The Dryden will screen A Reason to Live (George Kuchar, U.S. 1976, 30 min., 16mm) followed by The Women (George Cukor, U.S. 1933, 127 min., 35mm). On the former:

"This film is about depression, although it's not that depressing. I suppose it has a message of faith and hope in it . . . it does for me. . . . But then again my interest may not match yours. It was shot in San Francisco and in Central Oklahoma with a cast of one man and four women. Crushing emotions are indulged in against a massive meteorological background that brings inspiration and terror to the characters involved." — George Kuchar

On the latter:

Mary Haines's (Norma Shearer) spiteful friends can't contain their glee when her husband has an affair with scheming shop girl Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford). But a hasty Reno divorce fueled by gossip only makes matters worse. Can Mary forget her pride and forgive her man? Crawford is at her sharp-tongued best in this drama adapted from the Clare Booth Luce play.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Feb-15]