The Wages of Fear in 4K

Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no kyoshikyoku) in 35mm

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Episode 201, Dir. Jake Schreier, 42 Mins**

Country-club employees Ashley and Austin witness a vicious fight between their boss and his wife — and decide to leverage it to get ahead.

FORMAT: DCP

**Episode 202, Dir. Lee Sung Jin, 48 Mins**

While Josh tries to play off Ashley’s ascendance at the club, Lindsay seeks petty revenge. The Chairwoman proposes changes at the gym.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**BEEF, 2026, Netflix, USA**

BEEF returns with a new cast and a new “beef,” as a Gen-Z couple witnesses an alarming fight between their Millennial boss and his wife. Newly-engaged Ashley Miller (Cailee Spaeny) and Austin Davis (Charles Melton), both lower-level staff at a country club, become entangled in the unraveling marriage of their General Manager, Joshua Martín (Oscar Isaac), and his wife, Lindsay Crane-Martín (Carey Mulligan). Through favors and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Doctor Kim (Song Kang-ho).

Q&A with creator, writer, director, showrunner and executive producer Lee Sung Jin. Moderated by Inkoo Kang. Popcorn and soda courtesy of Netflix

BEEF

Aero Theatre

Advance Screening, Q&A, and Live Performance

Join Rostam for the Los Angeles premiere of American Stories: A Concert Film, featuring 8 songs from both the new album and Rostam’s catalog, in anticipation of his upcoming album American Stories (out May 15). The 34-minute screening will be followed by a Q&A with Rostam and director Antony Muse and an intimate live performance from Rostam.

American Stories: A Concert Film

Brain Dead Studios

When a single mother and her two sons move to the sleepy seaside California town of Santa Carla, they discover much more than they anticipated in this visually stunning blend of hip humor, horror and rock 'n' roll about the most compelling group of contemporary vampires ever to put fang to vein.

The Lost Boys

A horror obsessed teenager discovers that his next door neighbour is a murderous vampire. He tries to convince the police, his family and friends but to no avail. He decides to take matters into his own hands.

Fright Night

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The original Ghostface Killer is on the loose!  A vicious villain with an unstoppable five element technique, Ghostface is killing off all his old rivals. Meanwhile, a young student tries to learn kung fu and is taken under the wing of an old chess master. The basics of chess prove to be the same as the basics of fighting, and eventually the heroes will have to fight Ghostface Killer, who verbally insults his opponents as he annihilates them.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

Co-presented by 36 Cinema ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A producer monkey pitches a fairytale extravaganza to a skeptical financier. A psychedelic meta-comedy that mixes animation with excerpts from a Soviet science-fiction fantasy spectacle. A group of monkeys, including a director loosely inspired by Dennis Hopper’s EASY RIDER persona, struggle through various trials and tribulations while making an epic adventure film in this psychedelic and satirical look at the Hollywood counterculture of the early ’70s. An unlikely hybrid of analogue animation and live action Soviet fantasy film, TIKI TIKI repurposes extended passages from Rolan Bykov’s eye-popping 1967 phantasmagoria AYBOLIT-66 as the film within the film, adding irreverent comic dubbing and cutting to subvert the original intent. An unapologetically eccentric experience that has earned comparisons to H.C. Potter’s HELLZAPOPPIN’, TIKI TIKI remains one of the most sought-after animated enigmas of its era. New 4K restoration from the original a/b negatives by Canadian International Pictures with funding from Telefilm Canada.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Canadian International Pictures

COUNTRY: Canada

TIKI TIKI

Los Feliz Theatre

All the Way Boys / Convoy Buddies

New Beverly Cinema

This program presents a glimpse into the wild and varied work of the graduating class of CalArts’ MFA Creative Writing Program, featuring the incredible range of experimentation that characterizes the literary accomplishment of students in the program. Come celebrate the grit and imagination of the class of 2026!

Unknown Event

REDCAT

**Screenwriter**: Joel Alfonso Vargas

**Producer**: Paolo Maria Pedullà

In a tight-knit Dominican American community in The Bronx, Rico (Juan Collado) is hustling his way through the summer, selling bootleg &#8220;nutcracker&#8221; cocktails out of a beach cooler and chasing girls without a care in the world. But when his teenage girlfriend, Destiny (Destiny Checo), begins crashing at his place with his family, turning their small apartment into a stage for their messy, complicated young love, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before they’re hit with the sobering reality of growing up too fast in a city that waits for no one. Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas turns his hometown into the heartbeat of his debut feature, teaming up with discovery talent Collado and Checo, to deliver a raw and deeply authentic look at life in The Bronx. With humor and grit, Vargas paints a tender portrait of the chaos and charm of urban life, and the ups and downs of youthful abandon when things take an unexpected turn.

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

Vidiots

RZA’s One Spoon of Chocolate

Vista Theatre

Los Angeles Filmforum presents *Watching the Way You Move: An Evening with Kevin Jerome Everson*. West Coast premieres! (+ a world premiere!). Kevin Jerome Everson in person!

Full film lineup and notes at: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/spring-2026/watching-the-way-you-move-an-evening-with-kevin-jerome-everson/

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Filmforum welcomes back Kevin Jerome Everson with a compelling array of recent work (2023-2026) (+ a short from 2016), ranging from observations of state bird-watchers to a powerful examination of the now shuttered Ohio State Reformatory in his hometown of Mansfield Ohio, to a short tribute to Gail Fisher, the first Black woman to win an Emmy.

