My Neighbors the Yamadas

Bugsy in 35mm

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

From director Christopher Nolan comes the story of a team of pioneers undertaking the most important mission in human history. Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey stars as ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

INTERSTELLAR in 70mm

Aero Theatre

Tank Girl 30 Year Anniversary 4K Screening at Brain Dead Studios with Q&A featuring Director Rachel Talalay and Special Guests

Synopsis: Tank Girl is an irreverent post-apocalyptic punk-rock story about a rebellious, tank-driving antiheroine named Rebecca Buck. Set in a drought-ravaged, dystopian Australia, she and her mutant kangaroo boyfriend, Booga, fight back against a tyrannical mega-corporation that controls the remaining water supply

TANK GIRL 4K W/ Q+A with Director Rachel Talalay & Special Guests

Brain Dead Studios

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

This unique series is hosted by filmmaker Stanley Sheff, who worked closely with Welles as a collaborator, editor, and un-credited co-director on his unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show. Sheff will share stories from their professional collaboration and personal friendship, giving audiences a rare first-hand glimpse into the private world of Orson Welles.Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm and film at 8pm.

Tonight's show:F FOR FAKE. Orson Welles' free-form documentary about fakery focusses on the notorious art forger Elmyr de Hory and Elmyr's biographer, Clifford Irving, who also wrote the celebrated fraudulent Howard Hughes autobiography, then touches on the reclusive Hughes and Welles' own career (which started with a faked resume and a phony Martian invasion). On the way, Welles plays a few tricks of his own on the audience.

F FOR FAKE

Fine Arts Theatre

**12PM** England vs. Argentina

Watch the Semifinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Drinks available for purchase at the bar. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed.

Doors and bar open one hour prior to kickoff. Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_x009xj)

World Cup Watch Party

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

“Why would I tie myself to one woman if I were interested in others?” says Jerôme, even as he plans on marrying a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end. Before then, Jerôme spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, Laura’s long-legged, blonde stepsister, Claire. Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire unwittingly instigates Jerôme’s moral crisis and creates both one of French cinema’s most enduring moments and what has become the iconic image of Rohmer’s Moral Tales.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

CLAIRE'S KNEE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MPI Media

COUNTRY: USA

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

Los Feliz Theatre

Billy Madison / 50 First Dates

New Beverly Cinema

_Staged Stories Live!_ features original work by writers from our Creative Aging Program ages 55 and up, developed in fiction, memoir, poetry, personal narrative and solo performance classes. 

Each piece began with a spark: a memory, an image, a question, perhaps a character, or a truth waiting patiently on the edge of the page. Through writing, listening, revision, and community, those sparks became stories. And in the presence of an audience, these stories become something else again: a living breathing performance. 

_Staged Stories Live!_ reminds us that creativity does not dim with age. It deepens. It gathers texture. It becomes more daring, more precise, more beautifully untamed. This work invites us into the alchemy of being heard, where experience becomes language, language becomes connection, and connection becomes art.

* * *

**FEATURED WRITERS**

July 14, 2026  
Susan Becker  
Ilene Waterstone  
Andrea Michaels  
Ira Goldberg  
Francine Meisler  
Doc Farnsworth  
Dana Weinstein  
Gail Gordon  
Patricia Gillum  
Joanne Webb  
Lisa Verlo  
Frank Papia  
Lucie Papia  
Harry Sparrow  
Helen Fateaux  
Ken Fritz  
Wendy Meltzer

July 15, 2026  
Marc Golden  
Sara Gutterman  
Jen Lowe  
Dari Lallou  
Joette Marks  
J. Marvin Campbell  
Allen Gutterman  
John Vance  
Betsy Ann Tofler  
Jim Pentacost  
Debbie Stern  
Elizabeth Krown Spellman  
Dan Oliverio  
Mary Ann McGuire  
Baila Rom  
Marjorie Lee  
Addie Walsh  
Michelle Shack

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Read safety information [here](https://thewallis.org/safety).

STAGED STORIES LIVE!

The Wallis

**Screenwriters**: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman

**Producer**: Herman J. Mankiewicz

Politics have never made more sense than inside the Marx brothers’ madcap masterpiece *Duck Soup*. The plot, if *Duck Soup* has one, concerns Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx), the newly installed idiot leader of the bankrupt nation of Freedonia, and the hapless spies (Harpo and Chico Marx) who fail to stop him. As the world descends into chaos, the Marx brothers’ lunacy runs like clockwork yet feels like magic. In *Duck Soup*, Groucho, Zeppo, Chico, and Harpo stage an unpredictable political circus of comedic filmmaking, crafting the smartest stupid movie ever made, a tightly choreographed extravaganza of complete buffoonery. Audiences have been slurping up *Duck Soup* for nearly a century, and it tastes better than ever. 

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Duck Soup

**Screenwriter**: John Early

**Producers**: Harris Mayersohn,  John Early,  Luca Intili

*Maddie&#8217;s Secret* is comedian, writer, and actor John Early&#8217;s critically acclaimed directorial debut starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company. While her life seems picturesque &#8212; complete with an adoring husband (Eric Rahill), ride-or-die best friend (Kate Berlant) and a cupboard full of woman-owned ethically-sourced chili crisp to boot &#8212; mounting professional pressures threaten to reawaken a hidden secret from her troubled past. A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances, the film marks a bold new voice in contemporary cinema.

