Laurel and Hardy Shorts Program (35mm, 16mm)
Silent Tuesdays Stan and Ollie are back in this program of late silent shorts before they moved to sound films in 1929.
Silent Tuesdays Stan and Ollie are back in this program of late silent shorts before they moved to sound films in 1929.
Ongoing Series An autumn tradition at the Dryden, silent films with live accompaniment return on Tuesdays to explore the first thirty-five years of cinema. Comedies, epics, westerns, horror films, and the avant-garde were all part of that early cinema, and are all represented in our series this fall.
9 Films on Screen A partnership between the Dryden Theatre and the Rochester Labor Council since 1989, the Labor Film Series, the oldest in the United States, brings together classic films and new releases in an exploration of work, workers, and labor issues from across the world.
3 Films on Screen Michael Douglas has won Academy Awards for both producing (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and acting (Wall Street). He also received the George Eastman Award for his career achievements in 2015. But in the 1980s and ‘90s, he was known almost exclusively for his characters’ bad decisions.
4 Films on Screen The Dryden Theatre hosts silent films in two large series throughout the year: one in the spring and one in the fall. Every once in a while, despite reaching for a diverse complement of genres and stars, and mixing well-known titles with new discoveries, a pattern emerges.
5 Films on Screen For the second year in a row, The Dryden Theatre is partnering with the ¡Presente! Film Series to highlight the often-overlooked contributions Latin-Americans have made to cinema worldwide.
Distaff Noir Joan Fontaine’s early roles as a quiet observer in Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Suspicion belied a cool strength below and yet she used this presumptive attitude to play against as double-dealing schemers and murderers in her films just a decade later.
The Art of Music in the Movies Mitch (Billy Crystal), Ed (Bruno Kirby), and Phil (Daniel Stern) are lifelong friends lost in early middle-age.