### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A young peasant with no interest in adventure or fortune is mistaken for the kingdom’s only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Samuel Goldwyn Films

COUNTRY: UK

JABBERWOCKY

Aero Theatre

Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.

Cloud

Brain Dead Studios

Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

Egyptian Theatre

Gardena Cinema is the oldest and only vintage single-screen stand-alone movie cinema in Southwest Los Angeles.

In Berlin 1942, Hilde and Hans are lovers and part of an anti-Nazi group. After caught by the Gestapo, Hilde is imprisoned while pregnant.

FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE (2024)(Wed 3/11) 7:00 pm German w English Subtitles

Gardena Cinema

“What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” edited by Udo Kittelmann, is a sweeping odyssey into the depths of human experience, unfolding through film and video. Marking the first major presentation of works from the Julia Stoschek Foundation in the U.S., this audiovisual poem experiments with time-based media by placing contemporary video works in dialogue with silent films and early cinema classics. For the first time, a large-scale exhibition bridges these two universes, creating an unprecedented encounter across more than a century of visual storytelling.

Bringing one of the world’s leading collections of time-based art to a city defined by moving images sparks a rare conversation across disciplines. It dissolves the boundaries between visual art and cinema, museum and theater, white cube and black box. In doing so, it traces the evolution of visual storytelling over the past century, highlighting both the universality of human concerns and the shifting perspectives that shape their representation.

“What a Wonderful World” presents a wide range of groundbreaking works by artists such as Marina Abramović, Cyprien Gaillard, Arthur Jafa, or Lu Yang, alongside cinematic milestones by Luis Buñuel, Walt Disney, Alice Guy-Blaché, Winsor McCay, and Georges Méliès. Together, these works form a panoramic and layered portrait of humanity and history across 120 years: altogether ironic, sincere, critical and compassionate.

“What a Wonderful World” will unfold as an explorative journey, a cinematic mystery tour, a soul-stirring experience. It invites visitors to confront the secrets and fragilities of humanity while holding up a mirror to the state of the world today.

What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem

Julia Stoschek Foundation at the Variety Arts Theater

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Rose, an aspiring actress, checks into a remote California motel, seeking solace from the chaos of her life. But the walls of the motel pulse with the echoes of her past—each room a distorted reflection of her fears, desires and regrets. As reality warps and fractures, Rose must confront the haunting specters of her trauma, identity and the oppressive forces that have shaped her existence.

Julie Pacino’s feature debut is a visually arresting journey into the labyrinth of the female psyche. Shot on 35mm, I LIVE HERE NOW blends surrealist horror with psychological depth, drawing comparisons to Lynchian narratives and films like BLACK SWAN. With a standout performance by Lucy Fry, this film is a haunting exploration of self-worth, autonomy and the shadows that linger within.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Utopia

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Julie Pacino ‘Women Wednesday 2026’

I LIVE HERE NOW in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Joan Huang idolizes the popular girls and dreams of being prom queen, but fears the only way to win is to look like all the past queens whose portraits line her high school halls. Enter Ethnos: a mysterious cosmetic surgery clinic that makes people of color appear white. Joan undergoes the procedure and wakes up a beautiful blonde destined for the crown, but at what cost? Blending sharp satire, sci-fi and body horror, and starring Shirley Chen (DÌDI), Mckenna Grace (REGRETTING YOU), and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (NEVER HAVE I EVER), SLANTED proves that identity is never only skin-deep.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Bleecker Street

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Amy Wang ‘Women Wednesday 2026’

SLANTED

Los Feliz Theatre

Showgirls

New Beverly Cinema

Join us at the PRS for an intimate evening celebrating the release of the Spirit Guide Portal Oracle Deck.

Spirit Made Visible - The Spirit Guide Portal Oracle Release

Philosophical Research Society

**Producer**: Darcy McKinnon

Editor **Pablo Proenza** in conversation after the Wednesday screening!

Join us in the microcinema for Suzannah Herbert&#8217;s brilliant documentary *Natchez, *an entertaining and eye-opening film about reckoning with the ghosts of the past. This beautifully composed and expertly balanced film captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Join the eccentric residents of Natchez in their grand mansions where they present a glimpse into an idyllic whitewashed history, and the Black tour guides and homeowners that seek to bring to light the atrocities that plagued the exquisite town for centuries, and the covert and overt racism that persists today. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.

Natchez

**Screenwriter**: Jane Campion

**Producers**: Jan Chapman,  Caroline Hewitt

Swoon away with us in the gorgeous romance of Jane Campion&#8217;s subtle and sumptuous period piece about the thrall of love and its effect on great art. In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Bright Star

Vidiots

Cactus Flower

Django Unchained

Vista Theatre

Q&A with filmmaker Julie Pacino and actor Sheryl Lee Advance Screening

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

Waiting for Guffman

[SOURCE-IMAGE]

Leaning towards the concept of *living archive*, and the ways personal and collective memory is prompted through images being made, held onto, circulated and revisited.

[SOURCE-IMAGE] is a series of silkscreen and photo-based works, featuring quietly unreleased material and new exercises in print by: Material Group.

“Over time, images accumulate meaning not through clarity, but through continued contact” - John Berger.

Rushing on the treadmill at the YMCA, a steep incline with no wireless headphones.

Noticing how the reporting on life in interview format - compressed into highlights - must gloss over the humanity of what is consistent, unremarkable, everyday.

Printmaking and daily life seem to share a deep parallel respect for what is a process.

It’s a relief sometimes, to know that images are not static - simply because we are not static.

Truly identifying with the snail, though never representing them in illustration (online ceramics © was all about the snail logo for a few years, if I remember correctly).

My desire would be to do a whole series on snails. A message centre in the form of daytime television called: Leaf Talk.

When life is giving and our state of mind is inspired, we tend to want to freeze the frameso as not to be reminded of how everything moves so quickly.

A snail would never actually tell us this (it would never make the final edit)!

It’s just the blueprint to another memory.

Works for the exhibition will join the artist in the sky and fit the designated airport

dimension allowance.

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On view at Heavy Manners Library from March 12,2026 until April 12,2026.

Bio :

Material Group is a screen-printing and design studio located in Montreal, Quebec (Canada).