Maddie’s Secret

**Screenwriters**: Walter Hill, Larry Gross

**Producers**: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver

An &#8217;80s Rock Opera for the Ages! Directed by Walter Hill (*The Warriors*) and featuring music by Rock God Jim Steinman, this modern musical scorches! Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe, sporting an amazing pompadour and leather waders) and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim (a teenaged Diane Lane). Ellen&#8217;s former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (&#8217;80s mainstay Michael Paré), happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen&#8217;s manager (we love Rick Moranis) hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, Tom battles through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back. So, pop on your leather jacket, hop on the back of your motorcycle, and get ready to rock on the *Streets of Fire.*

**Plus**! Come early for a special live **DJ set from DJ WADE881** who will be cranking the tunes before and after the show!

Please Note &#8211; We *love* to dance here at Vidiots and cannot guarantee this will not turn into a full-on dance party!

**Picks From the Video Store**

Bring home more Walter Hill bangers tonight!

*The Driver, Southern Comfort, The Warriors*

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

Streets of Fire on 35mm

Vidiots

Godzilla (1954)

Dances With Wolves

Vista Theatre

Juice with Ernest Dickerson

A short documentary following C.O.F.F.I.N from their beginnings as teenagers on Sydney’s Northern Beaches to becoming one of Australia’s most respected contemporary rock’n’roll bands.

Told through over 20 years of archival footage, interviews, unseen material and life on the road, the film explores how persistence, friendship and the surrounding culture of the Northern Beaches shaped the band’s identity, music and worldview.

At the centre of the story are the decades-long friendships that built C.O.F.F.I.N, from founding members Ben Portnoy and Abijah Rado, who began performing together at age 12, to the later additions of Aaron Moss and Steven ‘Kosty’ Kostogiannis. Together, the film explores their deep personal bonds and shared history that shaped the band long before the music itself.

Featuring commentary from family, collaborators and figures across the Australian music community, alongside live in-studio performances and early previews of unreleased music, the film offers an intimate inside view into who C.O.F.F.I.N is.

For more on Up, head to https://up.com.au/

C.O.F.F.I.N '10,000 Miles From Oslo' Documentary Premiere

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

Monthly short film festival. Watch and vote. Audience award to the best short film each month. Annual championship in DECEMBER.

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 7/16) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

Join us for an evening of chess and community at Heavy Manners Library. Play against friends and strangers, with all skill levels welcome. Free donuts will also be provided!

Echo Park Chess Club at Heavy Manners Library (7/16)

Heavy Manners Library

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.

Dive into the lives and legacies of the Hanyeo divers of South Korea's Jeju Island at a screening of *The Last of the Sea Women*, a documentary that follows this group of fierce largely senior women as they fight to protect their centuries-old tradition of seafood harvesting and the ocean itself. 

Co-presented with GYOPO.

This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line up of free and ticketed programs inspired by our collection and special exhibitions.

**Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station). Plan your trip at ****Metro.net****.**

Film Screening: The Last of the Sea Women

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In German, Norwegian, French, Swedish and English with English subtitles.*

*“EDVARD MUNCH is the most personal film I have ever made. Its genesis lies in a visit to the Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, in 1968, during the time of a screening of several of my films by the Oslo University. I was awestruck by the strength of Munch’s canvases, especially those depicting the sad life of his family, and was very moved by the artist’s directness – with the people in his canvases looking straight at us. I also felt a personal affinity with his linking of past and present, e.g., in the large painting showing the anguish of his family as his sister Sophie is dying: the artist and his brothers and sisters are depicted as adults – as they were in the 1890s when he painted this scene – even though the event had taken place ca. 20 years earlier. On another occasion, I was also very moved by Munch’s masterpiece ‘Death of a Child,’ hanging in the National Gallery in Oslo; in this painting the artist is broken, and has, in an almost desperate frenzy, blurred the form of his earlier depiction of Sophie’s death. This painting, in its time, was attacked as being ‘incomplete’ – a charge which branded certain of his other works as well.*

*“It took me three years to persuade Norwegian TV (NRK) to fund this film, and in the end it only happened because Swedish TV convinced them to participate in a co-production.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Norway/Sweden

Television Version ‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

EDVARD MUNCH

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 9, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

This is the chair.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 10, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 53 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Laura is the one.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, 2017, Paramount, USA**

Directed entirely by David Lynch, this 18-part limited event series picks up 25 years after the residents of a quaint northwestern American town were stunned when their homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, was shockingly murdered. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN is written and executive produced by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, and is executive produced by Sabrina S. Sutherland.

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 9 & 10

A Clockwork Orange

A bracingly inventive and vital landmark of the L.A. Rebellion, following one woman's journey of political awakening and self-determination

Haile Gerima’s BUSH MAMA (1979)

Philosophical Research Society

Bring a project you've been working on or try one of ours!

Presented by Art Hang.

6-8pm

FREE! Some materials provided. First come, first serve.

Art Night at Scribble!

Scribble

**Producers**: Andrew Renzi,  Nick Boak,  Kyzza Terrazas,  Santiago Maza,  Sabrina Coulston, Colin Cadarette,  Travis Gutiérrez Senger

The people have spoken and they want more ASCO, so we&#8217;re bringing back the infectious creativity of this essential LA Chicano documentary treasure! From executive producers Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna *ASCO: Without Permission* challenges the limits of documentary conventions to tell the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s LA into their defiant canvas. Merging activism with radical artmaking, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media and are now considered amongst the 20th century&#8217;s most significant artists. Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger mirrors their boundary-breaking spirit through a groundbreaking approach, weaving nonfiction, and fiction together with a new generation of artists. The result is more than a profile &#8212; it&#8217;s a reimagining of what&#8217;s possible in art and cinema, celebrating iconoclasts who were decades ahead of their time.

