COMING SOON
Carolina Caroline
OPENS JUNE 5 | Acclaimed director Adam Carter Rehmeier’s (DINNER IN AMERICA) romantic crime thriller stars Samara Weaving (READY OR NOT, BORDERLINE) as Caroline Daniels, whose desire to leave her small Texas town brings her into the orbit of a charismatic con man (Kyle Gallner).
Power Ballad
OPENS JUNE 5 | When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Nick Jonas) during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session, in this new film from writer/director John Carney (Sing Street, Once).
Trainspotting (30th Anniversary)
OPENS JUNE 5 | 4K RESTORATION 30TH ANNIVERSARY | Funny, disturbing, tragic and deeply addictive, TRAINSPOTTING is based on the seminal best-selling novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. Set in gritty, late 1980s Edinburgh, Scotland, it’s the story of smart, funny, sickly, heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his so-called friends.
Disclosure Day
OPENS JUNE 12 | The new Steven Spielberg sci-fi alien film. The aura is mysterious and intriguing! Starring Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt, and Colman Domingo.
Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC
LIMITED RUN | June 13-14 | SURFILMUSIC, a new documentary chronicling Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician. The film traces how Jack’s early years making surf films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting.
The Furious
OPENS JUNE 12 (Little Theatre Day!) | After the daughter of Wang Wei is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself.
Silent Friend
RETURNING JUNE 12 | Set in the botanical garden of a medieval town in Germany. Three epochs, three personalities, three sometimes clumsy but sincere attempts to free themselves and to create links with the plants and the world of the garden.
Leviticus
OPENS JUNE 19 | Horror fans, we have another summer chiller on our hands. Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most – each other.
Girls Like Girls
OPENS JUNE 19 | Based on writer/director Hayley Kiyoko’s hit single and best-selling novel of the same name and featuring all-new music from Kiyoko, GIRLS LIKE GIRLS is a heartfelt coming-of-age story set over the course of one sun-drenched summer.
City Mark: A Rochester Icon – July 5, 8 & 13
LIMITED RUN | FREE | Sunday, July 5; Wednesday, July 8; Monday, July 13 | A documentary film exploring the origin, evolution, and lasting impact of one of Rochester’s most recognizable symbols. From its creation in the 1970s to its place in today’s culture, the City Mark’s simple design became a powerful expression of identity, pride, and belonging.
The Invite
OPENS JULY 10 | Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton.
The Odyssey
OPENS THURSDAY, JULY 16 | Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, is a mythic action epic starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron.
CatVideoFest 2026 – Aug. 7-9
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9 | A Little summer favorite returns! CatVideoFest is a glorious compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wasteman – May 28, 30 & June 1
LIMITED RUN: May 28, May 30, and June 1 | Prison parolee Taylor’s pending release and fresh start dreams are jeopardized with the arrival of cellmate Dee. As Dee takes Taylor under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond and forces Taylor to choose between protecting Dee and his own parole chances.
The Travel Companion – May 29-31
LIMITED RUN: May 29-31 | LIVE Q&A with Producer Weston Auburn: Friday, May 29 at 7:30pm | A documentary filmmaker depends on his friend’s airline employee benefits for free flights. When the friend finds a girlfriend, he desperately tries to preserve his travel privileges.
The Injured Body: A Film About Racism in America – May 30
Premiere & Post-Screening Discussion | Saturday, May 30th at 11:30AM | Shot and post-produced in Rochester, it weaves together the voices of 16 women rooted in local communities and the work of 10 dance artists and choreographers to create a powerful human story. | Little discounts / member benefits do not apply to this event.
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (w/ presentation) – May 31
SCIENCE ON SCREEN | Sunday, May 31 at 3:30pm | In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective, and they join forces to unravel a tangled mystery. | With a presentation: “Animal Detectives: Problem Solving in Orangutans and Otters” by Caroline DeLong, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology
The Muppets (2011) – June 2
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00pm | A Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.
NYS Puppet Festival: Puppets on Film – June 3
SPECIAL SCREENING | Wednesday, June 3 at 7:00pm | “Puppets on Film” highlights emerging puppetry and traditional techniques to tell immersive and engaging stories. The biannual New York State Puppet Festival has curated this program of short films to challenge the conventional wisdom of what puppeteering on film can be.
The Fan Connection – June 4
SPECIAL SCREENING | Thursday, June 4 at 7:30pm | A portrait of multiple generations of Buffalo Sabres hockey fans and their unwavering devotion to their team. With a post-film discussion with director Mary Wall.
