We are back open (March 2, 2013). Check out our latest film series coming up in the new Dryden.
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- Tuesday, May 21st, 8:00 pm Confidentially Yours
Trintignant. The final film from the great French New Wave director François Truffaut blends snappy repartee and physical comedy with film noir-style murder mystery, drawing upon the stylistic devices of Alfred Hitchcock. Baroque black-and white cinematography accentuates the ever spiraling story… [read more] - Wednesday, May 22nd, 8:00 pm If You Could Only Cook
Up/Down. Member’s Movie Night! Joan Hawthorne (Jean Arthur), a victim of the Great Depression, is out of both job and home. When she miraculously meets motor company president Jim Buchanan (Herbert Marshall) on a park bench, they live happily ever after, right? Wrong! Impressed by Joan’s pluck and questioning his upcoming marriage, Jim pretends he’s unemployed… [read more] - Thursday, May 23rd, 8:00 pm The New World
Malick. A blend of historical fact and popular mythology, this gritty re-telling of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith casts Colin Farrell as the star-crossed captain torn between two worlds and introduces the up-and-coming Q’orianka Kilcher as his fabled Native-American love. Critics were floored by the film’s authenticity… [read more] - Friday, May 24th, 8:00 pm Bowfinger
Steve Martin. Wannabe movie producer Bobby Bowfinger (Martin) has been trying to get something going for years, most recently a sci-fi action flick starring troubled superstar Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy). When his attempts at going the traditional Hollywood route fail, the increasingly desperate Bowfinger hits upon a novel solution: surround Ramsey with actors and secretly film him in public… [read more] - Saturday, May 25th, 8:00 pm Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock
Rochester Premiere! Experience Jimi Hendrix’s landmark 1969 concert at Woodstock complete and on the big screen for the first time! Featuring one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar player of all time, this overdue big-screen tribute (including his unforgettable rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”) is sure to astound… [read more] - Sunday, May 26th, 2:00 pm Hendrix 70: Live at WoodstockRochester Premiere! Experience Jimi Hendrix’s landmark 1969 concert at Woodstock complete and on the big screen for the first time! Featuring one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar player of all time, this overdue big-screen tribute (including his unforgettable rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”) is sure to astound… [read more]
- Tuesday, May 28th, 8:00 pm Il Sorpasso
Trintignant. Sitting alone in his apartment one afternoon, the reserved Roberto (Trintignant) receives a surprise visit from a stranger: the outgoing, vivacious Bruno (Vittorio Gassman), who takes Bruno on a road trip from Rome to Tuscany, showing him the previously unknown thrills of the “easy life.” As the two travel down the road… [read more] - Wednesday, May 29th, 8:00 pm The Rules of the Game
Up/Down. In an attempt to rid himself of his bothersome mistress, a smug Marquis (Marcel Dalio) and his pal Octave (played by Renoir) orchestrate a plan to pawn her off on his wife’s brokenhearted ex-lover. The perfect opportunity arises when the Marquis decides to throw a weekend retreat at his country estate… [read more] - Thursday, May 30th, 8:00 pm The Tree of Life
Malick. Fragmented, dream-like, and with no shortage of breathtaking imagery, Malick’s controversial winner of the prestigious Palm d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival pushes cinema to the very edges of human experience. The film is simultaneously epic in scope and microscopic in focus, chronicling a man’s memories of his tumultuous upbringing in 1950s Texas… [read more] - Friday, May 31st, 8:00 pm Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Steve Martin. Private Detective Rigby Reardon (Martin) stumbles into a crime plot full of intrigue and deceit following the death of a famous cheese-maker. Juliet, the daughter, claims her father was murdered, and the plot thickens once Rigby’s investigation causes him to become a target for everyone he runs into. Falling deeper into the rabbit hole, Rigby discovers there is more at stake than the simple murder of a cheese maven… [read more] - Saturday, June 1st, 8:00 pm Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Ben Shapiro in Person! Gregory Crewdson has spent the past 30 years creating some of photography’s most enduring and enigmatic images. Known for his elaborate productions, his cinematic style, and his noir-like encapsulations of small-town America, he has secured a place for himself in the upper echelon of American artists. In 2001 Crewdson began his most ambitious project to date… [read more] - Sunday, June 2nd, 2:00 pm Dead Men Don’t Wear PlaidSteve Martin. Private Detective Rigby Reardon (Martin) stumbles into a crime plot full of intrigue and deceit following the death of a famous cheese-maker. Juliet, the daughter, claims her father was murdered, and the plot thickens once Rigby’s investigation causes him to become a target for everyone he runs into. Falling deeper into the rabbit hole, Rigby discovers there is more at stake than the simple murder of a cheese maven… [read more]
