A tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John.
Good girl Sandy Olsson (Newton-John) and greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
SPECIAL SCREENING! | Friday, September 2, 7:30pm | A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!”
SPECIAL SCREENING | Thursday, September 8 at 7:00pm | Join WXXI and Garth Fagan Dance for the world-premiere screening of this new documentary exploring the life and career of Tony award winning choreographer Garth Fagan…
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Friday, September 9 at 7:30pm | A coming-of-age comedy-drama about three Black women living in Brooklyn. Ayoka Chenzira’s feature film explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold (Victoria Gabrielle Platt) who is entering womanhood and navigating conversations and experiences around standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights Black women have over their bodies.
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Wednesday, September 21 | A new opera. INTIMATE APPAREL, set in 1905 in turn of the century New York, tells the story of Esther, a lonely, single African-American woman who makes her living sewing beautiful corsets and ladies’ undergarments.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, September 25 | A celebration of stop-motion animation legend Will Vinton, father of Claymation. Join us for a rare theatrical screening of the Will Vinton Studio’s only theatrical film, “The Adventures of Mark Twain” (1985) followed by the new documentary about Vinton’s studio and life, “Clay Dream” (2022). It’s a celebration of Claymation!
In New York City’s Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner, lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home. When old tensions resurface, Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
A people-pleasing young woman is involuntarily estranged from her narcissistic father and unexpectedly befriends a childless man with the same name as her father on the internet.
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss’s funeral, Jérémie’s stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot’s shady intentions.
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, October 1 at 3pm | Love, family, and cooking swirl together as Tita’s powerful emotions begin to surface in fantastical ways through her cooking.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 1 at 8 p.m. Beetlejuice in glorious 35mm. The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
FREE screening | Little discounts / member benefits do not apply to this event.
SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30pm | In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 8 at 3:30pm | While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline discovers a secret door to an alternate world that closely mirrors her own. She rejoices in her discovery until Other Mother and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever.