By Sunny Zaman, Little Theatre Intern

I was sipping a simple variation of the Little Café's quirky caffeinated concoctions (vanilla latte), and my buddies were chewing on their respective wraps.

Oliver said, through his full mouth,
"What is I Origins about?"

We had entered The Little planning to see A Most Wanted Man, featuring our Rochester pride and joy; the colorful I Origins poster had tickled Oliver's aesthetic fancy.

By Matt Passantino

In 2010, film-going audiences were introduced to director David Michod with Animal Kingdom. The film immersed American viewers in the talents of Jacki Weaver and Ben Mendelsohn, but also it also brought to light a new director with a keen sense of tension.

Like Animal Kingdom, The Rover is a slow-burn film, one that requires audiences’ patience in arriving at an outcome. Thankfully, Michod always makes the wait worthwhile.

By Matt Passantino

The Immigrant marks director James Gray’s fifth feature film. Four of those five films have starred Joaquin Phoenix. The Immigrant is the most successful outing from the pair and one of the year’s strongest films.

Both jazz music and The Little were finding their identities at the same time, throughout the 20th century and of course, they both still are. We are proud to be an official Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Club Pass venue this year, and many thanks to Freed Maxick for making that possible. Please click here to see what acts are playing in Theater 1!