The Dryden will screen O Estranho Caso de Angélica (The Strange Case of Angelica, Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/Spain/France/Brazil 2010, 97 min., 35mm, Portuguese w/subtitles) as part of the Filmmaking at 80 series. In this supernatural romance, photographer Isaac (Ricardo Trêpa) … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Guilty (Gustav Möller, Denmark 2018, 85 min.) "A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman."
Why do confessions often swamp all other evidence in the United States criminal justice system? I show that the answer to this question involves a distinctive kind of testimonial injustice, one that results from extracted evidence receiving an unwarranted excess … Continue reading
The Little will screen Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (Martyn Atkins, U.S. 2019, 120 min.) Join an incredible array of singers and musicians who came together to honor one of the world's most remarkable artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th … Continue reading
Using layered soundscapes, song, and prose, Hnossa's Didrik Soderstrom presents this original adaptation of a Swedish folktale. A wizard and would-be kidnapper tells a story of his defeat at the hands of a dastardly kind child. Hnossa returns to Writers … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Ben is Back (Peter Hedges, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) "A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve."
The Dryden will screen Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, U.S. 1991, 112 min., DCP) followed by a panel discussion with Nicholle La Vann, Delores Jackson Radney, and Tess Padmore as part of the Black Female Filmmakers series. (And in … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Guilty (Gustav Möller, Denmark 2018, 85 min.) "A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman."
Enjoy this free entertaining and moving evening of theatre, as African-Americans from Rochester's past come to life to share their stories. Share the experiences of Rochesterians from the past, as you meet notables such as Frederick Douglass and Austin Steward … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, U.S. 2018, 119 min.) "A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime."
The Dryden will screen Ammore e malavita (Love and Bullets, Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti, Italy 2017, 133 min., DCP, Italian w/subtitles). An off-the-wall comedy-musical-thriller, this film won five Donatello awards in Italy, including Best Picture. After being ambushed and shot … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Who Will Write Our History (Roberta Grossman, U.S. 2018, 95 min.) "Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the … Continue reading