LIMITED RUN! | JULY 10-12 ONLY | A documentary that explores the life of pioneering songwriter and producer Linda Perry. It’s a story of the strength and resilience of a gifted artist, daughter and mother who is finally able to embark on a search to find her voice.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Saturday, July 11 & Sunday, July 19 | Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
AMERICA 250 | Saturday, July 11 at 8pm | In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. Directed by Paul Verhoeven
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Sunday, July 12 at 3:00pm | While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
STAFF PICKS x THE WACHOWSKIS | Sunday, July 12 at 6:30pm | An epic that spans five centuries, as souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent; from the directors of The Matrix Trilogy and Run Lola Run; based on the best-selling book.
LIMITED RUN | FREE | Sunday, July 5; Wednesday, July 8; Monday, July 13 | A documentary film exploring the origin, evolution, and lasting impact of one of Rochester’s most recognizable symbols. From its creation in the 1970s to its place in today’s culture, the City Mark’s simple design became a powerful expression of identity, pride, and belonging.
WORLD OF ANIMATION | LIMITED RUN | Sunday, July 5 – Monday, July 13 | Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project.
ONE TAKE DOCUMENTARY | Friday, July 24 at 7pm & Saturday, July 25 at 3pm | Featuring interviews with her close friends, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and Oprah Winfrey, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.
LIMITED RUN | July 25-27 | São Paulo, 1983: Women’s soccer has just been legalized in Brazil. A group of rebellious young women form the Gayvotas Football Club and begin training for their first match. But as the team quickly becomes a media sensation, its members are forced to confront the prejudices of the conservative military dictatorship that they live under.
THE WACHOWSKIS x PRIDE | Saturday, July 25 at 7:30pm | Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet’s crooked boyfriend Caesar. The Wachowskis’ debut feature film.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, July 26 at 7:00pm | A special showcase of Fleischer Studios Superman cartoon shorts from the early 1940s, newly restored from original 35mm elements. These cartoons were Superman’s first theatrical adventures, and not only created a definitive style but went on to influence comic characters’ animated portrayals.
LIMITED RUN | Wednesday, July 29 and Friday, July 31 | When fetish camboy Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) visits a client in exchange for $50,000, he discovers a masked man (Reed Birney) with a camera and a series of increasingly probing questions. But when the man reveals a disturbing connection to Aaron’s past, the two drop their personas and gradually reveal their true desires in this seductive thriller.
NATIONAL ART HOUSE THEATRE DAY | Thursday, July 30 at 7pm | Telemarketer Cassius Green (LaKeith Stanfield) finds himself in a macabre universe after he takes a co-worker’s advice to move up the corporate ladder. As his friends protest against corporate oppression, Cassius soon falls under the spell of a CEO… From Boots Riley (I Love Boosters).
SCREENING + AWARDS | Thursday, August 6 at 5:30pm | The annual Rochester Teen Film Festival honors the work of urban, suburban, and rural teen filmmakers and provides young people an authentic opportunity to have their work viewed by a jury and screened in a theater.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9 | A Little summer favorite returns! CatVideoFest is a glorious compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.