PAST EVENTS
Bring It On – Jan 20, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, January 20 at 7:30pm | 2000’s cult classic cheerleader comedy starring Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union.
13 Going On 30 – Feb 10, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, February 10 at 7:30pm | With the help of some magic wishing dust, 13 year-old Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) becomes 30 overnight
Thelma & Louise – Aug 25, 2023
SPECIAL SCREENING | Friday, August 25 at 7:30pm | Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.
Lola – Aug 26-28, 2023
LIMITED RUN SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Aug. 26-28 | 1941, sisters Thom and Mars have built a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future.
D.E.B.S. – Mar 24, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, March 24 at 7:30pm | The star of a team of teenage crimefighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Mean Girls – Apr 14, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, April 14 at 7:30pm | It’s not a Wednesday (or Oct. 3rd), but wear pink, and make fetch happen with this 2004 instant classic teen rom-com.
A Knight’s Tale – May 19, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, May 19 at 7:30pm | Heath Ledger stars as a dreamy squire turned swashbuckling knight. This is his tale.
Josie and the Pussycats – Jun 16, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, June 16 at 7:30pm | They were three small-town girls with big time dreams. Now, fate is giving the Pussycats the chance of a lifetime.
The Bad Plus – Aug 30, 2023
LIVE! CONCERT | Wednesday, August 30 at 8pm | Avoiding easy categorization, The Bad Plus has won critical acclaim and a legion of fans worldwide with their unique sound and flair for live performance.
Legally Blonde Double Feature – Jul 8, 2023
SO FETCH! | Double Feature | Saturday, July 8 at 4:30pm | 2001’s ‘Legally Blonde’ and 2003’s ‘Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde’ form a fabulous double-header of cinematic bliss. Pink resumes accepted, but not required.
Jawbreaker – Aug 11, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, August 11 at 7:30pm | Three of the most popular girls at Reagan High accidentally kill the prom queen with a jawbreaker when a kidnapping goes horribly wrong.
Nothing Compares – Aug 31, 2023
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM | Thursday, August 31 at 7:30pm | Following the career of singer Sinéad O’Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
Clueless – Sep 1, 2023
SO FETCH! | Friday, September 1 at 7:30pm | Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.
Shiva Baby – Aug 21, 2023
SPECIAL SCREENING | Monday, August 21 at 7:30pm | A college student attends a family shiva where she is accosted by her relatives, outshined by her ex-girlfriend, and face-to-face with her sugar daddy and his family. From BOTTOMS duo Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott.
The Eternal Memory – Sep 7 + 9, 2023
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7:15pm + Saturday, Sept. 9 at 3pm | An epic love story that transcends time and memory, from the Oscar-nominated director of THE MOLE AGENT.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Sep 9, 2023
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, September 9 at 8pm | “Bueller…Bueller…?”
John Wick – Sep 11, 2023
STAFF PICKS | Monday, September 11 at 7:15pm | Picked by Shane | “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.”
Before, Now & Then – Sep 13, 2023
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM | Wednesday, September 13 at 7:30pm | Nana, a gentle, beautiful young woman, escapes a violent anti-communist purge. Afterwards she lives comfortably as the second wife of a rich Sundanese man but her past re-emerges in her dreams.
Rochester Fringe Festival 2023
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
Home From School: The Children of Carlisle – Sep 27, 2023
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY AWARENESS | Wednesday, September 27 | FREE | A delegation of Northern Arapaho tribal members travel to retrieve remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial school in the 1880s, in this journey into the troubled history of Indian boarding schools and a quest to heal generational wounds.
Envisioning a Better Future – Sep 28, 2023
SCREENING + DISCUSSION | Thursday, September 28 at 7pm | Two films – “July ’64” and “Home: Access Denied” – explore Rochester’s history of racism. FREE ADMISSION. Presented by the Antiracist Curriculum Project and The Little.
Clash of the Wolves – Sep 29
SILENT MOVIE DAY | Friday, September 29 at 5:30pm | A fire in the mountains drive a wolf pack into a nearby desert where they will terrorize the local residents. Starring Rin Tin Tin!
The NeverEnding Story – Oct 1, 2023
SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm | Sunday, October 1 at 3:30pm | The amazing 1984 fantasy is a generation-traumatizing classic, featuring such nightmares as the Swamp of Sadness, Sphinx Gate, and The Nothing.
The Devil’s Backbone – Oct 2
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 2 at 7:30pm | Guillermo Del Toro’s third film features the writer/director’s signature mix of creepy atmosphere, melancholy history, and fantastic special effects in this “Spanish Gothic” tale of a haunted orphanage.
