In person: Heather McAdams, Bradley Picklesimer, Kyle Westphal, and Larry Karaszewski

Kind of a Drag: Experimental Films, Documentaries, and Scratch Animation by Heather McAdams, 1980-1995

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Are you afraid to die? Kiefer Sutherland isn’t. He’s an ambitious, charismatic medical student who persuades classmates Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon to take part in a reckless experiment. To see if there is life after death, they will kill themselves: temporarily shut down (“flatline”) their heartland brain functions to briefly experience clinical death. After Sutherland survives the first experiment, the others flatline for increasingly longer intervals. But their horror begins when they realize that although they’ve come back alive… they haven’t come back alone. FLATLINERS is a chilling suspense thriller of obsession, fear and redemption that will take you across the line to a place where terror lives forever.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

FLATLINERS in 70mm

Aero Theatre

REVERIES: THE MIND PRISON (with Matt Barats, and Anthony Oberbeck, and Graham Mason in person)

*(2025, 79m)*

*written & performed by Matt Barats & Anthony Oberbeck*

*directed & edited by Graham Mason*

Two mysterious drifters wandering a strange desert find themselves thrown into a journey of self-discovery, traversing a surreal and hostile terrain in search of answers to life’s unanswerable questions. As they spiral deeper into a world of madness they must discover the meaning of&#8230; THE MIND PRISON.

Hollywood Entertainment is proud to present the Los Angeles premiere of Reveries: The Mind Prison, a comedy movie/art film hybrid, a sprawling experiment in unbridled creativity and collaboration. Told through a combination of narrative scenes, abstract video montages, and meditative voice overs, it’s best described as Aki Kaurismaki meets a lo-fi *Koyaanisquatsi* narrated by Steven Wright, or as Vulture magazine put it &#8211; *“like an Ayahuasca session conducted by Mitch Hedberg”*.

*original score by Tim Joyce*

*cinematography by Chris Westlund, Jonny Look, Alex Bliss*

*featuring Eudora Peterson, Robby Rackleff, Aarón Alonso*

*audio mix and record by Matt Giordano*

*produced by International Pigeon Production & Cartuna*

REVERIES: THE MIND PRISON

Brain Dead Studios

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

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 7/17) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

*Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live!* (2021): *For nearly 50 years, the Bay Area filmmaker and curator Craig Baldwin has been an inspiring figure in contemporary media arts. His acerbic, densely-packed found footage films have traveled the globe, encouraging scores of nascent collage-essayists, culture jammers, and mockumentarians to action. A welcoming presence and steadfast fixture of San Francisco’s Mission District, Baldwin has been holding it down at 992 Valencia Street for decades, in defiance of sweeping gentrification, presenting his Other Cinema microcinema screenings in its street-level storefront theater while maintaining his legendary film archive/hoarder cave/work studio in the building’s basement. Ever seeking to revise and hybridize existing modes and genres, and invent and name new ones, Baldwin’s filmmaking amalgamates cinephilic literacy and voraciousness, a sharp understanding of political and cultural history, and a sly critical polemic. His films are further energized by an encyclopedic knowledge of his own sprawling collection of cast-off educational films and B-grade features and a perverse proclivity for sourcing surreally sublime moments from industrial film effluvia. Informed by left politics, cult cinemas, agit-prop activism, structural film, the Situationists, the Yippies, Arte Povera, media archeology, compilation documentary, and other found footage forms, Baldwin’s praxis is bound by a dual commitment to materiality and aesthetics on the one hand, and disruptive action and fervent, antagonal rhetoric on the other; all the while articulating a contrarian (and at times utopian) sense of apocalyptic historiography.*

Curated by Minnie Lerner with the Echo Park Film Center [https://www.epfccollective.org/](https://www.epfccollective.org/)

More about Craig Baldwin: [othercinema.com](http://othercinema.com/)

[epfccollective.org](http://epfccollective.org/)

EPFC Presents The Films of Craig Baldwin

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

MONROVIA, INDIANA explores a small town in rural, mid-America and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity and authenticity are formed, experienced and lived along with conflicting stereotypes. The film gives a complex and nuanced view of daily life in Monrovia and provides some understanding of a way of life whose influence and force have not always been recognized or understood in the big cities on the east and west coasts of America and in other countries.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Zipporah Films

COUNTRY: USA

Co-presented by ‘This Is Not a Fiction’ ‘Frederick Wiseman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

MONROVIA, INDIANA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Korean with English subtitles.*

Young-goon works in a maddening dead-end job making transistor radios. Flipping, she insists she is a cyborg and that she only needs to lick batteries for sustenance. She is sent to a psychiatric ward where she is befriended by schizophrenic kleptomaniac Il-sun. The two damaged souls fall in love.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: CJ Entertainment

COUNTRY: South Korea

‘Rebels of the Neon Millennium’ and ‘Bot Girl Summer’

I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK

Los Feliz Theatre

Point Break

New Beverly Cinema

A fundraising screening of the 2019 docu-thriller that follows a covert resistance movement within an immigrant detention center

THE INFILTRATORS (2019) - Screening, Panel & Fundraiser by EL CINE

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Fawzia Mirza

**Producers**: Jason Levangie,  Marc Tetreault,  Andria Wilson Mirza

Vibrant, emotional, and infused with humor, *The Queen of My Dreams* is a heartfelt mother-daughter dramedy that bridges continents and generations. Set between Toronto and the colorful streets of Karachi, the film follows 22-year-old queer Muslim grad student Azra Malik, who is estranged from her conservative mother, Mariam. When her father dies suddenly during a trip to Pakistan, Azra is pulled back to her ancestral home for the burial and into a journey through memory, identity, and reconciliation.

