Sci:Fi Schenectady Film Fest

02/24/2026

Independent Maverick

08/20/2025

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One of the most quotable films in cinema history will screen (FREE) at Music Haven this Friday! "This Is Spinal Tap", Rob Reiner's 1984 cult classic defines the mockumentary. Full of satire and spoof, this hilarious film follows a fictitious British heavy-metal band on a disastrous American tour.

With the sequel "Spinal Tap ll: The End Continues" scheduled for a September release, now is the perfect time to remember how epic the original was!

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08/13/2025

MUST SEE! Thanks Paul Kazee

Free, 10-film "Flying Sword Heroes" festival aims to showcase the best of high-flying, high-drama wuxia cinema for upstate N.Y. movie fans.

08/02/2025

A Sci:Fi Schenectady Weekend film tip from our programmer Paul Kazee: Hit the Hi-Way Drive in Saturday and Sunday for THEY LIVE and Back to back double-feature AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
*THEY LIVE mini review - Director John Carpenter’s thought-provoking modern classic satirizes American consumerism as a system via which an elite group is able to control and police humankind via subliminal messaging. *We are all out of bubblegum.

Cinema under the stars

07/25/2025

This weekend's Sci:Fi film tip comes from Chris Hunter of MiSci. - "A is for Atom"" is a 1964 re-release of the award-winning animated movie created by John Sutherland productions in 1952 in partnership with GE and advisors from GE Research. Dr. Atom is still an entertaining and engaging guide through the basics of atomic power more than seventy years after A is for Atom’s original release. This delightfully smart retro-short is one of nearly a thousand movies preserved in miSci’s film collection. miSci - Museum of Innovation & Science, Schenectady Armory Studios NY Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery South Florida Discover Schenectady

An animated documentary on atomic power from GE's "Excursions in Science" series.From the GE Film Catalog: "To most of us the recently unleashed giant of ato...