In the Cut in 35mm

Academy Museum

Flowers For Lev screening with Alan Ruck Q+A

Flowers For Lev Screening with special Alan Ruck Q+A

Brain Dead Studios

[Tickets](https://pools.events/t/db273ubc/)

***Arrebato*** ([areˈβato], "Rapture") is a 1979 Spanish horror film written and directed by Ivan[ ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Zulueta)Zulueta.

Horror movie director José is adrift in a sea of doubt and drugs. As his belated second feature nears completion, his reclusive bubble is popped by two events: a sudden reappearance from an ex-girlfriend and a package from past acquaintance Pedro: a reel of Super-8 film, an audiotape, and a door key. From there, the boundaries of time, space, and sexuality are erased as José is once more sucked into Pedro’s vampiric orbit. Together, they attempt the ultimate hallucinogenic catharsis through a moebius strip of filming and being filmed.

		

	
		
	

	
		
			
				
					
						
	
	

						
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Human Resources

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.

LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of *The Traitors*, followed by a conversation with host and executive producer Alan Cumming, executive producer Sam Rees-Jones, executive producer Rosie Franks, director Ben Archard, director of photography Siggi Rosen-Rawlings, and host and wardrobe designer Sam Spector. Moderated by Monét X Change.

Set deep in the Scottish Highlands, and hosted by Alan Cumming, Emmy Award-winning series *The Traitors* is a nail-biting psychological adventure in which the entertainment industry’s most competitive reality stars and famous faces play the ultimate murder mystery game. 

*The Traitors* has received six Emmy nominations including Outstanding Reality Competition Program, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program, Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program, and Production Design for a Reality Program.

Watch the [official trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-5IRtW-zyc).

You will receive a link to view the episodes on the event date.

**This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.**

Emmy Award®-Nominated Screening Series—The Traitors and Post-Screening Conversation

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jane Wyman, a lonely widow with two spoiled, almost grown children (William Reynolds, Gloria Talbot) as well as a circle of snobbish, upper-middle-class friends, suddenly finds herself falling in love with her gardener (Rock Hudson). Director Douglas Sirk examines the curious cultural barriers we set up for ourselves regarding love, skewering age and class differences in the process as well as championing fearless independence of the individual spirit – something that was not so common in the 1950s. One of the most subversive love stories of 20th-century cinema and a prime inspiration for Todd Haynes’ acclaimed FAR FROM HEAVEN.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

‘Magnificent Melodramas: Douglas Sirk & Russell Metty’

ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

This singularly arresting adaptation of a novel by renowned writer Andrée Chedid casts French pop star Dalida (in her final screen performance) as a married washerwoman trying to save the life of her stricken grandson in the midst of the 1947 cholera outbreak in Cairo, while simultaneously navigating the romantic advances of a charming, Gene Kelly–obsessed young organ grinder (Mohsen Mohieddin). 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

New 4K Restoration ‘Youssef Chahine: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE SIXTH DAY

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 15, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 55 Mins, Paramount, USA**

There’s some fear in letting go.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 16, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 57 Mins, Paramount, USA**

No knock, no doorbell.

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 15 & 16

Los Feliz Theatre

Taxi Driver

New Beverly Cinema

An evening celebrating Andy Beta's book COSMIC MUSIC: THE LIFE, ART, AND TRANSCENDENCE OF ALICE COLTRANE with conversation and screening

COSMIC MUSIC: ALICE COLTRANE Book Event + ETERNITY'S PILLAR rare screening

Philosophical Research Society

North Star Sessions is a free showcase that strives to be a safe and inclusive place for artists and music lovers in the LA music scene. This month we will highlight the work of Agustin Donati, Lauren O'Connel, and Mathew Walker, with an open mic draw between sets.

8pm

North Star Sessions

Scribble

Best trivia night in town hosted by Justin Hantz

$10 entry fee, teams of 4 or less

Winners take home the $$$!

Trivia Night!

Stories Books & Cafe

**KCRW**, **Vidiots**, and **HBO Documentary Films** invite you to a special advance screening of ***Monsters of God*** followed by a conversation with director and executive producer **Eric Goode**, executive producer **Jeremy McBride**, producer **Tom Petersen**, and subjects **Mike Van Nostrand** and **Tom Crutchfield**, moderated by **Jason Segel**.

Filmmaker Eric Goode follows his first love – reptiles – into the dark and gonzo underworld of exotic animal smuggling. In this global network, everyone is chasing the ultimate prize, whether it be owning the rarest of species, claiming the biggest fortunes, or taking down the most elusive criminals

Unfolding over decades, *Monsters of God *traces the evolution of the reptile trade as it skirts the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and grows into a secretive, high-stakes world of backroom dealings and fanatical collectors. With unprecedented access to the major players, from traffickers to animal enthusiasts to federal agents, Goode unravels a web of larger-than-life characters who run a complex international crime ring. A thrilling exposé of a hidden underworld, *Monsters of God* warns of the devastating impact of the insatiable desire for the forbidden, and how this mad obsession is pushing some species to the brink of extinction.

Doors open at 6:45pm, Screening will begin at 7:30pm with conversation to follow.

Guests must RSVP to attend. For more information and to RSVP click [here](https://events.humanitix.com/kcrw-partner-screening-monsters-of-god).

Please note that this screening is first-come-first-served, and your RSVP does not guarantee entry. As we are hoping to accommodate as many people as possible, all free screenings are overbooked to account for no-shows. We recommend an early to on-time arrival, we may not be able to accommodate late entries.

Guests must be 21+ to attend.

