Program Links : Film and Media Studies

Study Abroad
UR Center for Study Abroad

Museums and other local cultural resources

The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
www.eastmanhouse.org

Dryden Theater (film calendar, also available in the FMS office)

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/calendar/index.php?showCat=4

Research (Library, Study Center, hours and contact info)

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/education/research.php

The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation
(one year Certificate program in film archiving and preservation)
http://eastmanhouse.org/inc/education/selznick_school.php

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
http://mag.rochester.edu/

Rochester Contemporary
http://www.rochestercontemporary.org/
“The Rochester Contemporary (formerly the Pyramid Arts Center) is a non-profit arts organization serving the culturally and artistically diverse audiences of Western New York State. Since 1977, the Rochester Contemporary (RoCo) has encouraged the redefinition of contemporary art in upstate New York through its gallery and satellite exhibitions, educational programs, film and lecture series, performance art, and various multi-media initiatives.”

The Rochester/Finger Lakes Film & Video Office, Inc.
http://www.filmrochester.org/
A non-profit organization funded by the County of Monroe operating as an independent entity under the umbrella of the Greater Rochester Visitor’s Association

Rochester Institute of Technology
http://www.rit.edu/

Visual Studies Workshop
http://www.vsw.org/

“The Visual Studies Workshop is an internationally recognized center for media studies, including photography, visual books, digital imaging, film and video, located in two historic buildings, comprising 44,000 feet of space in Rochester's museum and cultural district. We serves visual artists and the general public with diversified programming in education and exhibitions. VSW's Siskind Gallery, The Collector's Gallery and Bookstore are open at various time throughout the year. Afterimage, the journal of media arts and cultural criticism, is published by VSW, as well as an extensive series of artists’ books. Artist residencies, access programs, and internships make the facilities available for the production of artworks and for scholarly research in VSW's extensive archives and library.

Film Festivals

High Falls Film Festival
http://www.highfallsfilmfestival.com
An annual international film festival showcasing work by women in film and video working in all positions in the film production process

Rochester International Film Festival (Movies on a Shoestring)
http://www.rochesterfilmfest.org/
The longest-running independent film festival in the United States, held annually at the GEH Dryden Theater. “Movies on a Shoestring was founded in 1959 by a group of Rochester-area movie enthusiasts to provide a venue for independent filmmakers to present their cinematic creations. The name was a double entendre: most amateur filmmakers shot on 8mm back then, and the narrowness of the stock led its detractors to call it ‘the shoestring gauge.’
to provide a venue for independent filmmakers to present their cinematic creations. The name was a double entendre: most amateur filmmakers shot on 8mm back then, and the narrowness of the stock led its detractors to call it ‘the shoestring gauge.’”

The Rochester Jewish Film Festival
http://rjff.org/
Now in its sixth year, this festival is the “largest Jewish cultural event in western New York. The Festival screens more than 25 films of Jewish interest at both the historic Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, and The Little Theatre in the heart of Rochester’s cultural district.”

The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival (ImageOut)
http://www.imageout.org/
“The mission of ImageOut [the Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival, Inc] is to inform, entertain, educate, and enrich the Greater Rochester and Western New York community through the exhibition of multi-racial and multi-cultural films and videos, and through various artistic and educational programs by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. International in scope, ImageOut fosters connections among people from all racial, religious, gender, sexual, ability, economic, class, age and ethnic groups, and serves as a major thread in the progressive art and cultural fabric of the region. ImageOut is dedicated to supporting the distribution and exhibition of LGBT multi-media art forms, and the compensation for and recognition of the creative work of these artists and arts professionals by deepening the appreciation of their work. Its chief program is ImageOut, The Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival.”

Movie Theaters, etc.

Democrat & Chronicle Newspaper’s listings
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/
left menu, “Entertainment”

City Newspaper film reviews
http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Section?oid=oid%3A1166
Includes reviews by FMS faculty member George Grella (click on his name for past reviews)

Dryden Theater (see George Eastman House, above)

The Little Theater
http://www.little-theatre.com
“The Little Theatre began in Rochester in 1928 as a link in a proposed proposed chain of small theatres designed to provide an "intimate" alternative to the large commercial movie houses of the day. The "little cinema movement," which was dedicated to showing "art films that appeal to the intelligent and sophisticated," started in 1925. When it opened in 1929, the Little Theatre was the fifth "little temple of the cinema" to be built. The "little cinema movement" represented a response to the mass merchandising trends in the entertainment industry that was gathering momentum in the 1920s with the ascension of mass circulation magazines and the arrival of radio. With movie companies and film producers devoting increasing attention to the new and mass market "talking" motion pictures, the "little cinema movement" attempted to reach an audience open to the experimental, the eclectic, and the unusual. It hoped to appeal to devotees of silent films, foreign films and films based on the classics.”

The Cinema
http://www.cinemarochester.com/
“Rochester’s oldest neighborhood theater.” established in 1914 as The Clinton, is
“one of the oldest continuously running movie theaters in the United States, if not the oldest.” Daily p.m. double features for $3 (students), $3 matinees on weekends.

Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Tinseltown
Location: 2291 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY
(585) 426-2629

Movies 10 (Cinemark)
2609 West Henrietta Road Rochester, NY 14623
Recording: 585-292-5840 Office: 585-292-0303
All admissions $1.75
Fri/Sat evening after 6pm $2.00
Tuesdays Discount All Day $1.00

Strasenburgh Planetarium
http://www.rmsc.org/planetarium/planetframeset.htm
Features a 65 foot dome theater and CineMagic 870 screen, located at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Theatre shows and special movies daily (hours vary).

Outlying areas:

The Strand
http://www.strandtheater.com/
93 Main Street, Brockport
(585) 637-3310
Locally owned and operated landmark theater in downtown Brockport

Vintage Drive-In Theatre
http://www.lakemetro.com/vintage/default.htm
Rt 15, North of Rt 20
East Avon, NY
(585) 226-9290
3 outdoor screens, different double features every weekend (warm weather only)

Rochester online movie groups

AIVF-Salon-Rochester
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/AIVF-Salon-Rochester/
"Individuals who have attended or expressed interest in maintaining a salon about film and video in Rochester, NY."

Rochester Cinema
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rochestercinema/
"Rochester, NY cinema, movie theaters, film festivals, video, reviewers, and anything else related are relevant topics for discussion in this group. Write your own movie reviews, comment on published reviews, and share your moving going experiences."

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