SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 19 at 7:30pm | Upon arriving in a small town where she has inherited a rundown mansion, the famous horror hostess Elvira battles an evil uncle, and townspeople who want her burned at the stake, in this campy, 80s horror-comedy.
Othello – Apr 30 + May 7, 2023
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Sunday, April 30 + Sunday, May 7 | An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera, Rosy McEwen and Paul Hilton.
Lizard in a Woman’s Skin – Jan 13, 2023
JANUARY GIALLO | Friday, January 13 at 7:30pm | Theatre 1 | A woman tormented by strange, drug-induced hallucinations finds her fantasies giving way to violent reality.
Eraserhead – Oct 20
SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 20 at 7:30pm In David Lynch’s 1977 feature debut, Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space – Oct 21
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm | Saturday, October 21 at 8pm | When teenagers see a comet crash outside their sleepy small town, they discover a pack of murderous alien circus clowns, hellbent on harvesting and eating people in bloody rampage. Goofy, inspired, and filled with imaginative creatures and special effects, this cult classic is more fun than a cotton-candy cocoon.
Joan Baez I Am a Noise – Oct 21 + 22
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Encore showings 12:20pm Saturday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 22 | Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history-making life and reveals, for the first time, personal struggles she’s kept private, until now.
Wendell & Wild – Oct 22
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 22 at 3:30pm | Scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Jordan Peele) enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Oct 22
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS x SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 22 at 7pm | A barber (Johnny Depp) returns to Victorian London after wrongful imprisonment by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). Now mad, seeking revenge, and calling himself Sweeney Todd, he joins meat-pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) in finding a way to simultaneously satisfy his bloodlust and her need for cheaper pie filling.
Rochester International Jazz Festival – Jun 23-Jul 1, 2023
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts / member benefits do not apply to this event.
Santa Sangre – Oct 23
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 23 at 7:30pm | A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother–the leader of a strange religious cult–and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes “her arms”.
A Town Called Victoria – Oct. 23
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, October 23 at 6:30pm | Theatre 5: The Jack Garner Theatre | When arson strikes the local mosque, a Texas town must reckon with its troubled past.
Rochester Street Films – Oct 24
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.
A Tale of Two Sisters – Oct 25
SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 25 ay 7:30pm | After spending time in a mental hospital, a girl is reunited with her sister and returns home, only to see some truly strange events start to happen.
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror – Oct 26
SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 26 at 7:30pm | A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
The Secret Garden (1993) – Jul 2, 2023
FLOWERS ON FILM | Sunday, July 2 at 3:30pm | In the 1993 adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic fairy tale, Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is an orphan sent to live with her uncle at his mansion that is full of secrets. She discovers a crippled cousin she never knew she had and a neglected garden she is determined to bring back to life.