- Tuesday, June 4th, 8:00 pm Magnificent Obsession
Sirk. After almost dying in a boating accident, playboy Bob Merrick (a young Rock Hudson) is miraculously saved by his town’s only resuscitator—yet as a result, the kindly Dr. Phillips dies from a heart attack while waiting across town for the machine. When his recklessness affects the Phillips family a second time, Bob becomes inextricably entangled… [read more] - Wednesday, June 5th, 8:00 pm Silent Running
To the Moon in June. This first directorial effort from Douglas Trumbull (known primarily for his pioneering visual effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Andromeda Strain, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner) transports us to a future where all plant life on Earth is extinct, with only a few species surviving in orbital greenhouses… [read more] - Thursday, June 6th, 8:00 pm The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes. Old Hollywood provides a new take on the venerated detective as director Wilder and longtime collaborator and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond bring a light touch to the legend as Holmes is faced with a puzzle involving a missing husband, midgets, murderous monks, and the Loch Ness Monster. Conceived as a grand production of four Holmes stories… [read more] - Friday, June 7th, 8:00 pm Wuthering Heights
Overlooked Indies. After making an impression on audiences with her art house hit Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold turns her lens on a classic, Emily Brontë’s 19th-century tale of romance, deceit, and sibling rivalry, Wuthering Heights. Catherine Linton and her adopted brother Heathcliff lead separate lives that are forever entwined by an undying love… [read more] - Saturday, June 8th, 8:00 pm Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
To the Moon in June. This controversial and highly successful sequel to the original Star Trek: The Motion Picture stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in reprise roles as the beloved Captain Kirk and Commander Spock of the USS Enterprise. After the first Trek film flopped at the box office, TV series creator Gene Roddenberry was removed from direct involvement with production, much to the chagrin of loyal Trekkies… [read more] - Sunday, June 9th, 2:00 pm Wuthering HeightsOverlooked Indies. After making an impression on audiences with her art house hit Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold turns her lens on a classic, Emily Brontë’s 19th-century tale of romance, deceit, and sibling rivalry, Wuthering Heights. Catherine Linton and her adopted brother Heathcliff lead separate lives that are forever entwined by an undying love… [read more]
- Tuesday, June 11th, 8:00 pm All That Heaven Allows
Sirk. Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson team up again in their second film for Sirk. When aging, well-to-do widow Cary Scott falls in love with her much younger gardener, Ron Kirby, the couple faces pressures from their friends and families to end their relationship. Following his proposal, Cary becomes torn between the unhappy but… [read more] - Wednesday, June 12th, 8:00 pm Flash Gordon
To the Moon in June. Following hot on the heels of the Star Wars craze, producer Dino De Laurentiis opted to update Alex Raymond’s classic comic Flash Gordon for a new generation. The film stars Sam J. Jones as the titular New York Jets quarterback-turned space crusader who unwittingly travels to the planet Mongo to save Earth from the evil clutches of Emperor Ming the Merciless… [read more] - Thursday, June 13th, 8:00 pm They Might Be Giants
Sherlock Holmes. Millionaire Justin Playfair (George C. Scott) retreats into a world of fantasy after the death of his wife. In this fantasy he is the worldfamous Sherlock Holmes, down to the details of his hat, pipe, and violin. When faced with the possibility of institutionalization, Playfair enlists the assistance of a psychologist—Dr. Watson, naturally, and played by Joanne Woodward… [read more] - Friday, June 14th, 8:00 pm Monsieur Lazhar
Overlooked Indies. Following the passing of an elementary school teacher in Montreal, Bashir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag) is hired as her replacement. An Algerian immigrant, Bashir has trouble adjusting to the school’s rules, yet he comforts the students the best he can. When he discovers secrets of his predecessor’s death and his own hidden past begins to reveal itself… [read more] - Saturday, June 15th, 8:00 pm Night Across the Street
Curator’s Choice. What are Ludwig van Beethoven and Long John Silver doing in a modern-day Chilean city? Why is poet Jean Giono also there, working as a teacher who asks his adult pupils to always keep their eyes shut? Shortly before his death at age 70, prolific master Raúl Ruiz (117 films in fewer than five decades) managed to complete his whimsical, poetic, and seductive farewell to this world… [read more] - Sunday, June 16th, 2:00 pm Monsieur LazharOverlooked Indies. Following the passing of an elementary school teacher in Montreal, Bashir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag) is hired as her replacement. An Algerian immigrant, Bashir has trouble adjusting to the school’s rules, yet he comforts the students the best he can. When he discovers secrets of his predecessor’s death and his own hidden past begins to reveal itself… [read more]
- Tuesday, June 18th, 8:00 pm Written on the Wind
