Holidays Based on the childhood experiences of narrator, writer, and radio personality Jean Shepard, the holiday trials and tribulations of Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) and the rest of the Parker clan have entertained audiences for decades.

Polish Film Festival | Rochester Premiere | Stop Motion as an Artform In the small world of contemporary stop motion animation, The Quay Brothers are the most legendary and revered figures. Their third feature film, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is an adaptation of a dreamlike novel-in-stories by Bruno Schulz, often called the “Kafka of Poland”.

November Nitrate Weekend Producer Samuel Goldwyn’s last film for United Artists may be his best. Cole Harden (Gary Cooper) makes his living as a wandering cowhand until he is falsely accused of horse theft and brought before Judge Roy Bean (Academy Award winner Walter Brennan).

Stop Motion as an Artform Experience a miniature history of stop motion animation in this shorts program. Though stop motion animation could be created to depict just about anything, filmmakers often revisit similar subjects. In these shorts which range from the 1920s to the 1980s, we see how stop motion caters to imaginative scenarios, such as fairy tales and fantasy, as well as its potential usage for experimental film.

November Nitrate Weekend David O. Selznick's epic-length follow-up to Gone With the Wind and Rebecca was produced at the height of WWII. Claudette Colbert's comfortable life is upset when her advertising executive husband enlists in the service and sets off to war.

November Nitrate Weekend Director Cecil B. DeMille was back in epic form following up his Palme d'Or-winning Union Pacific with another adventure of the historical West.

American, born Hungary | Member Movie In conversation with our current photographic exhibition, American, born Hungary, this program focuses on two photographers whose multi-disciplinary work extended to motion pictures.

Silent Tuesdays Director William Wyler’s first major film is a version of a story popularized by John Ford and John Wayne as 3 Godfathers twenty years later.