It’s difficult to encapsulate the range of Everson’s prolific and varied films. He creates a wide array of distilled interpretations of aspects of Black life in the USA, in part producing an archive of lived experiences that have been erased in dominant culture. An artist, not a documentarian, he erases the line between staging and verité, and, through his films, insists on and deliberately enacts the presence and importance of family, labor, athletics, art-making, politics, and community. He listens to the echoes of people in empty spaces, re-valorizes almost-forgotten historical figures, and arranges performances for the camera of actions that are regularly carried out without being recorded or appreciated. Every time we host Everson, we share in the beauty and energy of the ever-growing project of his film artistry. Please join us for some of his latest work. – Adam Hyman

~

**Kevin Jerome Everson** (b. 1965 Mansfield, OH, lives and works in Charlottesville, VA) is the Commonwealth and Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Studio Art, Director of Studio Arts, University of Virginia. Everson's art practice encompasses printmaking, sculpture, photography and film, including 13 features and over 300 solo & collaborative shorts. He is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Berlin Prize, Heinz Award, Alpert Award, and Rome Prize, & grants and commissions from Ford Foundation/Just Films, Knight Foundation, The Brick & Creative Capital among others. He is currently in post production on his first fiction feature Lowndes County.

Special Thanks to Madeleine Molyneaux, Kate Lain, the Academy Museum.

Films appear courtesy the artist; trilobite-arts DAC; Picture Palace Pictures.

LA Filmforum: An Evening with Kevin Jerome Everson

2220 Arts + Archives

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**PRESSURE, 2026, Dir. Anthony Maras, 100 Mins, Focus Features, UK/France**

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether

FORMAT: DCP

**DARKEST HOUR, 2026, Dir. Joe Wright, Universal Pictures, 125 Mins, UK**

As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation and attempt to change the course of world history.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmaker Anthony Maras and actors Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott Advance Screening

PRESSURE / DARKEST HOUR

In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure.

The Goonies

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

Ocean's Eleven

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Season 2, Episode 17, “Wounds and Scars,” Dir. James Foley, 46 Mins**

Norma’s sister, Annie, arrives in Twin Peaks.

FORMAT: DCP

**Season 2, Episode 18, “On the Wings of Love,” Dir. Duwayne Dunham, 46 Mins**

Cooper is reinstated at the FBI.

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.

“Wounds and Scars” and “On the Wings of Love” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 17 & 18

**ABOUT THE FILM:**

Charlie and Erin escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship. A Duplass Brothers Production starring Daveed Diggs and Katie Aselton. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Greenwich Entertainment

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by co-screenwriter and executive producer Mark Duplass Advance Screening

MAGIC HOUR

The Groundstar Conspiracy / P.J.

**Producers**: Diane Ademu-John,  Carl Deal,  Tia Lessin,  Karen Ranucci,  Caren Spruch, Tony Tabatznik

Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from war zones and the *Democracy Now!* newsroom. In *Steal This Story, Please!*, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – and peril – in an era of corporate control and political attacks on truth.

Undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians, and riot police, Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. *Steal This Story, Please!* is a gripping account of the trailblazing journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show *Democracy Now!*, Goodman amplifies stories and voices too often silenced by commercial media.

Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (*Trouble the Water, Citizen Koch, The Janes*) take us behind the scenes with the warm, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a media landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation, and political assaults on the press and on truth itself. Urgent, provocative and unexpectedly funny, *Steal This Story, Please!* is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press stops challenging power?

Steal This Story, Please!

**Screenwriters**: James Foley, Robert Redlin from the novel by Jim Thompson

**Producers**: Ric Kidney,  Robert Redlin

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome **Jason Patric** for a special 35mm screening of his sizzling hot neo-noir ***After Dark, My Sweet*** to celebrate the life and legacy of filmmaker **James Foley**, featuring a special video introduction from Vidiots Founding Member **Alex Winter** and a post-screening conversation with Patric moderated by writer/film critic **Travis Woods**!

Sex, crime, and mental illness collide in this steamy and nuanced neo-noir adapted from Jim Thompson&#8217;s scorching novel. Kid Collie (Jason Patric) is an ex-boxer on the run from a mental hospital when he runs into the seductive widow Fay (Rachel Ward) who takes him on to work at her estate and into her bed. When they are joined by the dangerous Uncle Bud (Bruce Dern), they concoct a kidnap and ransom plan that drags them all into misery and murder. Watch out and don&#8217;t get burned in this fiery car wreck of a romance as it singes the big screen from Jason Patric&#8217;s personal 35mm print!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want to take home Jason Patric tonight? Don&#8217;t we all!?! Try out these treasures on glorious physical media!

*Keyhole, The Lost Boys, Narc, Your Friends and Neighbors*

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

After Dark, My Sweet on 35mm

The Sea Wolf

The Hidden Room (aka Obsession)

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 87 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

An expanded version of episode VI in Kieślowski’s legendary DEKALOG, this film examines love, longing and sex through the story of a young postal worker who spies on a promiscuous woman in an adjacent housing project.

FORMAT: DCP

**A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 85 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

A shocking, powerful film expanded from episode V of Kieślowski’s legendary DEKALOG, A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING considers societal violence in its many forms through the story of an idealistic young lawyer and the brutal murderer he is called to defend.

FORMAT: DCP

Co-presented with the Polish Cultural Institute New York ‘Krzysztof Kieślowski: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE / A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

Poltergeist

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. 5/21) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

Join us for after-hours walk-throughs of *Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials* and *SPACE IS THE PLACE: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection* led by curators **Pablo José Ramírez** and **Erin Christovale**, respectively, accompanied by drinks and appetizers on the Annenberg terrace. 

Swing by **LULU **or the **Hammer Store** before the tours for 10% off your purchases. 

This event is exclusive to Hammer members at the Immerse level ($250) and higher. 

[Become a member today](https://hammer.ucla.edu/support/membership). 

If you would like to upgrade your membership, contact us at [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu) or 310-443-7050.
 
RSVP required; capacity is limited. Kindly reply by Friday, May 15 to 310-443-7050 or [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu).

Cocktails with a Curator

Post-screening conversation with UCLA English Professor **Elizabeth DeLoughrey**, UCLA Design Media Arts Professor **Rebeca Méndez**, and the film’s co-director, investigative journalist **Rosanna Xia**

Co-presented with the UCLA Department of Media Arts and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

From the *Los Angeles Times* and Pulitzer Prize-finalist **Rosanna Xia**, *Out of Plain Sight* is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California. 

Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovers a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In the years after World War II, as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean—and the consequences continue to haunt the world today.

2024, Dir. Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia, DCP, color, 94 min.

Out of Plain Sight

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Donissan, a mediocre seminarist, haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission, mortifies his body and is unable to establish any rapport with his parishioners…until the day the abbot meets young Mouchette, who has just committed a mortal sin. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cohen Media Group

COUNTRY: France

‘Maurice Pialat: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Season 2, Episode 19, “Variations on Relations,” Dir. Jonathan Sanger, 47 Mins**

Pete and Catherine open the first puzzle box.

FORMAT: DCP

**Season 2, Episode 20, “The Path to the Black Lodge,” Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal, 46 Mins**

Cooper convinces Annie to enter the Miss Twin Peaks contest.

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.

“Variations on Relations” and “The Path to the Black Lodge” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 19 and 20

The Hallelujah Trail

Artistic polymath Adam Green presents an exploration of Harry Smith's esoteric artistic practices + a screening of Smith's landmark film!

Adam Green Explains Harry Smith + HEAVEN & EARTH MAGIC (1962)

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

The Rip

Christine/Maximum Overdrive

Barton Fink in 35mm

Dersu Uzala in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, 1951, Dir. Vincente Minnelli, 115 Mins, Warner Bros., USA**

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron sing and dance to the music of George and Ira Gershwin in this winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. When ex-GI Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) remains in Paris to pursue life as an artist, he is discovered by a wealthy patroness interested in more than his art. But Mulligan falls in love with a French shop girl (Caron) who is engaged to his best friend.​

FORMAT: DCP

**COVER GIRL, 1944, Dir. Charles Vidor, 107 Mins, Sony Pictures, USA**

Rusty Parker, a red-headed leggy dancer at Danny McGuire’s Night Club in Brooklyn, wants to be a successful Broadway star. She enters a contest to be a ‘Cover Girl’ as a stepping-stone in her career. Rita Hayworth dresses and dances to songs from the beginning of the 20th century in relating their shared past history. Rusty lands on the cover of her grandmother’s former fiancé’s magazine (as a bride). She is pursued by Coudair’s pal, the wealthy theatrical producer, Noel Wheaton (Lee Bowman). He produces a lavish musical to star Rusty, surrounded by real cover girls of the mid 1940’s. Rita’s glowing, never more gorgeous as she runs down a huge spiral into the arms of dozens of men who seem clumsy next to her ethereal dancing. But her success threatens Danny McGuire, played by an energetic Gene Kelly. 

FORMAT: DCP

75th Anniversary of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ‘It’s Showtime at the AC!’

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS / COVER GIRL

Join us for a celebratory Los Angeles screening of *Joshua Bailey’s*

**Stolen Kingdom.**

**Synopsis:**

*Stolen Kingdom* is a documentary that delves into the history of mischief,

scandal and theft at Walt Disney World, ultimately leading to the theft of an

animatronic valued at nearly half a million dollars. The film features key

figures from the park&#8217;s underground community, each sharing their unique

stories.
As the narrative unfolds, early pranks and antics are shown to have inspired

more recent crimes, culminating in a true crime mystery. What begins as a tale

of friendship and passion ends with one lingering question:

**Who stole Buzzy?**

Stolen Kingdom

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian&#8217;s megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

Escape to Witch Mountain

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Canada/Hungary

BLUE HERON

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Three super-stars lead a great cast: head-of-the-geisha-house Isuzu Yamada looks on the bright side, while daughter Hideko Takamine works that sewing machine. But quietly observing maid Kinuyo Tanaka is the only one who actually realizes the inevitable end of their world in a harsh post-war Tokyo.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

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

FLOWING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Three months after a painful breakup, a Los Angeles based photographer drifts through Silver Lake’s creative chaos—dodging well-meaning friends, career pressures, and fleeting flings—as he navigates his way into the next chapter.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Circle Collective

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and actor Greg Vrotsos

SITUATIONS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French and English with English subtitles.*

Swapping homes means swapping lives. In this Lubitschian romantic comedy of mistaken identities, misunderstandings, inverted roles, and motherly love, the free-spirited, straight-talking Béatrice (Juliette Binoche) trades her messy Parisian apartment with Henry (William Hurt), a buttoned-up New York shrink with a pristinely curated Fifth Avenue penthouse, a golden retriever, and a fiancée. Henry discovers on his return to New York that Béatrice is conducting therapy sessions with his neurotic patients. Intrigued, he pretends to be one of them and soon finds himself on the proverbial couch. As the transference and countertransference inevitably take hold, so too does their love. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Le Bureau Films

COUNTRY: France/Germany/Belgium

30th Anniversary ‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

A COUCH IN NEW YORK

Django Unchained

**Screenwriter**: Ildikó Enyedi

**Producers**: Reinhard Brundig,  Mónika Mécs,  Nicolas Elghozi,  Meng Xie

At the heart of a German university grows a majestic ginkgo tree, its lifespan measured in centuries. As the years pass, the distinguished plant bears witness to the private lives of those who seek shade under its boundless branches, forming a nexus that connects three generations of students and teachers across time and space. In 2020, a visiting neuroscientist conducts a series of experiments into the possibilities of botanical consciousness. In 1972, a young student is profoundly changed by studying the behavior of a simple geranium. And in 1908, the university’s first female student’s photographic inquiries reveal sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants. Over time, each is transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature.

From Ildikó Enyedi, the director of Academy Award-nominated *On Body and Soul, *comes* Silent Friend*, an epic, awe-inspiring exploration of the natural world. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Tony Leung, Léa Seydoux and Venice Prize-winning newcomer Luna Wedler, Enyedi crafts a thoughtful meditation on the essential question of what it means to be human.