ASCO: Without Permission

**Screenwriter:** Guillermo Arriaga

**Producer:** Alejandro González Iñárritu

Co-Presented by the **MUBI Podcast **featuring an in-person introduction from MUBI Podcast host**** Rico Gagliano!****

Considered by many as one of the best Mexican films of all time, *Amores Perros* is a visceral, emotional look at the intertwined lives of three perfect strangers in Mexico City — a supermodel, a rebellious adolescent, and an ex-guerrilla now living on the streets — all brought together by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog. The directorial debut of Alejandro G. Iñárritu, this award-winning film is bold, ambitious, and, once seen, never forgotten. After 25 years, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s legendary debut returns to the big screen in a stunning restoration.

**The MUBI Podcast** is an audio documentary series telling the stories of great cinema: How it happens, and why it matters.  Listen where you get your podcasts: [mubi.io/podcast](http://mubi.io/podcast)

In the episode dropping July 16, host Rico Gagliano gets the origin story of *Amores Perros*, straight from the legends who made it: director Alejandro Iñárritu and his cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto.  From Iñárritu&#8217;s leap behind the camera after hosting Mexico City&#8217;s most notorious radio show, to Prieto&#8217;s f*%k-it experiments with the movie&#8217;s actual negative, it&#8217;s a tale of two iconoclasts who figured this was their shot at revolutionizing Mexican cinema&#8230;and did.

Meanwhile, dig [their episode about the history of Modern Mexico City filmmaking](https://mubi.buzzsprout.com/1788738/episodes/17513990-amores-perros-shakes-up-mexico-city-w-gael-garcia-bernal), featuring *Amores* star Gael Garcia Bernal&#8217;s memories of the movie&#8217;s Cannes premiere: the night that made him a marquee name.

Amores Perros

The Odyssey (70mm)

The Outfit/Defiance

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia&#8217;s 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

The Act of Killing

A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

A Chinese Ghost Story

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who&#8217;s working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Hard Boiled

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles. *

Naruse harbored a special affection for this rural farce starring the great comic actor Kamatari Fujiwara, familiar to American audiences as the cravenly cynical peasant Manzo in Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI. As written by Naruse himself, Hyoroku (Fujiwara), a lowly member of a backwoods kabuki troupe, brings buffoonish pomposity to his role as the front legs of the act’s puppet horse. When a drunken patron falls on the horse’s head, the company replaces it with the real McCoy, unceremoniously demoting Hyoroku and his sidekick Senpei to stable boys. Tinged with nostalgia for a pre-modern popular art and vanishing provincial folkways, Naruse’s film conjures a timeless aura as if to ward off the distant reality of war.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Toho

COUNTRY: Japan

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’

TRAVELLING ACTORS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

A hard-hitting commentary on class struggle and machismo set amid the dockyards of Alexandria in the immediate aftermath of Egypt’s 1952 revolution, this feverish social-realist melodrama stars the great Omar Sharif in one of his earliest film roles. He delivers an intense performance as Ragab, a sailor who must leave behind his beloved Hamidah (Faten Hamama, at the time Sharif’s real-life wife) for a long voyage at sea. When he returns after three years and discovers that she has taken up with the wealthy Mamdouh (the heartthrob Ahmed Ramzy), the volatile Ragab fights to win her back.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

New Restoration ‘Youssef Chahine: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

DARK WATERS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The twisted love story of a teenager and his obsessively jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

CHRISTINE

Back to the Future

Misery / Dead Calm

Dazed and Confused

Vintage Los Angeles' Alison Martino presents the legendarily long-lost, now restored Italian arthouse portrait of mid-century LA!

Franco Rossi's SMOG (1962) — hosted by Alison Martino

For the FIRST time since the famed Bolshoi Theatre Violin Ensemble toured America in the 1960s, the art of 14 violin virtuosi sounding as ONE will be heard live again. In a classical-romantic-pop program “Canzoni d'amore e di vita” (“Songs of Love & Life”), _iPalpiti_’s virtuoso violinists will play beloved vignettes by great composers, _showcasing unison and virtuosity_ – qualities for which _iPalpiti_, under Schmieder’s direction, has long been praised.

Concert will conclude with a Salute to America’s 250th!  

29th season of “world-class” iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates brings another great week in summer classical cultural life of Los Angeles!

Prize-winning laureates from 18 Countries – illustrious alumni and new discoveries – arrive for a week’s residence in Beverly Hills, July 20 – 26, from Belarus, Ireland, Lithuania, China, Korea, Japan, Ecuador, Norway, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Spain, Venezuela, Japan, Poland, Russia, Azerbaijan, Estonia and the USA.

The iPalpiti Festival “has become one of the highlights – in some years, the highlight – of the summer here.” —R. Ginell, American Record Guide

iPalpiti \[ee-PAHL-pit-tee\] is Italian for the “heartbeat.”

VIOLINIPALPITI

**Screenwriter**: Elaine May

**Producers**: Howard Koch, Joseph Manduke, Hillard Elkins

The legendary Elaine May pulls triple duty as writer, director, and star of this wonderfully wry dark comedy of greed, love, plants, and plotting murder. Walter Matthau stars as Henry Graham, a trust fund baby who&#8217;s overspent his fortune into non-existence. Rather than work for a living, he decides to find a suggestible heiress to marry and murder. Awkward horticulturalist Henrietta Lowell (played by May herself) seems like the perfect mark, but maybe she&#8217;s more endearing with her penchant for cheap wine and generosity than he planned for.

A New Leaf

**Producers**: David Alvarado, Lauren DeFilippo, Everett Katigbak, Amanda Pollak

Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with *Zoot Suit *and* La Bamba*, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America’s story.