Operated independently, the studio is shaped by ongoing collaborations across music, event programming, small press publishing, art + design.

Contact:

JG

Website: [www.materialgroup.ca](http://www.materialgroup.ca/)

E-Mail: [materialgroupinbox@gmail.com](mailto:materialgroupinbox@gmail.com)

Currently Reading:* Listening To Stone, The Art And Life Of Isamu Noguchi by: HaydenHerrera (FSG)*

Next On The List: *Seeing <—> Making | Room for Thought by: Susan Buck-Morss, Kevin McCaughey, Adam Michaels (Inventory Press)*

[Source Image]: New Works by Material Group

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

From Academy Award winning writer/director Jane Campion comes an extraordinary film based on the true story of undying love between renowned poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his spirited muse Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). In the wilds of 19th century England, a forbidden passion draws the two lovers ever closer—even as fate conspires to tear them apart. BRIGHT STAR takes you to a world where, though life may be fleeting, great art – and great love – last forever.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: UK/Australia/France

BRIGHT STAR

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Korean with English subtitles. *

Donghwa (Ha Seongguk) is a fledgling poet in his thirties. He rejects material aspirations and seeks to lead a life dedicated to truth and beauty. On a lazy afternoon, he drives his girlfriend, Junhee (Kang Soyi), back to her parents’ home outside Seoul. In the driveway, they run into her father (Kwon Haehyo), who is strangely interested in Donghwa’s dinged up old car. He takes it for a spin around the block, then invites Donghwa to stay and meet the family: him, his wife (Cho Yunhee), who also writes poetry, and Junhee’s reclusive sister (Park Miso), who practices the gayageum, a traditional string instrument. They end up wiling away the day together, visiting a temple by the river, climbing the hill near the house, watching the sunset, and, sure enough, imbibing drinks. Egged on by Junhee’s dad, Donghwa gets progressively more drunk as the day advances. Finally, he makes a fool of himself at dinner. Then everything begins to unravel for the poet: his relationship, his art, his revolutionary ideals.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: South Korea

WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU

Join us for the opening reception of In Every Flower The Face Of God, an exhibition of new mixed media work by Brian Merriam

In Every Flower the Face of God Exhibition - Opening Reception

The beautiful restoration of the earliest surviving feature directed by an Iranian woman, produced in secrecy and long unseen

Marva Nabili’s THE SEALED SOIL (1977) – Landmark of Iranian New Wave Cinema

**Screenwriters**: Matt Johnson,  Jay McCarrol

**Producers**: Matt Greyson,  Matthew Miller

The microcinema is heading back to the year 2008 for the funniest Canadian lo-fi indie buddy time travel comedy of the year! When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Laugh out loud funny, inventive, and magnificently DIY, you&#8217;ll never stop thanking the Canadian government for supporting independent film!

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

**Writer/Producer**: Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda’s extraordinary late-career renaissance began with this wonderfully idiosyncratic, self-reflexive documentary in which the ever-curious French cinema icon explores the little-known world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who survive by foraging for that which society throws away. Embracing the intimacy and freedom of digital filmmaking, Varda posits herself as a kind of gleaner of images and ideas, one whose generous, expansive vision makes room for ruminations on everything from aging to the birth of cinema to the beauty of heart-shaped potatoes. By turns playful, philosophical, and subtly political, *The Gleaners and I *is a warmly human reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world from an artist who, like her subjects, finds unexpected richness where few think to look.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Craving more fascinating documentaries? Try out these unsung gems!

*Sherman&#8217;s March, Off the Charts, The Dancing Outlaw*

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions, Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

The Gleaners and I

Dragnet Girl/The Only Son

“One of the strangest movies I've ever seen.”-- Joe Bob Briggs

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Filled with miraculous monster effects and hallucinatory visions, BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR is the most accomplished horror film that ever escaped from Ohio. Ben hasn't been sleeping well. His dreams are filled with monsters and death. Seeking out answers, Ben pursues the hidden meanings of his nightmares. As the dreams grow increasingly lifelike, Ben fears that he's losing his grip on sanity, especially as those around him start turning up dead.

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Continuing the lineage of everything from THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, this ambitious debut feature from filmmaker Jay Woelfel skillfully blends elements of surrealism, mystery, and grotesque and violent horror set-pieces.

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Originally relegated direct-to-video and extremely hard to find (until now), we are thrilled to be screening this new uncut restoration from 2021, which was painstakingly reconstructed shot by shot from the original, unedited 16mm camera negative by Vinegar Syndrome.

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## Thursday, 3/127:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING$8 general admission, $7 for Whammy! members

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*Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*

BEYOND DREAM'S DOOR (1989)

WHAMMY!

98th Oscars Animated Feature Film Winner

98th Oscars Best Picture Winner

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The cantankerous Rooster Cogburn is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn’s employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

TRUE GRIT

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

When the town of Blaine, Mo., approaches its sesquicentennial, there’s only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called “Red, White and Blaine.” Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic but untalented locals (Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O’Hara) to perform his masterwork. But, when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

30th Anniversary ‘Starring Catherine O’Hara’

WAITING FOR GUFFMAN

Infinite Space, a documentary feature film, traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create “architecture that has no beginning and no end.” It is the story of brilliance and of a complicated life – and the most sensual architecture of the 20th century.

Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home&#8217;s telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl&#8217;s murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

Body Double

*Thank you to our airline sponsor Delta Air Lines*

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES: **

Total runtime: 117 Mins.

**“Proshai, Livushka,” 2001, Dir. Tim Van Patten, HBO Original, USA**

Tony’s concern that his mother will rat him out to the Feds expires when she, literally, does.

Format: DCP

**“Pine Barrens,” 2001, Dir. ****Steve Buscemi, ****HBO Original, USA**

Paulie and Christopher end up on a nightmarish journey when they chase a Russian mobster into the South Jersey woods.

Format: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**THE SOPRANOS, 1999, HBO Original, USA**

Hailed as one of television’s essential dramas, David Chase’s THE SOPRANOS follows James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano: husband, father and mob boss. Revisit the entire series and celebrate 25 years with the family that started it all.

