Film Screenings

Lose Yourself Few directors in the history of world cinema have so masterfully bridged the gap between the visceral energy of the action genre and the contemplative depth of classical art as King Hu. A multifaceted director who frequently produced, edited, and designed his own sets and costumes, Hu transformed the wuxia (martial arts) film from a studio-bound commodity into a vehicle for existential inquiry and Buddhist transcendence.

A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Guardian angels left to watch over West Berlin after the Second World War listen to the thoughts and dreams of its citizens from the city’s rooftops.

100 Years of Mel Brooks Mel Brooks’s third feature, and his first box-office blockbuster, turns the western upside down and inside out. Scheming politician Hedley (not Hedy!) Lamarr (Harvey Korman) appoints a Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) to the small town of Rock Ridge in order to drive the people away.

100 Years of Mel Brooks | Free for Members Mel Brooks followed-up his anarchic Western parody Blazing Saddles with something even better: a spot-on spoof of the great Universal horror pictures of the 1930s.

Lose Yourself Facing his company’s financial ruin, hazmat expert Gordo (Peter Mullan) agrees to take on a rush job stripping asbestos from the decaying walls of a condemned mental health facility.

A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) | The Sight & Sound Club One night, Emmi (Brigitte Mira), an aging cleaning woman, wanders into an unfamiliar bar during a downpour. She ends up dancing with a young Moroccan guest worker named Ali (El Hedi ben Salem). Soon they are close friends, then lovers, then they decide to be married, despite their near 20 year age difference.

Lose Yourself Peter Lorre stars in this cult noir as a Hungarian who takes the slow boat to Manhattan in search of a better life, only to almost immediately have his face horribly disfigured in a tenement fire.

Rochester Premiere Fiercely independent 90-year-old Agatha Bock lives alone on her ancestral farm. Despite health challenges, she defiantly tends to her land, cultivating heirloom seeds passed down through generations.

100 Years of Mel Brooks Mel Brooks followed-up his anarchic Western parody Blazing Saddles with something even better: a spot-on spoof of the great Universal horror pictures of the 1930s.

100 Years of Mel Brooks Mel Funn (Brooks), a washed-up Hollywood director, announces his plans to make a contemporary silent movie. With the help of collaborators Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) and Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman), Mel sets out to recruit a top-notch cast (Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Marcel Marceau and Anne Bancroft) in order to secure funding for his magnum opus.

A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Private moments are hard to come by in post-war Czechoslovakia. Whether it’s the recitation of a poem, a philosophical conversation, the playing of a saxophone, or a simple flirtation, all are looked on with suspicion by the government and its agents.

Rochester Premiere | Steichen and the Garden Argentinian filmmaker and programmer Leandro Listorti offers a contemplation on the parallels between extinct plant life and lost film.

America in Space Thrilling, comedic, and epic, writer-director Philip Kaufman adapts Tom Wolfe’s docu-drama novel about the Mercury program, NASA’s first steps toward space flight.

A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Contemporary with the emergence of the Romanian New Wave with The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) and 4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days (2007), this film about a family struggling during the last days of the Ceauşescu government received a limited release in this country.

A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) An elderly poet in Greece, alone and near death, takes comfort in memories of a happier time and the companionship of a young Albanian refugee.

America in Space Ryan Gosling plays the legendary Neil Armstrong in this adaptation of the James Hansen biography, directed by Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash, Babylon).

America in Space Thrilling, comedic, and epic, writer-director Philip Kaufman adapts Tom Wolfe’s docu-drama novel about the Mercury program, NASA’s first steps toward space flight.

100 Years of Mel Brooks Comedic genius Brooks plays Dr. Thorndyke, the new administrator for the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous.

America in Space A dreamy, impressionistic collage of NASA archival footage, Brian Eno's music, and interviews with the real Apollo astronauts, Al Reinert's 1989 documentary depicts a journey to the moon and back.

Training Camp In one of his supreme comic masterpieces, the great Harold Lloyd tries anything to be the most popular man on campus, including becoming a tackling dummy for the school football team.