Barred from participating in the funeral rites, Azra flashes back to key moments in her family’s past: Mariam’s rebellious youth in 1969 Karachi, and their shared struggles as immigrants in 1989 Nova Scotia, where Mariam turned to religion to cope with her husband’s illness and Azra’s queerness. In an unexpected moment between Azra and her dementia-stricken grandmother, a moment of revelation allows Azra to begin the process of mending the long-fractured relationship with her mother.

Evoking the bold colors and joyful spirit of classic Bollywood, writer/director Fawzia Mirza’s luminous debut is a semi-autobiographical celebration of family, queerness, and the complex stories that shape us. Anchored by Amrit Kaur’s award-winning dual performance, *The Queen of My Dreams* resonates with anyone who’s ever struggled to reconcile where they come from with who they are.

“*Bursting with creative energy and distinctive aesthetic sensibilities*” &#8211; THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“*A vibrant, heartfelt love letter to mothers and daughters*&#8230;” &#8211; COLLIDER

The Queen of My Dreams

**Screenwriters**: Chris Columbus, Steven Spielberg

**Producers**: Richard Donner, Harvey Bernhard

*Goonies never say die! *Developers are closing in on Mikey&#8217;s parents&#8217; house and it&#8217;s up to him and his rag-tag bunch of friends to follow a treasure map and try to come up with the dubloons to stop the bank from foreclosure. Followed by the evil Fratellis and trapped in an underground cave system, this treasure hunt is the adventure of their young lives as they close in on the secret stash of the notorious pirate One-Eyed Willie. So make sure you do the Truffle Shuffle and gather your gang of young misfits for this classic adventure of friendship, history, and buried treasure!

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

The Goonies

**Producers**: Lou Adler, John Phillips

Co-presented by our friends at [Cinema Eye Honors](https://cinemaeyehonors.com)! With a turntable set from [DJ Jéli](https://www.instagram.com/chromequeen?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==) before and after the screening.

Join Vidiots and Cinema Eye Honors in celebrating 100 years of legendary documentarian **D.A. Pennebaker** with a big and loud screening of his seminal concert film *Monterey Pop.* On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the first Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his. Enjoy the ultimate music festival from the comfort of a comfy chair in our blasting AC and get a front row seat for the show of a lifetime!

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

Monterey Pop

Vidiots

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (70mm)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart To Hades/Peril

Vista Theatre

Thief

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Forman’s lush, rollickingly entertaining drama explores the mysteries of creativity and divinely-bestowed genius, as well as jealousy, addiction and disapproving dads. In a remote asylum, elderly composer Antonio Salieri regales a priest with the story of his long-ago frenemyship with the legendary Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Flashing back to 18th-century Vienna, the pious and pompous Salieri eagerly anticipates meeting Europe’s greatest musical genius—only to discover that Mozart is also crass, immature and deeply annoying. Knowing that the talent of a “dirty-minded little creature” far surpasses his own drives Salieri to teeth-grinding aggravation and, ultimately, an obsession to destroy his rival.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Teatro Della Pace Films

COUNTRY: USA/France

70mm print courtesy of The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, England ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2025’

AMADEUS in 70mm

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

The Protector

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes&#8230;but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.

Cronos

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he?

Total Recall

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) seems to have it pretty good in 2084 A.D. A heavily muscled construction worker, he boasts a beautiful wife, Lori (Sharon Stone), good friends, and a technologically advanced home featuring video phones and even video walls. But he is haunted by dreams of a mysterious brunette woman and the red wastelands of Mars. Quaid visits Rekall, a unique travel agency that implants the memory of an adventure into its customers’ minds, to get the chance to live out his Martian fantasies. When something goes terribly wrong and a blocked off portion of his mind is activated, Quaid finds himself at the center of a dangerous conspiracy. He must travel to Mars and get to the bottom of why he is being hunted by trigger-happy henchmen. But how can he know that what he’s experiencing isn’t just part of the Rekall experience? Are the mutant revolutionaries on Mars his allies, enemies, or complete fabrications? And is the lovely brunette at his side nothing more than a figment of his imagination?

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with production designer William Sandell and set decorator Robert Gould. Moderated by Jim Branscome. ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2025’

TOTAL RECALL in 70mm

Egyptian Theatre

Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot.