*Watch the complete HBO Original Series on [HBO Max.](https://www.hbomax.com/shows/sopranos/818c3d9d-1831-48a6-9583-0364a7f98453)*

25th Anniversary of Season 3 Panel with creator David Chase, director Steve Buscemi and executive producer Terence Winter Admission includes access to the anniversary panel following complimentary screenings of episodes “Proshai, Livushka” and “Pine Barrens” Patron, Silver Screen, Marquee and Movie Palace-level members now have exclusive access to tickets.

THE SOPRANOS Season 3: 25th Anniversary Panel

Special thanks to our community partners: *[UCLA AMIA Student Chapter](https://uclaamia.wordpress.com/)*, [UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies](https://elts.ucla.edu/)

For over four decades, from 1944–1991, Albania was ruled by one of the most repressive dictatorships anywhere in the world. For most of that time, the Marxist-Leninist regime was led by Enver Hoxha, who ruthlessly suppressed any opposition and kept his fearful population isolated from the outside world. Throughout that period, Albanians could see images of themselves and their country only as represented in the fiction features and documentaries produced by the state-run New Albania Kinostudio. In 1993, two years after the end of the regime, Albanian American visual artist and photographer Elena Dorfman began regularly visiting her mother’s home country and in 2018 she was granted unprecedented access to the collection of the Albanian National Film Archive. The result of her archival research, Dorfman’s experimental feature documentary, *THE DREAM & THE LIE* brings scenes from the archive’s film holdings together in a widescreen triptych image that can feel both epic and intimate in scale all at once. A captivating exploration of how movies were used by the regime to construct a powerful national mythology that penetrated deep into daily life, *THE DREAM & THE LIE* is also a visually arresting example of how artists can creatively and productively engage with archival material. The UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to host Elena Dorfman at the Billy Wilder Theater for a screening of *THE DREAM & THE LIE* followed by an in person conversation with the Archive’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence Ariel West about the film and relationship between the artist and the archive.

DCP. Director: Elena Dorfman. 

*Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.*

THE DREAM & THE LIE

Hammer Museum

Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 150,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.

Drawing from Tavares Strachan’s immersive excursions into hidden histories and speculative futures in the exhibition [*The Day Tomorrow Began*](https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/tavares-strachan-day-tomorrow-began), mother and daughter design duo Aama Studio welcome us to a film salon where they will weave cinema, textiles, and personal memory to tell intergenerational stories. 

A tour of the exhibition, short films, and discussions will explore Black liberation, arcs of migration, and evolving identities, linking ancestral memory to possibilities of today and tomorrow.

**Program:**

3 pm: Short film screening
4 pm: *Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began* exhibition walkthrough with House of Aama
5 pm: Short film screening
6 pm: Post-screening conversation with Jamal Ademola, director of *House of Aama: Threads of Legacy*; Akua Shabaka and Rebecca Henry, co-creators of House of Aama; and special guests

Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Two friends meet in a bar. Later that night, one friend’s flirtatious wife is reportedly in an accident. The other friend doesn’t feel well. What’s come over him?

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Toho

COUNTRY: Japan

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35mm print courtesy of National Film Archive of Japan Series co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities ‘Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE THIN LINE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

“Who are…you?”

Mima Kirigoe, a former pop idol, makes a bold transition into acting, taking on a role in a drama that includes a disturbing assault scene, and even releasing a provocative nude photo book. Her dramatic reinvention grabs public attention, but also provokes unease among her fans, her manager and even herself as she struggles with the rapid shift from her days as a pop idol. As a stalker begins to shadow her, a screenwriter and a photographer are murdered one after another. “Did I kill them?” Mima begins to wonder if a split personality is gradually taking over, just like the character that she plays in the drama. Then “the other Mima” the pop idol who was supposed to have “graduated,” appears in front of her…

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: GKIDS

COUNTRY: Japan

PERFECT BLUE

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Closing out the trilogy is THE TRAP in which Nagase stars in a memorable double role. When a string of young women in floral dresses are found dead, alarms are sounded throughout Yokohama about the possibility of a serial killer on the loose. But when all evidence points to Hama, he has to fight against the clock and former allies, putting his trust in a rookie cop and his trusted sidekick Hoshino. Will Hama escape the trap?

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration The Maiku Hama Trilogy: Part 3

THE TRAP

The Lickerish Quartet / Therese and Isabelle

Nights in Black Leather

Based on the romance written by Raduan Nassar about a Lebanese family living in Brazil’s inland, the movie is a backwards version of the parable of the prodigal son. André is an unattached son, who left family and home due to severe paternal laws and suffocating maternal affection and love. Pedro, his older brother, received from his mother the mission to bring André back home.

The appearance of the brother causes André to remember moments he lived with his family since childhood and the reasons that led him to leave home: rigid and repressive morals of the father and the relationship with an excessive tendering mother. Against his father’s sermons, André celebrates life, sex and freedom. There is also an even dire motive: the incestuous relationship between André and his sister Ana. André agrees to go back home with his brother, but such decision will shake the very foundations of the family.

To the Left of the Father

Now Instant Image Hall

**Screenwriters**: Jonathan Aibel,  Glenn Berger

**Producer**: Melissa Cobb

Bring your little kung fu warriors for twice the action, twice the laughs, and twice the fun, because *Kung Fu Panda* is back &#8211; and better than ever! Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a dark secret from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock lord Shen unleashes a terrifying new weapon to wipe out kung fu itself, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first unravel the mystery of where he came from and come to terms with his trauma. With an all-star voice cast including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Gary Oldman, and Jackie Chan, this is one animated adventure that really kicks butt!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Craving more fun for the kiddos? Our All Ages section in the video store has tons of fun &#8211; including:

*Three Lives of Thomasina, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Point*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Kung Fu Panda 2

**Screenwriter**: Colin Higgins

**Producer**: Charles B. Mulvehill, Colin Higgins

Vidiots remembers the life and legacy of the singular **Bud Cort** with screenings of his seminal work &#8211; Hal Asbhy&#8217;s dark comedy masterpiece *Harold and Maude*.

