FILM SERIES
In celebration of The Little’s 95th Anniversary, we are thrilled to launch this year-long film series showcasing one film from every decade of The Little’s existence, from 1929 through present day. Presenting some of the best movies ever made, on the big screen where they belong, 95 Years of The Little features films representing the full range of what The Little is known for: high-quality, thought-provoking, and entertaining independent, international, and classic films.
95 Years of The Little film series is sponsored by Rochester Colonial.
PAST
The Thin Man – Oct. 19
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Saturday, October 19 at 3:00pm | A retired detective — while spending much of his time managing his wife’s considerable fortune and consuming quantities of alcohol — is asked to follow the trail of a missing inventor. Although reluctant to interrupt his holiday in Manhattan, he is persuaded to investigate by his wife’s craving for adventure, and together they embark upon a case that leads to the disclosure of deception and murder.
Late Spring – Nov. 24
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Sunday, November 24 at 7pm | Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
The Music Room – Dec. 16
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Monday, December 16 at 7:00pm | Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
Cléo from 5 to 7 – Jan. 15
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00pm | Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
The Last Waltz – Feb. 8 & 15
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Seventeen years after joining forces, Canadian roots rockers The Band call it quits with a lavish farewell show in 1976. Filmed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features standout performances by rock legends Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell and Muddy Waters, as well as interviews tracing the group’s history and discussing road life.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape – Mar. 28
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Friday, March 28 at 7:30pm | A sexually repressed woman’s husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
Close-Up – Apr. 17
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Thursday, April 17 at 7:30pm | The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
City of God – May 14
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30pm | In the slums of Rio, two kids’ paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin in this Oscar-nominated film from Brazil and France.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – June 16
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Monday, June 16 at 7:30pm | Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
Driveways – Aug. 24
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Sunday, Aug. 24 at 7pm | A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt’s house, and ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door. Starring Brian Dennehy, Hong Chau, and Lucas Jaye. Directed by Andrew Ahn.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Oct. 5
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, Oct. 5 at 7:30pm | Residents of a worn-down Iranian city encounter a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women.
The Orphanage – Oct. 7
SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30pm | A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
The Village (at GCV&M) – Oct. 8
SPOOKY SEASON x M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN | Thursday, October 8 at 7:00pm | The population of a small, isolated countryside village believes that their alliance with the mysterious creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest is coming to an end. Presented with our friends at Genesee Country Village and Museum, on-site in Mumford!
Possession – Oct. 10
SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 10 at 7:30pm | A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister. Starring Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani.
The Devils (1971) – Oct. 16-22
OPENS OCTOBER 16 | ONE WEEK ONLY! | 4K restoration of the Director’s Cut. One of cinema’s most transgressive and incendiary provocations, Ken Russell’s feverish account of the Loudun possessions witchcraft trial in 17th-century France stars Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. Alternately hailed as a masterpiece and derided as pornography, its anti-authoritarian outrage and critique of institutional hypocrisy feel more urgent than ever. Rated NC-17.
Popcorn (1991) – Oct. 17
SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 17 at 8:00pm | A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.
Hocus Pocus – Oct. 23 & 25
LITTLE CRAFT NIGHT: Friday, October 23 | TRADITIONAL SCREENING: Sunday, October 25 | A teenage boy and his sister unsuspectingly conjure a tricky trio of 300-year-old witches in Salem, who set out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth.
House of Silent Shadows Horror Marathon – Oct. 24
SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 24 | Lock yourself into movie madness and spend the day with us for four screenings of classic and cult horror favorites: “House on Haunted Hill” (35mm film), “Idle Hands”, “Hellraiser”, and “House”. Individual tickets and all-day passes available!
House on Haunted Hill – Oct. 24
Spooky Season x House of Silent Shadows Horror Marathon | Saturday, Oct. 24 at 1:15pm | Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.
Idle Hands – Oct. 24
Spooky Season x House of Silent Shadows Horror Marathon | Saturday, Oct. 24 at 3:30pm | A teenage slacker’s (Devon Sawa) right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent. Jessica Alba and Seth Green also star.
Hellraiser (1987) – Oct. 24
Spooky Season x House of Silent Shadows Horror Marathon | Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7:00pm | A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld. Written and directed by Clive Barker.
House (1977) – Oct. 24
Spooky Season x House of Silent Shadows Horror Marathon | Saturday, Oct. 24 at 9:30pm | Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt’s ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
Cure – Oct. 25
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 25 at 7:00pm | A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they’ve done. From acclaimed director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Chime, Cloud).
Clue (1985) – Oct. 30
SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 30 at 6:30pm & 9:15pm | Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
The Sixth Sense (35mm) – Oct. 31
SPOOKY SEASON x M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN | 35MM FILM | Saturday, October 31 at 8:00pm | A young boy (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Afraid to tell anyone, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis), the truth about the boy’s supernatural abilities hold consequences for both client and therapist. M. Night Shyamalan’s breakthrough hit, on Halloween night. FREE FOR LITTLE MEMBERS.
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