What is "gag"? Gag moves. Gag is visceral. Gag catches in the throat. A laugh. A retch. A joke. A bind. Pleasure and pain. Both noun and verb, gag provokes strong feelings. And, in the hands of artists, it offers a means of grappling with contemporary experience in a tragicomic mode.
To Collect and Project
The George Eastman Museum celebrated 75 years on November 9, 2024. Since its opening, the museum has had a film collection, begun by James Card, the first director of the film department. Since that time, the collection has grown to more than 28,000 titles across all periods of cinema
King Cool: Paul Newman
5 Films on Screen Newman had one of the most indelible careers in Hollywood, leaving an extensive number of tough but charming individualists as his legacy. This January, the Dryden presents five of Newman’s best-known performances from the zenith of his career.
Recent Acquisitions
11 Films on Screen Pulling films that have come into the collection in the last decade, this series will highlight not only the best of these additions, but demonstrate how the museum is growing and assembling a world-class collection.
The Centennial Club
20 Films on Screen There are several prominent actors, actresses, and directors reaching the 100th anniversary of their birth in 2025, including Robert Altman, Tony Curtis, Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, Paul Newman, Sam Peckinpah, and Peter Sellers.
Mumbai Noir
4 Films on Screen As part of our Recent Acquisitions series, this set of Indian films toured Europe and the United States before being donated to the George Eastman Museum.
Aeolian Organ Concert performed by Joe Blackburn
Performance Plus: Music for Piano Trio
This concert will feature Katherine Cheng on violin, Ethan Blake on cello, and Shangru Du on piano.
Artists in Conversation: Photographs and Language - CANCELLED
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
King Cool: Paul Newman Newman, already nominated for five Academy Awards at this time, teams up with rising actor Robert Redford for the first time in this revisionist Western.