Presented free to seniors (62+) on Monday afternoons through October.
Beginning this March, our senior matinee screenings are fully incorporated into our regular film calendar. Cinematic classics from the George Eastman House collection will be presented in 35mm, the way they were originally screened and were meant to be seen. This series is made possible in part by the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation and the Monroe County Office for the Aging.
Based on a true story and set in the dog days of August 1972, Sidney Lumet’s film is a gripping tale of a bank robbery gone wrong. Pacino, sweaty and anxious, delivers his most passionate and engaging performance as a driven man who robs a bank in order to pay for his lover’s sex change operation and help support his family. Through an unexpected turn of events, Pacino becomes a reluctant local hero as various groups rally around his defiance of the social order and help bring the city of New York to a temporary standstill.