COMING SOON
WTO/99 – Apr. 8-19
LIMITED RUN | April 8, 11, 19 | An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the environment.
Fantasy Life
OPENS APRIL 10 | An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters and falls for the girls’ mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage.
André Is an Idiot
LIMITED RUN | OPENS APRIL 10 | André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
The Christophers
OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL 17 | From Steven Soderbergh. The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be “discovered” and sold after his death.
Lorne
OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL 17 | From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville comes Lorne, an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels, the man who built the inimitable empire of comedy, shaping television and culture for generations.
UPCOMING EVENTS
WTO/99 – Apr. 8-19
LIMITED RUN | April 8, 11, 19 | An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the environment.
The Sting – Apr. 10
SUNDANCE SUNSET: REMEMBERING ROBERT REDFORD | Friday, April 10 at 7:30pm | Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. Winner of 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Chime and Serpent’s Path – Apr. 11 & 15
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 15 | Two masterworks from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, bring released theatrically for the first time in the US: 2024’s dread-filled, violent horror-thriller “Chime” and 1998’s dark thriller “Serpent’s Path.”
Passing (w/ discussion) – Apr. 11
SCREENING & DISCUSSION | Saturday, April 11 at 3:30pm | In 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world up-ended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white. | Co-presented with the Rochester Speakers Series
Photo City (w/ discussion) – Apr. 12
SCREENING & DISCUSSION & WALK | Sunday, April 12 at 12pm | Home to the Kodak company for over 125 years, Rochester, New York is a city uniquely defined by photography. ‘Photo City’ focuses on the lives of the city’s photographic and creative community.
Idiotka – Apr. 3-12
LIMITED RUN | April 3, 5, 12 | In this irreverent comedy, broke fashion designer Margarita (Anna Baryshnikov) enters a reality show to save her babushka’s West Hollywood apartment. But as the fashion competition intensifies, slick producer Nicol (Camila Mendes) pushes her to spin her family’s struggle into spectacle, forcing Margarita to decide whether to play along or take control of her own narrative, one unhinged look at a time.
Kiki’s Delivery Service – Apr. 5 & 12
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Sunday, April 5 and Sunday, April 12 | Brand new 4K restoration of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic fantasy about a young witch who must overcome self-doubt when she settles in a new seaside town.
La Bamba (w/ presentation) – Apr. 13
SCIENCE ON SCREEN | Monday, April 13 at 7:00pm | Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock ‘n’ roll success in 1958. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly. | With a presentation: “From La Bamba to ‘The Day the Music Died’: How Trauma-Driven Phobias Shape Our Lives” by Kristyn Storey, M.D., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center