SPECIAL EVENT | Sunday, December 21 at 3:00pm | A Joy 2 The World 2025 event: An afternoon screening of the complete Joywave music video catalog, a moderated Q&A conversation with the band + more.
MERRY LITTLE | Sunday, December 21 at 7:00pm | New 4K Restoration of Terry Gilliam’s Director’s Cut. A daydreaming everyman finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. “Happy Christmas!”
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!”)
JANUARY GIALLO | Friday, January 9 at 7:30pm | Stefano is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village, whose original artist is rumored to be a madman who tortured his subjects.
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, January 8 and Saturday, January 10 | After a lifetime of unveiling the deep sea’s most elusive secrets, pioneering marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder descends 3,300 feet into the ocean’s depths on her most groundbreaking mission yet: to capture a bioluminescent phenomenon that could transform our understanding of life on Earth.
ONE PTA AFTER ANOTHER | Sunday, January 11 at 6:30pm | A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. Oscar-winner for Best Lead Actor and Best Cinematography. Milkshake bonus: Bring your film ticket to The Playhouse // Swillburger and get $1 off any milkshake. Valid through Sunday, Jan. 18.
STAFF PICKS | Monday, Jan. 12 at 7pm | In this story inspired by true events, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), an African-American Colorado police officer, successfully infiltrates the local branch of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white Jewish colleague. A Spike Lee joint. Selected by Zaria!
JANUARY GIALLO | Thursday, January 15 at 7:30pm | In 1961, divorced Catholics Dom and Catherine’s lives are upended when their teenage daughter is suspected of brutally murdering her younger sister during her First Holy Communion.
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, January 17 at 3:00pm | A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Sunday, January 18 and Saturday, January 24 | An independent-minded young woman discovers that her birth mother is the successful proprietress of a brothel. Starring Imelda Staunton
JANUARY GIALLO x WORLD OF ANIMATION | Friday, January 23 at 7:30pm | A cat must investigate brutal murders of other cats in a neighborhood he has moved into with his owner, in this rarely-seen 1994 German animated film.
ONE PTA AFTER ANOTHER | Saturday, January 24 at 7:00pm | An idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Burt Reynolds.
WINTER WEDNESDAYS | Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30pm | A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
JANUARY GIALLO | Thursday, January 29 at 7:30pm | Giallo master Dario Argento’s 1982 classic: An American novelist promoting his latest book in Rome is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
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.