ONE TAKE x BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, November 21 & Saturday, November 23 | The documentary, from director Dawn Porter, chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso, Luther Vandross. Using a wealth of rarely seen archives, Luther tells his own story with assistance from his closest friends and musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Nov. 23 at 3pm | When exploitative tycoons refuse to return Mothra’s egg to the people of Infant Island, they must decide if they are willing to answer Japan’s own pleas for help when Godzilla arises near Nagoya.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8pm | Cue the ICONIC Ray Parker Jr. theme song. It’s Ghostbusters! Back at The Little!
WINTER WEDNESDAYS | Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30pm | Projected on 35mm film | Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep the loot. Let’s just say things go awry!
The tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | 35MM SCREENING | Saturday, December 7 | Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. Tim Burton’s 1993 multi-holiday classic on 35mm at The Little!
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE x BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, December 11 at 7:00pm | An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Thursday, December 12 at 7:30pm | Join us for a block of classic holiday cartoons from the golden age of animation featuring newly restored episodes from the legendary Fleischer Studios.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE x SO FETCH | 35MM SCREENING | Friday, December 13 | A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | 35MM SCREENING | Sunday, December 15 at 3:00pm | When Jack Skellington, Halloweentown’s beloved pumpkin king, accidentally stumbles on Christmastown — all bright colors and warm spirits — he gets a new lease on life: he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Sunday, December 15 at 7:00pm | A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancee, so she enchants him to love her instead. Snow, tinsel, a black cat, and an underground witches’ speakeasy club! With Kim Novak, James Stewart, Jack Lemon, and Elsa Lanchester.
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, December 19 and Saturday, December 21 | Locally-produced short documentary films, featuring work from Boris Sapozhnikov, Jackie McGriff, Vinh Nguyen, and Robert Bilheimer.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | LIMITED RUN | Friday, December 20 and Sunday, December 22 | A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Saturday, December 21 and Monday, December 23 | The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.