WHITE CHICKS (2004)(PG-13)(Fri 7/18) 7:30pm & 10:00pm

Razing Liberty Square / Moonlight

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mandarin with English subtitles.*

One of the first great films of the twenty-first century, Jia Zhangke’s third feature (and his first shot on digital) sets an arresting tale of disaffected youth against the backdrop of a changing China. Evoking the existential malaise of China’s so-called “birth control” generation—who came of age following the country’s one-child policy—UNKNOWN PLEASURES unfolds in a series of stunning, slow-burn long takes as it traces the relationship between an aimless teenage couple searching for meaning amid the detritus of Western pop culture.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: China/Japan/South Korea/France

UNKNOWN PLEASURES

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English, Japanese and Thai with English subtitles.*

Lonely librarian Kenji (Tadanobu Asano) flees Japan to avoid Yakuza who have mistakenly targeted him. He ends up in Bangkok, where isolation and anxiety have pushed him to the brink of suicide. Unexpectedly, he meets free-spirited bar hostess Noi (Sinitta Boonyasak), who is dealing with her sister’s recent death. The marijuana-loving Noi is nothing like the perpetually nervous Kenji, yet they form an odd bond over their sadnesses. But Kenji doesn’t know the Yakuza have followed him to Bangkok.

FORMAT: 35mm

COUNTRY: Thailand/Japan/Netherlands

LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

One Crazy Summer

Inglourious Basterds

One of Herzog's great masterpieces, a hilarious and heartbreaking outsider's view of the fantasy and fallacy of The American Dream.

Werner Herzog's STROSZEK (1977) – A Tragicomic American Dream Masterpiece

**Screenwriters**: Martin Donovan, David Koepp

**Producers**: Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey

The quest for eternal youth is a bitch! National treasures Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn star as best frenemies who will stop at nothing to keep their youthful good looks and the love of Bruce Willis. When Isabella Rossellini offers up a magical immortality potion, the rivalry intensifies to deadly and devilishly funny heights. A marvelously twisted dark comedy that lives on forever!

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

Death Becomes Her

**Screenwriter**: Celine Song

**Producers**: David Hinojosa,  Christine Vachon,  Pamela Koffler,  Celine Song

Celine Song cements herself as a master of the cinematic relationship with this stunning and fresh take on modern romance with three of the dreamiest stars. A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. Fall in love with the good, the bad, and the endless beauty of Pedro Pascal!

Materialists

**Screenwriter/Producer:** Wong Kar Wai

Wong Kar Wai’s loose sequel to *In the Mood for Love *combines that film’s languorous air of romantic longing with a dizzying time-hopping structure and avant-sci-fi twist. Tony Leung Chiu Wai reprises his role as writer Chow Mo-Wan, whose numerous failed relationships with women who drift in and out of his life (and the one who goes in and out of room 2046, down the hall from his apartment) inspire the delirious futuristic love story he pens. *2046*’s dazzling fantasy sequences give Wong and two of his key collaborators — cinematographer Christopher Doyle and editor/costume designer/production designer William Chang Suk Ping — license to let their imaginations run wild, propelling the sumptuous visuals and operatic emotions skyward toward the sublime.

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

2046 on 35mm

**Writer/Producer**: Dario Argento

Dario Argento changed the course of horror history with movies like *Deep Red* and *Suspiria*. But his greatest achievement was deciding to pit Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, and a cute monkey against a horde of killer insects. With a little bit of *Carrie*, a touch of Nancy Drew, and a whole lot of black-gloved giallo mayhem, PHENOMENA is Argento’s finest entry in the coked-out, anything-goes sweepstakes of 1980s horror. From the shocking violence to the songs by Iron Maiden and Argento collaborators Goblin, this movie was made to be watched by a theater full of appreciative maniacs.

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

Phenomena

**Screenwriter**: Carlos Enrique Taboada

**Producer**: Héctor López

Let our microcinema cast its spell on you with Carlos Enrique Taboada&#8217;s magnificent gothic fairytale of wicked little girls, witchcraft, and an eternally shocking ending no horrorphile should miss! When the wealthy but lonely young Flavia arrives at her new school in Mexico City, she is quickly befriended by a mysterious orphan named Veronica. What starts out as an innocent friendship quickly turns terrifying when Veronica convinces Flavia she&#8217;s a real witch and forcers her to become her accomplice. As the line between what is real and what is imagined begins to blur, Flavia and Veronica fall into a spiral of magic, sacrifice, and murder!

Poison for the Fairies

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Stand by Me

Jackass Number Two

Los Angeles Filmforum presents *He Never Dies,* by Kalil Haddad. Los Angeles premiere!

In person discussion following the screening with filmmaker Kalil Haddad and programmer Wilde Davis.

Full program lineup and info at: http://www.lafilmforum.org

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Los Angeles Filmforum is thrilled to welcome filmmaker Kalil Haddad for the Los Angeles premiere of his short film series, *He Never Dies*.

The work of Kalil Haddad is radical in form and provocation. He distorts lo-fi footage to flesh out material analyses of queer subjectivities. His work blends archival, experimental, documentary, and narrative elements that allow for a making and remaking of archival text, adding to a wave of experimental queer filmmakers who are using the cinematic archive to inspire new meditations on genre, politics, and art. He is a part of an increasingly loud and radical queer left that is revolting against assimilationist identity politics. Seeking history as a ruin of resources, these artists, workers, and writers are unveiling materialist truths concerning the connection between sexuality, gender, race, and class exploitation. Haddad revels in the radical possibilities of grainy schlock and lifts untold stories from the conditions of our desires.

