The Dryden will screen La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina 2001, 103 min., 35mm, Spanish w/subtitles) as part of the Lucrecia Martel series. In northwestern Argentina, a troubled bourgeois family tries to escape the summer heat in their decaying country estate. … Continue reading
Ray Mahar is the Rochester Resident for March. He is the singer and acoustic guitarist of A Girl Named Genny, an Americana band making noise on the scene. His first week is going to be a family affair. Ray will … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen They Shall Not Grow Old (Peter Jackson, U.K. / New Zealand 2018, 99 min.) "A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war."
The Community Curator program invites representatives from community groups in the Rochester region to curate film screenings using VSW's collection of over 9,000 film and video titles. Participants in the program work with the Curator of Moving Image Collections to … Continue reading
For the month of March, the Flying Squirrel Community Space is hosting a Freedom Of Information Law (FOIL) Clinic as a practical skill set for activists. After a brief introduction to New York State (NYS) Freedom Of Information Law (FOIL), … Continue reading
The Little will screen ¡Las Sandinistas! (Jenny Murray, Nicaragua / U.S. 2018, 96 min.) followed by a discussion with Yacarely Mairena, and Dr. Barb Lesavoy as part of the Women's History Month series. ¡Las Sandinistas! reveals the untold stories of … Continue reading
Serendipity is a trio formed in Irondequoit, New York, in 2015. The band consists of David Eckstrand, lead vocalist; Tracy Eckstrand, singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist; and Tim Thomas, bassist. Serendipity plays folk rock, classic rock, and original songs. The name, … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Vice (Adam McKay, U.S. 2018, 132 min.) "The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Have You Seen My Movie? (Paul Anton Smith, U.K. 2016, 136 min., DCP) A movie about people watching movies within movies: filmmaker Paul Anton Smith looks back at the audience in this montage of clips taken … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland / U.K. / France 2018, 89 min.) "In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France."
George Eastman was in an expansive mood in 1919: With the Great War over, he set about broadening Kodak's welfare programs, Rochester's music scene, and even his own home. Eastman also found a new favorite region to take his summer … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Mary Poppins Returns (Rob Marshall, U.S. 2018, 130 min.) "Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives."