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. Through a series of short series throughout the year, the Dryden will celebrate these cinematic luminaries the best way we know how—by bringing their films to the big screen for everyone to enjoy.
Dates and Titles:
January 3: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks, 1958, 108 min., 35mm)
January 10: Hud (Martin Ritt, 1963, 112 min., 35mm)
January 17: Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967, 127 min., 35mm)
January 24: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969, 110 min., 35mm)
January 25 (2 p.m.): Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969, 110 min., 35mm)
January 31: The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973, 129 min., DCP)
February 19: Mister Roberts (John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan, 1955, 123 min., 35mm)
March 8: Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944, 114 min., DCP)
March 22: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Albert Lewin, US 1945, 110 min., 35mm)
April 11: The Mirror Crack’d (Guy Hamilton, UK 1980, 105 min., 35mm)
April 18: Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, US 1957, 96 min., 35mm)
April 25: The Great Race (Blake Edwards, US 1965, 160 min., 35mm)
Events in this Series
Lolita (35mm)
The Complete Kubrick | The Centennial Club “How did they ever make a movie of LOLITA?” asked the posters promoting the film. Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel scared off directors and actors alike, but not Stanley Kubrick.
The Great Race (35mm)
The Centennial Club Professional daredevil and white-suited hero The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis) convinces turn-of-the-century automakers that a race from New York to Paris — the long way around — will promote automobile sales.
Member Movie Night: Sweet Smell of Success
The Centennial Club "I'd hate to take a bite out of you, Sidney, you're a cookie full of arsenic" is one of numerous memorable lines in a brilliant American cult picture that is, with Touch of Evil, the last of the great films noir, and among the sharpest, most uncompromisingly dark Manhattan street movies—specifically of the old Times Square district—ever made.
The Mirror Crack’d (35mm)
The Centennial Club This film stars no less than three actors born in 1925 - Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, and Rock Hudson.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (35mm)
The Centennial Club Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of the macabre is brought faithfully to the screen by screenwriter-director Albert Lewin.
King Cool: Paul Newman
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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.