An auteur emerges from America’s underclass: from migrant farmworker to revolutionary artist, Luis Valdez changed American culture. In the 1960s, his *El Teatro Campesino* performed on flatbed trucks and helped mobilize workers to win the first farmworker union contract. His *Zoot Suit *was the first Chicano play on Broadway. Despite critical rejection that killed the show, he persevered, creating *La Bamba*—a breakout blockbuster that authentically depicted Mexican-American life to the world. Now in its 60th year, *El Teatro* continues to be a beacon for Latino/a creators. This is the story of an artist who gave voice to the overlooked and opened pathways for generations.

And **Luis Valdez** himself will be in the Eagle theatre on July 23rd for a special screening of [***Zoot Suit!***](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/zoot-suit/)

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

**Screenwriters**: David O. Russell, John Ridley

**Producers**: Charles Roven,  Edward L. McDonnell,  Paul Junger Witt

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in David O. Russell&#8217;s biting satire on American foreign policy that remains even more relevant today! At the tail end of the Gulf War, a small band of American soldiers in Iraq seek adventure and fortune in attempting to steal a huge cache of gold hidden somewhere in the desert. Along the way, they are confronted by heroic challenges and newfound discoveries that take them to places they could never have imagined. If you like your action laced with international heists, incendiary humor, and a killer cast, don&#8217;t miss this banger on our big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more war films with a sense of humor?

*M*A*S*H*, Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam*

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

Three Kings on 35mm

**Screenwriter**: Adrian Chiarella

**Producers**: Samantha Jennings,  Kristina Ceyton,  Hannah Ngo

Young love can be a monster in this sizzling queer Australian slow-burn horror. Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other. A mesmerizing and unnerving supernatural interpretation of conversion therapy, this is not only one of the best horror films of the year, it&#8217;s also one of the best love stories. Unique and disquieting with atmospheric dread in surround, don&#8217;t miss this summer scorcher in our microcinema.

Leviticus

**Screenwriter:** Dan O&#8217;Bannon

**Producers:** Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill

If you&#8217;re like us, you could definitely use some Ellen Ripley in your life right now, and we&#8217;re ready to give you what you need! Experience the terror with the first chilling chapter of the *Alien* saga, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver in her breakout performance as the eternally bad-ass Ripley. When the crew of the space-tug Nostromo responds to a distress signal from a barren planet, they discover a mysterious life form that breeds within human hosts. The acid-blooded extraterrestrial proves to be the ultimate adversary as crew members battle to stay alive and prevent the deadly creature from reaching Earth. No one can hear you scream in space, but we certainly will at Vidiots. 

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio &#8211; please see the box office for devices.

Alien

Christmas in July

Los Angeles Filmforum presents films by Yoko Ono.

In conjunction with The Broad’s exhibition *Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind*, Filmforum presents some films of hers not included in the exhibition, along with a few others that are.

Full info: www.lafilmforum.org

∆

The films of Yoko Ono demand that one slows down to view them. They might be humorous or rarified, reserved or unruly, precise or uncontrolled. Plot is not important; the idea behind them is, and calls for absorption in the space and time to look closer, perhaps to meditate or to dream. While a few of these are installed in the exhibition at The Broad and others are not, the opportunity to sit with them in full in a darkened room allows the possibility of a full appreciation.

“All Ono’s films are fundamentally conceptual, and are characterized by the same concerns that underpin her work in other media: the body, duration, ephemerality, seriality, measurement, language, an active engagement of the viewer as participant, a performative structure, attention to the properties of the material, and a break with the autonomous work of art. Many of these tenets later characterized both Conceptual Art and structural film for which Fluxus film is now acknowledged as an important precursor. In 1961, the Fluxus artist Henry Flynt wrote a definitive essay, “Concept Art,” in which he gave the first definition of Conceptual Art; terming it ‘concept art’ and ‘structure art,’ he linked it to the principles of experimental music being established by composers uch as La Monte Young, with whom Ono was presenting concerts in her Chambers Street loft the year Flynt’s text was written” – Chrissie Iles, “Erotic Conceptualism: The Films of Yoko Ono,” in Yes Yoko Ono (Japan Society & Harry N. Abrams, 2000), p. 202.

*Special Thanks to Ed Patuto, The Broad, Connor Monahan, Yoko Ono’s Studio*

LA Filmforum: Films by Yoko Ono

2220 Arts + Archives

Murder on the Orient Express

Blackmail

Cutter's Way

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife&#8217;s killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he&#8217;s going, or why.

Memento

Revisiting the groundbreaking feminist performance art movement in 1970s–1980s Los Angeles, one artist spotlights the inspirational, transformational, radical community exploding the narrative and status quo. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal reflections, feminist artist Cheri Gaulke revisits a foundational Los Angeles art space, the Woman’s Building (1973–1991), laying bare how a collective of artists transformed their bodies and voices through performance art into a powerful tool for activism, reshaping the cultural landscape for generations of women.
 
Join us in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium lobby from 1–3pm before the screening for a special viewing of archival objects from the Woman’s Building, accompanied by a conversation between Cheri Gaulke and Getty Research Institute chief curator Glenn Phillips starting at 3pm. 

Following the screening, a reception will be held on the terrace.

IAMBE FILMS in association with Metabolic Studio presents *Acting Like Women*, executive producers Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner and directed by Cheri Gaulke. This film is a Women Make Movies Production Assistance Project, with major assistance provided by the Annenberg Foundation, California Humanities, and hundreds of generous individuals. 
 
[www.actinglikewomen.com][1]

The conversation will be available on the [Getty Research Institute YouTube channel][2] following the event.

Visit the Getty Research Institute's [Exhibitions and Events page][3] for more free programs.


