A Dog's Purpose screening (2017-Mar-11 @ 1 p.m.)
2017-03-11 13:00 - 14:40 (America/New_York) | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen A Dog's Purpose (Lasse HallstrÃ¶m, U.S. 2017, 100 min.) "A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners." [source: Cinema Theatre e-mail, 2017-Mar-8]

Fences screening (2017-Mar-11 @ 3:45 p.m.)
2017-03-11 15:45 - 18:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Fences (Denzel Washington, U.S. 2016, 139 min.) "'Fences' [is] directed [by] and stars Denzel Washington as a frustrated husband and father who missed his chance to be a professional baseball player because of racist rules governing the league in his youth." [source: Cinema Theatre e-mail, 2017-Mar-8]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screening (2017-Mar-11 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-03-11 19:00 - 21:13 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Gareth Edwards, U.S. / U.K. 2016, 133 min.) "The Empire is developing a super weapon – a Death Star and the Rebellion is desperately trying to steal the plans so they can destroy it." [source: Cinema Theatre e-mail, 2017-Mar-8]

Life Is A Dream theatrical performance (2017-Mar-11 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2017-03-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States
Considered one of the outstanding Spanish dramas of all time, this 17th-century allegory explores the mysteries of human destiny, the illusory nature of existence, and the struggle between predestination and free will. On the basic plot structure of King's suspicions of his son's role in an impending revolution, the playwright builds a dramatic edifice of theatricality, rich in symbolism and metaphor, expressed in magnificent poetry.
[source: Bread and Water Theatre , 2017-Feb-27]

Pippin theatrical performance (2017-Mar-11 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2017-03-11 19:30 - 21:30 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
A troupe of performers, led by the charismatic Leading Player tells the story of Pippin, a young prince who longs to find passion and adventure in his life. Pippin struggles to decide whether he should settle down and pursue a peaceful life or continue to make magic with the dazzling troupe of performers. Performed in American Sign Language,spoken English, song, dance mime and theatrical fun!
[source: MuCCC website, 2017-Mar-6]

Stalag 17 screening (2017-Mar-11 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2017-03-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, U.S. 1953, 120 min., 16mm) as part of the 12 Postcards from Prison series.
With World War II less than a decade past, Billy Wilder transported Stalag 17 from the Broadway stage to the motion picture screen. Wilder balanced the melodrama and comedy with a strong cast and his usual deft, but daring touch. William Holden's Academy Award winning performance as Sefton, the outsider in a bunch of U.S. army internees, anchors the film, allowing character actors Robert Strauss and Harvey Lembeck to carry the comedy, with Richard Erdman, Peter Graves and Neville Brand leading the rest in ratcheting up the drama. And Otto Preminger's turn as the camp commandant harkens back to Erich von Stroheim's masterful work in La Grande Illusion.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Mar-6]

The Flick theatrical performance (2017-Mar-11 @ 8 p.m.)
2017-03-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Jewish Community Center (JCC), 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
The JCC will host a performance of The Flick by Annie Baker in the CenterStage Theatre.
Three underpaid employees of a run-down movie theater tear tickets, clean up popcorn and attend to one of the few remaining 35 millimeter film projectors in usage. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles and become more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on the screen. With keen insight and a finely tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending plea for authenticity in a fast-changing world. A must-see for movie lovers.
[source: Jewish Community Center website, 2017-Feb-28]

Split screening (2017-Mar-11 @ 9:20 p.m.)
2017-03-11 21:20 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Split (M. Night Shyamalan, U.S. 2016, 117 min.) "'Split' is a thriller about three girls who are kidnapped by a man with multiple personality disorder. As they encounter the 23 different characters, they must decipher which ones want to do them harm and which ones will help them escape." [source: Cinema Theatre e-mail, 2017-Mar-8]

A Dog's Purpose screening (2017-Mar-12 @ 1 p.m.)
2017-03-12 13:00 - 14:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Life Is A Dream theatrical performance (2017-Mar-12 @ 2 p.m.)
2017-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States

The Flick theatrical performance (2017-Mar-12 @ 2 p.m.)
2017-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Jewish Community Center (JCC), 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States