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (with Discussion) – Nov. 30
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, November 30 at 7:00pm | A decades-spanning exploration of a woman’s life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.
Uncharitable – Oct 3 + 7
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Tuesday, October 3 and Saturday, October 7 | This new documentary uncovers the realities of philanthropy and introduces a radical new way of giving, demanding that charities be freed from traditional constraints so they can truly change the world.
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Oct 4
BLACK CINEMA SERIES x SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 4 at 7:30pm | Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life, injecting the classic “Frankenstein” story with fresh innovation and social relevance.
ImageOut Fall Festival 2023 – Oct 5-15
ImageOut – The Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival presents new queer & trans cinema from around the world. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
Brother – Sep 6, 2023
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, September 6 at 7:30pm | Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto’s early hip-hop scene.
Hot Fuzz – Oct 7
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND X SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 8pm | Edgar Wright’s 2007 action-comedy about a skilled London police officer (Simon Pegg) transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, as a string of grisly murders strikes the town.
The Cabin in the Woods – Oct 9
STAFF PICKS x SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 9 at 7:15pm | Don’t read anything about this, don’t watch the trailer, just prepare for a ride that’s one million times wilder than what you’re expecting. Picked by the entire Little staff!
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood – Oct 13
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 13 at 8pm | Jason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.
Night of the Living Dead – Oct 14
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 14 at 8pm | 35mm |A ragtag group in Pennsylvania barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls. George A. Romero’s film completely redefined the modern zombie genre, and remains as affecting, influential, and terrifying today as it did in 1968.
Hereditary – Oct 16
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 16 at 7:30pm | A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences in Ari Aster’s directorial debut from A24. Starring Toni Collette.
The Little’s 94th Birthday Party (Members Only!) – Oct 17, 2023
FOR LITTLE MEMBERS ONLY! | Tuesday, October 17 at 3pm and 6pm | Free screening of “Last Film Show,” free birthday cake, and free popcorn!
Huesera: The Bone Woman – Oct 18
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM x SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 18 at 7:30pm | Valeria’s joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she’s cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she’s forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark – Oct 19
SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 19 at 7:30pm | Upon arriving in a small town where she has inherited a rundown mansion, the famous horror hostess Elvira battles an evil uncle, and townspeople who want her burned at the stake, in this campy, 80s horror-comedy.
Eraserhead – Oct 20
SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 20 at 7:30pm In David Lynch’s 1977 feature debut, Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space – Oct 21
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm | Saturday, October 21 at 8pm | When teenagers see a comet crash outside their sleepy small town, they discover a pack of murderous alien circus clowns, hellbent on harvesting and eating people in bloody rampage. Goofy, inspired, and filled with imaginative creatures and special effects, this cult classic is more fun than a cotton-candy cocoon.
Joan Baez I Am a Noise – Oct 21 + 22
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Encore showings 12:20pm Saturday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 22 | Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history-making life and reveals, for the first time, personal struggles she’s kept private, until now.
Wendell & Wild – Oct 22
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 22 at 3:30pm | Scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Jordan Peele) enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Oct 22
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS x SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 22 at 7pm | A barber (Johnny Depp) returns to Victorian London after wrongful imprisonment by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). Now mad, seeking revenge, and calling himself Sweeney Todd, he joins meat-pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) in finding a way to simultaneously satisfy his bloodlust and her need for cheaper pie filling.
Rochester International Jazz Festival – Jun 23-Jul 1, 2023
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts / member benefits do not apply to this event.
Santa Sangre – Oct 23
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 23 at 7:30pm | A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother–the leader of a strange religious cult–and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes “her arms”.
A Town Called Victoria – Oct. 23
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, October 23 at 6:30pm | Theatre 5: The Jack Garner Theatre | When arson strikes the local mosque, a Texas town must reckon with its troubled past.
Rochester Street Films – Oct 24
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
A Tale of Two Sisters – Oct 25
SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 25 ay 7:30pm | After spending time in a mental hospital, a girl is reunited with her sister and returns home, only to see some truly strange events start to happen.
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror – Oct 26
SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 26 at 7:30pm | A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
The Secret Garden (1993) – Jul 2, 2023
FLOWERS ON FILM | Sunday, July 2 at 3:30pm | In the 1993 adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic fairy tale, Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is an orphan sent to live with her uncle at his mansion that is full of secrets. She discovers a crippled cousin she never knew she had and a neglected garden she is determined to bring back to life.
Black Barbie – Aug 2, 2023
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, August 2 at 7:30pm | Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, BLACK BARBIE delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women strive to elevate their own voices and stories, refusing to be invisible.
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