here’s something essentially cinematic about the chase sequence, and there’s nothing quite like the thrill of watching a well-shot and well-edited one. The more unusual the location and the more believably dangerous the action is, the more our pulses are likely to join in on the racing. Filmmakers since the silent era have understood this, but…[read more]
In addition to our summer retrospective series, we’re also screening seven new films making their local premieres in the Dryden Theatre. One of the most critically lauded films of the year, Gus van Sant’s Paranoid Park makes its debut on July 5. This elegant and haunting work of art, the most recent feature from the director of Drugstore Cowboy…[read more]
From Tuesday, August 26 through Saturday, August 30, George Eastman House will present five nights of FREE outdoor screenings at Rochester’s Highland Park Bowl. On a towering screen with booming stereo sound, we’ll screen some of Hollywood’s most cherished classics on 35mm film. Comedy, sci-fi, adventure, and horror: it’s all here…[read more]
The epitome of big-screen class and feminine charm is back for the first three Wednesdays in August when we present the show-stopping Audrey Hepburn in a trio of her most beloved classics. First, she watches Gregory Peck stick his hand into La Bocca della Verità in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday (screening August 6). Next up, Ms. Hepburn in…[read more]
The production and creation of the Pink Panther series is a pretty good reflection of its most famously bumbling character, Inspector Clouseau. There are several competing stories as to who conceived the prideful and accident-prone French detective. Director Blake Edwards claims it was based on a French concierge he had met in a…[read more]
As a follow-up to last summer’s popular series of films featuring the music of the great composer Ennio Morricone, you’ll be able to see five more Italian productions each boasting one of the maestro’s finest scores. Morricone’s most famous collaborator, Sergio Leone, is represented by the uncut versions of Duck, You Sucker (screening August 5) and…[read more]
Join us in July as we celebrate the directorial career of Milos Forman, one of our most famous and versatile contemporary filmmakers, and a two-time Academy Award® winner. A certifiable humanist, Forman’s work is marked by a defiantly anti-authoritarian attitude and a fascination with individual behavior demonstrated by…[read more]