Partially adopted from “The Taking Of Jordan (All American Boy)” by Wilde Davis, published in Cinema Year Zero.

**Kalil Haddad** is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films including: The Beautiful Room is Empty (2020), The Taking of Jordan (2022), His Smell (2023), and Victim of Circumstance (2024). His work has screened at Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Images Festival, Indie Memphis, Kasseler Dokfest, London Short Film Festival, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

LA Filmforum: He Never Dies, The Films of Kalil Haddad

2220 Arts + Archives

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 35mm

Reefer Madness

The Watermelon Woman

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mixtec and Spanish with English subtitles.*

Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón delivers a vivid, emotional portrait of a domestic worker’s journey set against domestic and political turmoil in 1970s Mexico.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix

COUNTRY: Mexico/USA

ROMA in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

James Stewart and Kim Novak star in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece thriller about an acrophobic detective hired to shadow a friend’s mysterious and suicidal wife.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

VERTIGO in 70mm

Horse Jumper of Love - Summer Solo Performance & Screening In Conversation with Lance Bangs

Dimitri Giannopoulos is the primary songwriter and frontman for the Boston-based band Horse Jumper of Love. Thriving on patient and uncompromising songs, evocative lyrics, and arrangements that suddenly turn from delicate to blistering, their music is full of intensity. Lance Bangs is a Portland-based filmmaker and music video director. Bangs has directed music videos for bands like Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Pavement, R.E.M, and countless others. He has also been heavily involved in the filming and production of MTV's Jackass television series and its subsequent movies. Together, alongside the help of Bangs' film and video production company, Field Recordings, they present Third Floor Window, a short film narrowing in on Portland and expanding on the songs of Horse Jumper of Love's latest full-length release, Disaster Trick. The screening will also be accompanied by a solo performance from Giannopoulos as well as a conversation with Lance Bangs.

Horse Jumper of Love - Solo Performance & Screening with Lance Bangs

The Eastwood offers two versatile spaces for theatrical productions, film screenings, dance performances, and more: the 99-seat Eastwood Mainstage and the intimate, 40 seat Oxford Underground blackbox. Both spaces come equipped for various productions, catering to artists and audiences of all levels.

Shortbus

Enjoy a short curated pre-show before the film.

John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality.

Set in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City, Shortbus tells its story with sexual frankness, suggesting new ways to reconcile questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh, and imperatives of the heart.

Secure Paid Parking is available at 5301 Sierra Vista Ave.

The Fine Print:Tickets are valid only for the listed film, date, and showtime. All sales are final—no refunds or exchanges unless the event is canceled or rescheduled.

Management reserves the right to deny entry or remove disruptive guests—this includes phone use, texting, talking, or anything else that ruins the experience for others.

No outside food or drinks allowed into the theater.

#### About the Show

SHORTBUS (JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL, 2006) - ADULTS ONLY

Eastwood Performing Arts Center

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Directed by the esteemed Robert Altman and featuring a huge cast of recognizable stars like Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Lyle Lovett and Buck Henry, this innovative episodic drama is based on nine short stories and a poem by the late Raymond Carver, detailing the longings and thwarted lives of a disparate group of individuals in contemporary Southern California.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Presented in partnership with Eastman Museum Los Angeles. Print courtesy of the George Eastman Museum, gift of SabuCat Productions. ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2025’

SHORT CUTS in 70mm

Stunning in scope, visually magnificent, and filled with compelling performances, David Lean's epic masterpiece is one of the great achievements in cinematic history. Peter O'Toole stars as T.E. Lawrence, a British officer who is sent to Arabia in 1917, and becomes a heroic leader in the Arabic rebellion against the Turks. As he grows more integrated into Arab society, his loyalties become conflicted. Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn co-star in this sweeping historical action-adventure classic.

Lawrence of Arabia

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on the daring campaigns of real-life British military figure T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole, in his first feature) during WWI, this sweeping epic of Arab infighting and British colonialism won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. The amazing cast includes Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains and Alec Guinness as Prince Feisal.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: UK

Introduction by author Jeremy Arnold ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2025’ The American Cinematheque’s own pristine 70mm archival print!

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in 70mm

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

2nd Sunday 70mm.PLUS series,
“Un-restored” version supervised by Christopher Nolan.  The show will be run as directed by Stanley Kubrick in regard to all curtain and house lighting.  "2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now mankind, assisted by artificial intelligence (such as HAL), must dare to encounter the monolith placers. If successful we will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.


2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY

Fine Arts Theatre

Join us for a screening of *Tongues Untied* (Marlon Riggs, 1989, 55 minutes). Originally released on PBS, the film is renowned for its portrayal of the fierce challenges and powerful vibrancy of the Black gay male experience in America. This screening is co-presented by One Institute. 

