Gilda
Noir '46 Few classics are as sexy or provocative as this showstopping combination of hard-boiled film noir and over-the-top melodrama. A story of betrayal set against the casino world of Buenos Aires, Gilda assured Rita Hayworth’s place as the screen’s reigning sex goddess and provided Glenn Ford with one of his most intriguing roles.
Julius Caesar
The Other Mank Mankiewicz’s first film back at MGM was also the first Shakespeare adaptation out of Hollywood in nearly twenty years. The film was produced by John Houseman, who had also produced Orson Welles’s stage adaptation in 1937, but Mankiewicz opted for a more traditional approach, eschewing the modern-dress interpretation of the theatre production.
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Other Mank Tennessee Williams’s gothic play (adapted by Gore Vidal) is given the big-screen treatment with a typical Mankiewicz touch. Patrician southern widow Mrs. Venable (Katharine Hepburn) summons newly arrived neurologist Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) to her home to talk about her niece, Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor), who appears to have gone mad after the death of Venable’s son.
Citizen Kane
By Popular Demand | We Knew Jack | Orson Welles’s Birthday! “I couldn’t take my eyes off it. I couldn’t stop watching. I submit that that’s one definition of an essential film.” Jack Garner would often cite Citizen Kane as his favorite film—he taught it in classes and brought it up in conversation.
ONLINE—Panel Discussion: Trans Representation in Cinema
In conjunction with the exhibition To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre, the George Eastman Museum and ImageOut are hosting a panel discussion exploring representation of trans individuals in cinema.
ONLINE—In Conversation: Artist Stacey Steers
In this virtual talk, artist Stacey Steers and assistant curator Gordon Nelson will discuss the works currently on view in the exhibition Stacey Steers: Night Reels.
George Eastman Museum will exhibit Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre’s work focusing on Transgender Older Adults
India Heritage Museum in collaboration with the George Eastman Museum presents "Indian Cinema: A Rochester Connection"
Joshua Rashaad McFadden photography exhibition to open in Fall 2021 at the George Eastman Museum
The Cossack Whip
Preservation Legacy: Ed Strattman The restoration of The Cossack Whip was a daunting challenge. As early as the late 1980s, Ed Stratmann had been searching archives around the world to complement the materials held at the museum.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Noir '46 For this rare film noir from MGM, the studio turned to a hard-bitten James M. Cain novel as the source and Lana Turner to provide the heat as a woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Other Mank Mankiewicz’s second film with Gene Tierney (after Dragonwyck) is this haunting, supernatural romance from the novel by R. A. Dick. In turn-of-the-century Great Britain, widowed Lucy Muir decides to leave her husband’s family to make out on her own and build a life with her daughter, Anna (Natalie Wood).
Undine
Rochester Premiere Director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Phoenix) reunites with his Transit stars Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski to adapt the legend of Undine to the modern world.
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Rochester Premiere From master director Jia Zhangke (Ash Is Purest White, A Touch of Sin) comes a vital documentary of Chinese society since 1949.
Sherlock Holmes
Preservation Legacy: Ed Stratmann Until its rediscovery in the mid-1970s by the Eastman Museum’s film curator James Card, Sherlock Holmes was the most sought after “lost” John Barrymore film. When a print containing the missing original intertitles was located within the museum’s vaults, a major restoration was undertaken.
His Girl Friday
Cary, Cary, Cary (Grant) This gender-swapped version of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s comedic play The Front Page is another in a long line of quick-witted, fast-talking Howard Hawks marriage stories.
Undine
Rochester Premiere Director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Phoenix) reunites with his Transit stars Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski to adapt the legend of Undine to the modern world.
A Star Is Born
Judy, Judy, Judy (Garland) Judy Garland offers her finest performance as a resplendent ingenue and aspiring actress who marries a hard-drinking leading man (James Mason).
The Wizard of Oz
Eastman Entertains | Judy, Judy, Judy (Garland) If ever a film was meant to be seen on the big screen, this is it. Now a cultural icon, this adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel was one of the first films to be named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
