WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, March 29 at 3pm | Shirley MacLaine gives one of her greatest performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon’s smash Broadway hit. Director Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually stunning story of a lovelorn New York dance hall hostess who dreams of old-fashioned romance. “Roadshow” screening includes an overture, intermission, and exit music!
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, March 30 | A classmate introduces teenage Owen to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack. Screening in celebration of Trans Day of Visibility.
NT LIVE | Max Webster directs a joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Doctor Who) is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) and Hugh Skinner (W1A; Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) in this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, in this brand-new production from London’s National Theatre in 2024.
MONDAY, MARCH 31 at 6:30pm | Indie Lens Pop-Up | We Want the Funk is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness.
Thursday, August 4 at 5:30pm | Little Theatre 1. Come check out this year’s screening and awards presentation of the best short films made by local teenage filmmakers!
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, August 13 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | Outspoken ex-convict Ralph “Petey” Greene (Don Cheadle) talks his way onto the air at a white-owned radio station in 1960s Washington, D.C. Fueled by the new music and social upheaval of the times, he courts controversy while becoming the voice of the black movement.
20TH ANNIVERSARY | Sunday, August 14 | Two screenings: 2pm and 6pm | When Toula falls in love with Ian — tall, handsome and definitely not Greek — Toula isn’t sure which will be more upsetting to her father: that Ian is a foreigner or that he’s a vegetarian.
OUR VOICES PROJECT | Thursday, August 18 at 7:30pm | Little Theatre 1 | Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel “Sugar” Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar’s dream sour.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Friday, August 19 at 7:30pm | Nichelle Nichols’ daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation’s best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, August 27 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | A band of rogue DJs broadcast from boats outside British waters, playing music that defined a generation while standing up to a government that wanted to limit the airwaves.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 | A woman (Lynn Redgrave) who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man (James Earl Jones) who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank. A new 4K restoration of Charles Burnett’s previous unreleased film.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Saturday, April 5 at 4:30pm | Grab your fellow “Brockobros” to watch this Oscar-winning classic celebrating its 25th anniversary! Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is a woman in a tight spot. Following a car accident in which Erin is not at fault, Erin pleads with her attorney Ed Masry (Albert Finney) to hire her at his law firm, where she discovers a cover-up involving contaminated water in a local community which is causing devastating illnesses among its residents.
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35mm Film | Saturday, April 5 at 8:00pm | Dapper Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is a man of action. Less than 24 hours into his parole from a New Jersey penitentiary, the wry, charismatic thief is already rolling out his next plan. Following three rules: Don’t hurt anybody, don’t steal from anyone who doesn’t deserve it, and play the game like you’ve got nothing to lose. Danny orchestrates the most sophisticated, elaborate casino heist in history.
A tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John.
Good girl Sandy Olsson (Newton-John) and greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?