The Dryden will screen A Poem Is a Naked Person (Les Blank, U.S. 1974, 90 min., DCP). Commissioned and alternately suppressed by its subject, Leon Russell, Les Blank's A Poem Is a Naked Person was finally released last year following … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of Separate Is Never Equal. Separate Is Never Equal is written by Don Bartalo and Annette Ramos which tells a little-known yet important story of the fight to end school discrimination against Mexican-American children. … Continue reading
For many new jazz artists, putting out that first series of albums is important not just to catch a crowd of loyal listeners but to make a statement. For Rochester, NY pianist Laura Dubin, her first two albums say a … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Henry V (Laurence Olivier, U.K. 1944, 137 min., 16mm). Fascinating not just in its approach to Shakespeare's original verse but also for its unique portraiture of the diversity of the English monarch, Laurence Olivier's Henry V … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Romeo and Juliet (George Cukor, U.S. 1936, 125 min., 35mm). This prestige production was the pet project of MGM's whiz-kid producer Irving Thalberg, who cast his spouse Norma Shearer as the young Capulet. The winsome Leslie … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Hollywood Beauty Salon (Glenn Holsten, U.S. 2015, 88 min.) followed by a discussion with filmmaker Glenn Holsten, Rachel "Hollywood" Carr, Dr. Ryan Bell, and facilitated by Greg Soehner. Hollywood Beauty Salon portrays life at an intimate … Continue reading
The Little will screen How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (Josh Fox, U.S. 2016, 125 min.) as part of the One Take Documentary Series. In How to Let Go of the … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen High School (Frederick Wiseman, U.S. 1968, 75 min., 35mm). This film about a large urban high school records the daily activities and the policies and attitudes which shape the institution. The ideology and values of the … Continue reading
The Bug Jar will host Sissy Spacek, the thick, bass-driven noise of Tuurd, and Stress.
The Dryden will screen Vi är bäst! (We Are the Best!, Lukas Moodysson, Sweden/Denmark 2013, 102 min., DCP, Swedish w/subtitles). An adaptation of the popular autobiographical Swedish graphic novel Aldrig Godnatt (Never Goodnight) written and illustrated by Coco Moodysson, We … Continue reading
Abilene will host Susanna Rose, good acoustic rock from Teressa Wilcox, Tyler Pearce, and Cammy Enaharo.