(Jonathan Frakes, US 1996, 110 min., 35mm)
Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) relives his worst nightmare as the zombie-like Borg invade the Enterprise. In an effort to thwart the Borg assimilation of Earth, Picard’s crew members time-travel to the 21st century to aid inventor Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell) in his historic first flight at warp speed. Director Frakes (who also plays Commander Riker) deftly handles multiple storylines in what is generally regarded as the best of the Next Generation series of Trek movies.
(Fritz Lang, US 1953, 90 min., 35mm)
Determined to bust a mob crime ring, cop Glenn Ford teams with moll Gloria Grahame after her vicious ex-boyfriend Lee Marvin hurls a pot of hot coffee in her face. A major architect of the noir style, director Lang blends the genre’s conventions with hard-hitting ’50s exposés to present one of the decade’s best films. At 8:45 p.m.: HUMAN DESIRE (Fritz Lang, US 1952, 90 min., 35mm) Lang reteamed his Big Heat stars for this gripping Americanized noir of Zola’s novel La Bete Humaine. Gloria Grahame seduces railroad man Glenn Ford and involves him with a plot to do away with her slob of a husband, Broderick Crawford.
(Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands 2006, 95 min., English and French with subtitles, 35mm)
At Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, countless visitors pay homage to their artistic idols: Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Simone Signoret, Frederic Chopin, Jim Morrison. This lovely new documentary tells the stories of the living guests of Père-Lachaise as well as the legacies of those buried there, and reminds us that a civilization is often remembered by its most brilliant artistic accomplishments.
(Jerzy Skolimowski, West Germany/UK 1971, 87 min., 35mm)
On the seedy side of London, a 15-year-old virgin (John Moulder-Brown) takes a job in a bathhouse and quickly develops a crush on a pretty, older attendant (Jane Asher). While he gets up the courage to ask her on a date, his infatuation turns to obsession when he learns she’s having an affair with one of his school instructors. Set at the end of the “Swinging London” era, Skolimowski’s still fresh and surprising depiction of sexual temptation is one of the best films of the early ’70s. New 35mm print!
(Buster Keaton, US 1926, 71 min., 35mm)
In this sweet and funny silent-film classic, extremely non-sporty rich twit Alfred Butler (Buster Keaton) tries to impress the family of the poor mountain girl he loves by claiming he’s championship boxer “Battling” Butler, which naturally leads him to a dangerous bout in the ring. Preceded by Felix the Cat in SURE-LOCKED HOMES (Otto Messmer, US 1928, 7 min., 16mm). Both films will be screened to new music composed by Tom Nazziola and performed by the Eastman School of Music-educated The BQE Project from New York. Tickets: $15, $10 members and students. Advance tickets available at http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org, the admissions desk, Dryden Theatre box office, or (585) 271-3361 ext. 295. No Take-10 tickets or passes.
Advance tickets are no longer available over the phone, or online — they are still available in person at the Museum’s admission desk, or in person before the screening.
