UPCOMING EVENTS
Rochester Fringe Festival 2024 – Sept. 10-21
At The Little September 13-15 and September 19-21 | An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little. Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
The Black Walnut – Sept. 23
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, September 23 at 7:00pm | This drama tells the story of 6 men on an extraordinary prostate cancer journey, as they spread the word about the African-American prostate cancer disparity. September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness month.
Plastic People – Sept. 26 & 28
ONE TAKE | Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7pm & Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3pm | Plastic People investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Presented with community partners, University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Video Daze – Sept. 28
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND presents VIDEO DAZE – Skateboard Film Festival | Saturday, September 28 | A skateboard film festival, featuring new independent short skateboard films from New York State.
Pandora’s Box – Sept. 29
SILENT MOVIE DAY | Sunday, September 29 at 10:30am and 7:00pm | The rise and fall of an amoral, naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. Daring and stylish, this 2012 restoration is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to star Louise Brooks’s dazzling individuality.
¡Presente! Latin Film Series: “Spy Kids” – Sept. 29
The ¡Presente! Latin Film Series presents a special screening of the film “Spy Kids” on September 29, 2024 at The Little Theatre. “Spy Kids” is the story of Carmen and Juni Cortez, siblings who discover that their parents are secretly spies, and when their parents are captured, it’s up to the kids to save them and the world!
Student Night: “Scooby-Doo” & “Hundreds of Beavers” – Sept. 27
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Friday, September 27 | $5 student tickets (general admission tickets also available) | Join us for two madcap films — Scooby-Doo and Hundreds of Beavers — plus games and prizes!
Lyd – Sept. 30
SPECIAL SCREENING | Monday, Sept. 30 at 7:30pm | A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd — a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.
Death Becomes Her – Oct. 4
SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm | When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival. Starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, and Goldie Hawn.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – Oct. 5
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 5 at 8pm | Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Princess Mononoke – Oct. 6
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 6 at 3:00pm (dubbed) & 7:00pm (subbed) | In Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 classic, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between forest gods and a mining colony, while on a journey to find the cure for a curse. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Poison for the Fairies – Oct. 7
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October
7 | A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Jennifer’s Body – Oct. 9
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM x SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30pm | A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror? From Diablo Cody, writer of Lisa Frankenstein and Juno.
Sleepy Hollow (at GCV&M) – Oct. 10
SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 10 | Tim Burton’s ode to Hammer Horror, based on Washington Irving’s classic tale! Presented with our friends at Genesee Country Village and Museum, on-site in Mumford! FULL DETAILS TBA
ImageOut LGBTQ+ Fall Film Festival 2024 – Oct. 10-20
ImageOut – The Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival presents queer & trans cinema from around the world. | Ticketing not run by The Little. Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
Halloween (1978) – Oct. 12
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 12 at 8:00pm | Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
L’Inferno (with Montopolis live score) – Oct. 15
SPOOKY SEASON | Tuesday, October 15 | The first feature length horror film ever released, 1911’s L’Inferno adapts Dante’s classic journey through hell with elaborate costumes, special effects, and set design to create an awe-inspiring and ethereal world. An original score by Montopolis brings new life to this silent film classic with a mix of psych rock, dark wave and terrifying sound effects performed live.
Slumber Party Massacre: Double Feature – Oct. 19
SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 19 | The 80’s cult classics, together in one night! A slumber party turns into a bloodbath when a psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls the neighborhood. AND THEN a condo weekend getaway is rocked when a supernatural rockabilly driller killer comes for blood (and to sing).
Young Frankenstein – Oct. 21
STAFF PICKS x SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 21 at 7:30pm | A grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather wasn’t as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. The Mel Brooks comedy classic starring Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn.
Scream (1996) – Oct. 25
SO FETCH x SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 25 at 7:30pm | Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s 1996 original meta-horror-slasher. A year after the murder of her mother, Sidney Prescott is terrorized by the masked killer Ghostface who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Barbarian – Oct. 26
SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 26 | A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems. Zach Cregger’s R-rated horror-thriller has developed a passionate following since its 2022 release, collecting more and more fans thanks to its “chilling and consistently unpredictable thrill ride” of a plot. Starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and “scream king” Justin Long.
Possessor – Oct. 27
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 27 at 7:00pm | An agent works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies – ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients. Written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg; starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
The Wolf Man (1941) – Oct. 27
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 27 at 4pm | The Universal Monsters classic! Upon his return to his father’s estate, aristocrat Larry Talbot meets a beautiful woman, attends a mystical carnival and uncovers a horrifying curse.
Ganja & Hess – Oct. 28
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.
Poltergeist (1982) – Oct. 31
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.
Sarah De Vallière “The Healing” – Nov. 2
THE LITTLE CONCERT SERIES | Saturday, Nov. 2 at 8pm | An award winning songwriter and composer, De Vallière’s songs have been played on radio across America. Skillful piano playing, a powerful voice, and a charming stage presence are just the start.