Monsters of God

Vidiots

The Odyssey (70mm)

Vista Theatre

The Cat Returns

Basic Instinct in 4K

### **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: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

DO THE RIGHT THING

Aero Theatre

Synopsis:

Three friends, 12-year-old boys Dug, Mel, and Fatt, go camping in the desert with Dug's older brother Wyatt and his girlfriend Mary. When the group stops at a gas station, the owner Duana tells them about The Night Child, a creature she claims lives in the desert and took her younger brother twenty-five years ago. They quickly dismiss the story as an old urban legend, but once they arrive in the desert and set up camp, things get weird.

The Weird Kidz Screening with Q+A @ Brain Dead Studios

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

On the Silver Globe

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who experiences a close encounter of the first kind – witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. Meanwhile, government agents have close encounters of the second kind – discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in an unusual place. Roy and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind – contact.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’ The American Cinematheque’s personal newly struck 70mm print of Director’s Cut!

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND in 70mm

Directors Village

Comics O&#x27;Clock is a comics reading featuring live readings by local cartoonists hosted by Mikey Heller. This event will be pay what you want, with donations going to Heavy Manners Library.

Featuring:

Alison Dubois ([https://www.instagram.com/alison_dubois_/](https://www.instagram.com/alison_dubois_/))

Erick Pepper Rivera ([https://www.instagram.com/thaterickrivera/](https://www.instagram.com/thaterickrivera/))

Sophia Chen ([https://www.instagram.com/badgalsofa/](https://www.instagram.com/badgalsofa/))

Ryan Kramer ([https://www.instagram.com/toonholeryan/](https://www.instagram.com/toonholeryan/))

Harpal Khosla ([https://www.instagram.com/khoslaharpal/](https://www.instagram.com/khoslaharpal/))

arrett Williams ([https://www.instagram.com/jarrettwilliams/](https://www.instagram.com/jarrettwilliams/))

Miche Perez ([https://www.instagram.com/miche.here/](https://www.instagram.com/miche.here/))

Comics O'Clock: A Comic Reading (8/7)

Heavy Manners Library

[Sliding scale tickets](https://pools.events/t/-pysrusn/)

An assortment of video and animation works by Olivia Mole followed by a Q&A discussion with Vardui Sharapkhanyan.

		

	
		
	

	
		
			
				
					
						
	
	

						
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LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of *Wicked: One Wonderful Night*, followed by a conversation with executive producer Ben Winston, producer and choreographer Christopher Scott, music director Stephen Oremus, and costume designer Katja Cahill. Moderated by Moderated by *Wicked* and *Wicked: For Good* director Jon M. Chu.

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and the cast headline an exclusive concert event and share their experiences on the eve of the film's anticipated finale.
Three-time Academy Award® nominee Cynthia Erivo and Academy Award nominee Ariana Grande lead a one-time-only, two-hour special featuring electrifying performances alongside their *Wicked: For Good* co-stars—Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh, pop culture icon Jeff Goldblum, Tony nominee Ethan Slater, five-time Emmy nominee Bowen Yang and breakout talent Marissa Bode—for an unforgettable night of reimagined musical arrangements, cast interviews, behind-the-scenes moments and exclusive surprises.

Filmed at the iconic Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, *Wicked: One Wonderful Night* transformed the legendary venue into a breathtaking Emerald City-inspired set, complete with a 37-piece live orchestra led by two-time Grammy® award-winning musical director Stephen Oremus, plus jaw-dropping musical numbers and unforgettable performances. The evening features captivating dance numbers inspired by the films and reimagined for this special by Christopher Scott, the acclaimed choreographer of both *Wicked* and *Wicked: For Good*.

*Wicked: One Wonderful Night* has received six Emmy nominations including Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Special, Outstanding Technical Direction and Camera Work, and Outstanding Music Direction.

Watch the [official trailer](https://youtu.be/E3Z551EnHHA?si=d2HHihwdK8vh9IwQ).

You will receive a link to view the episodes on the event date.

**This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.**

Emmy Award®-Nominated Screening Series—Wicked: One Wonderful Night and Post-Screening Conversation

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Put-upon Everyman Henry (Jack Nance) shambles resignedly through a dark, industrial-urban landscape. When he joins Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) in a nightmare parody of working-class connubial bliss, we soon realize there is no return ticket from this descent down the rabbit hole. “May be the greatest debut by an American director after CITIZEN KANE.” – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $8.01 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’ Celebrate the 5th anniversary of the American Cinematheque programming at the Los Feliz 3 with one of the first films screened on opening day!

ERASERHEAD

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hosts and longtime frenemies Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger review chain restaurants and bicker about absolutely everything on the iHeartRadio award-winning Best Food Podcast, **Doughboys**.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), POPEYE follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but Olive’s hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto (Paul Smith), of whom Olive can say little except, well, he’s large. Eventually, Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee’ Pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), an adorable foundling, and Popeye finally meets his dad, Poopdeck Pappy (Ray Walston). Director Robert Altman in no way tempered his trademark style for this big-budget family opus, crowding the screen with a variety of characters and allowing his cast to overlap as much dialogue as they want.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Doughboys hosts Michael Mitchell and Nick Wiger Pre-show film and fast food trivia by Doughboys ‘Doughboys: Fast Films’

Doughboys Present POPEYE

Pulp Fiction

BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen Drink & Draw!

**Producers**: Jeff Tremaine,  Spike Jonze,  Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final fling at the big screen. Featuring all-new stunts and stupidity along with the greatest hits and biggest laughs from the past, jackass: best and last is a joyously raucous celebration of all the mischievous camaraderie that you’ve come to love and expect from these idiots over the past 25 years. So, grab your dumb little buddies, raise your glasses, and come experience the cinematic event that promises to be the last time you’ll ever laugh this hard in a theatre.

