Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00pm | Little Theatre 1 | Spielberg’s 2002 drama aches with reflections of his childhood parental relationships. PLUS a Q&A with Spielberg author Lester Friedman
Catch Me If You Can – Dec 21, 2022
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Past Event
Student Night: “Scooby-Doo” & “Hundreds of Beavers” – Sept. 27
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, September 27 | $5 student tickets (general admission tickets also available) | Join us for two madcap films — Scooby-Doo and Hundreds of Beavers — plus games and prizes!
Plastic People – Sept. 28
ONE TAKE | Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7pm & Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3pm | Plastic People investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Presented with community partners, University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Video Daze – Sept. 28
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND presents VIDEO DAZE – Skateboard Film Festival | Saturday, September 28 | A skateboard film festival, featuring new independent short skateboard films from New York State.
Pandora’s Box – Sept. 29
SILENT MOVIE DAY | Sunday, September 29 at 10:30am and 7:00pm | The rise and fall of an amoral, naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. Daring and stylish, this 2012 restoration is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to star Louise Brooks’s dazzling individuality.
¡Presente! Latin Film Series: “Spy Kids” – Sept. 29
The ¡Presente! Latin Film Series presents a special screening of the film “Spy Kids” on September 29, 2024 at The Little Theatre. “Spy Kids” is the story of Carmen and Juni Cortez, siblings who discover that their parents are secretly spies, and when their parents are captured, it’s up to the kids to save them and the world!
Lyd – Sept. 30
SPECIAL SCREENING | Monday, Sept. 30 at 7:30pm | A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd — a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.
American Meltdown – Oct. 2 (w/ Q&A), 3 & 5
LIMITED RUN | Wednesday, October 2 with filmmaker Q&A; October 3 and 5 | A young woman loses her job and struggles to pay rent – until she befriends a pickpocket who convinces her that the only way to survive in America is by committing petty crime.
Death Becomes Her – Oct. 4
SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm | When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival. Starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, and Goldie Hawn.
Princess Mononoke – Oct. 6
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 6 at 3:00pm (dubbed) & 7:00pm (subbed) | In Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 classic, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between forest gods and a mining colony, while on a journey to find the cure for a curse. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Poison for the Fairies – Oct. 7
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October
7 | A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Reconnect Rochester: Street Films: The Sprawl Effect – Oct. 8
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
Jennifer’s Body – Oct. 9
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM x SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30pm | A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror? From Diablo Cody, writer of Lisa Frankenstein and Juno.
Sleepy Hollow (at GCV&M) – Oct. 10
SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 10 | Tim Burton’s ode to Hammer Horror, based on Washington Irving’s classic tale! Presented with our friends at Genesee Country Village and Museum, on-site in Mumford!
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage – Jan 5, 2023
JANUARY GIALLO | Thursday, January 5 at 7:30pm | Theatre 1 | Master of horror Dario Argento’s 1970 film, where an American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city.