Silent Friend

**Screenwriter**: Scott Rosenberg

**Producer**: Jerry Bruckheimer

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with this high-flying banger with one of the best casts in an action blockbuster including a triumvirate of bad-asses Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, AND Danny Trejo. Nicolas Cage stars as  former US Army ranger Cameron Poe, newly paroled and sporting some glorious long hair, who is hitching a ride on home aboard the &#8220;Jailbird,&#8221; a prison transport flight taking the “worst of the worst” to a new super-prison. When the plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country, led by genius serial killer Cyrus &#8220;The Virus&#8221; Grissom (John Malkovich at his most Malkovich), Poe must find a way to stay undercover, stay alive, and keep the bunny in the box. This explosive action spectacular is the best kind of popcorn movie to watch big and loud with a crowd of Vidiots!

**Picks from the Video Store**

You know you can&#8217;t get enough Steve Buscemi! Take home deep cut treasures on glorious physical media tonight!

*Animal Factory, Trees Lounge, In the Soup*

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

Con Air

**Screenwriters**: Nick Kocher,  Brian McElhaney

**Producers**: Kelly McCormick,  David Leitch,  Aram Tertzakian,  Nick Spicer,  Guy Danella, Lee Kim

We want your Memorial Day weekend getaway to Vidiots to be a bloody good time, so we booked you a cabin in the woods to relax, unwind, and survive a half dozen murder plots! When miserable couple Dan and Lisa retreat to a remote cabin for a romantic reset, each arrives with a secret plan to kill the other. However, their carefully plotted traps and counterplots quickly unravel when strangers crash the weekend with plans of their own. As the toxic getaway spirals into chaotic carnage, Dan and Lisa must soon figure out if they want to save their marriage or survive it.

Over Your Dead Body

**Screenwriter**: Roger Waters

**Producer**: Alan Marshall

*All in all you&#8217;re just another brick in the wall*. Penned by Pink Floyd&#8217;s own Roger Waters and directed by musical veteran Alan Parker, this psychedelic visual album is one of the most notorious rock musical movies ever. A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. With a mix of animation, gory imagery, war flashbacks, angst, drama, and an iconic soundtrack, this is a rock opera that needs to be heard through our killer speakers and seen on our big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Pink Floyd in concert and on these soundtracks tonight on DVD and Blu-Ray!

*More, La Vallee, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii*

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

Pink Floyd: The Wall on 35mm

The Man In The Moon

The Dark Knight

Kiki’s Delivery Service

The Yellow Balloon

Ran (Chaos) in 35mm

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

The Tales of Hoffmann

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world &#8220;U&#8221; and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U&#8217;s eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

Belle

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse’s finest hour—a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko (played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine), who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo’s very modern postwar Ginza district, who entertains businessmen after work. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*“THE JOURNEY was born directly out of a collapsed project in 1982, when I tried to organize another antinuclear war film, to be funded by Central TV in England, and working with a number of peace groups across the UK. I felt that THE WAR GAME was out-of-date, and I was concerned about the escalating nuclear arms race, that was allied to the US foreign policy of a nuclear war that would be limited to Europe. My idea was to create a series of scenes, again depicting the consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain, on a larger scale than THE WAR GAME, that would allow citizens across Britain to express their concerns via their involvement in the production of this project. However, Central TV withdrew its funding, on the grounds that the budget was becoming too large, and the project collapsed. After rethinking the scale of the project into a more global film dealing with the general silence on the burgeoning nuclear arms race, I appealed for funding to a number of international TV channels. Without exception, every TV channel that I contacted refused, even though I was only requesting support for filming an ultra low-cost segment in each country, where I would ask local people what they knew and felt about the world arms race. *

*“During the time while I had no funding from the professional sector, I happened to be showing THE WAR GAME to the world’s oldest peace movement association, the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS), in Stockholm. In May 1983, during its 100th anniversary congress, SPAS unanimously decided to support fund-raising for a new film about the nuclear threat. Based in Stockholm, and with initial funding from SPAS, I immediately began to involve the network of friends and acquaintances that I had acquired over many years of travelling and lecturing, to build an international fund-raising drive for the new film, and to start research in those parts of the world where I would organize local productions groups for the actual filming.*

*“The film’s core concept started to emerge: I would visit families or groups of people in various countries, and interview them to find out what they knew about the state and consequences of the world arms race, and the effects of nuclear weapons. The interviews would also focus on the role that mass media and educational systems played in shaping a world view, and on the knowledge that these people had – or did not have – vis-à-vis these subjects.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: New Zealand/Australia/Canada/Denmark/Finland/Italy/Japan/Sweden/UK/Germany

‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE JOURNEY Parts 17-19

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollars on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men recruit a small-town bartender, Bennie (Warren Oates), to help them do their dirty work. He sets off with his girlfriend, Elita, on a tequila-fueled trek across the desolate Mexican frontier, which grows more intense, gruesome and bloody with every savage murder they leave in their wake!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

*“Between 2016-17, composer Michael Nyman and I collaborated on a massive multi-screen installation for The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, and Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. The idea was to produce a mash-up of the raw unedited Mexican footage with Michael’s music. The experimental digital restoration of the combined sounds and images would extend alongside José Clemente Orozco’s *The Epic of American Civilization* (1932-34), a large, multi-panel horizontal mural at Dartmouth College, and also inhabit a rather small area by Hermitage standards, the Jordan “Kerensky” Staircase Eisenstein had filmed for October (1928). The weight of the enterprise was its undoing. The one “object” realized was the 2-screen IDOLS BEHIND ALTARS composed of footage used by Jay Leyda for his marvelous EISENSTEIN’S MEXICAN FILM, EPISODES FOR STUDY (1955-57). The music and films evoked a new language of non-editing, that is each spoke back and forth to one another revitalizing the enchantments captured by Eisenstein. The overall effect conveys the vivid curiosity and sense of wonder witnessed by the filmmakers as they sculpted moving images into a portrait of Mexico between 1930 and 1932. The new music composed and performed in 2026 by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky is just that, a joyous new reunion invigorating the authentic sights and sounds witnessed by Eisenstein.” — Bruce Posner*

