Calendar of Events

Rochester Premiere Only the third film ever submitted by Côte d’Ivoire to the Academy Awards for Best International Film, Night of the Kings draws upon the West African griot tradition to craft a masterful look at the primacy of storytelling.

A Preservation Legacy: Ed Stratmann The crowning achievement of Ed Stratmann’s career at the George Eastman Museum, the restoration of The Lost World took over a decade to complete. Live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip C. Carli.

IFC Comedies More distraught by her roommate and best friend, Sophie, moving to Tribeca than her recent breakup with her boyfriend, Frances (Greta Gerwig) is adrift in New York City. Co-written by Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach, this film captures the wayward nature of that time between extended adolescence and true adulthood.

We Knew Jack “When your character is called master and commander, you better be a take-charge guy.” This bon mot begins Jack Garner’s 2003 review of one of his favorites of that year.

We Knew Jack The last time Jack Garner graced the Dryden Theatre in the course of a public program was in 2019 when we honored Robert Forster with a double feature of some of the actor’s most iconic roles. Jack considered Forster a friend for several decades and was honored to introduce these two films to the audience that day.

The Other Mank Mankiewicz’s second film with Gene Tierney (after Dragonwyck) is this haunting, supernatural romance from the novel by R. A. Dick. Most known for Bernard Herrmann’s beautiful sea-swept score, the film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Charles Lang’s black-and-white cinematography.

IFC Comedies During production of Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005), director Michael Winterbottom became enamored with the improvised divergences between actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. A few years later, Winterbottom approached Coogan and Brydon with an idea for a television series. Surprisingly touching despite its rapid-fire humor, the television series was edited into a feature film that spawned three more iterations.

IFC Comedies Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan are back, visiting sites associated with Byron and Shelley in Italy. This time, Brydon has been engaged to write a follow-up article and invites Coogan along for the excursion.