UPCOMING EVENTS
Chime and Serpent’s Path – Apr. 11 & 15
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 15 | Two masterworks from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, being released theatrically for the first time in the US: 2024’s dread-filled, violent horror-thriller “Chime” and 1998’s dark thriller “Serpent’s Path.”
Passing (w/ discussion) – Apr. 11
SCREENING & DISCUSSION | Saturday, April 11 at 3:30pm | In 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world up-ended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white. | Co-presented with the Rochester Speakers Series
WTO/99 – Apr. 8-19
LIMITED RUN | April 8, 11, 19 | An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the environment.
Photo City (w/ discussion) – Apr. 12
SCREENING & DISCUSSION & WALK | Sunday, April 12 at 12pm | Home to the Kodak company for over 125 years, Rochester, New York is a city uniquely defined by photography. ‘Photo City’ focuses on the lives of the city’s photographic and creative community.
Idiotka – Apr. 3-12
LIMITED RUN | April 3, 5, 12 | In this irreverent comedy, broke fashion designer Margarita (Anna Baryshnikov) enters a reality show to save her babushka’s West Hollywood apartment. But as the fashion competition intensifies, slick producer Nicol (Camila Mendes) pushes her to spin her family’s struggle into spectacle, forcing Margarita to decide whether to play along or take control of her own narrative, one unhinged look at a time.
Kiki’s Delivery Service – Apr. 5 & 12
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Sunday, April 5 and Sunday, April 12 | Brand new 4K restoration of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic fantasy about a young witch who must overcome self-doubt when she settles in a new seaside town.
Black Maternal Health Week Discussion – Apr. 13
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La Bamba (w/ presentation) – Apr. 13
SCIENCE ON SCREEN | Monday, April 13 at 7:00pm | Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock ‘n’ roll success in 1958. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly. | With a presentation: “From La Bamba to ‘The Day the Music Died’: How Trauma-Driven Phobias Shape Our Lives” by Kristyn Storey, M.D., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center
Sound of Falling – Apr. 16
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Celluloid Underground – Apr. 17
SPECIAL SCREENING | Friday, April 17 at 6:30pm | Ehsan Khoshbakht’s riveting autobiographical documentary is an immersive portrait of postrevolutionary Iran and a stirring testament to the power of cinema to resist tyranny.
Four Rational People – Apr. 18
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, April 18 at 3:00pm | The Emerson String Quartet embarks on its final season, after 9 Grammy Awards and thousands of concerts across nearly 50 years of making music together.
You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine – Apr. 18 & 19
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 | 70+ artists joined family and fans at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in Oct 2022 for two nights, celebrating John Prine’s life and music.
Muppets From Space – Apr. 19
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Sunday, April 19 at 3:00pm | Gonzo is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. But when the men in black kidnap him, it’s up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help him reunite with his long-lost family.
ImageOut First Cut LGBTQ+ Spring Film Festival 2026 – Apr. 23-27
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Alien (1979) – Apr. 26
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, April 26 at 7:30pm | After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform. Celebrate ALIEN DAY on 4/26 as a nod to moon LV-426.
The Last Meal – Apr. 27
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, April 27 at 7:00pm | Reynold is dying of cancer. He uses his last meals to share them with his daughter. As the meal progresses, a ritual begins to take hold, the dishes acting as reminders of the past, and Vanessa discovers who her father really is.
Steal This Story, Please! – Apr. 29
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Wednesday, April 29 at 7:00pm | A gripping portrait of the trailblazing journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! As she takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin call us to action and celebrate resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
Trolley Park: Great Lakes – Apr. 29
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The Princess Diaries – Apr. 30 & May 3
LITTLE CRAFT NIGHT: Thursday, April 30 | TRADITIONAL SCREENING: Sunday, May 3 | Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her fifteenth year.
American Dream – May 1
SPECIAL SCREENING | MAY DAY | Friday, May 1 at 7:30pm | A new 4k restoration of the acclaimed Academy Award-winning documentary, recounting the mid-1980s workers’ strike against the Hormel Foods meatpacking plant in Minnesota after its employees’ wages and benefits are cut. When the national branch of the union doesn’t endorse a strike, unexpected consequences arise for organized labor in the United States.
Flower Drum Song – May 2
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, May 2 at 3:00pm | A young woman arrives in San Francisco’s Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers. This adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical was the first major Hollywood feature to have a majority Asian-American cast in a contemporary Asian-American story.
Allegro Non Troppo – May 3
WORLD OF ANIMATION | Sunday, May 3 at 7:30pm | An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named ‘Prisney,’ he rallies an orchestra. What could go wrong?
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – May 4
MAY THE FOURTH | Monday, May 4 at 7:00pm | In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. The story connecting “Andor” to “A New Hope.”
Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light – May 10
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, May 10 at 3:30pm | A new documentary exploring the life and art of one of the most important female artists of the 20th century. O’Keeffe became famous for her paintings of flowers, bones and emerged as an iconic role model for women, worldwide.
Aliens (1986) – May 10
MOTHER’S DAY | Sunday, May 10 at 7:00pm | Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Poetic Justice – May 11
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday. May 11 at 7:00pm | Grieving hairdresser Justice goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and an obnoxious postal worker. Starring Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, and Regina King. Written and Directed by John Singleton.
The Muppet Movie – May 15 & 17
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Friday, May 15 and Sunday, May 17 | In the Muppets’ big-screen debut film, Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
Nights of Cabiria – May. 18
STAFF PICKS | Monday, May 18 at 7:30pm | A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak in this Federico Fellini classic.
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (w/ presentation) – May 31
SCIENCE ON SCREEN | Sunday, May 31 at 3:30pm | In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective, and they join forces to unravel a tangled mystery. | With a presentation: “Animal Detectives: Problem Solving in Orangutans and Otters” by Caroline DeLong, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology
The Muppets (2011) – June 2
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00pm | A Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.
Bleak Week – June 5-11, 2026
SAVE THE DATES: June 5-11 at The Little | Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair’ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.
Rochester International Jazz Festival – June 19-27, 2026
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Alien 3 (35mm) – June 28
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35MM FILM | Sunday, June 28 at 7:30pm | Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It – June 29
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, June 29 at 7:00pm | The exhilarating story of the legendary Grammy-winning musician whose signature sound shaped the work of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, and countless others.
Seven (35mm) – July 7
SPECIAL SCREENING | 35MM FILM | Seven on 7/7 at 7 | Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives in David Fincher’s “feel-bad” classic.
CatVideoFest 2026 – Aug. 7-9
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9 | A Little summer favorite returns! CatVideoFest is a glorious compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.