The oddest romantic comedy ever made! Hal Ashby&#8217;s pitch-perfect dark comedy remains a hilariously morbid triumph even 50 years after its release. Bud Cort stars as the titular Harold, a rich and disaffected young man with a penchant for phony suicides and antagonizing his mother. The singular Ruth Gordon illuminates the screen and the world as Maude, an aging Holocaust survivor who finds pleasure in the strangest of places. An unlikely friendship forms and transforms both of them forever. Featuring a killer soundtrack by Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens).  Initially a box-office bomb, this enduring cult classic has been added to the *National Film Registry* by the Library of Congress and is listed in AFI&#8217;s top *100 Funniest Movies of All-Time*.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Need more Bud Cort classics to take home tonight? Check out these gems and more!

*Brewster McCloud, But I&#8217;m a Cheerleader, Love Letters*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Harold and Maude

**Screenwriter/Producer**: Louise Weard

*Castration Movie *is a multi-part postmodern epic by visionary auteur Louise Weard.* Anthology i. Traps *contains two chapters. In *Chapter i. Incel Superman*, a production assistant named Turner Stewart (Noah Baker) sees his world spiral out of control as he uncompromisingly attempts to shape his life into the one he feels he deserves. In* Chapter ii. Traps Swan Princess*, a trans sex worker named Michaela “Traps” Sinclair (Louise Weard) finds her relationships becoming increasingly strained as she decides to pursue motherhood.

Written and directed by Louise Weard, *Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps* features a cast headlined by Louise Weard (*Computer Hearts*), Vera Drew (*The People&#8217;s Joker*), Alice Maio Mackay (*The Serpent’s Skin*), Avalon Fast (*Camp*), John Paizs (*Crime Wave*), Lea Rose Sebastianis (*In a Violent Nature*), and Nate Wilson (*The All Golden*), amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos.

“As daring and revolutionary an indie film as any crafted this decade.” &#8211; William Bibbiani, *The Wrap***

“*Castration Movie* mixes Cassavetes-level rawness, a dazed Warholian languor and quotable banter worthy of Kevin Smith… With its scenes of unsimulated sex, water-sports, self-harm and the graphic aftermath of surgery, *Castration Movie*’s list of trigger warnings is longer than some films’ scripts.” &#8211; Ryan Gilbey, *The Guardian***

“*Castration Movie* holds the shimmering promise of what cinema can be now, when multiplex fare has entered its moribund final act and fascism is tightening its grip on dissent, free expression, and the rights of the vulnerable. Great films about real things made on the margins are evermore essential, and this is a great film.” &#8211; Chris Sheilds, *Screen Slate***

“It&#8217;s so painful and good that I can only bear to watch it in like, fifteen minute increments while pacing around the room in psychic discomfort” &#8211; Torrey Peters (author, *Detransition, Baby*)

“A landmark in trans cinema, from its blisteringly uncomfortable first act to its bottomlessly miserable last.” &#8211; Gretchen Felker-Martin (author, *Manhunt)***

“May very well upend our notions of how trans film imagery can look and feel… and taste.” &#8211; Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Gardner (authors, *Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness on Film*)

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

**Screenwriter**: Robin Schiff

**Producer**: Laurence Mark

We&#8217;ve got your business woman&#8217;s special right in time for  Saturday night! Put on your most colorful 90s dresses, hop in your convertible, and get ready to hit the high school reunion in style! One of the best buddy movies ever, and a laugh riot from start to finish, this is one underdog story with style, flash, and plenty of shade. Romy and Michele are happy in their LA life, but when their ten year reunion looms, they feel like they need to lie to get the respect they deserve from the former cool kids. But maybe, they&#8217;re just perfect on their own and maybe they&#8217;ll perform an interpretive dance to prove such a point! Bring your besties for a night of fun, fashion, and friendship that still kills 30 years later!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more lady buddy comedies? Laugh along with these bangers!

*Ass Backwards, Spring Breakdown, Girls Trip*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

**Screenwriter**: Greg Harrison

**Producers**: Greg Harrison,  Danielle Renfrew Behrens

Vidiots is ready to rave with writer/director **Greg Harrison** and producer **Danielle Renfrew Behrens** for the world premiere of the new remaster of the quintessential SF party movie ***Groove***.

You are invited to the hottest party of the year! As the sun goes down on Saturday night, rave kids Colin and Harmony take their relationship to the next level, veteran clubgoer Leyla surfs the Internet for a lift to the rave and workaholic David just wants to make it home in one piece. By sunrise, romances ignite, hearts break and lives are changed forever. Featuring a pulsating soundtrack and exciting performances from newcomers Lola Glaudini (TV&#8217;s &#8220;*NYPD Blue*&#8220;), Denny Kirkwood (*Never Been Kissed*), Rachel True (*The Craft*) and Steve Van Wormer (*Idle Hands*). Featuring DJs John Digweed, Polywog, & Wish.

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Groove

Project Hail Mary 70mm

Of Unknown Origin/Ben

Los Angeles Filmforum and Rotations present *Gunvor Nelson Tribute Trilogy, Tribute 1: Red Shift*. Co-presented with the Academy Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

In-person introduction by Steve Anker!

Screenings:

Red Shift

1984, 50 minutes, B&W, SOUND, 16mm

Red Shift is one of Nelson’s most admired films, a dense narrative film about family relations in which the various roles are played by members of her family.

Frame Line

1983, 22 minutes, B&W, SOUND, 16mm

Frame Line is Nelson’s first collage film. The film that inaugurated her original series of animated films, all made at the Film Workshop in Stockholm.

Time Being

1991, 8 minutes, B&W, SILENT, 16mm

Time Being is a commemoration in four sequences of Nelson’s mother.

TRT: 80 min

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A pioneer of personal cinema and feminist film who never shied away from challenges, Nelson's innovative films combine painting, collage, and sound experimentation, embodying humor, resistance, intimacy, and tactile sensation. Nelson’s family and generational study Red Shift (1984), and her painfully sensitive portrayal of her dying mother in Time Being (1991) are regarded as the high points of her family and hometown productions.

This retrospective will be co-presented by LA Filmforum, Rotations, the Academy Museum, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu and Steve Anker.

