BLEAK WEEK | Monday, June 8 at 7:00pm | A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction in this modern art-house mesmeric parable of societal collapse by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky.
BLEAK WEEK | Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30pm | Two young boys both experience a traumatic event which affects their lives in different ways: one becomes a sexually adventurous hustler, while the other retreats into an alien abductions obsession. A new 4K restoration of Gregg Araki’s unconventional, provocative classic.
BLEAK WEEK | Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30pm | Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia disappears. After three years and no signs, Rex begins receiving letters from Saskia’s abductor.
BLEAK WEEK | Thursday, June 11 at 7:30pm | Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
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.
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.
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.