The Dryden will screen Explorers (Joe Dante, U.S. 1985, 109 min., 35mm) as part of the First Contact, and Dryden Kids series.

Three teenage outcasts band together in Joe Dante's nuts-and-bolts outer-space adventure. Ben's cryptic circuit board dreams and Wolfgang's Apple II wizardry reveal an electric force sphere of extraterrestrial origins. Darren refurbishes a carnival Tilt-a-Whirl into a DIY junkyard spacecraft to find more friends in another galaxy. Featuring the debuts of both Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, this cult film brims with nostalgia for '80s computing and ILM graphics.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Jan-23]