2026 George Eastman Award Winner: Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer earned an Academy Award on her first nomination in this film based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. Set in early-1960s Jackson, Mississippi, the story follows “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone), recently graduated from college and looking to become a writer.
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.
2026 George Eastman Award Winner: Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer’s latest film is this true-to-life story of struggle against the system. Amanda Ogle (Rose Byrne) lives hand-to-mouth in Seattle, sleeping at shelters while trying to get a job as a veterinarian technician.
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.
Celebrating Octavia Spencer “This is about inventing the math, because without that, we’re not going anywhere.” Throughout the history of NASA, mathematical computations were done by “computers,” people with the know-how to make sure the numbers were correct, including the West Area Computers, Black women segregated from the rest of the facility.
A Summer Trip through Europe(an Cinema) Designed as a three-channel installation, this cinematic version of Elena Dorfman’s debut film takes a deep dive into the hidden history of Albanian film. The Albanians established their Kinostudio with the help of the Russians, and went on to produce more than three hundred feature films and thousands of newsreels and documentaries — all of which were state sponsored and censored.
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.
America in Space Based on the true story of NASA’s aborted third trip to the moon, the film follows Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) as an explosion in an oxygen tank puts the mission at risk.
Training Camp Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (Burt Reynolds) has made a lot of mistakes in his life. After getting banned from the NFL for shaving points, he steals his lover’s car, leads police on a chase, and dumps the car in the ocean, earning him eighteen months in state prison.
America in Space Based on the true story of NASA’s aborted third trip to the moon, the film follows Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) as an explosion in an oxygen tank puts the mission at risk.
100 Years of Mel Brooks One of Brooks’s most quotable films, this Star Wars send-up takes on the mega-franchise, American politics, and Hollywood itself.
Special Event Ted Neeley, iconic actor and star of Norman Jewison's classic 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar, will visit the Dryden Theatre at the historic George Eastman Museum for a special screening of a remastered version of the film. His visit is part of the nationwide Ted Neeley Farewell Tour.
