Holidays | Best Picture Nominees of 1947 Released in the summer of 1947, Miracle on 34th Street has nonetheless grown into a perennial favorite, bridging the season from Thanksgiving to Christmas.
Rochester Premiere In March 2002, a state TV signal in China gets hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government narrative about their practice.
The Godfather @ 50 Francis Ford Coppola created the greatest sequel in cinema history and established himself as a cinema master with The Godfather films, which won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Score (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola), and Art Direction/Set Design.
The Godfather @ 50 Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo do the impossible by continuing the saga of the Corleone family with inventive brilliance. Twenty years have passed and the family is poised for legitimacy, with Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) now receiving a major honor from the church for his munificence.
New Year’s Eve In one of the greatest Hollywood musicals ever made, Gene Kelly and Jean Hagen are silent screen stars in the late 1920s on the cusp of the sound era, but Hagen’s voice presents problems for their potential fame in the talkies.
An hour long concert on the Aeolian Pipe organ by resident organist Joe Blackburn.
“Expressions of love and fantasy in music.” Music of Robert Schumann and Joaquín Turina. Host Hannah Harnest will give a bit of background on each of the pieces played.
