OPENS MARCH 28 | An earnest theater director has the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Some disturbing memories from her past will allow her repressed trauma to color the present.
The Penguin Lessons
OPENS MARCH 28 | Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.
The Batman
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Drive My Car
After his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima. There, he begins to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.
The Worst Person in the World
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
The Friend
OPENS APRIL 4 | Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor.
Eephus
OPENS APRIL 4 | As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England Sunday league teams face off for the last time over the course of a day. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.
Rochester Teen Film Festival – Aug 4, 2022
Thursday, August 4 at 5:30pm | Little Theatre 1. Come check out this year’s screening and awards presentation of the best short films made by local teenage filmmakers!
Talk to Me – Aug 13, 2022
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, August 13 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | Outspoken ex-convict Ralph “Petey” Greene (Don Cheadle) talks his way onto the air at a white-owned radio station in 1960s Washington, D.C. Fueled by the new music and social upheaval of the times, he courts controversy while becoming the voice of the black movement.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Aug 14, 2022
20TH ANNIVERSARY | Sunday, August 14 | Two screenings: 2pm and 6pm | When Toula falls in love with Ian — tall, handsome and definitely not Greek — Toula isn’t sure which will be more upsetting to her father: that Ian is a foreigner or that he’s a vegetarian.
Sugar – Aug 18, 2022
OUR VOICES PROJECT | Thursday, August 18 at 7:30pm | Little Theatre 1 | Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel “Sugar” Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar’s dream sour.
Woman in Motion – Aug 19, 2022
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Friday, August 19 at 7:30pm | Nichelle Nichols’ daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation’s best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
Evil Dead II – Aug 20, 2022
The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Pirate Radio – Aug 27, 2022
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, August 27 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | A band of rogue DJs broadcast from boats outside British waters, playing music that defined a generation while standing up to a government that wanted to limit the airwaves.
The Annihilation of Fish – Apr. 4 & 5
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 | A woman (Lynn Redgrave) who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man (James Earl Jones) who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank. A new 4K restoration of Charles Burnett’s previous unreleased film.