Visit the Getty Research Institute's [Exhibitions and Events page][1] for more free programs.


  [1]: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/index.html

Screening: *Tongues Untied*

Getty Center

A Tale of Two Cities

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.

Writer, relational architect, and guerrilla theorist Neema Githere will contextualize “Oceanic Refractions” across Melanesia—a region whose protocols embody and insist upon repair. 

This event is part of a series in conjunction with *Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics* that presents video works, in-person discussions, and somatic participations to tap into the contemporary resonances of the Black diaspora.

Co-presented with the William Grant Still Arts Center.

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Black Pasifika: Deep Sea Protocols with Neema Githere

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In 1981, Jessie Maple became one of the first African American women to direct an independent film with this raw, unflinching portrait of heroin addiction and recovery. Shot on location in Harlem, WILL stars Obaka Adedunyo as the title character, a former All-American basketball star who has fallen from grace because of his dependence on junk. Soon after Will promises his wife, Jean (Loretta Devine, in her screen debut), that he’ll go straight, he becomes a father figure to Little Brother (Robert Dean), a street-tough teen who appears to be following in Will’s footsteps. By wising Little Brother up to the needle’s harsh realities, and by coaching a girls’ basketball team, Will renews his sense of purpose and begins to come out from under the influence—though dangerous temptations loom for both him and his young charge. A landmark of African American cinema, WILL resonates with Maple’s determination to tell the stories of her community with anger, sadness, and, ultimately, hope.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

WILL

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

NEAR DEATH is a film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining treatment to dying patients.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Zipporah Films

COUNTRY: USA

West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration! Co-presented by ‘This Is Not a Fiction’ ‘Frederick Wiseman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

NEAR DEATH

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

An American in Paris

Sudden Fear

Old Town Music Hall

Tickets available  here !

Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry 
 Saturday, July 27 | 1:30–5:00 PM | Scribble Community 5531 York Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90042

Join us for a powerful afternoon as we screen  Safe Sets , a groundbreaking documentary by  Dr. Paul   Heinzelmann , a former Harvard Public Health doctor and investigator who sheds light on the systemic health and safety issues plaguing the film and television industry. From hazardous working conditions to the emotional and physical sacrifices made by cast and crew, this eye-opening film pulls back the curtain on the realities of life behind the scenes.

This event is presented by our mental health and wellness initiative for the Hollywood industry—in proud affiliation with Dr. Paul, creator and director of  Safe Sets .

Post-Screening Experience Includes:

Open Discussion  with crew members and mental health advocates

Expert Panel  on set safety, emotional wellness, and industry reform

Real Crew Stories  from those who have faced unsafe or unsustainable work environments—and survived to share their truth

All ticket proceeds go toward funding and expanding the presence of Wellness Advisors on sets across Los Angeles—helping protect the physical and emotional safety of those who keep the industry running.

Safe Sets Documentary Screening

Scribble

**Screenwriter**: Dan Fogelman

**Producer**: Ray Conli

Vidiots is getting ready to let down our hair! After years being trapped in a tower, teenage princess Rapunzel is ready to get out and have some fun. When Flynn Rider, the kingdom&#8217;s most-wanted bandit seeks refuge in her tower, the two hatch a plan for freedom that involves Rapunzel&#8217;s long luxurious locks. An empowering adventure for little ones, and a snappy, fun, and gorgeous film for anyone, this is one hairy fairy tale we all can enjoy!

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

Tangled

**Screenwriters**: John Carpenter, David Zelag Goodman

**Producer**: Jon Peters

We&#8217;re excited to welcome back our Founding Member and forever bestie Author/ Film Historian/ Podcaster **Karina Longworth** for a fashionable screening of the Faye Dunaway thriller *Eyes of Laura Mars*.

One of the great unsung thrillers of the 1970s, Faye Dunaway helms this stylish and pulsing psychic whodunnit. Laura Mars is a successful fashion photographer with an eye for provocative glamor and a telepathic link to a serial killer. Will she be able to identify the murderer before she becomes his next victim? With a killer soundtrack, a chilling script from John Carpenter, some unbelievable visual sequences, and a dynamite cast, your eyes will thank you for watching this on the big screen!

And join Karina before the show in the MUBI Microcinema for a **Vintage Clothing Sale **with partial proceeds benefiting Vidiots &#8211; from 12pm &#8211; 4pm.

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Eyes of Laura Mars

**Screenwriter**: Jill Sprecher

**Producer**: Gina Resnick

Have you got Parker Posey mania too? We&#8217;ve got you covered a special screening of the rarely screened and perennially relevant workplace indie comedy *Clockwatchers *from writer/director Jill Sprecher. Temp worker Margaret (Parker Posey) feels jilted after a new employee is hired for a permanent position she was vying for. Her friends &#8211; Iris (Toni Collette), Paula (Lisa Kudrow), and Jane (Alanna Ubach) &#8211; want to help out, but their relationships are tested when a series of thefts wreak havoc on the workplace. Boasting an incredible cast, a sharp script, and a surprisingly bittersweet tone, *Clockwatchers* is nothing short of a great time at the movies.