  [1]: http://www.actinglikewomen.com
  [2]: https://www.youtube.com/c/gettyresearch
  [3]: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/

Screening: *Acting Like Women*

Getty Center

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by author Terry Chester Shulman Book signing with Terry Chester Shulman for his book, Barrymore: The Spectacular, Tumultuous Life of America’s Prince of Players, prior to the screening at 12:30pm at Los Feliz 3, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop. ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Terry Chester Shulman Presents THE GREAT MAN VOTES

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Robert Goodwin wrote, produced and directed this lost gem of American independent cinema. Opening during a tense meeting between members of an underground Black Power group that leads to a stunning foot chase, Goodwin’s film weaves past and present to tell the story of the social awakening of a character only referred to as “the drifter” (screen legend Bernie Casey in his first starring role!). Shot on both 35mm and video and boasting a fierce, early performance from L.A. Rebellion icon Barbara O. Jones, BLACK CHARIOT is a fascinatingly iconoclastic revelation. Though world-premiered at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1971, BLACK CHARIOT has remained under-screened for decades — until now.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by son of filmmaker Robert Goodwin, Robert Goodwin Jr. New 4K Restoration 55th Anniversary ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

BLACK CHARIOT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Though happily married to his adoring wife Hélène, with whom he is expecting a second child, the thoroughly bourgeois business executive Frédéric cannot banish from his mind the multitude of attractive Parisian women who pass him by every day. His flirtations and fantasies remain harmless until Chloé (played by the mesmerizing Zouzou), an audacious, unencumbered old flame, shows up at his office, embodying the first genuine threat to Frédéric’s marriage. The luminous final chapter to Rohmer’s “Moral Tales” is a tender, sobering, and wholly adult affair that leads to perhaps the most overwhelmingly emotional moment in the entire series.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

**Screenwriters:** Heather Hach, Leslie Dixon, Mary Rodgers

**Producer**: Andrew Gunn

Get Freaky with Lilo and Jamie Lee as they swap bodies and lives in this magical remake that&#8217;s in talks for a sequel 20 years later! Mother and daughter bicker over everything &#8212; what Anna wears, whom she likes, and what she wants to do when she&#8217;s older. In turn, Anna detests Tess&#8217;s fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks, and lives. Make sure you bring the fam for this *Freaky Friday*!

Freaky Friday

**Screenwriter**: Michael Arndt

**Producers**: Marc Turtletaub,  David T. Friendly,  Peter Saraf,  Albert Berger,  Ron Yerxa

Join **Vidiots** and our friends at **Searchlight Pictures** for a very special 20th Anniversary screening of the indie darling ***Little Miss Sunshine***! Come through for themed bevies, photo-ops, and dress your best for a costume contest/**Little Miss Vidiots Pageant** after the show to take home the crown!

Hop in your minivan and join us for the 20th Anniversary of this eternally delightful ensemble comedy of family, pageantry, and plenty of heart. When little Olive enters a kiddie beauty pageant in California, her whole family loads into a van for a road trip to cheer her on. With an incredible cast, wonderfully eccentric characters, and a climax that will either have you cheering or crying (or both!) this charmer still wins the grand trophy two decades later!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want to road trip without leaving your couch? Try out more great road movies tonight!

*Rubin and Ed, Paris, Texas, Wild at Heart*

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

Little Miss Sunshine

**Screenwriters**: Mark Frost, David Lynch

*She&#8217;s dead&#8230; wrapped in plastic.* If your summer plans call for an enigmatic journey to the Pacific Northwest and a small sleepy burg called *Twin Peaks*, have we got news for you! Go back to the beginning of David Lynch and Mark Frost&#8217;s game-changing television phenomenon with a special theatrical screening of the first two episodes of this landmark series on our beautiful big screen. When the homecoming queen washes ashore shrouded in a plastic coccoon, this small town is thrown into tragedy and panic. Luckily, the FBI&#8217;s most intriguing special agent, Dale Cooper, is on the case and vows to unravel this enduring mystery that extends beyond Twin Peaks and into the dark recesses of this universe and beyond. Whether you&#8217;re starting the show for the first time, or you&#8217;re revisiting for your twentieth, there&#8217;s nothing like seeing this dark, clever, mystical, metaphysical, and offbeat masterpiece on a big screen! And check out our concessions stand &#8211; *they&#8217;ve got a cherry pie there that&#8217;ll kill ya&#8217;!*

**Watch the whole first season with us!**

[Episodes 1 + 2 in the Eagle Theatre](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-1-2/) &#8211; Sun., July 26th, 7:00pm

[Episodes 3 + 4 in the Mubi microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-3-4/) &#8211; Sat. Aug. 1, 7:30pm, Sun. Aug. 2, 7:30pm

[Episodes 5 + 6 in the MUBI microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-5-6/) &#8211; Sat. Aug. 1, 10:00pm, Mon. Aug. 3, 7:30pm

[Episodes 7 + 8 in the MUBI microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-7-8/) &#8211; Fri. Aug. 7, 10:00pm, Sat. Aug. 8, 7:30pm

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home all three seasons of *Twin Peaks* tonight on DVD or Blu-Ray, and don&#8217;t forget to top it off with *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me*, because (if you&#8217;re like us) 46 episodes is never enough!

