Trylon Cinema

07/22/2026

This weekend, don't miss Orson Welles's F FOR FAKE in 35mm and Robert Frank's ME AND MY BROTHER. Though the idea of truth in documentary has always been a slippery one, these two spurious docudramas grapple with the concept by exploring and toying with the audience in ingenious ways. Tickets at https://www.trylon.org/film-series/bunk/

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07/22/2026

Chris Polley discusses movies where "nothing happens until the bottom falls out".

Wanda plays Sunday through Tuesday!

|Chris Polley| My spouse often teases me for being drawn to films where “nothing really happens and then the bottom drops out from the main character’s life.” She’s not wrong. After all, right now, I have Eyes Without a Face, Sirāt, and Mikey & Nicky in my top four on Letterboxd...

07/21/2026

Dan McCabe investigates artistic identity and integrity in an age of AI.

F for Fake plays in glorious 35mm Friday through Sunday!

|Dan McCabe| “Maybe a man’s name doesn’t matter all that much,” Orson Welles says towards the end of F for Fake (1973) as he gazes upon Chartres Cathedral, which he describes as a great, unsigned masterpiece. F for Fake asks questions about the importance (or lack thereof)...

07/15/2026

Rachel Buhman writes about Claudette Colbert's iconic (and remarkably similar) filmography.

|Rachel Buhman| “You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all” rings out as the most clangy criticism of rom-coms. Funny enough, it’s one of film's most famous romantic characters, Kathy Selden, that utters those words in Singin’ in the Rain. Just before she admits to actually seeing a few of h...

07/14/2026

Cole Seidl discusses Bridge, Midnight, and unshrinkable film strips.

Midnight plays in stunning 4K at the Trylon Cinema from Friday, July 17th, through Sunday, July 19th.

|Cole Seidl| The 10th annual Nitrate Picture Show in Rochester, New York didn’t announce a single film of its program before the festival began on June 4th. They didn’t need to—tickets had sold out within a week of going on sale in January. People, it seems, didn’t care what the program...

07/13/2026

Stephanie Molstad Designed this beautiful poster for our weekend dedicated to Claudette Colbert, Comedienne Extraordinaire. Tickets on sale at https://www.trylon.org/film-series/claudette-colbert-comedienne-extraordinaire/

07/11/2026

Our series THE SCENIC ROUTE continues with Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES on a rare 35mm print. Tickets at https://www.trylon.org/film/wild-strawberries-in-35mm/

07/10/2026

he 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii’s THE RED SPECTACLES begins tonight!

07/09/2026

Our series, TAKING THE SCENIC ROUTE
A FOURTEEN-FILM SERIES OF DETOURS, PIT STOPS, AND THE OPEN ROAD is now in full swing. Grab your passport at the next film, which is Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES in 35mm, starting Sunday. Tickets at https://www.trylon.org/film-series/taking-the-scenic-route/

07/08/2026

The new 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii’s maddening surrealist Kafkaesque neo-noir THE RED SPECTACLES plays this weekend. Tickets at https://www.trylon.org/film/the-red-spectacles-in-4k/