4 Films on Screen For the first time last year, we set aside a weekend apart from the Nitrate Picture Show to dedicate to the projection of nitrate film. It was so popular we’ve decided to do it again, mixing films that have previously screened at NPS with titles that have not yet screened, from both the George Eastman Museum and the Library of Congress.

Ongoing Series An autumn tradition at the Dryden, silent films with live accompaniment return on Tuesdays to explore the first thirty-five years of cinema. Comedies, epics, westerns, horror films, and the avant-garde were all part of that early cinema, and are all represented in our series this fall.

3 Films on Screen H.P. Lovecraft was one of the most influential authors of horror in history, to the point that works have been eponymously referred to as “Lovecraftian.” But his works have often proven difficult to adapt into film.

2 Films on Screen Nearly thirty years ago, the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies began the Polish Film Festival here in Rochester, and for more than a decade, the Dryden has paired those newer films with classics of Polish Cinema.

4 Films on Screen The museum’s South Asian collection is composed largely of films from the first decade of the century, a time when the Indian film industry was seeing a large expansion to other countries.

4 Films on Screen Inspired by the new book Hollywood Noir’s Women Performers, co-authored by R. Barton Palmer and LeMoyne College’s own Julie Grossman, this series looks at classic crime films and melodramas through their female stars.

5 Films on Screen For the second year in a row, The Dryden Theatre is partnering with the ¡Presente! Film Series to highlight the often-overlooked contributions Latin-Americans have made to cinema worldwide.

9 Films on Screen A partnership between the Dryden Theatre and the Rochester Labor Council since 1989, the Labor Film Series, the oldest in the United States, brings together classic films and new releases in an exploration of work, workers, and labor issues from across the world.