*“If 500 years from now the name ‘Bruce Posner’ is forgotten, future historians you will name you the Master of Moving Diptychs. Eisenstein spoke of ‘vertical montage.’ When he sees your brand-new Idols Behind Altars, he will theorize ‘lateral montage.’ The panel pairs talk to each other with precision — now conjuring phantom eyeline matches, now forming geometrical shapes. The whole is very convincing, and I am sure Eisen+Tissé would not be against experimenting with parallel paneling, reminds me of Eisen’s ‘dynamic square’ theory.” — Yuri Tsivian*

*“It’s all about perspective. What is film but a collision of angles? What is a film soundtrack but an invisible mirror to the cinematic imaginary? When I approached Eisenstein’s fractured Mexican masterpiece, I found myself drawn back to my conviction that cinema is not merely a medium of observation, but a revolutionary engine of thought. In the digital age, our relationship to the image is more ‘dialectical’ than ever. It’s all a mix. We live in a world of constant juxtaposition, a perpetual ‘overtonal montage’ of data and desire. My score is a reflection of that friction. The rest, as we say in DJ culture, is ‘a remix.'” — Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky*

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

Advance Screening of New Restorations Films courtesy of British Film Institute, Cineric, Inc., Det Danske Filminstitut, Filmmakers Showcase, Gosfilmofond of Russia, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington and Turner Classic Movies Photo courtesy of Kino Classics, Gosfilmofond and Filmmakers Showcase Restorations by Bruce Posner ‘Sergei Eisenstein Restorations’

¡SERGEI EISENSTEIN MÉXICO! IDOLS BEHIND ALTARS

Diamonds Are Forever

Show People / The Matinee Idol

Waxwork

**Screenwriter**: Karey Kirkpatrick

**Producer**: Nick Park, Peter Lord, David Sproxton

Get ready for some fine feathered fun &#8211; stop-motion style &#8211; with this delightfully kooky caper from beloved animator Nick Park. The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Do you love Nick Park as much as we do? Take home more adorable Aardman animation tonight!

*Creature Comforts, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep*

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

Chicken Run

**Screenwriter**: Robert Mark Kamen

**Producer**: Jerry Weintraub

*Wax on, wax off,* once again. Before *Cobra Kai*, before Jaden and Jackie, there was Daniel-san. The enduring classic from 1984, director Robert Mark Kamen&#8217;s *The Karate Kid* delivers a swift kick in the coming-of-age film&#8217;s pants by sending a New Jersey teen with a chip on his shoulder to Reseda. In a search for friends, he finds some of cinema&#8217;s worst bullies at the Cobra Kai dojo, and a mentor named Mr. Miyagi, who teaches Daniel to trust his spirit as he trusts his body. Starring Ralph Macchio, Elizabeth Shue, William Zabka, and the late, great Pat Morita, the original *Karate Kid* is still the best around. With a chance to see it on the big screen, nothing&#8217;s gonna ever keep you down.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We love Pat Morita! Take home more gems from his wild career on glorious physical media tonight!

*Even Cowboys Get the Blues, Do or Die, Auntie Lee&#8217;s Meat Pies*

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

The Karate Kid

**Screenwriter**: Mike Myers

**Producers**: Demi Moore,  Mike Myers,  Jennifer Todd,  Suzanne Todd

Austin Powers, he&#8217;s the man for you. So the story goes about swinging &#8217;60s most shagdellic spy. After his arch nemesis, Dr. Evil, rockets from Earth, international man of mystery Austin Powers is cryogenically frozen should Evil ever return to demand a million dollars. When Austin thaws, his freewheelin&#8217; ways face his toughest challenge yet: The mid-&#8217;90s. Backed by a stacked supporting cast featuring Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Seth Green, Will Ferrell, and a legendary turn from Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina, Mike Myers&#8217; supremely funny *Austin Powers* remains a delight regardless of what generation you&#8217;re frozen in. Come see it the way it was meant to be seen, surrounded by the grooviest cinephiles refusing to *zip it* by laughing their heads off. Yeah, baby!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking to get groovy baby? Check out these groovy gems on DVD and Blu-Ray tonight!

*In Like Flint, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Danger: Diabolik*, and ALL the *James Bonds*

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

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

**Screenwriters**: Don Mancini,  John Lafia,  Tom Holland

**Producer**: David Kirschner

Don&#8217;t miss the original doll-faced killer as he slices and dices his way through friends and acquaintances of one little boy and his struggling single mother. Evil had never looked so cute until Chucky stepped on the scene, and changed the face of horror forever! After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city. Brad Dourif (who continues to voice Chucky almost 40 years on) does an incredible job of making the pint-sized maniac truly unnerving and sinister, making this the genuinely scariest of the series.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more Dourif in your horror? Hoo Boy, do we have you covered!

*Eyes of Laura Mars, The Exorcist III, Spontaneous Combustion*, all the *Chucky* movies!

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

Child’s Play

The Spy Who Loved Me

Pet Sematary/Pet Sematary 2

Join us in celebrating Joe Meredith's unique brand of contemporary SOV filmmaking with three connected shorts, TERATOMORPH (2019), VARIANT (2020), and VARIANT II (2023), followed by a Zoom Q&A with Meredith.

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Meredith's films are entirely handmade, utilizing practical effects and even stop-motion photography to bring disgusting monsters to life. Taking inspiration from the shot-on-video independent gore movies of the late 80s and early 90s, the films are primarily shot on Hi-8 videotape and are absolutely dripping with mood and atmosphere (as well as blood and guts).

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EonCorp seeks to splice humans with aliens to create super-subhumans and of course, in every case, it doesn’t exactly go their way. Years of ‘alien-splicing’ has become increasingly chaotic, and the resulting monsters are impossible to control.

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**TERATOMORPH**The lethal alien virus known as ‘Havoc’ has spread beyond the South Mill District, and into the rural outreaches. An infected boy wanders the ravaged region, finding necrotic remains and mutant creatures along the way, as the Havoc virus begins to evolve to the next level of alien horror.

