ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, June 11 and Saturday, June 13 | A teacher inspires a group of teenagers in the early 1990s to make a student film and they uncover a conspiracy that is poisoning their community. Thirty years later they revisit this transformative experience.
LIMITED RUN | June 13-14 | SURFILMUSIC, a new documentary chronicling Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician. The film traces how Jack’s early years making surf films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting.
A DAY-LONG CELEBRATION! | Friday, June 12 | Celebrate Little Theatre Day with us, all day long, with free movies for members, and more
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts / member benefits do not apply to this event.
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35MM FILM | Sunday, June 28 at 7:30pm | Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, June 29 at 7:00pm | The exhilarating story of the legendary Grammy-winning musician whose signature sound shaped the work of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, and countless others.
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.
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35MM FILM | Seven on 7/7 at 7 | Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives in David Fincher’s “feel-bad” classic.
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.
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 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.
THE WACHOWSKIS | New 4K Restoration | Sunday, August 15 at 7:30pm | Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile. A highly-stylized live-action adaptation of the classic anime.
THE WACHOWSKIS | 35MM FILM | Saturday, August 29 at 7:30pm | A computer hacker discovers that his life is nothing more than an elaborate simulation run by an evil AI (now more prescient than ever, in 2026). The Wachowskis’ genre-defining, culture-shifting original action spectacle.