The documentary “Summer of Soul,” playing at The Little Theatre through July 18, unearths footage from the pivotal 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
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‘Drunk Bus’ makes a stop in Rochester this weekend
Rochester’s bleak yet beautiful exterior made it the ideal place to shoot the indie feature film “Drunk Bus,” playing at The Little this Sunday.
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Dryden Theatre joins The Little with April reopenings
The Dryden, which shut down in January 2020 — at first because of construction, and then COVID-19 — will reopen to the public on April 2.
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The Little Theatre announces plans to reopen
The Little Theatre’s interior lights inside will dim again when it reopens for public screenings beginning April 16.
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Ukrainian drama ‘Atlantis’ offers hope amid its post-war desolation
Bleak aesthetics and despondent characters make for a cold and alienating film, but “Atlantis” contains some rays of light.
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Jack Garner gets his own screen at The Little Theatre
The Little Theatre is naming one of its five theaters after the late Jack Garner, the longtime film critic of the Democrat and Chronicle.
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New York movie theaters can open, but that’s easier said than done
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that movie theaters can reopen this week. But before people can fill the seats again, changes must be made.
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That theater experience, and people giggling, is what at-home content misses
The guidelines for reopening entertainment venues, such as The Dryden Theatre and The Little Theatre, are a moving target.
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The arts, the writing on the walls, and the writing on the streets
The Black Cinema Series and the new public art project by Shawn Dunwoody at Manhattan Square Park are part of the effort to promote racial equity in Rochester.
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Stolen art and mending hearts
The documentary ‘The Painter and the Thief’ forms a portrait of two lonely souls bonded through art.
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The Little launches ‘Virtual Little’ streaming and YouTube channel
CITY’s Adam Lubitow previews “And Then We Danced,” the first of The Virtual Little’s films to stream.
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How to support the silver screens that have gone dark
Mega chains like AMC, Regal, and Cinemark have, for now, shut the doors on their locations nationwide, but many independent theaters don’t have the resources of those corporations to sustain a prolonged closure. Adam Lubitow checks in with the local indie movie houses to find out how patrons can help.
