Tonight at 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen The Game (David Fincher, U.S. 1997, 127 min., 35mm).

What birthday gift should you give to a man who already has everything? You give him The Game. Tailored specifically to each participant. Think of it as a great vacation, except you don't go to it, it comes to you. But what if The Game is more than just a game? "Douglas is the right actor for the role. He can play smart, he can play cold, and he can play angry. He is also subtle enough that he never arrives at an emotional plateau before the film does, and never overplays the process of his inner change. Indeed, one of the refreshing things about the film is that it stays true to its paranoid vision right up until what seems like the very end—and then beyond it, so that by the time the real ending arrives, it's not the payoff and release as much as a final macabre twist of the knife." — Roger Ebert

[source: Dryden website, 2015-May-4]