Join world-renowned photographer, Elliott Landy for a guided tour of his remarkable career. Landy’s photos of Bob Dylan and The Band are instantly recognizable, and his career as a photojournalist ranged from the original Woodstock Festival to the European film scene. Along the way he captured memorable images of a constellation's worth of luminaries including Van Morrison, Frank Zappa, Pete Seeger, Monica Vitti and many more. He’s exhibited everywhere from Rhinebeck to Vienna and parts in between. The audio-visual event will be followed by a reception at Rohmer Gallery, 84 Partition St. where Landy's latest photographs will be on exhibit.

Gil Scott-Heron, widely considered the godfather of rap and the pioneer of modern spoken word, gives electrifying performances and insightful commentary in this political music documentary. In 1980s D.C., a city of history and sound, we see the Midnight Band for a journey through music. (Robert Mugge, U.S., 1982, 97 min. — includes outtake, "Is That Jazz?") “The film clarifies and strengthens Scott-Heron’s identity as a revolutionary thinker who was also a potent, captivating entertainer. It’s a shot of bitter medicine that goes down silky smooth.” — JazzTimes

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

A new bride (Mia Wasikowska) in Victorian-era England is brought "home" to a rural house by her charming husband (Tom Hiddleston). But the house is filled with ghosts and blood. In this gothic romance (dir. Guillermo del Toro; U.S., Mexico, Canada; 2015, 119 min.) “Crackles with sexual passion and dark secrets.” — RogerEbert.com

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, DIE MY LOVE is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a ferocious, tour de force performance from Jennifer Lawrence, and co-starring Robert Pattinson. The film follows Grace (Lawrence) and her partner Jackson (Pattinson), who have recently moved into an old house deep in the country. With ambitions to write The Great American Novel, Grace settles into her new environment, and the couple welcome a baby soon after. However, with Jackson frequently – and suspiciously – absent, and the pressures of domestic life starting to weigh on her, Grace begins to unravel, leaving a path of destruction in her wake. Based on Ariana Harwicz’s celebrated novel and co-starring Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield and Nick Nolte, Ramsay marks her eagerly-awaited return with this fearless new cinematic vision that charts the complexity of love and how it can change and transform over time.

Celebrating 60 years of The Doors, Feast of Friends returns to the Orpheum stage, benefiting Upstate Films Orpheum Theatre. With special guests, rock music’s photographer, Elliott Landy, in conversation with Greg Gattine about working with The Doors. "The musicians themselves could as easily have been members of the audience. Often, they mingled with the crowds during and after the show. There was a true feeling of solidarity, a unity of purpose, and the purpose was to change the world. We want the world, and we want it NOW! was the anthem sung by Jim Morrison. We thought that the freedom to behave as we wished, coupled with the power of music to liberate the soul, would set the world free.” —Elliott Landy on The Doors

Join a young musician, ISMAY, as they chase the early footsteps of their hero, Lucinda Williams, across the Deep South. A heartfelt road trip into the soul of American music, it's a touching pilgrimage story about finding your voice through the echoes of your hero. (dir. Joel Fendelman, Rose Bush; U.S.; 2025; 66 min.)

From his harsh childhood in the burnt-out Lower East Side, musician Harley Flanagan burst onto the punk music scene at age 11 as drummer for his aunt’s band, the Stimulators. The founder of the Cro-Mags tells his incredible story, while interviews with hard rockers and icons Flea, Ice-T, Henry Rollins, Anthony Imperioli and surprise guests add insights. Featuring gritty footage of NYC’s downtown 1970s and 80s music scene, this passionate film showcases Harley’s against-the-odds transformation from chaos to peace, driven by music, family, and personal growth.

Upstate Films special event, the legendary Ron Carter will be joined by American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator, Javon Jackson. Together, they will take an audio/visual journey to discuss his incredible career, including his work with Jack DeJohnette RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. He has recorded over 2200 albums! Including many of the iconic jazz records of the 60’s and 70’s, such as Speak No Evil, Maiden Voyage, Red Clay, Speak Like a Child, Nefertiti and Miles Smiles, to name a few. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. Over the last 60 years he has recorded with so many of the jazz greats: Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley and Jaki Byard, to name a few. After leaving the quintet, he embarked on a prolific career that spanned vastly different music genres and continues to this day. He recorded with Roberta Flack, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Bette Midler and Aretha Franklin, Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of others. Moderator – Javon Jackson first became known as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey’s death in 1990 and went on to release 22 recordings as a bandleader and tour and record on over 150 CDs[ with jazz greats including Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanley Turpentine and Ben E. King.

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Join Glenis Redmond, Greenville, South Carolina’s Inaugural Poet Laureate and 2025 Order of the Palmetto recipient, as she shares poems from her forthcoming middle-grade novel in verse, My Life Sounds Like a Poem: Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, The One-Legged Tapping Sensation. This vibrant work traces Bates’s trek from Fountain Inn, South Carolina, around the world, to Kerhonkson, New York, where he founded the Peg Leg Bates Country Club, the first resort of its kind for African Americans. Through rhythm, resilience, and poetry, Redmond brings to life the story of a man who turned loss into art and dance into triumph. Glenis Redmond is Greenville, South Carolina’s Inaugural Poet Laureate and a 2025 recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest civilian honor. A poet, teaching artist, and literary citizen for over 30 years, she is a Baldwin Fellow, a Highlights Foundation Inspire Scholar, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. The author of seven books, including The Listening Skin and Praise Songs for Dave the Potter.

10th anniversary screening. The 46ers are those who have climbed all 46 High Peaks of the Adirondacks. The first 46ers were an unlikely band of fellows: Adirondack Guide Herbert Clark and the young brothers Robert and George Marshall. They identified 46 mountains in Upstate New York with an elevation of 4,000 feet or higher. Between 1918 and 1925 they hiked to the top of all 46 peaks. Since then, over 7,000 people have done the same. This documentary tells the stories of many ordinary men and women who have done the extraordinary and highlight the inspiring beauty of Upstate New York. (dir. Blake Cortright, USA, 2015, 65 min.)

Cantankerous, charismatic and passionately committed, this river keeper — John Lipscomb — reflects on his 25 years patrolling the Hudson, traveling more than 80,000 miles, by wooden boat, helping defend America’s First River. (dir. Jon Bowermaster, U.S.) Jon Bowermaster is an oceans expert, journalist, writer, filmmaker, adventurer and six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society's 'Ocean Heroes,' his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled. He is the founder of Oceans 8 Films and the One Ocean Media Foundation, making films about climate at home in the Hudson Valley and around the world. His podcast, "The Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster” on Radio Kingston has recorded over 150 episodes with environmental activists, community leaders and friends from his vast rolodex of travels.

In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward. Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is convinced by the show’s charming but ruthless producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), to enter the game as a last resort. But Ben’s defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite—and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.