Jackass: Best and Last

**Screenwriters**: Dale Launer,  Stanley Shapiro,  Paul Henning

**Producers**: Bernard Williams

The con is on with Frank Oz&#8217;s masterful dark comedy classic with absolute legends Steve Martin and Michael Caine! At a luscious coastal resort two expert con men go head to head and toe to toe in a match to see who can swindle an heiress out of her money and claim the resort for their own private hunting ground. Steve Martin turns on one of his most ridiculous performances against the suave and debonaire coolness always exuded by Michael Caine resulting in 24 carat comedy gold! Bring your best frenemy to ease the tension through uproarious laughter!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home a whole Steve Martin movie binge tonight, including these deeper cuts!

*All of Me, The Man with Two Brains, Dead Men Don&#8217;t Wear Plaid*

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

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

**Screenwriters**: Julie Reichert,  Jan Ventura

**Producers**: Menahem Golan,  Yoram Globus

A sequel that is best remembered for its subtitle, this 80s breakdancing cult classic is about to turn your Friday night into the ultimate 80s dance off! The best breakdancers on the block are poppin&#8217; and lockin&#8217; their way to good karma when they use their powers of dance to take on a greedy developer that threatens their beloved community center with strip-mallification. The fashion, the dance moves, the 80s cheese, the Cannon Films moxie, it&#8217;s all in such abundance, you&#8217;ll be doing head-spins on the way back to your car! So bring your crew, pop on your knee pads, and get ready for the ultimate in 80s dance cinema!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home all the Hip Hop cult classics of the 1980s!

*Wild Style, Beat Street, Rappin’, Delivery Boys*

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

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

**Screenwriters**: Harley Peyton, Mark Frost

*She’s dead… 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’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’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’re starting the show for the first time, or you’re revisiting for your twentieth, there’s nothing like seeing this dark, clever, mystical, metaphysical, and offbeat masterpiece at Vidiots! 

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

Or, if you&#8217;re impatient, you can take home every single episode of the whole series and *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* from our David Lynch director&#8217;s section in the video store!

Twin Peaks: The Original Mystery – Episodes 7 + 8

Nights Of Cabiria

Ice Cream Man

After making horror history with BASKET CASE and BRAIN DAMAGE, the incomparable Frank Henenlotter unleashed FRANKENHOOKER—the greatest transmutation of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN that you’ll ever see. After accidentally murdering the love of his life, Jeffrey Franken decides to reanimate her with the help of a drug named Supercrack . . . and the body parts of a dozen streetwalkers. Feeling like a twisted mash-up between John Waters’s SERIAL MOM and Stuart Gordon’s RE-ANIMATOR, FRANKENHOOKER is a bad taste triumph that revels in sublime camp, gloopy gore, and neon-soaked dreamscapes. Plus an iconic performance by Patty Mullen as the eponymous title character. (AGFA)

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*****Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

FRANKENHOOKER (1990)

WHAMMY!

Munich in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In Steven Spielberg’s massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park’s mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

JURASSIC PARK

LA photographer Lauren Kim is offering a special "picture day" portrait session at the library! Limited to eight 30 minute slots, participants can get a range of shots done with the photographer in a large studio environment.

Each time slot can be reserved for solo portraits, couple portraits, or at most a group of four. Because of the time frame we ask that all participants arrive a bit early and prepared to have your photo taken.

For more of Lauren&#x27;s work visit:

https://laurenalexkim.com/

Picture Day with Lauren Kim (8/16)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A tall, handsome ‘preacher’ – his knuckles eerily tattooed with ‘love’ and ‘hate’ – roams the countryside, spreading the gospel… and leaving a trail of murdered women in his wake. To Reverend Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), the work of the Lord has more to do with condemning souls than saving them, especially when his own interests are involved. Now his sights are set on $10,000 – and two little children are the only ones who know where it is. ‘Chill…dren!’ the preacher croons to the terrified boy and girl hiding in the cold, dark cellar… innocent young lambs who refuse to be led astray.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A best-selling author’s newest novel is literally driving readers insane. When the author inexplicably vanishes, a special investigator hired to track him down crosses the barrier between fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world from which there is no escape.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles*

Opening March 15, 1997, this is the original film adaptation of the TV anime NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, helmed by filmmaker Hideaki Anno and airing from 1995-1996. It is composed of EVANGELION:DEATH, a compilation of episodes 1-24 out of the original 26 episode series, as well as EVANGELION:REBIRTH, a portion of the alternate ending to episode 25, “Air.”

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: GKIDS

COUNTRY: Japan

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: DEATH & REBIRTH

Knights of the Round Table

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1935 • Introduction by Karie Bible • Few films bring together this much classic Hollywood talent so effortlessly. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at their most glamorous, Irving Berlin supplied the songs, and RKO gave it the shine and style that made its musicals so special. For anyone wanting to know what the great Hollywood musicals were like, this picture is a must-see. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Top Hat

Old Town Music Hall

**Screenwriters**: Melissa Mathison, Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

Dive into this breathtaking and heartwarming adventure from the legendary Studio Ghibli, and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale *The Little Mermaid*, Miyazaki’s breathtaking, imaginative world is brought to life with an all-star cast, featuring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, and Betty White.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Miyazaki magic on Blu-ray and DVD tonight!

*Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service*

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

Ponyo (English Dubbed)

**Writers:** Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson

**Producers:** Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson

Bond is back, and this time he&#8217;s up against Christopher Walken and the iconic Grace Jones in this Roger Moore-era 007 installment. A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We have all the Bonds on DVD and Blu-ray as well as these killer espionage thrillers!

*Danger: Diabolik, Billion Dollar Brain, Pretty Poison*

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

A View to a Kill

**Producer**: Sasha Waters

Featuring a conversation with filmmaker **Sasha Waters** after the August 12th screening!

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty years in order to open herself – and her readers – to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and the human relationship with the natural world – issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.

Featuring interviews with her close friends, including John Waters, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and Oprah Winfrey, *Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World *considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

**Screenwriter**: Megan Griffiths

**Producers**: Lacey Leavitt,  Mischa Jakupcak,  Joy Saez

Vidiots is excited to welcome writer/director **Megan Griffiths** for a special 15th Anniversary screening of her engaging character study ***The Off Hours*** followed by a conversation with Griffiths and cast members **Amy Seimetz**, **Scoot McNairy, **and** Ross Partridge**, moderated by Vidiots Founding Member** Mark Duplass!**

You&#8217;re awake when everyone else is asleep. You&#8217;re standing still as traffic is whipping by at 70mph. Your off hours are spent trying to figure out why you&#8217;re here, whether you want to stay, and how to leave.

In *The** Off Hours*, Amy Seimetz commands the screen as Francine, a waitress whose liberation from her mundane existence is long overdue. In the restless world of the night shift at a highway diner, Francine&#8217;s life consists of casual encounters and transient friendships. What she wants is out of reach—or is it that she&#8217;s lost track of wanting anything at all? When a banker turned big-rig driver played by Ross Partridge becomes a regular, he sparks hope in Francine. As change begins to invade the quiet diner, Francine is reminded that it is never too late to become the person she was meant to be.

Writer/director Megan Griffiths draws complex characters and stays true to them, respecting their shortcomings and yearnings for connection. Lynn Shelton, Scoot McNairy, Tony Doupé, Bret Roberts and newcomers Gergana Mellin and Madeline Elizabeth round out the all-star indie cast of *The** Off Hours*.

The Off Hours

**Screenwriters**: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack

**Producers**: David Permut,  Ben Browning,  Megan Ellison

Does your summer need a little spice? Have we got the dinner party for you! Join us in the microcinema for Olivia Wilde&#8217;s wildly entertaining and perversely hilarious comedy *The Invite* for a fun and naughty night of indie cinema! Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

The Invite

Misbehaving Ladies

Glass Hill presents an Arc Iris Movie Night: *iTMRW.*

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*iTMRW* is a 90-minute multimedia science fiction production that combines the music of Arc Iris’ recent futuristic concept album, *iTMRW*, with the contemporary dance theater of HDC Dance Ensemble choreographed by Danielle Davidson.

The year is 2080. *iTMRW*, the love story of Robert and his android partner, Jenny, unfolds against the backdrop of a world where advanced technology is both a source of and a “cure” for human alienation: advertisements come in the form of “pop-up thoughts,” entire cities float on islands of trash, female forms are purchased and discarded at will, and aristocrats live in a state of debauchery and despair. The piece takes its title from iTMRW, the mega-corporation that produces and sells every single product known to man. Despite societal chaos, the human spirit persists in its quest for love.

“The show unspools a color-saturated vision of the year 2080, in which … the future looks synthetic and soulless. Still, like a rose through concrete, the human spirit won’t be suppressed.” - BOSTON GLOBE

Edited by Matthew Sterling. Written by Arc Iris.

Arc Iris Movie Night: iTMRW

2220 Arts + Archives

Ponyo in 35mm

A Snake of June

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Print courtesy of University of North Carolina School of the Arts ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS

The Thrill Killers / Psychedelic Sexualis

**Screenwriter**: Pedro Almodóvar

**Producer**: Esther Garcia

Join us for one of Pedro Almodóvar&#8217;s best dark comedies in all its colorful mastery in glorious 35mm film! From Academy Award-winner Pedro Almodóvar comes *Volver*, a darkly comedic and compassionate tribute to women and their resilience in the face of life&#8217;s most outrageous tribulations. A luminous Penélope Cruz leads an ensemble of gifted actresses, including Carmen Maura, star of Almodóvar&#8217;s *Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*.

Raimunda (Cruz) and her sister Sole lost their parents in a tragic fire years ago&#8230;or did they? Superstitious villagers claim that the girls&#8217; departed mother, Irene (Maura), has been seen wandering around their Aunt Paula&#8217;s home. When Irene appears to Sole, she explains that she has returned to set right her daughters&#8217; troubled lives and reveal shocking secrets that will impact everyone! Raimunda has &#8220;female troubles&#8221; of her own, least of which is a corpse in the freezer! Winner of numerous film festival and critics&#8217; awards, *Volver* is a hilarious tale of love, loss, and forgiveness.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more of maestro Almodóvar&#8217;s uproarious dark comedies tonight!

*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Kika*

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

Volver on 35mm

Acropolis Cinema presents *Fast*, by Rob Tregenza. A slow film about a fast subject.

Rob Tregenza has worked at the leading edge of American independent cinema since his 1988 debut *Talking to Strangers*, a film built entirely from extended single-take sequences shot in nine locations across the city of Baltimore. His subsequent films—including *Inside/Out* (1997), *Gavagai* (2016), and *The Fishing Place* (2024)—constitute a body of work defined less by narrative than by the physical weight of recorded reality. Largely self-financed and operating outside the festival-circuit economy, he remains one of the few American filmmakers whose practice has more in common with Straub-Huillet or Chantal Akerman than with anything produced in the American independent mainstream.