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Full program notes and film lineup: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/

LA Filmforum & Rotations: Gunvor Nelson Tribute - Red Shift

2220 Arts + Archives

98th Oscars Wildcard Winner

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Tragedy seems to follow Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) everywhere she goes. After a domestic dispute results in the death of both of her parents, Pearl moves in with her aunt, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish), on a Texas farm. When Pearl notices Laura Belle’s son, the fiery Lewt (Gregory Peck), life on the ranch erupts into chaos. The two have a brief courtship, but Lewt abruptly ends the relationship. When Pearl tries to move on, Lewt’s jealousy leads to a climactic gun battle between the former lovers.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

New 4K Restoration 80th Anniversary ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

DUEL IN THE SUN

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept&#8217;s intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

The Holy Mountain

*A loser gets dumped. A weird experi**ment goes crazy. **A dangerous Dance Freak runs wild.*

A FEATURE LENGTH MOVIE: In a secret government facility, a team of scientists have done impossible, indescribable things. Genetic mutations, inter-dimensional experiments: nasty top secret stuff. They played GOD. And like GOD they are all probably dead. The filmmakers only had like $45,000 to make this movie and they ran out of that money almost immediately so a lot of that stuff is just implied through dialogue. There is dancing, but it isn’t that crazy. Also the movie gets loud sometimes, but it’s not that long.

Dance Freak

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Howard Beale, a veteran newscaster, is informed by his ratings-driven network executives that he is about to be dumped because he “skews old” – in turn, he uses his next broadcast to announce that he is going to commit suicide on his final programme. An ambitious programming executive convinces her superiors to let the broadcast go ahead, hoping that the final event will give the network its greatest ratings ever.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

50th Anniversary ‘Starring Robert Duvall’

NETWORK

Movie theater chain established in 1938 showcasing the latest independent, foreign & art films.

2nd SUNDAY  70mm PLUS series. Columbia’s most celebrated title! Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. Winner of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture of 1962, Lawrence of Arabia stands as one of the most timeless and essential motion picture masterpieces. The greatest achievement of its legendary, Oscar -winning director, David Lean (1962, Lawrence of Arabia: 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai), the film stars Peter Otoole, in his career-making performance as T.E. Lawrence, the audacious World War I British army officer who heroically united rival Arab desert tribes and led them to war against the mighty Turkish Empire.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Fine Arts Theatre

The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each *Family Flicks* program.

If adolescence can sometimes look a little messy on the outside that’s because it’s complete emotional chaos on the inside. Pixar’s instant classic about growing up takes us inside the mind of Riley, a rural teenager whose struggle with alienation after a big city move is compounded by her personified feelings, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust, who must learn to appreciate each other so Riley can thrive again in her new environment.

DCP. Director: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen. Screenwriter: Josh Cooley. With: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. 

*Recommended for ages 6+*

Inside Out

Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive

Recommended for ages 6+

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her Emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler); Fear (Bill Hader); Anger (Lewis Black); Disgust (Mindy Kaling); and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). Although Joy, Riley's main and most important Emotion, tries to keep things positive, the Emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. (2015, Dir. Pete Docter, DCP, color, 95 min.)

Family Flicks: Inside Out

In this D&B Films production, Jane (Loletta Lee), a rebellious student from a lower-class background, is saved by May (May Lo), who comes from a wealthy family. The film follows their friendship and respective romances in this coming-of-age tale, engaging with the changing economic and social realities of Hong Kong’s booming 1980s. *Devoted to You* was one of many youth romance films starring teen idols that also functioned as quasi-music videos — especially as a vehicle for Cantonese pop star Jacky Cheung, who plays May’s love interest.

Director/Screenwriter: Clifton Ko.. With: May Lo, Loletta Lee, Jacky Cheung, Michael Wong.

Here, one of the Hong Kong New Wave’s most renowned directors, Stanley Kwan, crafts a haunting portrait of urban disillusionment. Produced by D&B Films, this melancholic drama stars Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat as part of a circle of young dreamers undone by romance, betrayal and tragedy. Blending noir mystery with aching sadness, Kwan transforms a tale of pleasure and decay into a meditation. Under the neon glow of a restless city, intimacy, ambition, and despair unceremoniously coexist to poignant effect.

Director: Stanley Kwan. Screenwriters: Lai Kit, Yau-tai On-ping (Chiu Kang-chien). With: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Elaine Jin, Irene Wan, Chow Yun-fat.

*—guest programmer Janet Louie*

Devoted to You / Love Unto Waste

Please note: This screening takes place at 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057

Total runtime: 80 min.

*Red Shift* is one of Gunvor Nelson’s most admired films, a dense narrative film about family relations in which the various roles are played by members of her family. The film merges two diegetic times, both present and past, and pending between close-ups and long shots. Nelson’s depiction of family life is both candid and considerate, displaying an amalgamation of emotions ranging from delight to distress.—*Professor John Sundholm, Stockholm University*

Director: Gunvor Nelson.

*Frame Line* is Nelson’s first collage film. The film that inaugurated her original series of animated films, all made at the Film Workshop in Stockholm. *Frame Line* is a reflection on Stockholm and Sweden, on Nelson’s return to her native country and a place that is both familiar and distant, both beautiful and ugly at the same time. The film begins with images and glimpses of Stockholm that Nelson has collected, then developing this audiovisual material into a new visual work where animation becomes a way of discovering both what the camera has captured and what can be created anew through free association.—*Professor John Sundholm, Stockholm University*

Director: Gunvor Nelson.

*Time Being* is a commemoration in four sequences of Nelson’s mother. The film that starts and ends with lengthy black leader, is a brutal yet beautiful depiction of her mother dying and how the bond between them is cut off. After a prologue follows a series of three shots, each beginning in static takes of her mother lying in a bed at a hospital. For each shot the distance to the mother increases and the camera moves closer towards Nelson.—*Professor John Sundholm, Stockholm University*

Director: Gunvor Nelson.

Off-site: Gunvor Nelson Tribute I: Red Shift

Dive into a powerful educational series bridging generations through film, dialogue, and critical media literacy. Curated and facilitated by legendary KAOS Network founder Ben Caldwell, L.A. Rebellion filmmaker Alile Sharon Larkin, and LACMA assistant curator of film Matazi Weathers, this series spotlights bold works by local filmmakers, surprise guest appearances, and unfiltered conversations on the role of storytelling in shaping cultural consciousness, both locally and globally.

