BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Friday, March 11 at 7:30pm | Little 1 | Against the backdrop of a racial reckoning, one incident illuminates how Black girls are creating a more just and equitable future for our entire education system.
In this special screening, the doomed lovers attempt to find their way through the color and action of Renaissance Verona, where a family feud leads to tragedy for both the Montagues and the Capulets.
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS • Saturday, March 19 at 3pm • A modern classical neo-noir of family ties, revenge, and self-discovery. Featuring an Oscar-nominated Original Score by Thomas Newman.
WXXI Classical Presents | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 7:00PM • Little Theatre 5 • Two billion years in the future, humanity finds itself on the verge of extinction. Directed by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. Narrated by Tilda Swinton.
MAY THE FOURTH | Sunday, May 4 at 3pm and 7pm | As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace. J.J. Abrams’ seventh installment in the Skywalker Saga is a rousing mix of new and old characters, with an exceptional score (as always) by John Williams.
Sunday, March 27 in Little Theatre 1. Play pub-style Oscars-trivia and win great (and weird) prizes! Plus drinks, themed food, movie concessions, and more!
Filmed live at the Barbican in London, this major new 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star cast led by renowned Broadway royalty Sutton Foster reprising her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Monday, May 5 at 6:30pm | The Center for Dispute Settlement is proud to host this film screening in honor of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG2S) and 2SLGBTQI+ people, also known as “Red Dress Day,” a day to raise awareness and remember those lost to violence.
LIVE MUSIC | Monday, April 4 | Johan Smith, winner of Guitar Foundation of America 2019. Live in Little Theatre 1.
All you really need to know is that Nic Cage and John Travolta swap faces in John Woo’s off-the-wall, zany 1997 action picture.
SCREENING & DISCUSSION | MADE IN ROCHESTER | Thursday, May 8 at 7:00pm | A bio-agriculture company secretly developing terminator seeds and a mysterious robot is infiltrated by a low level USDA agent who uses telepathy to connect with nature.
A LYTTLE LYNCH | Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 | A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication. David Lynch’s 1980 film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. New 4K digital presentation.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Wednesday, May 7 and Sunday, May 11 | Immerse yourself in Bjork’s spectacular stage production in this concert film, featuring bespoke instruments and choir joining a setlist spanning Björk’s iconic early works to the visionary Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2023). Digitally animated moving curtains create a modern lanterna magica for live music, transforming 21st-century VR visuals into the grandeur of a 19th-century theatre — and now into an immersive cinema experience.
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.
ONE TAKE | May 15 & 17 | 1–800–ON–HER–OWN follows ground breaking indie musician/feminist Ani DiFranco, founder of the first “woman–run non–corporate queer–happy” label, Righteous Babe Records, on a wild roadtrip from her punk–folk past to her life today as an activist and rockstar.