Tregenza’s sixth feature returns to the American South—shot on location in Lexington and Richmond, Virginia—after his Norwegian excursions in *Gavagai* and *The Fishing Place*. Says Tregenza: “For Sterling (Madison Pankey), a sort of present day Alice, the graveyard Lotus she redeems becomes a totem, a saturated phenomenon permitting her to move freely in time on a phantom road. It is a sort of Ford but never a DeLorean. A Southern woman with a fair deal of historical baggage and deep secrets, Sterling journeys back to her rural home, the Lotus takes her through the shadow of the valley into the adjoining worlds of the living and the dead. Desiring to become an F1 driver, Sterling must go fast/hard, against/through all tunnels imagined or concrete.” (MoMA)

TRT: 96 min

Acropolis Cinema: Rob Tregenza's Fast (2026)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the wake of box-office titans POINT BLANK and DELIVERANCE, John Boorman was granted the opportunity of a lifetime: to direct the sequel to THE EXORCIST. What followed was not salvation but spectacle, delivered with outsized ambition and surreal artistry. BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL chronicles how Boorman’s vision collided with industry expectations, turning EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC into one of the most notorious failures in Hollywood history.

Through candid interviews with Boorman himself, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher and a constellation of filmmakers and critics, director David Kittredge unspools a story of creative audacity, on sprawling soundstages, through ghost-glass effects, matte paintings, African-set simulations… and a crisis that almost cost the director his life. BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL is a tribute to daring cinema, a meditation on ambition and a mournful elegy for a golden age that would pay dearly for its risks.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Yellow Veil Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker David Kittredge, actor Linda Blair and producers Travis Stevens and Jim Fall. Moderated by Bryan Fuller. Advance Screening

BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL

Joining us in person: **Jaime Gerin, Aaron Rose, Nicholas Shaya, Cat Solen, Aidan Weaver**, and **Matt Wisner**. Followed by a courtyard after-party with a special guest DJ.

The Flux Screening Series brings the creative community together for a night of outstanding short films and music videos, featuring wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances. 

Our summer program features both music videos that broke the internet (but are now enjoyed on the Hammer's giant cinema screen) as well as unexpected short film and video gems that will likely become your new favorites. 

Director** Cat Solen** has been focused on television projects since we screened her last music video in 2019 (the incredible Tierra Whack video *Unemployed*). We're happy that** Olivia Rodrigo** cajoled her back to music videos, collaborating with her creative director **Jaime Gerin** on a beautifully handcrafted video for* The Cure*. 

We're excited to screen **Aidan Weaver**'s atmospheric mystery *A Crime Across Four Landscapes*, which premiered at this year's Tribeca Festival. Hot off his fantastic short film **Swim Lessons**, filmmaker Matt Wisner will join us to share his music video debut *Knifefish *for LA-based artist Oxis. 

Director-artist-curator-writer** Aaron Rose** returns to Flux to premiere *The Ego Has Landed *for the artist TRZTN, which Aaron describes as "a metaphor for identity crisis in the modern world." New York-based filmmaker and photographer **Nicholas Shaya** will present *Rotelle*, the story of a bicycle in the big city. 

The summer lineup spans comedy, dance, drama, animation, and music videos for** Gener8ion, PartyOf2, Rich the Kid, Tamino, Zwangere Guy**, and more.

Flux, Summer 2026

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Private Ernst Graeber goes home to Germany on leave from the Eastern Front during World War II to visit his family, but Germany is no longer the same.

COUNTRY: USA/West Germany

A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE

### ABOUT THE FILM:

Seven years ago, pioneering research spacecraft “Event Horizon” mysteriously vanished without a trace on its maiden voyage. But then, in the darkness of deep space, a persistent signal prompts a rescue crew to wing its way through the galaxy on a bold rescue mission. What they uncover is an unimaginable interstellar horror that will test the entire team’s sanity and souls.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: PARAMOUNT

COUNTRY: USA

EVENT HORIZON

Ball of Fire / The Lady Eve

**Producers**: Caryn Capotosto,  Jodi Wille

The unbelievable but one-hundred percent true story of the Unarius Academy of Science —an extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in Southern California who in the 1980s became a prolific filmmaking collective and public access TV phenomenon under the direction of their outlandish spiritual leader Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.” Director Jodi Wille (*The Source Family*) brings this singular American story to the screen with the same wide-eyed fascination the subject demands. Engaging, enchanting, and extraterrestrial, *Welcome Space Brothers* is the most endearing cult documentary you&#8217;ve ever seen!

Welcome Space Brothers

Of Human Bondage

Out of Sight

Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.

Cosmos

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to share coffee and discuss death.

Our objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their finite lives. This is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

[https://deathcafe.com/](https://deathcafe.com/)

This event will be facilitated by Emily Yacina. Donuts and coffee will be provided.

Death Cafe (8/19)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French, Arabic and Spanish with English subtitles.*

DESTINY centers on the twelfth-century Islamic philosopher, judge, and polymath Ibn Rushd, commonly known in the West as Averroes. In the Arab-ruled Spanish province of Andalusia, the brilliant Averroës (Nour el-Sherif) lives at the center of a secular, multicultural world of learning and open inquiry—until a sect of extremists set out to suppress everything he represents.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

DESTINY

Escape to the hilariously switched-on world of *Programme 4*, the groovy, feature-length “broadcast” from the Botany 500 Age of Television. Transmitting surreal local programming from the wall-to-wall carpeted dimension of Golden Sands — exclusively screened in-person for your analog pleasure with *Programme 4* creator **Rachel Lichtman** and more special guests.

