FAMILY FLICKS | Sunday, September 7 at 12:00pm | Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his band. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to the hard rock gods he idolizes and emulates — much to the consternation of the uptight principal (Joan Cusack).
SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm screening | Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30pm | Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
SPOOKY SEASON x WORLD OF ANIMATION x FAMILY FLICKS | Sunday, Oct. 5 at 12pm | When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor in this 1967 stop-motion animated film.
STAFF PICKS | Monday, Nov. 17 at 7pm | The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast. Picked by Ayette!
FAMILY FLICKS | Monday, Nov. 24 & Wednesday, Nov. 26; both screenings at 7:30pm | What the cuss?! The Wes Anderson stop-motion 2009 classic, based on the Roald Dahl story, returns to The Little. An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation.
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 (with panel discussion) | When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
MERRY LITTLE | 35MM FILM | Friday, December 12 at 7:30pm | An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family. Starring Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston.
MERRY LITTLE | Friday, December 19 and Monday, December 22 | The Muppets put their spin on the classic tale, in what many may say is the best adaptation of Dickens’ work ever put to film. (“Light the lamp, not the rat!”)
LIMITED RUN EXTENDED! | In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky, having traveled from the future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time. This acclaimed French animated film screened at Cannes and has been collecting award nominations.
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Sunday, February 1 at 1:00pm | Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
VALENTINE’S DAY | Saturday, February 14 at 12:00pm and 8:00pm | In Rob Reiner and William Goldman’s classic fantasy-comedy, a grandfather reads a story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Sunday, February 15 at 3:00pm | The Muppets set sail in search of treasure, with Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver in this musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale.
SCIENCE ON SCREEN | Sunday, February 22 at 3:30pm | When Cat’s home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, who will all have to team up to survive, despite their differences. | With a presentation: “Sea level change in Earth’s past and future: why, how much, how fast, and why you and your cat probably won’t like its impacts” by Vasilii (Vas) Petrenko, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Rochester
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | February 7 – March 8 | The little-known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from 1927 until its abandonment in 1956. This update on the original award-winning documentary covers what has changed since the film’s 1994 premiere, and reflects on why the subway still holds so much interest today.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17 (Sing-Along) | When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums or topping the Billboard charts, they’re moonlighting as demon hunters to protect their fans from ever-present supernatural danger. The runaway animated musical hit finally lands at The Little!