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.
UPCOMING
Return to Oz (35mm) – Oct. 3
SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm screening | Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30pm | Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Halloween – Oct. 4
SPOOKY SEASON x SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Oct. 4 at 8pm | Cue the iconic John Carpenter score, HALLOWEEN (1978), a Saturday Night Rewind staple featuring the ultimate final girl, Jamie Lee Curtis, is back!
Mad Monster Party – Oct. 5
SPOOKY SEASON x WORLD OF ANIMATION x FAMILY FLICKS | Sunday, Oct. 5 at 12pm | When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor in this 1967 stop-motion animated film.
Thirst – Oct. 5
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, Oct. 5 at 7pm | Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways, in this 2009 horror picture from the masterful Park Chan-wook.
Cronos – Oct. 6
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, Oct. 6 at 7:30pm | A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path in this 1992 film from Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro.
SNR Double Feature: Silver Bullet and The Howling – Oct. 11
SPOOKY SEASON x SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Oct. 11 | Silver Bullet at 6:30pm and The Howling at 9pm. It’s a night for the werewolves!
Re-Animator (40th Anniversary) – Oct. 18
SPOOKY SEASON | 40TH ANNIVERSARY | Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8pm | Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a new student at Miskatonic University. He also moonlights as a mad scientist, intent on perfecting a serum that “re-animates” corpses. Soon, everyone wants a piece of the action, including an evil professor and his army of neon-slimed deadites.
Scream 2 – Oct. 23 & 27
SPOOKY SEASON x CRAFT NIGHT | Thursday, Oct. 23 Craft Night show + Monday, Oct. 27 traditional screening | Final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) once again is terrorized by Ghostface in this first sequel to the 1996 classic meta whodunnit slasher.
Army of Darkness – Oct. 24
SPOOKY SEASON x UNCLE BOB’S MAGIC CABINET | Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30pm | Uncle Bob’s Magic Cabinet podcast joins us for a live recording and ARMY OF DARKNESS screening. When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
Sinners – Oct. 25 & 26
SPOOKY SEASON x STAFF PICKS x BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8pm + Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3pm | One of THE defining movies of 2025 makes its Little debut! Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back, in Ryan Coogler’s instant classic/probable Oscar flick.
Eyes Without A Face – Oct. 26
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, Oct. 26 at 7pm | A surgeon causes a car accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face in this 1960 French horror-thriller.
Revenge – Oct. 29
SPOOKY SEASON x HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM | Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7pm | Coralie Fargeat’s first film (before THE SUBSTANCE) turns a subgenre upside down. A cheater takes his mistress on an annual guys’ getaway — things turn … violent.
The Ring – Oct. 31
SPOOKY SEASON | Halloween Night Screening, Friday, Oct. 31 at 8pm | Free for Members | Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video… and watches it. Spooky horror ensues!
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.
Return to Oz (35mm) – Oct. 3
SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm screening | Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30pm | Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Halloween – Oct. 4
SPOOKY SEASON x SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Oct. 4 at 8pm | Cue the iconic John Carpenter score, HALLOWEEN (1978), a Saturday Night Rewind staple featuring the ultimate final girl, Jamie Lee Curtis, is back!
Mad Monster Party – Oct. 5
SPOOKY SEASON x WORLD OF ANIMATION x FAMILY FLICKS | Sunday, Oct. 5 at 12pm | When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor in this 1967 stop-motion animated film.
Thirst – Oct. 5
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, Oct. 5 at 7pm | Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways, in this 2009 horror picture from the masterful Park Chan-wook.
Cronos – Oct. 6
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, Oct. 6 at 7:30pm | A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path in this 1992 film from Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro.
SNR Double Feature: Silver Bullet and The Howling – Oct. 11
SPOOKY SEASON x SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Oct. 11 | Silver Bullet at 6:30pm and The Howling at 9pm. It’s a night for the werewolves!
Re-Animator (40th Anniversary) – Oct. 18
SPOOKY SEASON | 40TH ANNIVERSARY | Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8pm | Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a new student at Miskatonic University. He also moonlights as a mad scientist, intent on perfecting a serum that “re-animates” corpses. Soon, everyone wants a piece of the action, including an evil professor and his army of neon-slimed deadites.
Scream 2 – Oct. 23 & 27
SPOOKY SEASON x CRAFT NIGHT | Thursday, Oct. 23 Craft Night show + Monday, Oct. 27 traditional screening | Final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) once again is terrorized by Ghostface in this first sequel to the 1996 classic meta whodunnit slasher.
Army of Darkness – Oct. 24
SPOOKY SEASON x UNCLE BOB’S MAGIC CABINET | Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30pm | Uncle Bob’s Magic Cabinet podcast joins us for a live recording and ARMY OF DARKNESS screening. When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
Sinners – Oct. 25 & 26
SPOOKY SEASON x STAFF PICKS x BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8pm + Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3pm | One of THE defining movies of 2025 makes its Little debut! Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back, in Ryan Coogler’s instant classic/probable Oscar flick.
Eyes Without A Face – Oct. 26
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, Oct. 26 at 7pm | A surgeon causes a car accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face in this 1960 French horror-thriller.
Revenge – Oct. 29
SPOOKY SEASON x HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM | Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7pm | Coralie Fargeat’s first film (before THE SUBSTANCE) turns a subgenre upside down. A cheater takes his mistress on an annual guys’ getaway — things turn … violent.
The Ring – Oct. 31
SPOOKY SEASON | Halloween Night Screening, Friday, Oct. 31 at 8pm | Free for Members | Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video… and watches it. Spooky horror ensues!
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