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

Twin Peaks: The Original Mystery –  Episodes 1 + 2

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the &#8217;60s&#8217; most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the &#8217;90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Spike Lee’s masterpiece DO THE RIGHT THING revolves around the comings and goings at Sal’s Famous Pizzeria on the hottest summer day in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Shot with an almost all-black crew, the film stars Lee as the hyperactive Mookie, with terrific support from Danny Aiello as Sal, Ossie Davis as Da Mayor, Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin’ Out, John Turturro as Pino and Samuel L. Jackson as Mister Señor Love Daddy. The film also features then-newcomer Rosie Perez, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn and Joie Lee. With music by Public Enemy.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Cinematic Void Presents DO THE RIGHT THING

Tiger on the Beat 2 / The Cyprus Tigers

**Screenwriters**: Daniel Kwan,  Daniel Scheinert

**Producers**: Joe Russo,  Anthony Russo,  Mike Larocca,  Daniel Kwan,  Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang

Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can&#8217;t seem to finish her taxes.

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

**Screenwriter**: Kôbô Abe

**Producer**: Hiroshi Teshigahara

A staggering work of existential science fiction, Hiroshi Teshigahara&#8217;s *The Face of Another* dissects identity with the sure hand of a surgeon. Okuyama (*Yojimbo*&#8216;s Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist&#8217;s radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker temptations. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara&#8217;s film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questions the notion of individuality itself.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more Japanese New Wave Cinema? Try out these eye-poppers!

*Giants and Toys, Branded to Kill, Funeral Parade of Roses*

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

The Face of Another

**Hammer Forum is made possible by the Rosenbloom Family**

Fascism doesn't win because it's strong—it wins when people give up. Authoritarians count on their subjects feeling powerless. Pulitzer Prize winner **Julia Angwin** and former White House advisor **Ami Fields-Meyer **traveled the globe to find the students, workers, and everyday citizens who took on autocrats and won—and turned what they learned into a field guide. Their new book, *On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear*, shows exactly how ordinary people can organize, resist, and defeat authoritarianism. Join the authors and journalist **Jessica Yellin** for a candid, galvanizing conversation. Featured on Rachel Maddow's podcast, who narrates the audiobook.

How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 13, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 59 Mins, Paramount, USA**

What story is that, Charlie?

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 14, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 56 Mins, Paramount, USA**

We are like the Dreamer.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, 2017, Paramount, USA**

Directed entirely by David Lynch, this 18-part limited event series picks up 25 years after the residents of a quaint northwestern American town were stunned when their homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, was shockingly murdered. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN is written and executive produced by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, and is executive produced by Sabrina S. Sutherland.

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 13 & 14

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA/Australia

HOUSE OF WAX

Dusty and Sweets McGee  / Born to Win

GSI, The Philosophical Research Society, & 7th House present an evening celebrating the premiere of  Grateful Shred’s new concert film!

The Premiere of a GRATEFUL SHRED Movie +  Q&A with Filmmaker & Band Members


You are summoned to come directly to the office and take a memo – no mistakes or kink-shaming allowed! Scandalous, intense, and deeply erotic, your favorite darkly comic cult hit BDSM love story is coming to the stage!  

  

_Secretary_, written by Erin Cressida Wilson and directed by Steven Shainberg, follows a timid young woman who takes a job with a demanding attorney, setting the stage for an unconventional relationship that transforms both of their lives. The film received three **Film Independent Spirit Award** nominations, including Best Feature and Best Female Lead for Maggie Gyllenhaal, with Wilson winning Best First Screenplay.

  

Now, audiences can experience the acclaimed screenplay as a one night only Live Read, reimagined by visionary filmmaker and Film Independent Spirit Award nominee **Jane** **Schoenbrun**, and brought to life by Emmy Award winners **Gillian** **Anderson** and **Hannah** **Einbinder**. Full cast to be announced soon.

  

_Special thanks to writer Erin Cressida Wilson._ 

  

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**Tickets**  

  

$30 for Wallis Subscribers and Film Independent Members

$45 for General Public

_Prices listed do not include fees._

Tickets open to the general public beginning at 12:00 PM PT on Monday, July 13.

LIVE READ: SECRETARY

**Screenwriters**: Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman from the novel by Milan Kundera

**Producer**: Saul Zaentz

With all this heat, we thought you might be thirsty for Philip Kaufman&#8217;s poetically polyamorous drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lena Olin, and Juliette Binoche.  A film that paints the romantic and sexual tensions of three young gorgeous people onto the backdrop of Soviet imperialism of Eastern Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, Kaufman&#8217;s adaptation of the Milan Kundera novel explores interpersonal and the international upheavals. Daniel Day-Lewis plays a Czech surgeon who uses his looks and charms to win over not one, but two stunning women who agree to move from one European country to another, in a tortured throuple thrust into the Soviet invasion of the former Czechoslovakia.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more great cinema that just happens to be erotic? Don&#8217;t be ashamed to take home these thirst-quenchers!

*The Telephone Book, Score *(1974)*, Bad Timing*

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

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Petrified Forest

Construction worker Douglas Quaid&#8217;s obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn&#8217;t reality.

Total Recall

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Joining us to discuss Dan Sackheim’s new book, *The City Unseen*, is photographer Dan Sackheim and author of the book’s foreword, Foster Hirsch. Following the screening, Sackheim and Hirsch will discuss the book and how it was influenced by classic noir films such as SUDDEN FEAR.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this rediscovered masterpiece of film noir, Joan Crawford plays a successful playwright who marries a mediocre actor (Jack Palance). She soon discovers that he not only married her for money but that he plans to murder her with the help of his lover (Gloria Grahame).

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cohen Media Collection

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by author Foster Hirsch. Q&A with photographer Dan Sackheim and author Foster Hirsch. Book signing with Foster Hirsch for Dan Sackheim’s book, The City Unseen, prior to the screening at 6:30pm at Los Feliz 3, in partnership with Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

SUDDEN FEAR

**Screenwriter**: Tom Tykwer

**Producers:** Stefan Arndt, Gebhard Henke, Andreas Schreitmüller

Hit the streets with Vidiots and Movie Den for the ultimate cinematic rush. In this visually and conceptually impressive film, two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) delivers some smuggled loot for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), but accidentally leaves the 100,000 mark payment in a subway car. Given 20 minutes to come up with the money, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), who sprints through the streets of the city to try to beg the money out of her bank manager father (Herbert Knaup) and get to Manni before he does something desperate.