Our January session will focus on honoring the life and work of Nigerian L.A. Rebellion filmmaker, painter, and author Ijeoma IIoputaife (1951–2025), also known as Omah Diegu and ‘oma ‘taife The first African woman to study film at UCLA, she was part of the second generation of the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers, also called the L.A. Rebellion. Today, her short film *African Women, U.S.A.* (1980) is one of the standard works of feminist African-American cinema. After returning to Nigeria, she lived in Germany for a while which led to the autobiographical documentary *The Snake in my Bed* (1995) made in collaboration with Das kleine Fernsehspiel.

Co-presented by KAOS Network and LACMA’s Aspect Ratio.

KAOS/LACMA Cultural Literacy Collider

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*In Italian with English subtitles.*

Shotgun weddings, kidnapping, attempted murder, emergency dental work—the things Don Vincenzo will do to restore his family’s honor! Pietro Germi’s SEDUCED AND ABANDONED was the follow-up to his international sensation DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE, and in many ways it’s even more audacious—a rollicking yet raw series of escalating comic calamities that ensue in a small village when sixteen-year-old Agnese (the beautiful Stefania Sandrelli) loses her virginity at the hands of her sister’s lascivious fiance.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Italy

Introduction by filmmaker Jim Cummings ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Jim Cummings Presents SEDUCED AND ABANDONED

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A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows—Veronica, Linda, Alice and Belle—have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses’ criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, Veronica joins forces with the other three women to pull off a heist that her husband was planning. Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya and Robert Duvall.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: UK/USA

WIDOWS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Filipino and Ilocano with English subtitles.*

One Sunday in November, Mila (Charo Santos) announces to her father Dadang (Vic Silayan), a retired police officer, that she is pregnant, asking for permission to marry her co-worker Noel (Jay Ilangan). The noose tightens as Dadong’s unreasonable expectations for a dowry are not met and he exhibits an increasingly authoritarian streak. When the couple marries, Mila’s father begins a game of exclusion and manipulation to reassert control over his kin. Based on the true crime reportage “The House on Zapote Street” penned by Nick Joaquin, Mike De Leon’s KISAPMATA, beautifully restored in 4K by L’Immagine Ritrovata, is a stunning example of psychological horror that meticulously tightens the noose around its characters’ neck until the outcome feels inevitable.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Philippines

4K Restoration ‘Directed by Mike De Leon’

KISAPMATA

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*In Nigerian Pidgin, Yoruba, and English with English subtitles.*

The UK’s Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards and recipient of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes, Akinola Davies Jr.’s MY FATHER’S SHADOW is a poetic, tender portrait of father-son bonds. Framed by the political landscape of 1993 Lagos, the film follows a father and his two young sons as they journey into and around the vibrantly rendered Nigerian metropolis, quietly reckoning with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. Brothers and collaborators Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies bring us a groundbreaking feature debut – centering an award-winning performance by Sopé Dìrísù (SLOW HORSES, GANGS OF LONDON) – that reveals the profound depths of what families leave unspoken.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: UK/Nigeria

MY FATHER'S SHADOW

Rio de Janeiro, 1964. After suffering the end of a love affair, G.H., a sculptress from Copacabana’s artistic elite, decides to clean her apartment by herself, starting with the maid’s room. The day before, the maid had quit. In the room, G.H. faces a huge cockroach that reveals her own horror of the world, a reflection of a society full of prejudice against beings it treats as subordinate. Facing the insect, G.H. descends into an existential Via Crucis. This experience leads to the loss of her identity and makes her question all conventions that imprison females to this day. Based on a novel by Clarice Lispector.

The Passion According to G.H.

Suzuki's feverish phantasmagoria of theatrical illusion, haunted memory, and obsessive longing!

Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY:  KAGERO-ZA (1981)

**Screenwriters**: Nicholas Stoller,  Matthew Robinson

**Producer**: Kristin Burr

Grab your backpack, your monkey, and your sense of adventure for a cinematic journey to a lost Inca civilization. Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization. Bring your little explorers for big screen excitement from everyone&#8217;s favorite explorer!

Coge tu mochila, tu mono y tu sentido de la aventura para un viaje cinematográfico a una civilización inca perdida. Dora, una chica que ha pasado la mayor parte de su vida explorando la jungla con sus padres, ahora debe enfrentarse a su aventura más peligrosa hasta ahora: la escuela secundaria. Siempre exploradora, Dora se encuentra rápidamente guiando a Boots (su mejor amigo, un mono), Diego y un grupo extraño de adolescentes en una aventura para salvar a sus padres y resolver el misterio imposible detrás de una civilización inca perdida. ¡Trae a tus pequeños exploradores para la emoción en pantalla grande del explorador favorito de todos!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want to explore more with Dora? Take home these adventures on physical media!

*Dora the Explorer: It&#8217;s a Party, Dora the Explorer: World Adventure, Dora the Explorer: Super Babies*

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions, Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold en Español

**Producers**: Pierre-Olivier Bardet,  Frederick Wiseman

Vidiots remembers the legacy of documentary filmmaking icon **Frederick Wiseman** with a screening of his artistic masterpiece *National Gallery*.

Frederick Wiseman’s *National Gallery* takes the audience behind the scenes of a London institution, on a journey to the heart of a museum inhabited by masterpieces of Western art from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. *National Gallery *is the portrait of a place, its way of working and relations with the world, its staff and public, and its paintings. In a perpetual and dizzying game of mirrors, film watches painting watches film.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home six decades worth of Frederick Wiseman &#8211; including these treasures

*Titticut Follies, Model, Welfare, The Store, Meat*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

National Gallery

**Screenwriter**: Louise Weard

**Producers**: Dakota Blais, Remy Boydell, Heather Buckley, Aoife Josie Clements, Hazel Norwood, Elizabeth Purchell, Mark Wilmot

*Castration Movie *is a multi-part postmodern epic by visionary auteur Louise Weard.The second part of *Castration Movie *(running 300 minutes with an intermission) contains one chapter:

In *Chapter iii. Polygon!!!! Heartmoder*, Circle (Lex Walton) tries to leave a trans separatist cult in New York.