The Wages of Fear – June 5
BLEAK WEEK | Friday, June 5 at 7:00pm | In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. One of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, from 1953.
The Mist (Black & White) – June 6
BLEAK WEEK | Saturday, June 6 at 7:30pm | An eerie, unwavering fog descends upon a small town, causing locals to seek refuge in a grocery store from the monstrous creatures roaming the countryside and killing everyone they encounter. Based on the story by Stephen King, and written and directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Walking Dead).
Purple Rain – June 7
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, June 7 at 3:30pm | A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.
The Plague Dogs – June 7
BLEAK WEEK x WORLD OF ANIMATION | Sunday, June 7 at 7:00pm | Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague, in Richard Adams and Martin Rosen’s adult-animation follow-up to Watership Down.
Werckmeister Harmonies – June 8
BLEAK WEEK | Monday, June 8 at 7:00pm | A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction in this modern art-house mesmeric parable of societal collapse by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky.
Mysterious Skin – June 9
BLEAK WEEK | Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30pm | Two young boys both experience a traumatic event which affects their lives in different ways: one becomes a sexually adventurous hustler, while the other retreats into an alien abductions obsession. A new 4K restoration of Gregg Araki’s unconventional, provocative classic.
The Vanishing – June 10
BLEAK WEEK | Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30pm | Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia disappears. After three years and no signs, Rex begins receiving letters from Saskia’s abductor.
Killer of Sheep – June 11
BLEAK WEEK | Thursday, June 11 at 7:30pm | Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
Teenage Wasteland – June 11 & 13
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, June 11 and Saturday, June 13 | A teacher inspires a group of teenagers in the early 1990s to make a student film and they uncover a conspiracy that is poisoning their community. Thirty years later they revisit this transformative experience.
Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC
LIMITED RUN | June 13-14 | SURFILMUSIC, a new documentary chronicling Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician. The film traces how Jack’s early years making surf films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting.
Little Theatre Day 2026 – June 12
A DAY-LONG CELEBRATION! | Friday, June 12 | Celebrate Little Theatre Day with us, all day long, with free movies for members, and more
Rochester International Jazz Festival – June 19-27, 2026
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts / member benefits do not apply to this event.
Alien 3 (35mm) – June 28
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35MM FILM | Sunday, June 28 at 7:30pm | Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It – June 29
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, June 29 at 7:00pm | The exhilarating story of the legendary Grammy-winning musician whose signature sound shaped the work of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, and countless others.
City Mark: A Rochester Icon – July 5, 8 & 13
LIMITED RUN | FREE | Sunday, July 5; Wednesday, July 8; Monday, July 13 | A documentary film exploring the origin, evolution, and lasting impact of one of Rochester’s most recognizable symbols. From its creation in the 1970s to its place in today’s culture, the City Mark’s simple design became a powerful expression of identity, pride, and belonging.
Bouchra – July 5, 9, 13
WORLD OF ANIMATION | LIMITED RUN | Sunday, July 5 – Monday, July 13 | Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project.
Seven (35mm) – July 7
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35MM FILM | Seven on 7/7 at 7 | Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives in David Fincher’s “feel-bad” classic.
Slamdance On the Road Tour – July 10
FILMS + Q&A | Friday, July 10 at 7:30pm | Unstoppable programming, highlighting films created by filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities. Co-presented with Move to Include, this program includes the shorts “Talk” and “Contours”, the feature “You Look Fine”, and a Q&A with filmmaker/comedian J Snow.
Cloud Atlas – July 12
STAFF PICKS x THE WACHOWSKIS | Sunday, July 12 at 6:30pm | An epic that spans five centuries, as souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent; from the directors of The Matrix Trilogy and Run Lola Run; based on the best-selling book.
Bound – July 25
THE WACHOWSKIS x PRIDE | Saturday, July 25 at 7:30pm | Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet’s crooked boyfriend Caesar. The Wachowskis’ debut feature film.
CatVideoFest 2026 – Aug. 7-9
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9 | A Little summer favorite returns! CatVideoFest is a glorious compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.
Speed Racer (4K Restoration) – Aug. 15
THE WACHOWSKIS | New 4K Restoration | Sunday, August 15 at 7:30pm | Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile. A highly-stylized live-action adaptation of the classic anime.
The Matrix (35mm) – Aug. 29
THE WACHOWSKIS | 35MM FILM | Saturday, August 29 at 7:30pm | A computer hacker discovers that his life is nothing more than an elaborate simulation run by an evil AI (now more prescient than ever, in 2026). The Wachowskis’ genre-defining, culture-shifting original action spectacle.