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Run Lola Run

**Screenwriter**: Anne Rice

**Producers**: David Geffen, Stephen Woolley

Join us in an everlasting eternity with Neil Jordan&#8217;s devastatingly sexy Anne Rice adaptation! Born as an 18th-century lord, Louis is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat, a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl &#8212; whose addition to the &#8220;family&#8221; breeds even more conflict. With stunning costume and art direction, a jaw-dropping performance from an 11 year-old Kirsten Dunst, a healthy dose of homoeroticism, and so many sexy, brooding vampires, we can&#8217;t wait to sink our teeth into this lush bloodthirsty classic on glorious celluloid!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for an evening with the undead? Check out these tasty deep cuts!

*Daughters of Darkness, Messiah of Evil, Nadja*

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

Interview with the Vampire on 35mm

Thunder On The Hill/My Name Is Julia Ross

Mezzanine presents DREAD BEAT AN’ BLOOD, directed by Franco Rosso, 1979, UK, 46m, digital.

L.A. premiere 2K restoration by the British Film Institute, released by Seventy-Seven

followed by: LINTON KWESI JOHNSON IN CONCERT, directed by Roger Thomas, 1985, UK, 26m, digital.

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We are thrilled to present this stunning verité documentary about the legendary dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ)—which paints a vivid cinematic portrait of Brixton in the late 1970’s on the cusp of Thatcherism—paired with a rare concert film originally broadcast on British television.

A member of the British Black Panthers, the 27-year-old LKJ we see on screen had already become an essential voice for British African-Caribbean youth, pioneering a genre known as dub poetry: militant passionate verse about the Black liberation struggle in Britain set to heavy dub. Director Franco Rosso (BABYLON) kinetically documents LKJ’s live poetry and reggae performances; his recording and mixing sessions with producer Dennis Bovell; and his activism, including a powerful protest for the unjustly imprisoned Black Briton George Lindo, about whom Johnson wrote “It Dread inna Inglan.” The film gained national attention when its TV premiere was delayed by the BBC until Margaret Thatcher was elected, so great was the concern about Johnson’s powers of persuasion. Originally screened at the Los Angeles Independent Film Exposition (FilmEx) in 1980 and unseen since its U.S. premiere, we are honored to revive DREAD BEAT AN’ BLOOD for L.A. audiences in a beautiful new restoration.

“One of the most powerful examples of the pervasive influence that Jamaican and reggae culture had on 1970s England.” -Ink 19

“A GEM... A portrait of the artist as principled activist.” -Sasha Frere-Jones, 4Columns

“If any young artists need to know about longevity and integrity, Linton Kwesi Johnson is the one to look to... He knew his path and he walked it. His words are still relevant and that reggae bass is still vibrating.” -Steve McQueen

Total runtime: 72 min. In English and Jamaican patois. Special thanks to Gabriele Caroti (Seventy-Seven) and Pauline Kraatz.

Mezzanine: Franco Rosso's Dread Beat an' Blood

Echo Park Chess Club at Heavy Manners Library (7/30)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An arrogant, isolated investment banker is targeted by an enigmatic entertainment company, plunging into an escalating, reality-bending conspiracy orchestrated by his estranged brother to shatter his emotional detachment.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Pre-recorded introduction by Greg Proops ‘The Greg Proops Film Club’

The Greg Proops Film Club Presents THE GAME

The Deer Hunter

Queer Diaspora & 7th House co-present a rare, exuberant program drawn from the pioneering years of LA's underground queer cinema!

UNDERGROUND & OUT IN LOS ANGELES: Queer Short Films from 60s & 70s LA

**Screenwriter**: Paddy Chayefsky

**Producer**: Howard Gottfried

**Arthouse Theater Day!**

*I&#8217;m mad as Hell and I&#8217;m not going to take it anymore!* One of the greatest satiric thrillers of all time, Sidney Lumet&#8217;s paranoid masterpiece *Network* has never stopped being relevant in an ever-increasingly corporate world. The UBS network is ready to retire their anchorman Howard Beale after 25 years. In an on-air tirade, Beale announces his plan to kill himself on TV. When ratings sky-rocket, Beale&#8217;s angry prophet routine becomes big business, and UBS decides to go even harder into extreme programming. Savagely funny, soul-shatteringly prescient, and with unbelievable performances from Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway, it&#8217;s easy to see how this film won 4 Oscars and continues to stay timely &#8211; 50 years later.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more incredible deep cut performances from Faye Dunaway tonight!

*Eyes of Laura Mars, Puzzle of a Downfall Child, Barfly*

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

Network

The Green Slime/Yongary

Green Border (Zielona granica) with Agnieszka Holland

Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb. With its delicate humor and dramatic nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch&#8217;s one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece, _Stranger Than Paradise_, forever transformed the landscape of American independent cinema.

Stranger Than Paradise

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

The Lost Boys

Jackie Brown

Charles Phoenix hosts a celebration of the remarkable past, flourishing present, & bright beautiful future of LA's beloved puppet palace!

