The Lady Eve (35mm)
Henry Fonda for President Aboard a cruise ship leaving the Amazon, woman-shy snake expert Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) finds himself the chosen prey of a father-daughter card shark team. Everything is driven astray however, when the daughter, Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck), falls head-over-heels in love with the sucker.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
King Cool: Paul Newman Newman, already nominated for five Academy Awards at this time, teams up with rising actor Robert Redford for the first time in this revisionist Western.
Matinee: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
King Cool: Paul Newman Newman, already nominated for five Academy Awards at this time, teams up with rising actor Robert Redford for the first time in this revisionist Western.
Dutch Connection Coffee Talk 2/8/25
An in-depth look into the making of the Annual Dutch Connection bulb display.
Dutch Connection Coffee Talk 2/22/25
An in-depth look into the making of the Annual Dutch Connection bulb display.
Dutch Connection Coffee Talk 2/16/25
An in-depth look into the making of the Annual Dutch Connection bulb display.
Valentine's Day Brunch & Film 2025
George Eastman Museum celebrates 75th anniversary with new exhibition exploring history of photography
Fort Apache - 35mm (Matinee)
Henry Fonda for President The first in John Ford’s revered Cavalry Trilogy, Fort Apache sees Shirley Temple joining the director’s ever-growing stable of characters. Hollywood heavyweights and regular Ford contributors Henry Fonda and John Wayne offer strong performances as two Civil War veterans at odds over the command of their cavalry post.
The Scratch-and-Sniff Cinema of Heather McAdams - 16mm
Chicago Film Society Heather McAdams is a cartoonist, performance artist, painter, sculptor, junk salesperson, film collector, and maker of some of the most charming and hilarious movies you'll ever see.
Lumière: Discovered
In Conversation: Liz Deschenes with curator Phil Taylor
Dahomey (+ Statues Also Die)
Rochester Premiere This poetic, immersive documentary delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination, and restitution. Set in November 2021, the film charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin.
The Round-Up (35mm)
Curator's Choice | Recent Acquisitions In the wake of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, a remote outpost is established to be a prison camp for suspected rebels.
On the Backbeat: Black Music Documentaries
Most American popular music through the nineteenth century emphasized the rhythm on the first or first-and-third beats of a four-beat frame. But in the late nineteenth century, and into the twentieth, rhythms based in African roots began to work their way into the mainstream, emphasizing the second or second-and-fourth beats of a four-beat frame, influencing worship music, jazz, and the blues. As the twentieth century continued, the backbeat became a defining element of both rhythm & blues and rock & roll. The origin of the backbeat came from, and the innovators most closely associated with it, are all drummers, but so many of the artists out front behind the microphone we still listen to today benefitted from this beat. In this series, we sample the performances and stories of some of these artists from the 1950s to the twenty-first century, including Aretha Franklin in Amazing Grace, Thelonious Monk and Louis Armstrong in Jazz on a Summer’s Day, Darlene Love and Merry Clayton in 20 Feet from Stardom, and Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, and B.B. King in Summer of Soul.
Dates and Titles:
February 6: Amazing Grace (Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack, 2018, 89 min., DCP)
February 13: Jazz on a Summer’s Day (Bert Stern, Aram Avakian, 1959, 88 min., DCP)
February 20: 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, 2013, 91 min., DCP)
February 27: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Questlove, 2021, 118 min., DCP)
Matinee: The Lady Eve (35mm)
Henry Fonda for President Aboard a cruise ship leaving the Amazon, woman-shy snake expert Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) finds himself the chosen prey of a father-daughter card shark team. Everything is driven astray however, when the daughter, Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck), falls head-over-heels in love with the sucker.
Curator’s Gallery tour of Life with Photographs
Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Curator, Jamie Allen, will lead a gallery tour of Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum in the Main Galleries.
George Eastman Museum Presents Liz Deschenes: Frames per Second (Silent)
Challengers
Encore Screening! Recently honored with four awards by the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (on the Dryden Theatre stage January 4), including Best Picture, Challengers is receiving an encore screening for one night only.
From Rochester, With Love Film Series Celebrates Local Artists’ Contributions to Cinema