Pippin theatrical performance (2017-Mar-12 @ 2 p.m.)
2017-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Il racconto dei racconti (Tale of Tales) screening (2017-Mar-12 @ 2 p.m.)
2017-03-12 14:00 - 16:13 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Il racconto dei racconti (Tale of Tales, Matteo Garrone, Italy/France/Uk 2015, 133 min., DCP) as part of the Survey of Contemporary Italian Cinema series.
Sea monsters, monarchs, ogres, and sorcerers: Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly star in this breathtaking Baroque fantasy from the visionary director of Gomorrah. Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis)adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none-too-bright monarch (Toby Jones) marries off his daughter to brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and, the sex-obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems. Overflowing with surreal, dazzling surprises, this intoxicating cinematic spectacle is a delirious excursion into the dark heart of fairy tales.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Mar-6]

League of Exotique Dancers screening
2017-03-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen League of Exotique Dancers (Rama Rau, U.S. / U.K. / Canada 2015, 90 min.) as part of the Women's History Month Film Series 2017.
With a blast of brassy jazz and a spin through the glitz of modern Las Vegas, award-winning director Rama Rau's documentary League of Exotique Dancers sets the stage for a provocative and eye-opening "backstage tour" of the golden age of Burlesque through the colorful lives of unforgettable women who made it glitter. It peels off the layers of glitter to expose the sexism, racism and widespread stigma faced by Burlesque striptease performers and, indeed, the wider array of working women in that tumultuous era. Illuminated by rare, never-before-seen, archival material, League of Exotique Dancers is all about its characters. Intimate interviews—held in homes and former haunts, filled with humour and heartbreak, reveal what keeps these former stars busy today: driving a hearse, running marathons, designing flannel nightgowns, a hypnotherapy practice . . . they're still full of surprises!
[source: Little Theatre website, 2017-Mar-6]

Fences screening (2017-Mar-12 @ 3:45 p.m.)
2017-03-12 15:45 - 18:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screening (2017-Mar-12 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-03-12 19:00 - 21:13 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Split screening (2017-Mar-12 @ 9:20 p.m.)
2017-03-12 21:20 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Stalag 17 screening (2017-Mar-13 @ 1:30 p.m.)
2017-03-13 13:30 - 15:30 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Films, Facts and Fallacies About Mental Health: Of Two Minds screening
2017-03-13 18:30 - 19:59 | Rochester Psychiatric Center, 1111 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
In the Rehab Center Auditorium at the Rochester Psychiatric Center is a screening of Of Two Minds (Douglas Blush, Lisa J. Klein, U.S. / France / Canada 2012, 89 min.) followed by a brief discussion led by Dr. Laurence Guttmacher.
"Of Two Minds" explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of three unique and compelling people living with bipolar disorder in America today. Through a combination of intimate verite and revealing interviews, we experience what it feels like to be bipolar – from exquisite feelings of grandiosity and sensuality to the depths of despair and depression. A journey from the painful to the painfully funny, "Of Two Minds" puts a human face on the illness, opening an engaging, harrowing and perception-changing view on those all around us who live in bipolar's shadows…our sisters and brother, parents and friends, and ourselves.
[source: Mental Health Association e-mail, 2017-Jan-9]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screening (2017-Mar-13 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-03-13 19:00 - 21:13 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Split screening (2017-Mar-13 @ 9:20 p.m.)
2017-03-13 21:20 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Public Meeting—Genesee Valley Park
2017-03-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Field House Lodge in Genesee Valley Park, 1316 Genesee St., Rochester, New York, 14611, United States
The City's Bureau of Architecture and Engineering will hold an informational meeting to discuss a new concession stand and bathroom facility as well as a new playground with tot and pre-teen playsets.
[source: City of Rochester website, 2017-Mar-8]