Hosted by Masters of Ceremonies the **Sklar Brothers**, with pre and post-show cocktail lounge entertainment featuring the soft sounds of **Jon Spurney** on the Rhodes piano. Plus **special guests**, complimentary matchbooks, and more!

Doors will open at 6:00pm, with pre-show Rhodes piano entertainment starting at 6:30pm and a special pre-show screening at 7:20pm with our feature presentation beginning at 7:30pm

Programme 4

Joe Kidd

Sleazy Femme Film Fest is a forum for transgressive, queer, and low budget cinema curated by underground filmmaker Maren Moreno in Olympia, WA. Created in 2025 to showcase short films that have fallen prey to algorithmic internet censorship due to frank expression of sex, drug use, abortion and gender affirming care, Sleazy Femme has gone on to host an array of screenings in Olympia, New York City and Pittsburgh. Last year, the two day festival in Olympia featured the US premiere of Becca Kozak’s brilliant debut feature film SUGAR ROT.

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Prepare for an evening of teenage gay yearning, catholic eroticism and monster fucking. Sleazy Femme Film Fest is coming to LA to host a block of the sweetest and scuzziest short films from past and future screenings in Olympia, closing with a 30 year anniversary screening of the SOV mini punk documentary DIRTY GIRLS featuring a Q&A with director Micheal Lucid.

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**Rimbom Hairspray** dir. Elena Aranssay (2026)

**Body Tour** dir. Veronica Contreras (2024)

**Retro Sheilas in Space** dir. Juliet John (1996)

**Mommy on Drugs** dir. David Leo (2023)

**Nightcaller** dir. Odor Eater (2026)

**Optic Nerve** dir. Micheal Dorsey and Liz Vasquez (2022)

**The Devil in Me** dir. Ana Armengod (2015)

**Monsterdyke** dir. Kaye Adelaide (2021)

**Blue Moon Angels** dir. Clementine Narcisse (2024)

**Dog Pound** dir. Tatiana Salazar (2026)

**Skate Witches** dir. Danny Plotnick (1986)

**Lizzzard** dir. Kylee Hill (2026)

**Dirty Girls** dir. Micheal Lucid (1996)

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***Basic*** *&* ***Microcinephile*** *members, please log-in to your account at checkout for your discounts to apply*.* Don't have a membership? Get one* *[here](https://shop.whammyanalog.com/pages/get-a-membership)*.

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**‍***Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

SLEAZY FEMME FILM FEST

Mezzanine presents *Talking to Strangers*, by Rob Tregenza (1988, U.S. 90m, digital).

West Coast premiere of a new 4K restoration, followed by a recorded conversation with Rob Tregenza.

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Among the most distinctive American debuts of the 1980s, maverick independent filmmaker Rob Tregenza’s haunting, formally audacious feature—beloved by Jean-Luc Godard and Jonathan Rosenbaum, yet never available on home video—now appears in a beautiful restoration.

Known for its elaborate structural gambit, Tregenza’s film is made up of nine scenes, each filmed in a single eleven-minute take in various locations in Baltimore, with elaborately choreographed camera movements and an intricately calculated mise-en-scene. We watch an aspiring, somewhat unstable writer (Ken Gruz) meets a series of strangers, with whom he is confronted with probing questions about life, religion, ethics, art and love. Perhaps infamously, the film’s sequence order was randomized by Tregenza, save for the first and last scenes—and yet “the possibility of accident and error hovers over every moment suspensefully, as in a jazz improvisation” (Rosenbaum). A radical achievement of film style, we are thrilled to present Tregenza’s film to a new audience.

Special thanks to Nick Newman.

*"Masterpiece… If one of the earmarks of a groundbreaking work is its capacity to confound and/or challenge existing categories and assumptions, Tregenza’s first feature qualifies on several counts. Frankly and audaciously ‘experimental’ — in the original rather than the generic sense of that term — it is shot in wide-screen 35-millimeter and direct Dolby sound, implicitly inviting us to experience it as a movie in a theater, not as a film in an austere screening space. Financed and photographed by the writer-director himself, a Baltimore resident who raised the money by making TV commercials, it combines the rigors of elaborate preplanning with the bold risk taking of an aleatory event.”* -Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mezzanine: Rob Tregenza's Talking to Strangers (1988)

The Searchers in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

A sort of sports show but not really. Filled with meaninglessness. Hosted by Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Tom Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943, while the male pros are at war, Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene-stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis), the baseball dolly with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O’Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail, on the fields and off, for generations of athletes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The PosCast hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Shur Opening Night Book signing for Joe Posnanski and Michael Shurnew’s new book, Big Fan, prior to the screening at 6:30pm in partnership with Larry Edmunds Bookshop. ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The PosCast Presents A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

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. 8/20) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

[Tickets](https://pools.events/t/dvmcxo5k/)

Egg (2005, 1hr 13min) Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Tsukiko closes her eyes and sees a mysterious giant egg in her mind’s eye, growing and evolving with every blink. When it hatches, its horrors spill into the real world, growing ever more terrifying.