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Clockwatchers

International House

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## Noon to 4pFree admission!

VHS SWAP!

Release yourself from the summer stupor at T.A.P.E LA’s Summer Sizzler: a psychedelic mixtape of Los Angeles at its hottest, maddest, most righteous, and truest self.

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Lost TV commercials of summer’s most enticing amusement attractions, cringe or fringe ACAB moments from Hollywood, local news archival gems pulled from the vault, and pieces so hot they’ll make your toes curl and your ice (and eyes) melt away.

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Don’t stew in your own juices, come get sweaty with us.

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## 7:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

T.A.P.E. presents: LA SUMMER SIZZLER!

WHAMMY!

Funny Lady

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn&#8217;t love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she&#8217;s not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

Moonstruck

Happy Gilmore 2

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Holiday movies are sentimental and uplifting, but surprisingly devoid of knife murders. BLACK CHRISTMAS—one of the most influential Hitchcockian slashers of all time—is here to help. When sorority sisters Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and Andrea Martin find themselves under attack from a foul-mouthed killer, it’s up to police chief John Saxon to even the odds. But what about Keir Dullea, the brooding art-school pianist? Could he have something to do with the mutilation rampage? BLACK CHRISTMAS is a terrifying and demented holiday tradition that gets everything right. We’d expect nothing less from Bob Clark, the pioneering director of A CHRISTMAS STORY.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: Canada

‘Cinematic Void’ Print provided courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive

Cinematic Void Presents BLACK CHRISTMAS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

BLADE RUNNER 2049

Jack Be Nimble  / Star Time

**Screenwriters**: Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Tim Hill, Paul Tibbitt

**Producers**: Stephen Hillenburg, Julia Pistor

There&#8217;s trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune&#8217;s crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob&#8217;s boss, is the culprit. Though he&#8217;s just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab&#8217;s life.

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

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

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

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

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

**Screenwriters**: Louis Mellis,  David Scinto

**Producer**: Jeremy Thomas

Co-presented by **The Cinegogue**!

Ex-villain Gal Dove (Ray Winstone) has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job. Desperate not to sacrifice his enchanted existence, Dove is drawn into a shocking battle of wills with Logan, and takes part in a sensational underwater heist, risking everything to protect the woman he loves.

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

Sexy Beast on 35mm

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman&#8217;s terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

The American Friend

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Shunzo (Bengal) and his wife Michi (Masako Motai) run a beloved greengrocer on the outskirts of Tokyo. When Lee, a struggling exchange student from China, visits the shop but is unable to afford the produce, an uneasy relationship sprouts. Begrudgingly, Shunzo agrees to lower his prices. Soon, Lee’s classmates begin frequenting the shop. As Shunzo’s generosity sneaks up on him and strains his family’s welfare, he confronts his role as surrogate father to his newfound Chinese friends. Shot between May-July of 1989 and addressing the historically charged notion of a Sino-Japanese friendship, this lesser-seen masterpiece from director Nobuhiko Obayashi (HOUSE) chronicles the end of a decade marked by the Japanese economic bubble and the brutal close of possibility in China. A delicate elegy to the Chinese students of its time, BEIJING WATERMELON finds Obayashi at his most modern, channeling the style of Yasujiro Ozu, while his experimental flourishes provide the perfect disruption, inviting viewers to fill in the blanks of history.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

‘Teenage Dream: Obayashi in the ’80s’

BEIJING WATERMELON

**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.

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

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

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

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

Romeo + Juliet

**Screenwriters**: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski

**Producer**: Marin Karmitz

A dark comedy with a bittersweet tone, the second entry in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s widely acclaimed *Three Colors* trilogy is an oddly uplifting tale in a bleak world. Kieślowski’s masterful trilogy focuses each film on a different aspect of the French motto of “liberty, equality, fraternity.” *White* depicts a perverse version of “equality” in the form of embittered spouses seeking to ruin each other. Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish hairdresser living in Paris, is heartbroken when his French wife Dominique (Julie Delpy) requests a divorce, leaves him penniless, and frames him for arson. After fleeing to his native Poland, Karol enacts an elaborate scheme to take revenge on her. But will this make them equals again or merely ruin both of their lives?

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

Three Colors: White

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

Together

The Breadwinner

Yuki&#8217;s family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.

Lady Snowblood

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza—PARIS IS BURNING brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Program begins with a live recording of the Greg Proops Film Club podcast. Feature starts at 7:30 pm ‘The Greg Proops Film Club’

The Greg Proops Film Club Presents PARIS IS BURNING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Harrison Ford stars in this fascinating, dark vision of the near future as a policeman who tracks engineered humans–a Blade Runner. In the year 2019, the police department forces Rick Deckard (Ford) out of retirement to hunt four genetically engineered humans who have come to earth. Designed to do difficult, hazardous work, the manufactured humans are stronger, faster and smarter than non-engineered humans. They feel no pain or remorse; they are almost indistinguishable from other humans… and they are killing people. Now Deckard must stop them before they kill again.