Mr. Gaga screening (2017-Mar-14 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-03-14 19:00 - 20:40 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Mr. Gaga (Tomer Heymann, Israel / Sweden / Germany / Netherlands 2015, 100 min.) as part of the One Take Documentary Series.
Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world. Meeting him at a critical turning point in his personal life, this spirited and insightful documentary will introduce you to a man with great artistic integrity and an extraordinary vision. Filmed over a period of eight years, director Tomer Heymann mixes intimate rehearsal footage with an extensive unseen archive and breathtaking dance sequences.
[source: Little Theatre website, 2017-Mar-6]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screening (2017-Mar-14 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-03-14 19:00 - 21:13 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Kid Brother screening
2017-03-14 19:30 - 20:52 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen The Kid Brother (Ted Wilde and J.A. Howe, U.S. 1926, 82 min., 16mm) as part of the Silent Tuesdays series.
"Harold Lloyd has clicked again with The Kid Brother, about as gaggy a gag picture as he has ever done. It is just a series of gags, one following the other, some funny and others funnier. Lloyd is somewhat different in the picture than he has been heretofore. In this case he is the youngest son of a family of three boys who live with their father, a widower. His opening scene shows him performing this last task with the aid of a butter churn, an ingenious mechanical arrangement for the wringing out and hanging of the clothes with the aid of a kite which carries the clothes aloft as they come from the wringer. When dad finds out that a medicine show has made a pitch and that the boy has given them a license, her orders the youngster to go down and close up the show. There are a couple of gags here that get over for howls, especially that of causing the amateur sheriff to disappear and his final hanging up against the back of the stage securely handcuffed. Jobyna Ralston plays opposite Lloyd as the little medicine show girl and handles herself perfectly. Walter James as the comedian's father acquits himself with honors." — Variety (1926)
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Mar-6]

Split screening (2017-Mar-14 @ 9:20 p.m.)
2017-03-14 21:20 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Short Films by Alex Freeman, Nate Butler, Ericka Jones screenings
2017-03-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The big-screen debut of short films by Alex Freeman, Nate Butler, and Ericka Jones will explore three very different perspectives on moving around Rochester. Panel discussion will follow.
[source: Reconnect Rochester e-mail, 2017-Feb-28]

Rochester Street Films, Spring 2017
2017-03-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Due to weather Rochester Street Films has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 29th, 6:30p at The Little Theatre #1.
[source: Reconnect Rochester e-mail, 2017-Mar-15]

Black Celebration, in a complete world screenings
2017-03-15 19:00 - 20:12 | Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, 617 Main St., Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
The Squeaky Wheel will screen Black Celebration (Tony Cokes, 1988, 17 min.), and in complete world (Shelly Silver, 2008, 55 min.)
Tony Cokes' Black Celebration pairs up newsreel footage of the 1960s race riots with textual commentary and music from the 1980s, when the film was made. Depeche Mode lyrics are printed on the screen, referencing the song that named the film. Cokes intent for Black Celebration was to give a social critique of the 1960s, questioning the reasons behind the urban riots, and suggesting that they were partially due to a rebellion against capitalism. Instead of showing this footage with its corresponding newsreel audio, music and text eliminate the portrayal of these riots as "criminal or irrational". The newsreels show the riots in Los Angeles, Boston, Newark, and Detroit, and display burning fires, policemen and military tanks in a stark black-and-white contrast. Cokes changes the viewer's impression of the race riots by clashing violent visuals with pop sounds of the 80s.
"Do you feel like you make enough money?" "Does global warming exist?" These are some of the questions you will hear during Shelly Silver's in complete world. Shot before the election of Barack Obama in 2008, Shelly Silver found herself "angry and disillusioned with the U.S., and more importantly, NYC" and wanted to see and feel what others were experiencing at that time. The interviews carefully woven together in this piece were filmed in a heated time, and the questions Silver asks to her subjects are ones she struggled to answer herself. Two very important features come out over the course of these interviews. The first is the spectrum of answers for each question, and how well they match up with the appearance of the speakers. Is the person young? A woman? Well-dressed? What is the color of their skin? How do these physical characteristics line up with assumed answers? Second, Silver leaves each question open and remains silent and respective, allowing her subjects to develop their perspectives past talking points. Silver's questions in in complete world range from the philosophical to the political, creating a broad survey of thoughts and beliefs that are messier than they might first appear. — Bella Clemente
[source: Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center website, 2017-Mar-6]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screening (2017-Mar-15 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-03-15 19:00 - 21:13 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
