The MAG will screen The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (Wes Orshoski, 2015) as part of the Alternative Music Film Series. From "Lemmy" filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk—The Damned, the … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Suffragette (Sarah Gavron, U.K. 2015, 106 min.) "The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State."
In Ken Ludwig's (Lend Me A Tenor, Fox on the Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood) latest comedy, it's Christmas Eve, 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited … Continue reading
Sick and tired of Christmas music? Well, so are we, so come join us as we pay homage to these terrible tunes in ways you've never heard before with some of Rochester's finest local musicians!
The Dryden will screen The First Legion (Douglas Sirk, U.S. 1951, 86 min., 35mm). "All is not well in the hushed spaces of Jesuit Saint Gregory's Seminary. Dominated by conservative older men, the institution is sometimes suffocating to younger initiates … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Truth (James Vanderbilt, Australia / U.S. 2015, 125 min.) "Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather … Continue reading
In Ken Ludwig's (Lend Me A Tenor, Fox on the Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood) latest comedy, it's Christmas Eve, 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited … Continue reading
In 1983, actor Spalding Gray was cast in the Vietnam War-set drama "The Killing Fields." This would inspire him to craft a monologue about his experiences making the film, along with personal memories of the war and life in New … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen White Zombie (Victor Halperin, U.S. 1932, 68 min., 35mm), and The Crime of Doctor Crespi (John H. Auer, U.S. 1935, 63 min., 35mm). "The most famous horror movie from Poverty Row is nothing but a fairy … Continue reading
Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step onto any stage, play those trademark licks that drove his seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten, and elicit … Continue reading
The Little will screen Saint (Sint) (Dick Maas, Netherlands 2010, 85 min.) as part of the Mondo Movie Series. A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full … Continue reading
Rochester's own, Seth Faergolzia and The 23 Psaegz is an eclectic, semi-orchestral musical group of the anti-folk/freak-folk variety, headed by former Dufus front-runner Seth Faergolzia.
Good, amiable hard rock from The Clockmen, Bighorn Sheep, and the thick, bass-driven noise of Tuurd will be at Monty's Krown.