NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 28 | Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, April 29 | Against the backdrop of a string of California high school tuba thefts, hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel generates new sensitivity to sound and meaning in an unconventional documentary experience.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 | Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
WINTER WEDNESDAYS | Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30pm | Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic coming-of-age story. Featuring Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, and Christian Bale.
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM x SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 18 at 7:30pm | Valeria’s joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she’s cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she’s forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
STAFF PICKS | Monday, May 13 at 7:30pm | Mockumentary/found footage film about a group of students investigate mysterious findings in Norway.
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, January 30 at 6:30pm | Join WXXI for a special screening and discussion of Love in the Time of Fentanyl about a overdose deaths and what is being done to prevent them.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, February 1 at 7:30pm | Theatre 1 | Gina Prince-Bythewood’s 2000 debut features a fantastic cast, headed by Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps as two neighbors who fall for each other while striving to achieve, their basketball dreams in this sports-romance.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, May 18 at 8pm | In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart. High-energy, directed by Edgar Wright, with an insane cast.
Winter Wednesdays highlight throwback films with a snow-fueled twist, select Wednesdays at The Little.
ONE TAKE | Thursday, May 23 at 7pm + Saturday, May 25 at 3pm | Four short films from Rochester filmmaker Rashaad Parker.
WINTER WEDNESDAYS | Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30pm | Who can you trust? A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, February 11 at 8pm | A young African-American visits his white girlfriend’s parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, June 2 | Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the National Health Service, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence over the UK without ever being Prime Minister.
Sharpen your razor and slip on your black gloves to celebrate this classic crime and mystery horror sub-genre, all month long! Co-presented by Cinematic Void and Anomaly – The Rochester Genre Film Festival