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**dir. Joe Meredith, 2019***United States, digital projection*33 min

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**VARIANT** A lethal alien embryo is used by a deranged man to release a new infection that exceeds the malignancy of Havoc pathogen, raising the mutant dead from their graves, and unleashing a new breed of alien terror.

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**dir. Joe Meredith, 2020***United States, digital projection*41 min

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**VARIANT II**  After the fall of EonCorp, efforts to dispose of all remaining alien biotech are made in vain as new aberrations emerge in the streets, beyond anyone’s control.

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**dir. Joe Meredith, 2023***United States, digital projection*42 min

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*Content warning: these films utilize heavy gore effects.*

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## SATURDAY, 5/237:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

Followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Joe Meredith, led by writer & musician Evan Pincus.

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$10 general admission, $9 for members.

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

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The Short Films of Joe Meredith: TERATOMORPH (2019), VARIANT (2020), & VARIANT II (2023)

Join us in celebrating Joe Meredith's unique brand of contemporary SOV filmmaking with a double feature of VARIANT (2020) and VARIANT II (2023), followed by a Zoom Q&A with Meredith.

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Meredith's films are entirely handmade, utilizing practical effects and even stop-motion photography to bring disgusting monsters to life. Taking inspiration from the shot-on-video independent gore movies of the late 80s and early 90s, the films are primarily shot on Hi-8 videotape and are absolutely dripping with mood and atmosphere (as well as blood and guts).

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## SYNOPSIS:

EonCorp seeks to splice humans with aliens to create super-subhumans and of course, in every case, it doesn’t exactly go their way. Years of ‘alien-splicing’ has become increasingly chaotic, and the resulting monsters are impossible to control.

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**VARIANT** A lethal alien embryo is used by a deranged man to release a new infection that exceeds the malignancy of Havoc pathogen, raising the mutant dead from their graves, and unleashing a new breed of alien terror.

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**dir. Joe Meredith, 2020***United States, digital projection*41 min

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**VARIANT II**  After the fall of EonCorp, efforts to dispose of all remaining alien biotech are made in vain as new aberrations emerge in the streets, beyond anyone’s control.

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**dir. Joe Meredith, 2023***United States, digital projection*42 min

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*Content warning: these films utilize heavy gore effects.*

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## SATURDAY, 5/237:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

Followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Joe Meredith, led by writer & musician Evan Pincus.

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$10 general admission, $9 for members.

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

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A Joe Meredith Double Feature: VARIANT (2020) & VARIANT II (2023)

WHAMMY!

Lightstruck presents Ulrike Ottinger’s *TAIGA: A Journey to Northern Mongolia*. 501 minutes, English subtitles. 12 noon start time, with two breaks. The film will conclude at approximately 10pm.

Snacks, coffee and tea will be provided, as well as some dinner at the evening break, for a suggested donation.

Digital restoration courtesy of Arsenal with thanks to Carsten Zimmer, Reinhild Feldhaus, and especially Ulrike Ottinger.

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“Taiga is an experience that causes us to think about why we live as we do, what it is to be human, and what is important in life.” (Roger Ebert)

Lightstruck is extremely excited to present a truly epic cinematic experience, as we screen Ulrike Ottinger’s nearly 8.5-hour, immersive documentary *Taiga* (1992) in a special all-day screening.

Known for her meticulously crafted experimental narrative films infusing political radicalism with a rich, surrealist opulence, German artist Ulrike Ottinger has also produced a singular body of memorable nonfiction work, though perhaps none so monumental – and mesmerizingly beautiful – as *Taiga*.

During an extended period spent in Northern Mongolia through multiple seasons, Ottinger approached ethnography in a radically different way, rejecting authoritative narrativizing or presumptuous didacticism. The extended length of the film reflects Ottinger’s larger impulse and approach in this project: to spend time – unadulterated, attentive time – with the Northern Mongolians she had befriended, and to enable their own distinctive approach to time and space in everyday life dictate the scale and pace of the film.

Over ten parts and 38 chapters, we see a seance, two weddings, preparation of foods, wrestling contests, music performances, storytelling sessions, and countless other events large and small, yet all equally defining the overall year-to-year and day-to-day experiences of nomadic life in the Darkhad Valley of Northern Mongolia. The film succeeds so brilliantly in part because of the unapologetically and earnestly fascinated gaze with which Ottinger documents what she sees, and the clear love for and engagement with people that the filmmaking reflects.

“I tried to explain my wish, which was to record a way of life that no longer exists in the place where I’ve come from, in order to show the document to the people back home, who are very interested in the nomadic ways. At first this puzzled them, but then they thought, Yes, indeed, we too would be interested to know how your people live…” (Ulrike Ottinger)

Lightstruck: Ulrike Ottinger’s TAIGA (1991/92)

Erin Brockovich in 4K

Brighton Rock in 35mm

Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**BOB DYLAN: SHADOW KINGDOM, 2021, Dir. Alma Har’el, 51 Mins, White Light International Media Ltd., USA**

Shot by director Alma Har’el, this new film showcases Bob Dylan with band in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work. Created especially for this film, Bob Dylan performs repertoire from across his work including “Forever Young,” “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight,” “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” and many more. This performance film marks Bob Dylan’s first concert since December 2019, and first performance since his universally acclaimed album, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways.’

FORMAT: DCP

**HEARTS OF FIRE, 1987, Dir. Richard Marquand, 95 Mins, Park Circus, USA**

Grammy Award–winner and rock legend Bob Dylan stars in this hard-driving A STAR IS BORN–like, music-infused film about a striving musician (real-life pop star Fiona) drawn into the raw-edged lifestyle of fast-lane rock ‘n roll — and torn between two men and the different ways of life they represent. Written by Joe Eszterhas (BASIC INSTINCT, FLASHDANCE) and co-starring Golden Globe-nominee Rupert Everett, this features appearances by Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones), Richie Havens, lan Dury and Terry Williams (Dire Straits), with rockin’ soundtrack written by Dylan, Neil Young and John Fogerty.

