SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 28 at 7:30pm | After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor’s assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood. Bill Gunn’s 1973 American black horror film stars Marlene Clark and Duane Jones, and has been finding new appreciation and respect, in recent years, for its impact, and representation, in horror.
SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 30 at 7:30pm | In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk in Ray Bradbury’s dark fantasy based on his novel.
SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 31 at 8:00pm | FREE FOR LITTLE MEMBERS | A family’s home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts, in Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg’s fantastical phantom-filled 1982 horror.
Summer Airwaves: Radio on Film is a short series at The Little, celebrating iconic portrayals of radio in the movies.
The Little’s Staff Pick series is a grab bag of the mysterious, the fun, and the purely awesome. Each staff member has selected a movie to recommend — no genre or era is off limits. This series is the modern equivalent of stepping into your favorite video rental store, and seeking a film you’ll swoon over. These are favorites from our Little staff, but hopefully they’ll become your new favorites as well.
From National Geographic Documentary Films comes the extraordinary love story of intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who died just as explosively as they lived —capturing the most spectacular imagery ever recorded of their greatest passion: volcanoes.
STAFF PICKS | Monday, Nov. 18 at 7pm | A musical retelling of the American Revolution’s political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. Picked by Norlene!
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM x ON FILM | Wednesday, November 20 at 5:30pm | American filmmaker and feminist icon Lizzie Borden presents two of her classic films, followed by a Q&A with Borden
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!
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Sunday, November 24 at 7pm | Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
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.