Make Mine Musicals | Holidays Rita Hayworth returns to the screen, this time as a goddess. Upset by a new Broadway musical that mocks Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore (Hayworth) comes down to Earth in the form of showgirl Kitty Templeton and lands a part in the show.

Holidays The most successful adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about a mother raising four daughters alone during the Civil War is peerless family entertainment. The superb cast includes Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett.

Holidays Charles Dickens’s beloved classic goes “Gonzo” with this charming adaptation from Brian Henson, Jim Henson’s son. Gonzo plays the author and narrator of the tale, with Michael Caine perfectly cast as everyone’s favorite miser, Ebeneezer Scrooge.

Holidays This color VistaVision update of Holiday Inn stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as World War II veterans who find a career in show business. Bing is all work, but Danny wants him to settle down.

Japanese Ātohausu Cinema | Encore Screening Four siblings meet in a restaurant to catch up. From there, they each unveil their own story, directed by a different filmmaker.

The “Before” Trilogy Boy meets girl. Boy asks girl to get off the train with him in Vienna for one night that will change both of their lives. This is the simple premise of director Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise, his follow-up to Dazed and Confused.

The “Before” Trilogy Set nine years later, Jesse is now a successful novelist and is touring Europe with his new book, This Time, based on his experiences with Céline in Vienna. During his last stop in a Paris bookstore, Céline walks in and the two reconnect.

The “Before” Trilogy Now married with their own children, Jesse and Céline are on vacation in Greece, seemingly far from their problems. When Jesse takes his teenage son to the airport for a return flight to the United States, doubts surface about the decisions he has made in his life, leading him to this long-distance relationship with his son.

Nitrate Picture Show Festival Favorite If ever a film was meant to be seen on the big screen, this is it. Now a cultural classic, this adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel was one of the first films to be named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Judy Garland gives an endearing performance as the young Dorothy Gale, who is swept away by a tornado to the Land of Oz.

Curator's Choice Imagine five mechanical pianos mounted on five carts and driven by five donkeys riding through the Alpes. Add a gang of robbers who communicate by playing musical instruments, an evil tightrope walker, and a full orchestra in bowling hats.

Rochester Premiere In 1915, 14-year-old Arshaluys Mardiganian was an Armenian living in Turkey, part of a large family. When the Ottoman Empire began their systematic genocide of the Armenian people, she was forced to march across the Syrian Desert and her family was torn apart.

Special Screening Begun by a trio of projectionists in 2011, Chicago Film Society is an independent organization dedicated to analog film exhibition and preservation in a digital age. Their growing archive encompasses rare 35mm prints of Hollywood features, as well as the detritus of cinema; trailers, snipes, sponsored films, and other orphan works.