Sirk. The spoiled, impulsive heirs of a wealthy oil baron, Kyle (Rock Hudson) and Marylee (Lauren Bacall), live carefree lives bent on their self-destructive tendencies. Unable to escape from their personal demons brought on by a lifetime of luxury, the tragedy that is their destiny spirals out of control when Kyle becomes suspicious of his wife (Dorothy Malone) and best friend… [read more] - Wednesday, June 19th, 8:00 pm Solaris
To the Moon in June. Member’s Movie Night. Andrei Tarkovsky turns an innovative, pensive eye to the Space Age in one of his most critically acclaimed and globally recognizable efforts. In this visually stunning masterpiece, a psychologist travels to a space station orbiting the distant planet Solaris, finding the crew wrecked by emotional crisis and haunted by mysterious alien creatures… [read more] - Thursday, June 20th, 8:00 pm The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Sherlock Holmes. An all-star cast brings Nicholas Meyer’s revisionist novel to the screen. Watson (Robert Duvall) grows increasingly concerned with Holmes’s (Nicol Williamson) cocaine usage and his intricate delusions about the mysterious Moriarty. In an effort to cure him, Watson tricks Holmes into a trip to Vienna and a meeting with Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin)… [read more] - Friday, June 21st, 8:00 pm The Loneliest Planet
Overlook Indies. A young couple (Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg), who pride themselves on taking the road less traveled, trek through the stunning Caucasus Mountains with the help of a local mountaineer and guide. Loving and affectionate, the couple start to feel the strains of travel and isolation bearing down on them, which culminates in a single, shocking act with lasting consequences… [read more] - Saturday, June 22nd, 8:00 pm The Right Stuff
To the Moon in June. Based on the Tom Wolfe book of the same name, Kaufman’s epic launched the careers of Ed Harris and Dennis Quaid. The film follows the formation of the “Mercury Seven,” the first group of American astronauts selected to travel into space. Kaufman sheds light on the ups and downs of the selection process… [read more] - Sunday, June 23rd, 2:00 pm The Loneliest PlanetOverlook Indies. A young couple (Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg), who pride themselves on taking the road less traveled, trek through the stunning Caucasus Mountains with the help of a local mountaineer and guide. Loving and affectionate, the couple start to feel the strains of travel and isolation bearing down on them, which culminates in a single, shocking act with lasting consequences… [read more]
- Tuesday, June 25th, 8:00 pm Imitation of Life
Sirk. In hopes of establishing a career, aspiring actress Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) moves to New York City with her daughter Susie. While visiting Coney Island, chance brings them together with Annie Johnson and her daughter Sarah. Taking on the African-American Annie as her maid, Lora forges a “family” of sorts in a cramped New York apartment… [read more] - Wednesday, June 26th, 8:00 pm Galaxy Quest
To the Moon in June. Galaxy Quest is a sci-fi TV show, with a curious resemblance to Star Trek, that has been off the air for 18 years. But its cast, led by Jason “Cmdr. Taggart” Nesmith (Tim Allen) and Gwen “Lt. Madison” DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), is still packing them in at conventions. Used to being approached by fans, Nesmith humors a group of self-proclaimed aliens… [read more] - Thursday, June 27th, 8:00 pm Zero Effect
Sherlock Holmes. Loosely based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story “A Scandal in Bohemia,” Holmes and Watson are transported to the late 20th century in the forms of Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) and his personal lawyer Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller). Millionaire Gregory Stark (Ryan O’Neal) hires Zero to discover who is blackmailing him, but complications arise when the reclusive Zero becomes emotionally… [read more] - Friday, June 28th, 8:00 pm This Must Be the Place
Overlooked Indies. Decked out in eyeliner, a bouffant hairdo, and other Goth accouterments, ex-rock star Cheyenne (Sean Penn, modeled after The Cure’s Robert Smith) is bored by his retirement in Southern Ireland, spending his days skateboarding and playing handball in abandoned in-ground pools. When he receives word that his father is dying, he returns to New York… [read more] - Saturday, June 29th, 8:00 pm Risky Business
30th Anniversary. A young Tom Cruise in briefs glides across his living room to the siren sounds of Bob Seger. Has any ’80s film been more iconic than Risky Business? It is hard to believe, but 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of this film, with a starmaking turn for a then 20-year-old Tom Cruise as rich kid Joel Goodson who takes advantage of his parents’ absence… [read more] - Sunday, June 30th, 2:00 pm Risky Business30th Anniversary. A young Tom Cruise in briefs glides across his living room to the siren sounds of Bob Seger. Has any ’80s film been more iconic than Risky Business? It is hard to believe, but 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of this film, with a starmaking turn for a then 20-year-old Tom Cruise as rich kid Joel Goodson who takes advantage of his parents’ absence… [read more]