		

	
		
	

	
		
			
				
					
						
	
	

						
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### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hosted by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley and Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Matt Carey,* Doc Talk* features weekly interviews with filmmakers, storytellers and industry leaders about creating critical content with the power to move the genre forward – and possibly change the world.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.*

From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, AMERICAN DOCTOR follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Watermelon Pictures

COUNTRY: USA/State of Palestine/Malaysia/Qatar

Introduction by Doc Talk hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey. Live podcast recording with filmmaker Poh Si Teng and doctors Thaer Ahmad, Mark Perlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa Advance Screening Opening Night ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Doc Talk Presents AMERICAN DOCTOR

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*StraightioLab* is an intellectual podcast where smart comedians George Civeris and Sam Taggart unpack the rich, multi-colored tapestry of straight culture. In each episode, George and Sam are joined by a guest to hold a mirror to society and finally get to the bottom of mysterious and perverse topics such as college fraternities, gender reveal parties, the military, themed restaurants and the concept of “the holidays.”

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

This documentary chronicles Madonna’s controversial 1990 “Blonde Ambition” international tour, kicking off in Japan during its rainy season, then traveling to North America with significant stops in Los Angeles, Detroit, Toronto and New York. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at Madonna’s relationships with her dancers and crew, her then-boyfriend Warren Beatty and her family and friends, achieving an intimate glimpse into the boundary-pushing singer’s drive and individuality.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Straightiolab hosts George Civeris and Sam Taggart Opening Night ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

StraightioLab Presents MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE

Moneyball

Join us for a screening of biopic La Bamba on the life of pioneering Mexican-American musician Ritchie Valens + panel discussion!

Ritchie Forever: LA BAMBA Screening & Panel Discussion on Ritchie Valens

We&#8217;re firing up our 16mm projector for a night of the best of puberty&#8217;s pitfalls and adolescence at its most awkward with a program of long-forgotten and laughably outdated short films from the 1940s through the 1980s about humanity&#8217;s cringiest life stage with menstrucation&#8217;s finest, endearing Mormon comedy shorts, mid-century slut-shaming primers, and more! Sex ed doesn&#8217;t get any better than ***Dear Diary: A Film About Female Puberty ***(1981) get ready to cheer for the chef&#8217;s kiss of endings.  The crowd-pleasing BYU comedy short ***The Phone Call*** (1977) wants you to know that even geeky, karate and bassoon-loving Mormon fast food workers deserve love, and with a little self-confidence and a great ginger-fro, they just might get it! Plus, another sensational menstrucational treat: ***Linda&#8217;s Film on Menstruation*** (1974) complete with a menstrual game show, the mid-century mental hygiene primer ***Are You Popular? ***(1958) to gently remind you to not slut it up, and a special surprise cartoon from the **[A/V Geeks Archive](https://avgeeks.com)** that will have you rethinking everything you knew about the mouse! Arrive early to explore all the gross but necessary things that happen to the growing boy in the third edition of ***Boy To Man*** (1984). You will laugh, you will cringe, you will finally learn all about your changing body! Everything screened on 16mm film.

Featuring:

***Dear Diary, a film about female puberty*** (Color, 1981, 26 min)

*The Welcome to the Dollhouse* of puberty primers! Our incredibly awkward thirteen-year-old protagonist offers a narrative alternative to the facts about female puberty. Our homely heroine encounters peer pressure from her boy-crazy friends, changing sex roles, and making out with a pillow with a smiley face, all while she waits to become a woman. A bonafide crowd pleaser and the absolute top tier of menstrucational film!
***The Phone Call*** (Color, 1977, 28 min)

30 years before *Napoleon Dynamite*, this BYU-sponsored &#8220;comedy&#8221; follows an awkward teenage boy with Art Garfunkle&#8217;s hairstylist and a penchant for karate and bassoons as he works up the courage to ask his crush for a date.  The Mormons want you to know that nice guys can finish first! An audience favorite starring Marc McClure (Jimmy Olson from the Christopher Reeves *Superman* series).

***Linda&#8217;s Film on Menstruation*** (Color, 1974, 18 min)

*&#8220;It means that blood is falling out of my uterus!&#8221;***

A goofy sex education classic with two groovy teens from the mid-seventies. Judy is a regular 15 year old girl going through what every woman goes through at some point, her first monthly visitor. Her 16 year old boyfriend hasn&#8217;t got a clue, and quite frankly she doesn&#8217;t really either. Thankfully there&#8217;s an obnoxious cartoon to explain it all to them! If that doesn&#8217;t work, maybe the menstruation game show will hammer home the facts. Also featuring actor Jonathan Banks from *Breaking Bad*.

Plus more magic from the legendary **A/V Geeks** archive!

Doors will open at 6:30pm and the pre-show will begin at 6:40pm, so grab your popcorn early! Due to the rare nature of these films, condition will vary.

**Sweet 16mm** is a monthly screening of short films that demonstrate the special magic of the medium of 16mm. Ranging monthly from experimental to animation, educational, promotional, and ephemeral, we seek to spread the gospel of 35mm&#8217;s cheap and portable cousin and a physical media often overlooked and underrated. Sit in the room with the projector and behold the magical analog obscurities that we dig out monthly on glorious 16mm celluloid!

Sweet 16mm – Those Awkward Years

Theorem

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in VistaVision

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

The Piano

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Dark City

**ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Bullseye *is a public radio show about what’s good in popular culture. Whether you’re already plugged in to the culture map, or looking for a signpost, *Bullseye *will keep you on target.

**ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this four-time Oscar nominated film (including Best Picture), Jason Robards stars as a nonconformist who is forced to find a conventional job.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Bullseye host Jesse Thorn ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Bullseye Presents A THOUSAND CLOWNS

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hollywood’s golden era produced some of the greatest films ever made. *Ticklish Business* is the podcast where film critic Kristen Lopez digs into it with enthusiasm. Classic stars, forgotten gems and the chaos genius of Old Hollywood, examined with sharp humor and excellent guests.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The one film above all others by which Rita Hayworth is remembered, this feverish film noir was a monster hit and cemented her status as “The Love Goddess.” Glenn Ford stars as a wandering American in Buenos Aires who is befriended by wealthy casino owner George MacReady and given a job. Alas, the boss is married to the younger, very sensual Gilda (Hayworth), and pretty soon things really start to heat up. Steamily directed by Charles Vidor and starkly photographed by Rudolph Maté, this heady brew of sex, murder and betrayal is arguably Columbia’s most enduring film from the 1940’s, and Hayworth’s mock-striptease to “Put the Blame On Mame” is among the most memorable scenes from any movie ever.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Ticklish Business host Kristen Lopez ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Ticklish Business Presents GILDA

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hosts and longtime frenemies Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger review chain restaurants and bicker about absolutely everything on the iHeartRadio award-winning Best Food Podcast, **Doughboys**.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Doughboys hosts Michael Mitchell and Nick Wiger Pre-show film and fast food trivia by Doughboys ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Doughboys: Fast Films’

Doughboys Present LITTLE CAESAR

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multiple times each week, Matt is joined by major executives, dealmakers and journalists, to discuss what is getting made and why, who is winning and losing and what people in show business are actually talking about.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Reese Witherspoon is Tracy Flick, a straight “A” go-getter who’s determined to be president of Carver High’s student body. But when popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) observes the zealous political locomotive that is Tracy, he decides to derail her obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate (Chris Klein) – with disastrous results!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The Town host Matt Belloni ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The Town Presents ELECTION

**Screenwriters**: Melissa Mathison, Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

Dive into this breathtaking and heartwarming adventure from the legendary Studio Ghibli, and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale *The Little Mermaid*, Miyazaki’s breathtaking, imaginative world is brought to life!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Miyazaki magic on Blu-ray and DVD tonight!

*Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service*

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

Ponyo (Japanese with English Subtitles)

**Screenwriter**: Gregg Araki from the novel by Scott Heim

**Producers**: Gregg Araki,  Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte,  Mary Jane Skalski

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome back legendary indie filmmaker **Gregg Araki** for a special screening of *Mysterious Skin* including a conversation with Araki and actor **Joseph Gordon-Levitt!**

Indie legend Gregg Araki&#8217;s most sensitive and thoughtful film to date, *Mysterious Skin* offers a profound and compassionate view into the lasting effects of childhood trauma. A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. With outstanding and compelling performances and empathetic direction, this powerful film still captivates and illuminates over 20 years later.

Second screening added by popular demand with a special introduction from **Gregg Araki** and **Joseph Gordon-Levitt**!

More encore screenings added in the microcinema from August 21-23 &#8211; screening only, no special guests

And come see Araki&#8217;s latest *sin*sational romp [*I Want Your Sex*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/i-want-your-sex/), opening in our microcinema on Friday, August 28th.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for an Araki-thon this weekend? Buckle up for fun and visit his epic director&#8217;s section!

*Nowhere, Doom Generation, Smiley Face*

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

Mysterious Skin

**Screenwriter**: Christopher Hampton from the novel *Les Liaisons dangereuses* by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

**Producers**: Norma Heyman,  Hank Moonjean

Get ready for all the opulence, the intrigue, the seduction, and the betrayal of Stephen Frears&#8217; lush and salacious period piece. In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winner of Best Costumes, Art Direction, and Adapted Screenplay, and starring some of the best actors of any generation, this is one gorgeously sexy game of cat and mouse best watched in all its luxurious glory on our big beautiful screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more sexy period pieces? Slip into these swoon-worthy treasures!

*Ferdinando and Carolina, The Favourite, Women in Love*

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

Dangerous Liaisons

**Screenwriter**: Sam Raimi

**Producer**: Rob Tapert

The original night of terror in all its weird and twisted glory! Sam Raimi&#8217;s all-time horror classic is a smorgasbord of gory violence, guttural laughs, wildly inventive demons, and top-notch practical effects all helmed by the boundlessly charismatic Bruce Campbell. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect demonic spirits through the Book of the Dead. Now there is no escape. The guilty must be punished.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more awesome low-budget deep cut horror classics?

*Messiah of Evil, Let&#8217;s Scare Jessica to Death, Fade to Black*

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

The Evil Dead on 35mm

The Fast and the Furious (25th Anniversary)

Jawbreaker/Idle Hands

Child's Play

TV Party, the smash-hit Moviepassed program, makes its long-awaited in-person debut! Join Hollywood Entertainment for a long-form, loose, and wild late-night video party. See old faves, rare episodes, unseen pilots, lost treasures, secret short films, and more. This evening of TV Roulette runs late with rolling admission: stay for a minute or stay all night. We don’t care! Be a part of everyone’s favorite party for TV: “TV Party”

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8pm to late… some snacks and drinks will be provided. Bring your own remote!

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## FRIDAY, 8/217:30 DOORS8:00 START

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## $10 general admission.

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**‍***Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

In the Cut in 35mm

7:30 PM

Flowers For Lev Screening with special Alan Ruck Q+A

8:00 PM

Arrebato

10:00 PM

Emmy Award®-Nominated Screening Series—The Traitors and Post-Screening Conversation

7:00 PM

ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

7:00 PM

THE SIXTH DAY

7:00 PM

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 15 & 16

10:00 PM

Taxi Driver

7:30 PM

COSMIC MUSIC: ALICE COLTRANE Book Event + ETERNITY'S PILLAR rare screening

7:30 PM

North Star Sessions

8:00 PM

Trivia Night!

7:00 AM

Monsters of God

7:30 PM

The Odyssey (70mm)

10:00 AM