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Please note: The exhibition Erica Baum: the bite in the ribbon—a paper show is closed today due to technical issues in the gallery. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to reopen it as soon as possible.

Henry Fonda for President

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It’s too late to elect Henry Fonda president - he died in 1982. But in Alexander Horwath’s new documentary essay, and in a land where actors can become presidents, we can imagine an America led by Fonda, reflecting his ancestors’ immigration to North America and his own work ethic, as represented by the films he made. Horwath uses Fonda’s films to track the history of this country, from the central New York town where his forefathers settled and that bears his name, through multiple wars into the twentieth century, where new national and global concerns took precedence. Running into 2025, this series will pick up some of the threads Horwath weaves, following Fonda in his multiple roles through American history and how these roles reflected not just the America of the time the film took place, but also of the time of its release.

Dates and Titles:

November 8: Henry Fonda for President (Alexander Horwath, 2024, 184 min., DCP) 

November 14: Drums Along the Mohawk (John Ford, 1939, 104 min., DCP)

November 23 (2 p.m.): Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939, 100 min., 35mm)

November 27: Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939, 100 min., 35mm)

January 15: Fort Apache (John Ford, US 1948, 128 min., 35mm)

January 18 (2pm): Fort Apache (John Ford, US 1948, 128 min., 35mm)

January 22: The Ox-Bow Incident (William A. Wellman, US 1942, 75 min., 35mm)

January 29: The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, US 1940, 129 min., DCP)

February 5: The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941, 94 min., 35mm)

February 8 (2 p.m.): The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, 1940, 129 min., DCP)

February 12: The Male Animal (Elliott Nugent, 1942, 101 min., 35mm) 

February 15 (2 p.m.): The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941, 94 min., 35mm)

February 18: Strange Victory (Leo Hurwitz, 1948, 71 min., 35mm)

February 19: Mister Roberts (John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan, 1955, 123 min., 35mm)

February 26: 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957, 96 min., 35mm) 

March 5: The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956, 105 min., 35mm)

March 8 (2 p.m.): The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956, 105 min., 35mm)

March 12: The Best Man (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1964, 102 min., 35mm)

March 18: Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969, 95 min., 35mm)

March 19: Fail Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964, 112 min., 35mm)

March 26: On Golden Pond (Mark Rydell, 1981, 109 min., 35mm)

March 27: Henry Fonda for President (Alexander Horwath, 2024, 184 min., DCP)
 

Holidays at the Dryden

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It’s that time of year again when the silver screen turns to tinsel and we celebrate the end of the year with holiday classics on the big screen. Highlighted by a rare 35mm print of the Alistair Sim-led adaptation of A Christmas Carol, this series brings together films from the last 80 years of cinema to warm the soul and spur the heart to joyousness this holiday season. In between Christmas and New Year’s, you can revisit the landmark science fiction dystopian philoso-fest The Matrix and all of its sequels as the original film turns 25 this year.

Dates and Titles:
November 29: Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003, 97 min., DCP)
November 30 (2 p.m.): The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004, 100 min., DCP)
November 30: Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990, 105 min., 35mm)
December 7 (2 p.m.): Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003, 97 min., DCP)
December 13: Going My Way (Leo McCarey, 1944, 126 min., DCP)
December 20: Scrooge (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951, 86 min., 35mm)
December 21 (2 p.m.): Scrooge (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951, 86 min., 35mm)
December 21: Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994, 115 min., 35mm)
December 26: The Matrix (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 1999, 136 min., DCP) 
December 27: The Matrix Reloaded (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 2003, 138 min., DCP) 
December 28 (2 p.m.): The Matrix Revolutions (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 2003, 129 min., DCP) 
December 28: The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski, 2021, 148 min., DCP)
 

Dryden Roundtable: Ask Us Anything!

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Dryden RoundtableWhat is the best seat in The Dryden? What goes into preparing a film print for projection? What goes on before you even set a foot in the theater? Where do film prints come from? Curator of Film Exhibitions Jared Case, Chief Projectionist Sheri Smith, and Theater Manager Timothy Yim-Stueve will take the stage in this informal question and answer session.