FORMAT: 35mm

Celebrate Bob Dylan Day with a one-of-a-kind performance film & a cult classic drama

BOB DYLAN: SHADOW KINGDOM / HEARTS OF FIRE

While hiding from bullies in his school&#8217;s attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

The NeverEnding Story

From the rich and textured imagination of Czech visionary Juraj Herz (THE CREMATOR) comes his own vivid reimagining of a classic fairy tale in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. The film follows the innocent Julie and her experiences living under the watchful eye of Netvor, a bird-like being torn between his growing affection for her and his animalistic urge to kill. Gorgeously shot, intriguingly surreal, thrillingly sensual &#8211; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST retells a beloved story in ways unlike any adaptation before or since.

Restored by Národní filmový archiv, Prague and Severin Films, supported by The Czech Audiovisual Fund.

Beauty and the Beast

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Quiet passions erupt from within in Naruse’s late period masterpiece, a sumptuous melodrama of undulating and repressed feeling, set as the postwar dispersal of modernization stretches beyond Tokyo. Widow Reiko (Takamine) runs her in-law’s produce store, having rebuilt it herself in the 18 years since his passing, but faces a sudden outburst of new pressures: a push to remarry, fierce competition from a newly-minted supermarket and a love confession from her dead husband’s much younger brother Koji (Yuzo Kayama). Scripted by Takamine’s husband Zenzo Matsuyama, YEARNING finds devastating power in its tragic underpinnings as Takamine’s expressions—noted by even the faint glimmer of her eyes—convey multitudes—desire, melancholy and, as the film’s Japanese original title suggests, a swell of confusion in the wake of newfound longing.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

YEARNING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

In this cool, seductive jewel of the Japanese New Wave, a *yakuza*, fresh out of prison, becomes entangled with a beautiful and enigmatic gambling addict; what at first seems a redemptive relationship ends up leading him further down the criminal path. Bewitchingly shot and edited, and laced with a fever-dream-like score by Toru Takemitsu, this gangster romance was a breakthrough for the idiosyncratic Masahiro Shinoda. The pitch-black PALE FLOWER is an unforgettable excursion into the underworld.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

Introduction by filmmaker and actor Greg Vrotsos ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Greg Vrotsos Presents PALE FLOWER

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“The Forgotten Faces,” 1960, Dir. Peter Watkins, 18 Mins, UK**

A film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE WAR GAME, 1965, Dir. Peter Watkins, 45 Mins, UK**

*“The filming took place in early 1965, in the Kent towns of Tonsbridge, Gravesend, Chatham and Dover. Once again the cast was almost entirely made up of amateurs, found via a series of public meetings throughout Kent some months earlier. Much of the filming, including the scenes of the firestorm, was done in a disused military barracks in Dover. The crew included cinematographer Peter Bartlett, sound recordist Derek Williams, make-up artist Lilian Munro, action co-ordinator Derek Ware, set designers Tony Cornell and Anne Davey, costumer Vanessa Clarke, and editor Michael Bradsell. I repeated the “you-are-there” style of newsreel immediacy. My purpose, as in CULLODEN was to involve ‘ordinary people’ in an extended study of their own history – only this time the subject involved potentially imminent events, for the threat of full-scale nuclear war was a very real one at that time. There was, however, an important stylistic difference in this film. Interwoven among scenes of ‘reality’ were stylized interviews with a series of ‘establishment figures’ – an Anglican Bishop, a nuclear strategist, etc. The outrageous statements by some of these people (including the Bishop) – in favour of nuclear weapons, even nuclear war – were actually based on genuine quotations. Other interviews with a doctor, a psychiatrist, etc. were more sobre, and gave details of the effects of nuclear weapons on the human body and mind. In this film I was interested in breaking the illusion of media-produced ‘reality.’ My question was – “Where is ‘reality?’ … in the madness of statements by these artificially-lit establishment figures quoting the official doctrine of the day, or in the madness of the staged and fictional scenes from the rest of my film, which presented the consequences of their utterances?”- and to that end I consistently inter-cut said interviews. Obviously beyond and above the question of form was my concern to use the film to help people break the silence in the media on the nuclear arms race.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

“The Forgotten Faces” / THE WAR GAME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

He Sang Himself Into the Queen’s Boudoir! One Kiss and the Whole Kingdom Was His!

The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

THE LOVE PARADE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Director Baz Luhrmann’s phantasmagorical musical has been hailed as one of the most visually inventive and wildly kinetic films in recent memory for its mixture of turn-of-the-century Parisian nightlife, late-20th-century pop music (beautifully performed in the film by lovers Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor) and astonishingly ornate production and costume design, courtesy of Oscar winner Catherine Martin. With John Leguizamo as pint-sized painter Toulouse-Lautrec.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: Australia/USA

25th Anniversary ‘It’s Showtime at the AC!’

MOULIN ROUGE!

The seriously spaced-out masterwork that's a psychedelic see-it-to-believe it experience! Plus a primo selection of sci-fi animated shorts!

Helmut Herbst's THE CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS + Spaced-Out Shorts!

A recently unearthed gem of Romanian animation! A sweeping psyched-out space epic with strange planets and stranger alien inhabitants!

THE SON OF THE STARS (1988) — A Romanian Animated Space Oddity!

**Screenwriter**: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman

**Producers**: Frank Marshall, Robert Watts

Film Noir gets animated! This groundbreaking mix of live-action and animation is ready to delight you all over again. A classic at any age, *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* remains a funny, sexy, energizing love letter to old Hollywood, East Los Angeles, and the early cartoon giants like the Fleischer Brothers, Walt Disney, Friz Freleng, and Tex Avery.