ENCHANTED STRINGS: The Story of BOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER

**Screenwriter**: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias

**Producers**: Tono Folguera,  Bàrbara Ferrer,  Cesc Mulet,  Ariadna Dot,  Marta Cruañas

Join us in our microcinema for the haunted Spanish vacation your summer was missing with this tender and otherworldly film of loss, ghosts, and grief from filmmaker Lucía Aleñar Iglesias. Cata will see her summer vacation disrupted by the absurd and sudden death of her grandmother, which only she witnesses. Her grief shifts when she casually turns to play pretend, transforming into the deceased. What begins with a game of dress-up will blur the lines of reality and family roles. With absolutely stunning cinematography (with an incredible use of framing), the exquisite backdrop of the Catalonian coastline, and a breathy and ethereal vibe, this is one of the loveliest ghost stories you may ever see.

CRITIC&#8217;S PICK *&#8220;ENCHANTING&#8230; An exquisitely deconstructed ghost story, a muted mystery that beguiles while remaining deeply grounded in its evocative setting.&#8221;*

— Natalia Winkelman, The New York Times
*★★★★ LUMINOUS, SPELLBINDING&#8230; Tight and taut&#8230;a major discovery, handling grief with alluring stylistic choices that enhance the already remarkable narrative. If ghosts exist, Aleñar Iglesias has learned the cinematic sorcery to house them.&#8221;*

— Carlos Aguilar, RogerEbert.com
*&#8220;An unexpectedly tender ghost story.&#8221;*

— Filmmaker Magazine

Forastera

**Screenwriter**: Joseph Stefano from the novel by Robert Bloch

**Producer**: Alfred Hitchcock

Join us for a full day of killer films that inspired Jane Schoenbrun&#8217;s *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* presented by our friends at MUBI.

It&#8217;s time for a vacation, and we got you a reservation at the Bates Motel. It&#8217;s got all the amenities you&#8217;ll need &#8211; a comfy bed, attentive service, and a nice hot shower! You might want to look out for the creepy caretaker Norman and his overbearing mother, they make a killer team. After Marion Crane goes on the run after stealing a wad of cash she ends up at the historic resort and gets more hospitality than she bargained for. Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s eternal classic has lived on in the cobwebbed attics of our deepest collective nightmares for nearly 65 years, and shows no signs of loosening its grip.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Anthony Perkins is more than Norman Bates, check out these deep cuts from our collection:

*Pretty Poison, Chillers: The Complete Series, The Trial*

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

Psycho

**Screenwriter**: Brian De Palma

**Producer**: George Litto

Join us for a full day of killer films that inspired Jane Schoenbrun&#8217;s *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* presented by our friends at MUBI.

Brian De Palma turns up the sleaze with Hitchocockian inspiration in this killer thriller. Taking a few pages out of *Psycho*&#8216;s playbook, but amping up the sex and violence, this stylish erotic thriller pays homage to the master of suspense while retaining De Palma&#8217;s signature sordidness and cinematic tricks. After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, sex worker Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness. Come for Angie Dickinson in the shower and stay for Michael Caine as a twisted sex therapist!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more of Brian De Palma&#8217;s trashy Hitchockian bangers from his directors section!

*Body Double, Blow Out, Obsession*

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

Dressed to Kill

12 Angry Men

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Franz with Agnieszka Holland

Europa Europa in 35mm with Agnieszka Holland

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Jimmy Durante are just a few of the stars that shine in this laugh-out-loud adventure about a goofy assortment of vacationing motorists who compete to locate a stolen fortune.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Book signing with Jim Curtis for his book, Comedy is a Grim Business: The Making of IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, prior to the screening at 1:00pm at Aero Theatre, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop. ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’

IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler, SINNERS is a genre-bending and multi-layered exploration of Black culture and the Blues music that is unique to it, told through the lens of a Southern Gothic epic. Set in 1932 Mississippi, Michael B. Jordan stars as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who, after chasing success in the North, return to Clarksdale, Mississippi to open a juke joint and revive the soul and spirit of their hometown. As music and dance meld in celebration of artistry, culture and history, an evil descends, threatening to devour the fabric and heart of the community — and all that Smoke and Stack have worked to achieve. Uniquely shot on both Ultra Panavision 70 and IMAX 70mm, SINNERS is a singular and emotionally resonant tale of cultural change that resonates still today.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

SINNERS in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A prestige talent showcase for Toho, led by the venerable Aiko Mimasu alongside Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine, and supported by a dozen further major and minor stars of the era, Naruse’s full color melodrama is a feat of directorial command, never once buckling under its own widescreen weight. Concerning the ill fortunes of a widowed mother (Mimasu) and her five adult children as they endure a string of destabilizing personal and financial shocks, this melancholy picture of a Japanese family’s gradual disintegration evokes Naruse’s friend and critical rival Ozu with its succession of domestic rearrangements and tests of filial responsibility. Small wonder that Ozu favorite Chishu Ryu makes an eleventh hour cameo.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Toho

COUNTRY: Japan

DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND A MOTHER

A big screen celebration of the Queen of Art Pop on film—in concert, videos, & TV appearances PLUS a Kate Bush costume and lip sync contest!

My Neighbors the Yamadas

2:30 PM

Bugsy in 35mm

7:30 PM

INTERSTELLAR in 70mm

7:30 PM

TANK GIRL 4K W/ Q+A with Director Rachel Talalay & Special Guests

7:00 PM

F FOR FAKE

7:30 PM

World Cup Watch Party

12:00 PM

CLAIRE'S KNEE

7:00 PM

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

10:00 PM

Billy Madison

50 First Dates

7:30 PM

STAGED STORIES LIVE!

7:00 PM

Duck Soup

1:00 PM

Maddie’s Secret

7:00 PM

Streets of Fire on 35mm

7:30 PM

Godzilla (1954)

2:00 PM

Dances With Wolves

7:30 PM