Curator's Choice Christened by some of the contemporary critics as “the most elegant film of the Soviet Union,” it depicts one of the most poetic and disastrous pages of Russian history: the Decembrists revolt of 1825-1826.
Free Admission Coinciding with The Dryden’s retrospective of his work, this panel will track Kubrick's history from news photography to the reclusive cinematic genius of his later years.
8 Films on Screen As part of our ongoing commitment to bring all 100 of the Greatest Films of All Time (as determined by Sight and Sound magazine’s poll published in 2022) to the screen at the Dryden, we are tackling this year’s crop with one film from each decade, from the 1930s to the 2000s.
4 Films on Screen In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Dryden Theatre features four films that highlight Asian culture, both in the United States and beyond.
Silent Tuesdays The first City Symphony, Manhatta, along with Skyscraper Symphony, set their sights on New York, while Berlin is the focus of the next two films, followed by a glimpse of the resort town of Nice, France ninety-five years ago.
City Symphonies | Silent Tuesdays While most popular in the silent era, City Symphonies still exist today. These six films show how new filmmaking abilities, such as color (Abstract in Concrete) and sound (The City) demonstrate new ways to capture the qualities and possibilities of a city, while the films of Peter Hutton throw back to the earliest days of such films.
The Dryden presents the best films created by students of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) School of Film and Animation
Sight and Sound by Decade | Sight and Sound Club Mory and Anta, two lovers on the run, perform different schemes in hopes of raising money to flee Senegal to an idealized France