FORMAT: Dolby Atmos DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

Red Canyon / Comanche Territory

**Writer/Producer**: John Boorman

A middle-class British family endures the horrifying Blitz of London during World War II in this mix of nostalgic historical drama and anarchic comedy loosely based on the memories of writer-director John Boorman (*Deliverance*, *Point Blank*). While parents Clive and Grace do their best to protect their family and support the British war effort as bombs rain down from the skies at night, their children view all of this destruction as a thrilling adventure and a welcome escape from their humdrum lives. Nominated for five Oscars, *Hope and Glory* is one of the true masterpieces of 1980s cinema — and since it isn’t available on streaming, you won’t want to miss the chance to see it at Vidiots!

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

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

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

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

Hope and Glory

**Screenwriter**: Misan Sagay

**Producer**: Damian Jones

What could be better on a steamy summer night than a gorgeous and socially relevant period piece? Inspired by the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, Admiral Sir John Lindsay&#8217;s illegitimate mixed race daughter who helped to end slavery in England, this beautifully corseted historical drama is entertaining, sumptuous, and important. With all the lush and luxurious period details, romance, and British aristocracy one could dream of from a period piece, a powerful and stirring message, and a magnificent performance by Gugu Mbatha-Raw that brings this revolutionary trailblazer to life, this breathtaking gem will make your heart sing with every top hat and silky crinoline and Rococo armchair!

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

Belle

The Love bug (I.B. Tech)

Tone Glow is excited to announce "Rotating Signals: The Contemporary Korean Avant-Garde," a program of 10 short films highlighting the current landscape of experimental film in Korea, as well as from those in the Korean diaspora around the world. The past few years have shown a renaissance in Korea's local film scene, due in no small part to legendary filmmaker [Lee Jangwook](https://letterboxd.com/director/lee-jangwook/) leading workshops at [SPACE CELL](https://www.instagram.com/space_cell_film/?hl=en) in the early 2020s, which inspired and taught younger filmmakers to create innovative works on 16mm. This would lead to the founding of different organizations, including [Lothringen](https://lothringen2021.com/), who staged the [ABBFF Byeongyeong Film Festival](https://abbfilmfest.com/) in 2024, and [Sorigrim](https://www.instagram.com/sorigrim.org_/?hl=en), which has hosted numerous screenings since their founding last year.

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Notably, the latter is a venue for this year's [EXiS](https://ex-is.org/), the annual Korean experimental film festival currently spearheaded by [Inhan Cho](https://letterboxd.com/director/cho-inhan/). Some of the films in this program have been shown at (or will show at) EXiS, while others represent the different strains of Korean filmmaking as it has been shaped by the different institutions and communities where directors attended and/or currently live. This event does not intend to showcase the entire breadth of the Korean experimental film scene today, but instead provide a snapshot during a crucial time in its history. As such, this program is being shown in multiple cities around the US as a celebration of the Korean avant-garde's growth and unceasing creativity. All films will be shown digitally.

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**Program 1**1. Heehyun Choi, *A Dark Room* (2025, b/w, silent, 10 mins)2. Hyoin Kwak, *Spoken Word* (2023, b/w, silent, 4 mins)3. Chae Yu, *Rotating Signals* (2025, color, sound, 10 mins)4. Go-Eun Im, *Shadow-Forest* (2025, color, sound, 28 mins)5. Hyeisoo Kim & Luuk Schröder, *Long Sand and Water* (2023, color, silent, 5 mins)TRT = 57 mins

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**Program 2**1. Jiyong In, *Bye, Snark, Boo-Jum!* (2024, b/w, silent, 8 mins)2. Kyujae Park, *Geomeunyeo* (2025, b/w, sound, 3 mins)3. Il-hwan, *Pyohaerok* (2025, color, silent, 14 mins)4. Kyujae Park, *Buseok* (2024, b/w + color, silent, 18 mins)5. Chul-woong Jang, *Lord* (2024, color, silent, 14 mins)TRT = 57 mins

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## 7:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

Rotating Signals

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an &#8220;In-Valid&#8221; who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

Gattaca

The Phantom Carriage

Live scored by Mystic Elevator

The last person to die on New Year’s Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death’s chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström. The story, based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, concerns an alcoholic, abusive ne’er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways, and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. This extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.

Secure Paid Parking is available at 5301 Sierra Vista Ave.

The Fine Print:Tickets are valid only for the listed film, date, and showtime. All sales are final—no refunds or exchanges unless the event is canceled or rescheduled.

Management reserves the right to deny entry or remove disruptive guests—this includes phone use, texting, talking, or anything else that ruins the experience for others.

No outside food or drinks allowed into the theater.

