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March 2018
What We Started
Thursday, March 29 – 7:30 PM Los Angeles Premiere! WHAT WE STARTED, 2017, Abramorama, 94 min. Dirs. Bert Marcus, Cyrus Saidi. Through an artfully crafted narrative, powerful cast of superstars and stunning visual techniques, this documentary delves into the highly popular world of electronic dance music, providing backdoor access to a widely misunderstood, self-driven and well-insulated industry on its way to global domination. The film spans the music’s rich history, from its underground inception in late-1980s America to the musicians…
Find out more »Way out West
Laurel & Hardy Restorations! In what many of their fans consider their best feature, Stan and Ollie travel out west to deliver the deed to a gold mine to the daughter of its late owner. Program includes the shorts “The Battle of the Century” and “Berth Marks.” Introduction by Jeff Joseph of SabuCat. Program includes the following shorts: New UCLA/SabuCat Restoration! “The Battle of the Century” (1927, 19 min. Clyde Bruckman) This long-lost legendary short is known to fans as…
Find out more »The Tale of the Fox / The Mascot / The Magic Clock
Russian-born animator Ladislas Starewitch was a pioneer of stop-motion technique whose fantastical films have influenced such directors as Wes Anderson and the Quay Brothers. THE TALE OF THE FOX (Le Roman De Renard) One of the first animated feature films in cinema history (it premiered a full year before Disney’s SNOW WHITE), and the only film of this scope that Starewitch would make, THE TALE OF THE FOX is a masterpiece of the form. Master Fox, the forest’s utmost trickster,…
Find out more »Belladonna of Sadness
The new digital restoration of BELLADONNA OF SADNESS is our midnight movie on March 30 in Japanese with English subtitles! Buy advance tickets here now: http://bit.ly/2FxXL1c No one under 18 admitted!
Find out more »April 2018
You Were Never Really Here
Advance Screening! Traumatized veteran Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening. Discussion following with director Lynne Ramsay. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE 2017, Amazon Studios, 89 min, UK/France/USA, Dir: Lynne Ramsay Based on the noir novella by Jonathan Ames, this thriller hurtles viewers headlong into the psychological…
Find out more »Psycho
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam star in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, PSYCHO. Every Thursday in April our Throwback Thursday series presents four films with unforgettable shower scenes. Part of our 'April Showers' #TBT theme in partnership Eat|See|Hear. Format: DCP
Find out more »Rat Catcher / We Need To Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay Double Feature! The writer-director’s bracing feature debut RATCATCHER offers a look at growing up in squalor in Scotland in the 1970s. In WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, Tilda Swinton plays a mother who must deal with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin. 35 mm! RATCATCHER 1999, Pathe, 94 min, UK/France, Dir: Lynne Ramsay Writer-director Lynne Ramsay’s bracing feature debut offers a look at growing up in squalor in Scotland in the 1970s. Set during a…
Find out more »Solaris
SOLARIS (1972) Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem, this is probably director Andrei Tarkovsky’s best-known film and far more than just a science fiction epic. Like Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Tarkovsky takes an intellectual approach to metaphysical issues. Scientists try to understand the secrets of the mysterious planet Solaris but find themselves slowly becoming victims of their own imaginations and secret desires. Remade 30 years later with George Clooney in the lead role, this thought-provoking original version stars…
Find out more »Smile / Drive He Said
It's a Bruce Dern Double Feature! SMILE (1975), 117 min, Dir. Michael Ritchie. 35mm. DRIVE HE SAID (1971), 90 min, Dir. Jack Nicholson. DCP. SMILE is a savage comedy a group of civic boosters desperately trying to stage a teenage beauty pageant in Santa Rosa, California. Directed by Jack Nicholson, DRIVE HE SAID is a subtle character study about basketball, college and Vietnam. Discussion between films with actor Bruce Dern!
Find out more »The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
This masterful Shaw Brothers classic inspired two wildly successful sequels and influenced an entire generation of filmmakers. Now, one of the greatest kung-fu films of all time has been digitally restored and is making its way back to the big screen with the fury of 1,000 fists! After a deadly attack from anti-Ching patriots, San Te (the legendary Gordon Liu of Kill Bill) devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge upon the people who attacked his…
Find out more »Weird Science (1985) – Throwback Thursday Series in NoHo
Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall, and Ilan Mitchell-Smith star in John Hughes’s teen, sci-fi classic. Every Thursday in April our Throwback Thursday series presents four films with unforgettable shower scenes. Part of our 'April Showers' #TBT theme in partnership Eat|See|Hear. Format: DCP
Find out more »Friday The 13th Part 2
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to camp... here’s even more heart-pounding terror! Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, all that remains is the legend of Jason Voorhees and his demented mother, who had murdered seven camp counselors. At a nearby summer camp, the new counselors are unconcerned about the warnings to stay away from the infamous site. Carefree, the young people roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence. One…
Find out more »SOLD OUT – Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence—Grace Jones is all these things and more. Sophie Fiennes’s documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Taking us home with her to Jamaica, into the studio with long-time collaborators…
Find out more »The Terminator
In the year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet have devised the ultimate plan. They will reshape the future by changing the past. The plan requires something that feels neither pity, pain, nor fear—a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Part man, part machine, the Terminator is sent back to present-day Earth to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), a young woman whose life will have great significance in the years to come. Sarah has a single ally—Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a…
Find out more »Society
Even though he’s from a wealthy family, teenager Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock of “Baywatch” and “General Hospital”) just can’t seem to fit in among the mysterious upper class of Beverly Hills. But when he learns that his parents and sister may be involved in secret sexual depravity, Bill begins to suspect that rich people are indeed very different from the rest of us. Can Bill escape his initiation into a nightmare world of privileged perversion or will he be forced…
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