American Me (35mm)
Hispanic Heritage Month Emmy Award-winning, Tony-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California to Mexican immigrants.
Nine Days
From Rochester With Love Brighton graduate Winston Duke leads a stunning cast in this film about what happens before (and after) we’re born. Duke is Will, an arbiter at a remote outpost watching the lives of the souls he has approved through their own eyes via multiple monitors in his house.
The Librarians
Labor Film Series 2025 A timely documentary about a profession and freedom of thought under siege, The Librarians takes a hard look at the growing movement to ban books in public institutions.
Albums Recorded Live at the Eastman Museum
L. Jeffrey Selznick School Certificate Graduates
L. Jeffrey Selznick School Masters Graduates
Honky Tonk (35mm)
Gable and His Gals
Films Restored
George Eastman Museum Showcases Major Photography and Moving Image Exhibitions Throughout 2025 and 2026
Bridesmaids
From Rochester With Love Born in Canandaigua and graduated from Brighton, Kristen Wiig shot to fame on seven seasons of Saturday Night Live. Toward the end of that run, she wrote and starred in this hilarious comedy about best friends torn apart by the trauma of wedding planning.
The Beguiled (35mm)
The Art of Music in the Movies
Collection Highlights: Stills, Posters, and Paper Collection
ImageOut Festival 2025
The Dryden will be screening films for the ImageOut festival all day
ImageOut Festival 2025
The Dryden will be screening films for the ImageOut festival all day
Halloween at the Dryden
This October, the Dryden Theatre embraces the uncanny, the ghostly, and the weird with a chilling lineup of classics and cult favorites. From the gothic shadows of The Others to the surreal satire of Sorry to Bother You, this series explores cinema’s many approaches to fear and the supernatural. Silent landmarks like The Queen of Spades and The Phantom of the Opera appear alongside the B-movie classics of Cat People and its sequel. While from the ‘80s the Dryden is bringing both David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone and Joel Schumacher’s vampire film The Lost Boys.
October 15: The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, Spain/France/US 2001, 105 min., 35mm)
October 21: Queen of Spades (Pikovaya dama, Yakov Protazanov, Russia 1916, 68 min., 35mm)
October 23: The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, US 1983, 103 min., DCP)
October 25: (2 p.m.): Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, US 1942, 73 min., 35mm) and The Curse of the Cat People (Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise, US 1944, 70 min., 35mm)
October 25: The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, US 1987, 97 min., DCP)
October 30: The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, US 1925, 93 min., DCP)
October 31: Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, US 2018, 112 min., DCP)
Members-Only Exhibition Tour with Zig Jackson
Spend time with renowned photographer and educator Zig Jackson during a small group tour of the eponymous exhibition, Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo.
360 Holiday Virtual Mansion Tour
Nanook of the North
Silent Tuesdays From film pioneer Flaherty comes this milestone of documentary cinema, a compelling glimpse inside the Eskimo world. Looking toward the engaging style of Hollywood features, Flaherty builds drama in directing the actions of his subject family Nanook and Nyla.