#### About the Show

564 Presents The Phantom Carriage (Live Scored by Mystic Elevator)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

William Holden stars as American architect Robert Lomax, who travels to Hong Kong to paint. He meets Suzie Wong (Nancy Kwan), an attractive woman who passes herself off as a high-society heiress. It is with great surprise that Robert spots her in a Hong Kong dive entertaining a bunch of sailors. It turns out that Suzie is a prostitute and Robert has observed her plying her trade. Suzie proposes that Robert put her up as a kept woman, but Robert will hear nothing of it, preferring to use her as a model for his paintings instead. Suzie then becomes involved with playboy Ben Marlowe (Michael Wilding), while Robert meets Kay O’Neill (Sylvia Syms), a British banker’s daughter, who helps Robert to sell his paintings. But Ben breaks off his relationship with Suzie and Kay, uncomfortable with Suzie the prostitute posing for Ben, leaves him. Abandoned by their lovers and thrown together, the two become involved, with tragic consequences.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: UK/USA

Q&A with actor Nancy Kwan. Moderated by Foster Hirsch. Book signing with Nancy Kwan for her new book, The World of Nancy Kwan: A Memoir by Hollywood’s Asian Superstar, prior to the screening at 6:00pm at the Los Feliz 3, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG

**ABOUT THE FILM:**

A young woman, Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki), arrives in San Francisco’s Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers, Linda Low (Nancy Kwan). Featuring some of Hollywood’s most spectacular sets, iconic musical numbers and dazzling choreography, and additionally starring James Shigeta, Jack Soo, Benson Fong and Juanita Hall, FLOWER DRUM SONG was the first major Hollywood production with a majority-Asian cast.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Samuel Goldwyn Films

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by actor Nancy Kwan and author Foster Hirsch Book signing with Nancy Kwan for her new book, The World of Nancy Kwan: A Memoir by Hollywood’s Asian Superstar, prior to the screening at 9:00pm at the Los Feliz 3, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

FLOWER DRUM SONG

Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi's debut film, a meditative and deeply affecting portrait of two women's struggles under occupation.

Michel Khleifi's FERTILE MEMORY (1980) – A Landmark of Palestinian Cinema

**Screenwriters:** Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples

**Producers**: Michael Deeley, Charles de Lauzirika

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth, seeking their creator in a desperate bid to extend their short life spans. Ridley Scott&#8217;s visually-stupefying science fiction neo-noir *Blade Runner* has captivated audiences for over 40 years. Based on a novel by Philip K. Dick, with an award-winning synth soundtrack by Vangelis, and phenomenal artistic direction in the style of Moebius, this remains one of the greatest achievements in science fiction filmmaking to this day.

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

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

**Screenwriter**: Stacy Peralta

**Producer**: John Linson

Vidiots is stoked to welcome legendary director **Catherine Hardwicke** for a special 20th anniversary screening of her Los Angeles skateboarding classic *Lords of Dogtown*.

Shred on down to Vidiots for Catherine Hardwicke&#8217;s essential LA classic of friendship, skateboards, and fame &#8211; all set to one of the most killer soundtracks of the aughts. During a summer of draught in Venice, as swimming pools are being drained to save on water, a motley crew of surfers took to skateboards and changed the sports world forever. As the Z-Boys create a new style of extreme skateboarding in the empty pools, they skyrocket to fame, but it threatens to tear their friendship apart. With a script from Stacy Peralta &#8211; the man who lived it, a score composed by Devo&#8217;s Mark Mothersbaugh, an auspicious early standout performance from Heath Ledger, and a soundtrack that features Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Cher, Iggy Pop, Neil Young, and T.Rex (just to name a few), this hard-rocking 1970s slice of Los Angeles history has got all the steez!

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

Lords of Dogtown on 35mm

Dead Calm/Breakdown

The African Desperate

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan’s princess (a fierce Misa Uehara) as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director’s most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas’s STAR WARS. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS delivers Kurosawa’s trademark deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action, and compassionate humanity.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration! ‘Akira Kurosawa Restorations’

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS

Nashville

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

After her father’s sudden passing, high schooler Mari decides to take a trip to the islands of New Caledonia to find the fabled “island closest to heaven”—a local legend that she and her father had once dreamed of unearthing. From landmark director Nobuhiko Obayashi (HOUSE), THE ISLAND CLOSEST TO HEAVEN is a nostalgic and reflective look at coming of age, following Mari in her adventures across the islands as she searches for some deeper meaning to life. Although not as high concept as Obayashi’s populous films, THE ISLAND CLOSET TO HEAVEN is a sweet, gentle film about self reflection based on a popular 1966 travelogue of the same name by Katsura Morimura.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA/Cult Epics

COUNTRY: Japan

L.A. Premiere of New Restoration! ‘Teenage Dream: Obayashi in the ’80s’

Kind of a Drag: Experimental Films, Documentaries, and Scratch Animation by Heather McAdams, 1980-1995

7:30 PM

FLATLINERS in 70mm

7:30 PM

REVERIES: THE MIND PRISON

8:00 PM

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 7/17) 7:30pm

7:30 PM

EPFC Presents The Films of Craig Baldwin

7:00 PM

MONROVIA, INDIANA

7:00 PM

I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK

10:00 PM

Point Break

7:30 PM

THE INFILTRATORS (2019) - Screening, Panel & Fundraiser by EL CINE

7:00 PM

The Queen of My Dreams

The Goonies

4:15 PM

Monterey Pop

7:30 PM

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (70mm)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart To Hades/Peril

7:30 PM