Breakfast at Tiffany's

Opening

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA—Animated monster comedy to fill the gap between ParaNorman and Frankenweenie. Voices by Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, and Kevin James. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Star Wars: Clone Wars). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

LOOPER—Sci-fi thriller with Josephy Gordon-Levitt as a hit man assigned to kill his future self (Bruce Willis). With Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, and Jeff Daniels. Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

WON’T BACK DOWN—Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as mothers battling an education system they feel is failing their children. With Holly Hunter, Rosie Perez, Ving Rhames, and Bill Nunn. Directed by Daniel Barnz. Amherst, Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

PERFECT PITCH—Comedy about college girls competing in an a cappella singing tournament. Starring Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, and Brittany Snow. Directed by Jason Moore (Broadway’s Avenue Q). Regal Walden Galleria

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BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)—Audrey Hepburn as Manhattan dreamer Holly Golightly. With George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, and an unfortunate Japanese caricature by Mickey Rooney. Directed by Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther). Thu 7pm. Hamburg Palace

BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL—See the feature this issue for titles, locations and times. Screening Room, Market Arcade, Lockport Palace

KISS ME DEADLY (1955)—Robert Aldrich’s seedy and subversive adaptation of a Mickey Spillane pulp novel, retooling Mike Hammer as a fascistic bully in a moral wasteland. Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker and Paul Stewart. Presented as part of the Buffalo Film Seminar. Tue 7pm. Market Arcade.

MOVE TO MOVE—HD performance by the internationally acclaimed contemporary ensemble the Netherlands Dans Theater. Thu Sept 27, 7pm Amherst, Eastern Hills

LA TRAVIATA—Verdi’s beloved opera, from The Opera on Sydney Harbor. Directed by Francesca Zambello, conducted by Brian Castles-Onion, choreographed by Stephen Baynes. Starring Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, and Jonathan Summers. Sun 2pm, Thu Oct 4 7pm. Amherst, Eastern Hills