FILM SERIES • July-December 2021 • In 2020, the big screen was blank, the seats empty, and the popcorn machine barren. It was not a good year for movie theaters. But while The Little was closed for 14 months, the movies themselves were still riveting, beautiful, and just downright excellent. These films deserve to be watched on the glorious big screen, and at The Little, we’re going to make that…
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3:30pm | The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the legendary monster King Kong just as Godzilla re-emerges.
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.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Sunday, November 30 at 3:00pm | In the 1960s, just after Mali gains its independence, a young socialist meets and falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
MERRY LITTLE | Thursday, December 4 at 7pm | An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew. Starring Dev Patel; directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon). Featuring a post-film panel discussion with medieval scholars.
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.
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, December 11 and Saturday, December 13 | Locally-produced short documentary films.
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.
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x MERRY LITTLE | 35MM FILM | Saturday, December 13 at 8:00pm | After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
STAFF PICKS x ONE PTA AFTER ANOTHER | 35MM FILM | Sunday, December 14 at 6:30pm | An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
MERRY LITTLE | Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30pm | Live in concert, it’s the Watkins and the Rapiers annual holiday concert spectacular! Songs, merriment, and more cheer than you can shake a candy cane at!
MERRY LITTLE | Thursday, December 18 – Craft Night | Saturday, December 20 – Traditional Screening | Amanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas – both trying to forget their troubled love lives, until love finds them anyways.
MERRY LITTLE | Limited Run: December 12-20 | A newly sober man’s Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.
MERRY LITTLE | Saturday, December 20 at 8pm | John McClane must race against time to save hundreds of lives when a group of terrorists take control of an airport in this sequel that still has Christmas vibes. Best of all: this is once again a “PIE HARD” screening with Crust Pie Co. serving fresh pie in the lobby!
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | December 13 and 21 | A successful Crown Court Judge`s personal life as karaoke lover, wife and mom is shaken when a crisis hits. Can she keep her family stable while managing her career? Starring Rosamund Pike