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

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

**Screenwriter**: John Michael Hayes

**Producer**: Alfred Hitchcock

An all-time classic, Alfred Hitchcock’s delightful, voyeuristic thriller, starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, is endlessly watchable, perfect for a film that is itself all about watching. Stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and telescopic lens, a photojournalist (Stewart in one of his defining roles) distracts himself by observing the neighbors across the way. Most are just living normal lives — the newlyweds, a lady with her dog, a dancer with lots of boyfriends — but what’s going on in the Thorwald’s place? The bedridden Mrs. Thorwald seems to have mysteriously disappeared, and Mr. Thorwald is acting mighty suspicious. Enlisting help from his socialite girlfriend (the dazzling Kelly) and his physical therapist (much love to Thelma Ritter), our voyeuristic hero tries to make sense of what he’s seen — or at least what he thinks he’s seen.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more solid gold gems from the filmography of Hollywood&#8217;s truest Princess, Grace Kelly!

*High Society, The Swan, The Country Girl*

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

Rear Window

**Screenwriter**: Paul Thomas Anderson from the novel by Upton Sinclair

**Producers**: Paul Thomas Anderson,  Daniel Lupi,  JoAnne Sellar

Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s epic and sprawling adaptation of Upton Sinclair&#8217;s scathing novel is part Western, part capitalist critique, and all masterpiece &#8211; magnificently filmed, acted, and crafted. Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview&#8217;s motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives. With a cinematic vision this sprawling, do yourself the favor to watch it in glorious 35mm celluloid on our big beautiful screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home a master class in acting from Daniel Day-Lewis with these gems:

*The Unbearable Lightness of Being, My Beautiful Laundrette, A Room with a View*

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

There Will Be Blood on 35mm

Cure in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Cantonese with English subtitles.*

A Hong Kong hitman accidentally blinds an innocent woman during a hit. He is determined to get her surgery to help her regain her sight but he needs to complete one more hit first. He completes the job but then is ambushed as he tries to escape: someone wants him dead. Meanwhile a resourceful, unorthodox police detective is hot on his trail.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Shout! Studios

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

Co-presented by 36 Cinema Special thanks to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research for the print ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents THE KILLER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent into the past to protect Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her teen son John (Edward Furlong) from a new advanced model cyborg T-1000 (Robert Patrick) in a bid to stop a future war between humans and the intelligent machine SkyNet.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY in 35mm

The Victors

**Screenwriters**: Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Malia Scotch Marmo

**Producers**: Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen

Hop in scientists and dino-philes, we&#8217;re heading on a prehistoric thrill ride to the world&#8217;s hottest new amusement park! In Steven Spielberg&#8217;s massive blockbuster based on the Michael Crichton best-selling novel, a group of scientists are among the first visitors to a theme park with an enormous, prehistoric twist. After extracting ancient DNA, billionaire John Hammond (Sir Richard Attenborough) has brought to life an island full of dinosaurs. When the safety precautions fail and the dinos are loose, can this rag-tag bunch of sexy scientists and pre-teens live through the night and outwit and outrun these vicious predators? Be a clever girl and find out!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Need to take home more Jeff Goldblum? We&#8217;ve got all the hits, and these deep cut gems!

*Vibes, Deep Cover, Hideaway*

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

Jurassic Park on 35mm

**Screenwriters**: William Shakespeare, Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann

**Producer**: Baz Luhrmann, Gabriella Martinelli

Baz Luhrmann gives Shakespeare his signature razzle-dazzle in this opulent rendition of a time-honored classic. In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare&#8217;s classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is a visually striking modern spectacle, the bard&#8217;s dialogue remains.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got a huge section for Shakespearean adaptations! Take home these treasures and more tonight!

*10 Things I Hate About You, Macbeth (x4), Much Ado About Nothing*

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

Romeo + Juliet

Fucking Awesome Cherub

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Season 2, Episode 21, “Miss Twin Peaks,” Dir. Tim Hunter, 46 Mins**

Lucy chooses a father for her baby.

FORMAT: DCP

**Season 2, Episode 22, “Beyond Life and Death,” Dir. David Lynch, 50 Mins**

In the series finale, Cooper faces his destiny.

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.

“Miss Twin Peaks” and “Beyond Life and Death” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 21 and 22

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Maurice Pialat’s final film, this searing autobiographical drama continues his lacerating explorations of human relationships in all their messy, emotionally volatile complexity. Gérard (Gérard Depardieu) is the middle-aged, hopelessly self-centered womanizer who is forced to confront his failures—as a father, son and lover—when his ex (Géraldine Pailhas), with whom he has a child (played by the director’s own son, Antoine Pialat), begins a new relationship and his father falls ill.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

LE GARÇU

We&#8217;re back again with another dose of 16mm celluloid curiosities &#8211; this time we&#8217;re throwing reason out the window and embracing the strange with a program of late 60s, early 70s groovy kids films that sought to open young minds to a world of imagination. In the late 1960s educational filmmakers started getting groovy and psychedelic with films that took a turn towards the far out and whimsical. While the educational standards of don&#8217;t do drugs or accept candy from strangers remained staples, a new form of creative &#8220;purposeless&#8221; films for kids started to emerge with Encyclopaedia Britannica and other educational film distributors. Weird, fun, and nonsensical, these pointless shorts encouraged creativity over morals, whimsy over shock, and through kid-focused stories and animation sought to foster the imagination with plenty of fun movie magic. This program features 5 Encyclopaedia Brittanica shorts from 1969 as well as two magnificent early short films from the great Joan Micklin Silver &#8211; ***The Case of the Elevator Duck** *(1974) and*** The Fur Coat Club*** (1973) both filled with undeniable glee for any age of cinephile, plus bonus shorts for the early birds! You may think you&#8217;ve outgrown children&#8217;s films, but give yourself over to the wonder of the grooviest period in educational film and let your imagination soar! Everything screened on 16mm film!

The Wages of Fear in 4K

2:30 PM

Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no kyoshikyoku) in 35mm

7:30 PM

BEEF

7:30 PM

American Stories: A Concert Film

8:00 PM

The Lost Boys

Fright Night

Cinematic Void Presents THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING

7:00 PM

TIKI TIKI

10:00 PM

All the Way Boys

Convoy Buddies

7:30 PM

Unknown Event

3:00 PM

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

7:30 PM

RZA’s One Spoon of Chocolate