“A landmark in trans cinema, from its blisteringly uncomfortable first act to its bottomlessly miserable last.” &#8211; Gretchen Felker-Martin (author, *Manhunt)***

“May very well upend our notions of how trans film imagery can look and feel… and taste.” &#8211; Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Gardner (authors, *Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness on Film*)

“Watching *Castration Movie* got me so hyped for the future of film.” &#8211; Morgan M. Page (writer, *Framing Agnes*)

“*Castration Movie *is cinema, everything else is mere filmmaking!” &#8211; Theda Hammel (filmmaker, *Stress Positions*)

Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds

Vidiots welcomes back our found footage besties **Museum of Home Video** with an event they like to call &#8220;the Super Bowl for moviegoers&#8221;.  **Every** movie is fascinating for its first five minutes: that brief moment before it either hooks you or loses you.  For the **5 Minutes Game**, we&#8217;ve lined up ten unpredictable movies you’ve never seen or heard of.  We’ll watch the first five minutes of each &#8212; and then you, the audience votes on what we’ll watch in full.  If you think you’ve uncovered all the strange videos left to discover, think again!

This event is co-hosted / co-curated by **Josh Miller** (co-screenwriter of *Violent Night* and the *Sonic The Hedgehog* movie franchise!)

**Museum of Home Video** is a found footage livestream for stoners, seekers, archivists, and drinkers. Each week at museumofhomevideo.com, VJs Bret Berg, Jenny Nixon and IVOR mix the best and wildest bits of late-night talk, game shows, local programming, movie wowzers, and commercial breaks. Like Weird Al’s *UHF* with a college radio vibe, the site’s other dazing and amazing streams include *Musicvideodrome* and the kids-themed *Playtime*.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more found footage weirdness? Dive deep with these obscure treasures:

TV Carnage presents* Casual Fridays, Animal Charm, The Educational Archives: Social Engineering 101***

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

The 5 Minutes Game presented by The Museum of Home Video

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*In Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles.*

Summoned with a blood-written note smuggled out of a prison block, an idealistic state lawyer (Alexander Kuznetsov) pushes past the prison’s leery authorities to interview an elderly, broken-down Bolshevik (Aleksandr Filippenko). The young attorney, determined to expose the miscarriages of justice that landed the man in confinement, finds the eye of the state turned on him instead, as an ever-tightening net encircles his investigation. Set at the height of the great purge and drenched in the paranoia of Stalin’s police state, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s latest triumph is a chilling, Kafkaesque thriller about the impunity of power and matter-of-fact horrors of fascism.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Germany

Q&A with filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa Advance Screening ‘Sergei Loznitsa: An American Cinematheque Tribute’

TWO PROSECUTORS

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A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia and Steve Martin.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by actor and fitness instructor Angie Shriner 40th Anniversary ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

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In 1940s Los Angeles, Detective Tom Spellacy (Robert Duvall) probes into the savage murder of a woman found dumped in an empty lot. At the same time, he investigates a priest found dead in a whorehouse. Spellacy’s brother (Robert De Niro), a Catholic priest, is meanwhile attempting to expand his church through Jack (Charles Durning), a shady contractor. While the two police cases and the real estate deal seem a world apart, Spellacy discovers an insidious connection involving money and power.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

TRUE CONFESSIONS

The Depraved / Campus Swingers

**Screenwriter**: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

**Producers**: Cattleya Paosrijeroen,  Soros Sukhum

Join us in the microcinema for Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke&#8217;s dark comedy fable of romance, melancholy, and consumerism. March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker’s death shut down their factory, his family reject their unconventional human-ghost relationship. Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions

A Useful Ghost

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Season 2, Episode 4, “Laura’s Secret Diary,” Dir. Todd Holland, 46 Mins**

Agent Cooper gets a strange request to save a life.

FORMAT: DCP

**Season 2, Episode 5, “The Orchids Curse,” Dir. Graeme Clifford, 47 Mins**

Agent Cooper and Truman lead a raid on One-Eyed Jacks.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS, 1990, Paramount, USA**

A crime drama mixed with healthy doses of the surreal, this series is about FBI Agent Dale Cooper, who travels to the small logging town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of seemingly innocent high schooler Laura Palmer. Almost nothing is as it seems, however, and the show’s sometimes eerie visuals, oddball characters and wild dream sequences drive the point home.

“Laura’s Secret Diary” and “The Orchids Curse” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 4 & 5

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Russian with English subtitles.*

In 1930 in Moscow, USSR. the Soviet government puts a group of top rank economists and engineers on trial, accusing them of plotting a coup d’état. The charges are fabricated and the punishment, if convicted, is death.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Atoms & Void

COUNTRY: Netherlands

Q&A with filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa L.A. Premiere ‘Sergei Loznitsa: An American Cinematheque Tribute’

THE TRIAL

Henry & June

Join us as we celebrate Manly P. Hall's birthday with recollections from Stephan Hoeller, an esteemed lecturer at PRS since the 1970s

Manly P. Hall: Prophet of Consciousness, a talk with Stephan Hoeller

Brute Force/Criss-Cross

Hollywood Entertainment and Philosophical Research Society's 7th House are honored to present the inimitable Bud Cort’s sole feature as director, co-writer, and star: *Ted & Venus*. With an introduction by Bridey Elliott!

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Dedicated with love to the memories of his Harold and Maude collaborators Ruth Gordon, Hal Ashby, and Colin Higgins, *Ted & Venus* is a subversive spiritual sequel and a hilariously strange Venice Beach love (and obsession) letter set to the music of Swamp Dogg.

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A demented twist on the romcom, the film reframes cinema’s lovestruck obsessives for what many of them are: deluded stalkers. When Ted (a poet, played by Cort) falls for his social worker, Linda (Kim Adams), he pursues her relentlessly…

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With an ethereal cast including Carol Kane, Gena Rowlands, James Brolin, Rhea Perlman, Woody Harrelson, Andrea Martin, Cassandra Peterson, Dr. Timothy Leary, + more!

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Ted and Venus will be preceded by Bridey Elliott’s short film *Affections* (2016) co-starring Bud Cort.

