Movies and a Microphone

Most book clubs stick to simple discussion, but not the "Off The Page" group. They use the words they read to create art. The Work from these artists is currently on display at The Little Cafe (runs through April 27).

Bold storytellers and exciting new voices dominated the film world in 2017. Movies and a Microphone recaps the 2018 Oscars and explores what these new trends mean for the future of Hollywood.

The Black Cinema Series celebrates both documentary and narrative expressions in black cinema with a curated film choice every month at the Little Theatre. Members of the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) join the podcast to celebrate the series' one-year anniversary and to discuss upcoming screenings.

(Begins air conducting like crazy) Movies and a Microphone returns with a chat about film scores, upcoming Little events, Seal, The Rocketeer, and more!

A stretch of gloriously weird and creative oddball movies continues with Colossal. The Little Podcast returns to chat about the Anne Hathaway monster indie comedy.

Humans of The Little returns with Little staffers Emily and Rhys. They give an inside look on what it's like to work at a movie theater, plus their favorite customer interactions.

Everyone likes an underdog, and most like a twist ending too. We got both last night with MOONLIGHT pulling off a best picture shocker, and it was presented in an utterly bizarre fashion. Depending on who you are, it was either the award show’s most joyous moment…or it’s most heartbreaking. We breakdown this victory for fresh and bold independent filmmaking, talk about the show's super mega gaffe,...

Let's talk Oscars. We give our award picks, plus make up our own awards! Burritos also factor into this mix.

A whimsical musical versus an intimate beauty of a film: La La Land and Moonlight have dominated the Oscar discussion. Both films are now playing at The Little! More: Matt Marshall of We Live Entertainment and Matt Passantino of BigPictureBigSound.com join the podcast to discuss the 2017 Oscar nominations.

"It's Christmas in December! A fundraiser for music at The Little with Watkins & the Rapiers" will bring the cheer Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. for the final Little Concert series show of 2016. The Little Podcast previews the show with a goofy conversation on songwriting, music, and how to come up with the perfect band name.

Ben Scrivens, of Fright-Rags, joins The Little podcast to preview the October Saturday Night Rewind lineup.

Rochester has a rocking art scene, and we discuss it in this episode. Fun fact: The Little Cafe has a new art gallery every month! October artists Brian O’Neill, Suzi Zefting-Kuhn and Diane Bellenger join Movies and a Microphone to discuss their three-person exhibit: Wild Things - Animals in Art. Curator Zanne Brunner also joins the fun, and previews upcoming Little galleries.

Movies and a Microphone went live Wednesday, Aug. 31 for our Don't Think Twice discussion. The panel for this one includes members of a popular Rochester improv group, a writer for Rochester's top online comedy show, and a Mike Birbiglia super fan.

In this supersized episode, we discuss documentaries, Penny Lane's John Brinkley doc NUTS! and one of The Little's popular monthly film series. Joining host Scott Pukos are: Filmmaker/One Take Doc curator Linda Moroney, Resident Scholar in Media at St. John Fisher College Tom Proiettie, and St. John Fisher professor Todd Sodano.

Finding Tammy Jo creator/Great Lakes Today reporter Veronica Volk and WXXI Connections producer Megan Mack join the podcast to discuss WEINER -- a riveting documentary that follows Anthony Weiner's NYC mayoral run in 2013.

Justin Curtis is an up-and-coming teen filmmaker. He's also our latest Human of The Little.

Dark and imaginative, The Lobster proves that original ideas still exist. This episode we dive into a discussion about this interesting satire and pose the question: What animal would you want to be turned into?

Our Humans of The Little feature profiles the people who help make Rochester's iconic Little Theatre such a house of awesomeness. The debut selection interviews movie blogger, and Little Superfan, Roxanne Baker.

A wise film critic recently said the movies of Stephen Chow (The Mermaid, Kung Fu Hustle) are filled with "absurd goofballery." That's obviously a brilliant term, and this episode follows Chow's lead with plenty of zany goofballery. In this episode: Host Scott Pukos, along with Time Warner Cable News reporter Bre Fuss and News 8 reporter Jeff Rusack, discuss the Chinese box office smash The Mermai...

Ben Scrivens of Fright-Rags and Eric Maira of The Little join host Scott Pukos to talk about Saturday Night Rewind -- a new 35mm film series at the Little Theatre. The next Saturday Night Rewind show is Saturday, April 23. Head down to East Ave. in Rochester, eat some poutine, and enjoy "Critters."

Movies and a Microphone recaps the Oscars in style, plus we take a look at what to expect this upcoming movie season. Host Scott Pukos is joined my movie super mega fan Jackie McGriff, veteran film critic Erich Van Dussen and University of Rochester film student Jeremy Reich.

Movies and a Microphone returns to breakdown everything Oscar-related. We also honor snubbed movies with fictional awards (best comedy, worst date movie, etc.). CITY film critic Adam Lubitow, movie blogger Roxanne Baker join host Scott Pukos and sidekick Nicole Morello.

The Little Podcast burst into 2016 in style. Host Scott Pukos returns with a discussion about The Revenant (its beauty, brutality and BEARS), plus we take a look ahead to the Oscars. The discussion also delves into Quentin Tarantino's controversial The Hateful Eight. The episode six guests include: -- Rochester film critic Erich Van Dussen ​-- News 8 reporter/movie super fan Jordan Guerrein -- The...

Movies and a Microphone returns in style -- Quentin Tarantino-style, that is. The fifth episode of The Little podcast talks all things Tarantino, including our MONDO November series dedicated to the popular writer/director and his upcoming film, The Hateful Eight (coming soon to The Little!). In the episode's second half we discuss Adam Imitating Art -- a short film made in Rochester and featuring...

Things are getting spooky and scary for episode four of The Little podcast, Movies and a Microphone. Ben Scrivens of Fright-Rags joins host Scott Pukos to discuss The Little's MONDO October film series, their most frightening moments, poutine, Halloween costumes, and the worst trick-or-treating candy.