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)
May 24: Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, US/UK 1962, 153 min., 35mm)
June 4: Ride the High Country (Sam Peckinpah, US 1962, 94 min., 35mm)
June 7: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, US/UK 1964, 95 min., DCP)
June 11: The Getaway (Sam Peckinpah, US 1972, 123 min., 35mm)
June 25: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, US 1973, 122 min., 35mm)
December 11: Nashville (Robert Altman, US 1975, 160 min., 35mm)
December 17: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, US 1971, 120 min., DCP)
December 20: Gosford Park (Robert Altman, US/UK/Italy 2001, 137 min., 35mm)
Events in this Series
Gosford Park
The Centennial Club Director Robert Altman’s final masterpiece is this comedic whodunit written by Julian Fellowes, set in 1932, England. Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) hosts a large shooting party at his estate, Gosford Park, inviting relatives, nobility, military men, and entertainers to stay the weekend. When the host is found murdered, everyone is a suspect, both upstairs and downstairs.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (35mm)
The Centennial Club In the late nineteenth century Pacific Northwest, John McCabe (Warren Beatty) enters a growing mining community hoping to achieve the American Dream collaborating with whorehouse Madame Constance Miller (Julie Christie).
Nashville
Robert Altman at 100 Thought by many to be the director’s masterpiece and hailed as the “best film of 1975” by both Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin, Altman’s musical epic offers revealing glances into the inner workings of both the American electoral process and the recording industry.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (35mm)
The Centennial Club In one of Peckinpah's best westerns, Kris Kristofferson is Billy the Kid, the fiery gunslinger who parts ways with his companion-turned-lawman, Pat Garrett (James Coburn).
The Getaway (35mm)
The Centennial Club Unreformed bank robber Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) asks his wife, Carol (Ali McGraw) to contact crooked businessman Jack Beynon (Ben Johnson) to spring him from jail early, in exchange for pulling a job.
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.