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**dir. Bud Cort, 1991***United States, digital projection*100 min

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## Tuesday, 3/247:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING$12 general admission, $11 for Whammy! members

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*Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*

TED & VENUS (1991), pres. by Hollywood Entertainment & 7th House

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**MY JOY, 2010, Dir. Sergei Loznitsa, 128 Mins, Kino Lorber, Ukraine/Netherlands/Germany/France**

*In Russian with English subtitles.*

Truck driver Georgy (Viktor Nemets) sets out on a provincial Russian highway for a routine delivery, but after a series of chance encounters his journey spirals out of control. A roadside police check, a talkative war veteran, and a too-young prostitute lead him to a village from which there appears to be no way out where the locals struggle to survive a tough, elemental world, and the past holds a vise-like grip over their everyday lives. Caught in a merciless dead end, Georgy’s unexpected fate is the crux of Loznitsa’s unique and original feature debut.

FORMAT: DCP

**DONBASS, 2018, Dir. Sergei Loznitsa, 122 Mins, Film Movement, Ukraine**

*In Russian, Ukrainian and English with English subtitles.*

In the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine, mid-2010s: a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by Russian-separatist gangs. In the Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is uttered as truth, and hatred is declared to be love. Life is suffused with fear and suspicion. What is real and what is fake news?

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa ‘Sergei Loznitsa: An American Cinematheque Tribute’

MY JOY / DONBASS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A cam girl navigates a toxic client relationship while reconnecting with her estranged, dying father, exploring complex relationships and family dynamics.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Utopia

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and actor Katarina Zhu ‘Women Wednesday 2026’

BUNNYLOVR

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Join us for a night of debut shorts from women directors! The Women Wednesday Night of Shorts features impressive debut short films from local up-and-coming filmmakers and a Q&A.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

*Full lineup to be announced!*

‘Women Wednesday 2026’ Guests and full lineup to be announced!

Women Wednesday Night of Shorts Part 2

A.S. Hamrah joins fellow Writer and Film Critic Sandi Tan to discuss film criticism and Hamrah&#8217;s two new books *Algorithm of the Night* and *Last Week in End Times Cinema.*

Last Week in End Times Cinema, Algorithm of the Night

The Caine Mutiny

FILM DIARY NYC is a biennial festival of experimental, autobiographical films that capture the personal history and daily experiences of the filmmaker. The 4th edition, *Go to the Mountains and Pray*,  features 170 new works by a diverse array of artists from across the world. The Los Angeles Satellite program at Whammy offers a one-night screening of 8 films that represent the range of the festival programming: from the formally experimental to the observational; from auto-fiction to home movie archives; from found footage and new media to 16mm and analogue film techniques.

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Tourniquet

Marceline Chevako, USA, 8 Min

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I Would’ve Been Happy

Jordan Wong, USA, 9 Min

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Piñata Prayers

Daniel Larios, El Salvador / USA, 24 Min

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Looking For You Looking For Me

Wes Weisbaum, USA, 5 Min

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typhoon diary 风球日记

Helix Zhang, USA, 6 Min

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Magic Mountain

Valentina Rosset, Brazil, 7 Min

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Padre Nuestro

Emanuel Christopher Castro, USA, 15 Min

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Like a Tongue Knows the Mouth

Laura Ohio, USA / Canada, 24 Min

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“An organization unparalleled in our current moment within the New York film world.”

- Devon Narine-Singh, filmmaker, educator (CU Boulder)

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“A community of artists committed to cutting through the bullshit, excited to use any and all media to increase our understanding & create authentic connection.”

- Julie Perini, filmmaker, educator (Portland State University)

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“This festival is what real artistic community can look and feel like, and these filmmakers give me hope for the future of art on screen”

- Ife Olujobi, filmmaker, writer

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“Exciting ideas...Very much in the spirit of the kind of film community that my father helped to foster and support.”

- Sebastian Mekas

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## Total Runtime: 98 Min

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## Wednesday, 3/257:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

## Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers present, led by writer Chris Shields.

## ‍$10 general admission, $8 for Whammy! members

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*Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*

FILM DIARY 4: GO TO THE MOUNTAINS AND PRAY

Lightstruck is elated to present two full evenings of rarely screened animated shorts from one of the most significant centers of experimental animation production and creativity in the history of the medium: Poland. Spanning the early 1960s to the late 1980s, these two programs (March 26 and April 16) will showcase an incredibly eclectic selection focusing on little-known masterworks and deep-cut revelations, all screening in recent restorations.

Poland has an extraordinary animation history marked by radical experimentation in technique and texture, investigating dark and complex themes inspired by social critique and surrealist visions alike. Spanning stop motion, cutout, cel, paint on glass, and hand-drawn approaches, these programs extend to include exceptional techniques such as Zbig Rybczyński’s hyper-complex optical printing, Piotr Dumała’s exquisite renderings on plaster slabs, and Julian Antonisz’s unhinged cameraless animation produced on ingenious, visionary devices of his own making. A morbid and uneasy humor often punctuates these works, which pulse with rich, emotional, and dramatic narratives and themes matched only by the exceptional imagination and talents of their authors.

We selected the films for these programs with an emphasis on shorts not generally available on home media, and spanning a particularly diverse array of styles, aesthetics, techniques, and sensibilities. Widely celebrated artists like Rybczyński, Antonisz, Ryszard Czekała, and Jerzy Kucia will be represented by lesser known (but magnificent) offerings, while deeply memorable obscurities from Jacek Kasprzycki, Zofia Oraczewska, Ryszard Antoniszczak, and Ewa Bibańska will further illuminate Poland’s incredible spectrum of animation genius.

Programs by Zena Grey and Mark Toscano. Notes by Mark Toscano. Films courtesy of Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (+ thanks to Stanisław Bardadin) and Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny (+ thanks to Adrian Smykowski and Julia Bachman).

Polish Animation #1: Flames in Dark Places (1962-74)

Margit and her older sister Katla flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter with Johan and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that’s soon strained by Katla’s burgeoning sorcery.

The Juniper Tree

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A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls newly arisen from their graves, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-sixties America (literally) tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in the lead role.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by author Daniel Kraus Book signing with Daniel Kraus for his new book, Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World, prior to the screening at 6:30pm at the Los Feliz 3, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

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*In Filipino with English subtitles.*

A coming-of-age story of college student Joey, who’s lost all sense of direction. His only inspiration is music, but he has yet to finish writing a song. His life changes when he meets Ana and his world is suddenly turned upside-down.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: ABS-CBN Film Productions

COUNTRY: Philippines

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